1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * decoder_synchro.c : frame dropping routines
3 *****************************************************************************
4 * Copyright (C) 1999-2005 VLC authors and VideoLAN
7 * Authors: Christophe Massiot <massiot@via.ecp.fr>
8 * Samuel Hocevar <sam@via.ecp.fr>
9 * Jean-Marc Dressler <polux@via.ecp.fr>
11 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
12 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
13 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
14 * (at your option) any later version.
16 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
21 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
22 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
23 * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
24 *****************************************************************************/
27 * DISCUSSION : How to Write an efficient Frame-Dropping Algorithm
30 * This implementation is based on mathematical and statistical
31 * developments. Older implementations used an enslavement, considering
32 * that if we're late when reading an I picture, we will decode one frame
33 * less. It had a tendency to derive, and wasn't responsive enough, which
34 * would have caused trouble with the stream control stuff.
36 * 1. Structure of a picture stream
37 * =============================
38 * Between 2 I's, we have for instance :
39 * I B P B P B P B P B P B I
40 * t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 t8 t9 t10 t11 t12
41 * Please bear in mind that B's and IP's will be inverted when displaying
42 * (decoding order != presentation order). Thus, t1 < t0.
46 * t[0..12] : Presentation timestamps of pictures 0..12.
47 * t : Current timestamp, at the moment of the decoding.
48 * T : Picture period, T = 1/frame_rate.
49 * tau[I,P,B] : Mean time to decode an [I,P,B] picture.
50 * tauYUV : Mean time to render a picture (given by the video_output).
51 * tau´[I,P,B] = 2 * tau[I,P,B] + tauYUV
52 * : Mean time + typical difference (estimated to tau/2, that
53 * needs to be confirmed) + render time.
54 * DELTA : A given error margin.
56 * 3. General considerations
57 * ======================
58 * We define three types of machines :
59 * 14T > tauI : machines capable of decoding all I pictures
60 * 2T > tauP : machines capable of decoding all P pictures
61 * T > tauB : machines capable of decoding all B pictures
63 * 4. Decoding of an I picture
64 * ========================
65 * On fast machines, we decode all I's.
67 * We can decode an I picture if we simply have enough time to decode it
69 * t0 - t > tau´I + DELTA
71 * 5. Decoding of a P picture
72 * =======================
73 * On fast machines, we decode all P's.
75 * First criterion : have time to decode it.
76 * t2 - t > tau´P + DELTA
78 * Second criterion : it shouldn't prevent us from displaying the forthcoming
79 * I picture, which is more important.
80 * t12 - t > tau´P + tau´I + DELTA
82 * 6. Decoding of a B picture
83 * =======================
84 * On fast machines, we decode all B's. Otherwise :
85 * t1 - t > tau´B + DELTA
86 * Since the next displayed I or P is already decoded, we don't have to
89 * I hope you will have a pleasant flight and do not forget your life
91 * --Meuuh (2000-12-29)
94 /*****************************************************************************
96 *****************************************************************************/
101 #include <vlc_common.h>
102 #include <vlc_input.h>
103 #include <vlc_codec.h>
110 #define MAX_PIC_AVERAGE 8
112 struct decoder_synchro_t
122 /* date of the beginning of the decoding of the current picture */
123 vlc_tick_t decoding_start
;
125 /* stream properties */
126 unsigned int i_n_p
, i_n_b
;
128 /* decoding values */
129 vlc_tick_t p_tau
[4]; /* average decoding durations */
130 unsigned int pi_meaningful
[4]; /* number of durations read */
132 /* render_time filled by SynchroChoose() */
133 vlc_tick_t i_render_time
;
136 int i_nb_ref
; /* Number of reference pictures */
137 int i_dec_nb_ref
; /* Number of reference pictures we'll *
138 * have if we decode the current pic */
139 int i_trash_nb_ref
; /* Number of reference pictures we'll *
140 * have if we trash the current pic */
141 unsigned int i_eta_p
, i_eta_b
;
142 vlc_tick_t backward_pts
, current_pts
;
143 int i_current_period
; /* period to add to the next picture */
144 int i_backward_period
; /* period to add after the next
146 * (backward_period * period / 2) */
149 unsigned int i_trashed_pic
, i_not_chosen_pic
, i_pic
;
153 #define DELTA VLC_TICK_FROM_MS(75) /* 3s/40 */
154 #define MAX_VALID_TAU VLC_TICK_FROM_MS(300)
156 #define DEFAULT_NB_P 5
157 #define DEFAULT_NB_B 1
159 /*****************************************************************************
160 * decoder_SynchroInit : You know what ?
