Re: [PATCH 06/20] Documention: v4l: Documentation for VP9 CIDs.

[Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@ndufresne.ca>]

Hi Smitha,

Le mardi 17 mai 2022 à 18:25 +0530, Smitha T Murthy a écrit :
> Adds V4l2 controls for VP9 encoder documention.
> 
> Cc: linux-fsd@tesla.com
> Signed-off-by: Smitha T Murthy <smitha.t@samsung.com>
> ---
>  .../media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst             | 167 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 167 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> index 4cd7c541fc30..1b617a08f973 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> @@ -2165,6 +2165,16 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_vp8_profile -
>      * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_VP8_PROFILE_3``
>        - Profile 3
>  
> +VP9 Control Reference
> +---------------------
> +
> +The VP9 controls include controls for encoding parameters of VP9 video
> +codec.
> +
> +.. _vp9-control-id:
> +
> +VP9 Control IDs
> +
>  .. _v4l2-mpeg-video-vp9-profile:
>  
>  ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_PROFILE``
> @@ -2231,6 +2241,163 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_vp9_level -
>      * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_LEVEL_6_2``
>        - Level 6.2
>  
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_I_FRAME_QP``

The class was recently renamed V4L2_CID_CODEC... for a reason, can you rename
MPEG_VIDEO with CODEC, specially for VP9 CODEC were MPEG makes no sense. This
applies all the doc and the defines in the other patch.

thanks,
Nicolas

> +    Quantization parameter for an I frame for VP9. Valid range: from 1 to 255.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_P_FRAME_QP``
> +    Quantization parameter for an P frame for VP9. Valid range: from 1 to 255.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MAX_QP``
> +    Maximum quantization parameter for VP9. Valid range: from 1 to 255.
> +    Recommended range for MFC is from 230 to 255.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MIN_QP``
> +    Minimum quantization parameter for VP9. Valid range: from 1 to 255.
> +    Recommended range for MFC is from 1 to 24.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_RC_FRAME_RATE``
> +    Indicates the number of evenly spaced subintervals, called ticks, within
> +    one second. This is a 16 bit unsigned integer and has a maximum value up to
> +    0xffff and a minimum value of 1.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_GF_REFRESH_PERIOD``
> +    Indicates the refresh period of the golden frame for VP9 encoder.
> +
> +.. _v4l2-vp9-golden-frame-sel:
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_GOLDEN_FRAMESEL``
> +    (enum)
> +
> +enum v4l2_mpeg_vp9_golden_framesel -
> +    Selects the golden frame for encoding. Valid when NUM_OF_REF is 2.
> +    Possible values are:
> +
> +.. raw:: latex
> +
> +    \footnotesize
> +
> +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{9.0cm}|p{8.0cm}|
> +
> +.. flat-table::
> +    :header-rows:  0
> +    :stub-columns: 0
> +
> +    * - ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_GOLDEN_FRAME_USE_PREV``
> +      - Use the (n-2)th frame as a golden frame, current frame index being
> +        'n'.
> +    * - ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_GOLDEN_FRAME_USE_REF_PERIOD``
> +      - Use the previous specific frame indicated by
> +        ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_GF_REFRESH_PERIOD`` as a
> +        golden frame.
> +
> +.. raw:: latex
> +
> +    \normalsize
> +
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIERARCHY_QP_ENABLE``
> +    Allows host to specify the quantization parameter values for each
> +    temporal layer through HIERARCHICAL_QP_LAYER. This is valid only
> +    if HIERARCHICAL_CODING_LAYER is greater than 1. Setting the control
> +    value to 1 enables setting of the QP values for the layers.
> +
> +.. _v4l2-vp9-ref-number-of-pframes:
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_REF_NUMBER_FOR_PFRAMES``
> +    (enum)
> +
> +enum v4l2_mpeg_vp9_ref_num_for_pframes -
> +    Number of reference pictures for encoding P frames.
> +
> +.. raw:: latex
> +
> +    \footnotesize
> +
> +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{9.0cm}|p{8.0cm}|
> +
> +.. flat-table::
> +    :header-rows:  0
> +    :stub-columns: 0
> +
> +    * - ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_1_REF_PFRAME``
> +      - Indicates one reference frame, last encoded frame will be searched.
> +    * - ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_GOLDEN_FRAME_USE_REF_PERIOD``
> +      - Indicates 2 reference frames, last encoded frame and golden frame
> +        will be searched.
> +
> +.. raw:: latex
> +
> +    \normalsize
> +
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIERARCHICAL_CODING_LAYER``
> +    Indicates the number of hierarchial coding layer.
> +    In normal encoding (non-hierarchial coding), it should be zero.
> +    VP9 has upto 3 layer of encoder.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIERARCHY_RC_ENABLE``
> +    Indicates enabling of bit rate for hierarchical coding layers VP9 encoder.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIER_CODING_L0_BR``
> +    Indicates bit rate for hierarchical coding layer 0 for VP9 encoder.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIER_CODING_L1_BR``
> +    Indicates bit rate for hierarchical coding layer 1 for VP9 encoder.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIER_CODING_L2_BR``
> +    Indicates bit rate for hierarchical coding layer 2 for VP9 encoder.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIER_CODING_L0_QP``
> +    Indicates quantization parameter for hierarchical coding layer 0.
> +    Valid range: [V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MIN_QP,
> +    V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MAX_QP].
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIER_CODING_L1_QP``
> +    Indicates quantization parameter for hierarchical coding layer 1.
> +    Valid range: [V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MIN_QP,
> +    V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MAX_QP].
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_HIER_CODING_L2_QP``
> +    Indicates quantization parameter for hierarchical coding layer 2.
> +    Valid range: [V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MIN_QP,
> +    V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MAX_QP].
> +
> +.. _v4l2-vp9-max-partition-depth:
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_MAX_PARTITION_DEPTH``
> +    (enum)
> +
> +enum v4l2_mpeg_vp9_num_partitions -
> +    Indicate maximum coding unit depth.
> +
> +.. raw:: latex
> +
> +    \footnotesize
> +
> +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{9.0cm}|p{8.0cm}|
> +
> +.. flat-table::
> +    :header-rows:  0
> +    :stub-columns: 0
> +
> +    * - ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_0_PARTITION``
> +      - No coding unit partition depth.
> +    * - ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_1_PARTITION``
> +      - Allows one coding unit partition depth.
> +
> +.. raw:: latex
> +
> +    \normalsize
> +
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_DISABLE_INTRA_PU_SPLIT``
> +    Zero indicates enable intra NxN PU split.
> +    One indicates disable intra NxN PU split.
> +
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VP9_DISABLE_IVF_HEADER``
> +    Indicates IVF header generation. Zero indicates enable IVF format.
> +    One indicates disable IVF format.
> +
>  
>  High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265) Control Reference
>  ===========================================================