[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] add support for ROI-based encoding

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 05:58:58PM +0800, Guo, Yejun wrote:
> this patch is not ask for merge, it is more to get a feature feedback.
> 
> The encoders such as libx264 support different QPs offset for different MBs,
> it makes possible for ROI-based encoding. It makes sense to add support
> within ffmpeg to generate/accept ROI infos and pass into encoders.
> 
> Typical usage: After AVFrame is decoded, a ffmpeg filter or user's code
> generates ROI info for that frame, and the encoder finally does the
> ROI-based encoding. And so I choose to maintain the ROI info within
> AVFrame struct.
> 
> TODO:
> - remove code in vf_scale.c, it is just an example to generate ROI info
> - use AVBufferRef instead of current implementation within AVFrame struct.
> - add other encoders support
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guo, Yejun <yejun.guo at intel.com>
> ---
>  libavcodec/libx264.c   | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  libavfilter/vf_scale.c |  8 ++++++++
>  libavutil/frame.c      |  9 +++++++++
>  libavutil/frame.h      | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 66 insertions(+)

this causes asserion failures
./ffmpeg -i matrixbench_mpeg2.mpg  this.mkv

...

ooooops, frame 0x0x3c03cc0 with rois 0
Assertion !"should not reach here" failed at libavcodec/libx264.c:381
Aborted (core dumped)


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