161 *****************************************************************************/
162 decoder_synchro_t
* decoder_SynchroInit( decoder_t
*p_dec
, int i_frame_rate
)
164 decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
= calloc( 1, sizeof(*p_synchro
) );
168 p_synchro
->p_dec
= p_dec
;
169 p_synchro
->b_no_skip
= !var_InheritBool( p_dec
, "skip-frames" );
170 p_synchro
->b_quiet
= var_InheritBool( p_dec
, "quiet-synchro" );
172 /* We use a fake stream pattern, which is often right. */
173 p_synchro
->i_n_p
= p_synchro
->i_eta_p
= DEFAULT_NB_P
;
174 p_synchro
->i_n_b
= p_synchro
->i_eta_b
= DEFAULT_NB_B
;
175 memset( p_synchro
->p_tau
, 0, 4 * sizeof(vlc_tick_t
) );
176 memset( p_synchro
->pi_meaningful
, 0, 4 * sizeof(unsigned int) );
177 p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
= 0;
178 p_synchro
->i_trash_nb_ref
= p_synchro
->i_dec_nb_ref
= 0;
179 p_synchro
->current_pts
= 1,
180 p_synchro
->backward_pts
= VLC_TICK_INVALID
;
181 p_synchro
->i_current_period
= p_synchro
->i_backward_period
= 0;
182 p_synchro
->i_trashed_pic
= p_synchro
->i_not_chosen_pic
=
183 p_synchro
->i_pic
= 0;
185 p_synchro
->i_frame_rate
= i_frame_rate
;
190 /*****************************************************************************
191 * decoder_SynchroRelease : You know what ?
192 *****************************************************************************/
193 void decoder_SynchroRelease( decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
)
198 /*****************************************************************************
199 * decoder_SynchroReset : Reset the reference picture counter
200 *****************************************************************************/
201 void decoder_SynchroReset( decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
)
203 p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
= 0;
204 p_synchro
->i_trash_nb_ref
= p_synchro
->i_dec_nb_ref
= 0;
207 /*****************************************************************************
208 * decoder_SynchroChoose : Decide whether we will decode a picture or not
209 *****************************************************************************/
210 bool decoder_SynchroChoose( decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
, int i_coding_type
,
211 vlc_tick_t i_render_time
, bool b_low_delay
)
213 #define TAU_PRIME( coding_type ) (p_synchro->p_tau[(coding_type)] \
214 + (p_synchro->p_tau[(coding_type)] >> 1) \
215 + p_synchro->i_render_time)
216 #define S (*p_synchro)
217 vlc_tick_t now
, period
;
220 float i_current_rate
;
222 if ( p_synchro
->b_no_skip
)
225 i_current_rate
= decoder_GetDisplayRate( p_synchro
->p_dec
);
227 now
= vlc_tick_now();
228 period
= vlc_tick_from_samples(1001, p_synchro
->i_frame_rate
) * i_current_rate
;
230 p_synchro
->i_render_time
= i_render_time
;
232 switch( i_coding_type
)
237 pts
= decoder_GetDisplayDate( p_synchro
->p_dec
, S
.current_pts
);
239 else if( S
.backward_pts
!= VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
241 pts
= decoder_GetDisplayDate( p_synchro
->p_dec
, S
.backward_pts
);
245 /* displaying order : B B P B B I
247 * | +- current picture
250 pts
= decoder_GetDisplayDate( p_synchro
->p_dec
, S
.current_pts
) + period
* (S
.i_n_b
+ 2);
253 if( (1 + S
.i_n_p
* (S
.i_n_b
+ 1)) * period
> S
.p_tau
[I_CODING_TYPE
] )
259 b_decode
= (pts
- now
) > (TAU_PRIME(I_CODING_TYPE
) + DELTA
);
261 if( pts
== VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
264 if( !b_decode
&& !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
266 msg_Warn( p_synchro
->p_dec
,
267 "synchro trashing I (%"PRId64
")", pts
- now
);
274 pts
= decoder_GetDisplayDate( p_synchro
->p_dec
, S
.current_pts
);
276 else if( S
.backward_pts
!= VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
278 pts
= decoder_GetDisplayDate( p_synchro
->p_dec
, S
.backward_pts
);
282 pts
= decoder_GetDisplayDate( p_synchro
->p_dec
, S
.current_pts
+ period
* (S
.i_n_b
+ 1) );
285 if( p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
< 1 )
289 else if( (1 + S
.i_n_p
* (S
.i_n_b
+ 1)) * period
>
290 S
.p_tau
[I_CODING_TYPE
] )
292 if( (S
.i_n_b
+ 1) * period
> S
.p_tau
[P_CODING_TYPE
] )
294 /* Security in case we're _really_ late */
295 b_decode
= (pts
- now
> 0);
299 b_decode
= (pts
- now
) > (TAU_PRIME(P_CODING_TYPE
) + DELTA
);
301 b_decode
&= (pts
- now
303 * ( (S
.i_n_p
- S
.i_eta_p
) * (1 + S
.i_n_b
) - 1 ))
304 > (TAU_PRIME(P_CODING_TYPE
)
305 + TAU_PRIME(I_CODING_TYPE
) + DELTA
);
312 if( p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
>= 1 && pts
== VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
317 pts
= decoder_GetDisplayDate( p_synchro
->p_dec
, S
.current_pts
);
319 if( p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
< 2 )
323 else if( (S
.i_n_b
+ 1) * period
> S
.p_tau
[P_CODING_TYPE
] )
325 b_decode
= (pts
- now
) > (TAU_PRIME(B_CODING_TYPE
) + DELTA
);
331 if( p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
>= 2 && pts
== VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
338 S
.i_not_chosen_pic
++;
345 /*****************************************************************************
346 * decoder_SynchroTrash : Update counters when we trash a picture
347 *****************************************************************************/
348 void decoder_SynchroTrash( decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
)
350 p_synchro
->i_trashed_pic
++;
351 p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
= p_synchro
->i_trash_nb_ref
;
354 /*****************************************************************************
355 * decoder_SynchroDecode : Update timers when we decide to decode a picture
356 *****************************************************************************/
357 void decoder_SynchroDecode( decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
)
359 p_synchro
->decoding_start
= vlc_tick_now();
360 p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
= p_synchro
->i_dec_nb_ref
;
363 /*****************************************************************************
364 * decoder_SynchroEnd : Called when the image is totally decoded
365 *****************************************************************************/
366 void decoder_SynchroEnd( decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
, int i_coding_type
,
374 tau
= vlc_tick_now() - p_synchro
->decoding_start
;
376 /* If duration too high, something happened (pause ?), so don't
377 * take it into account. */
378 if( tau
< 3 * p_synchro
->p_tau
[i_coding_type
] ||
379 ( !p_synchro
->pi_meaningful
[i_coding_type
] && tau
< MAX_VALID_TAU
) )
381 /* Mean with average tau, to ensure stability. */
382 p_synchro
->p_tau
[i_coding_type
] =
383 (p_synchro
->pi_meaningful
[i_coding_type
]
384 * p_synchro
->p_tau
[i_coding_type
] + tau
)
385 / (p_synchro
->pi_meaningful
[i_coding_type
] + 1);
386 if( p_synchro
->pi_meaningful
[i_coding_type
] < MAX_PIC_AVERAGE
)
388 p_synchro
->pi_meaningful
[i_coding_type
]++;
393 /*****************************************************************************
394 * decoder_SynchroDate : When an image has been decoded, ask for its date
395 *****************************************************************************/
396 vlc_tick_t
decoder_SynchroDate( decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
)
398 /* No need to lock, since PTS are only used by the video parser. */
399 return p_synchro
->current_pts
;
402 /*****************************************************************************
403 * decoder_SynchroNewPicture: Update stream structure and PTS
404 *****************************************************************************/
405 void decoder_SynchroNewPicture( decoder_synchro_t
* p_synchro
, int i_coding_type
,
406 int i_repeat_field
, vlc_tick_t next_pts
,
407 vlc_tick_t next_dts
, bool b_low_delay
)
409 vlc_tick_t period
= vlc_tick_from_samples(1001, p_synchro
->i_frame_rate
);
411 vlc_tick_t now
= vlc_tick_now();
414 switch( i_coding_type
)
417 if( p_synchro
->i_eta_p
&& p_synchro
->i_eta_p
!= p_synchro
->i_n_p
)
420 if( !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
421 msg_Dbg( p_synchro
->p_dec
,
422 "stream periodicity changed from P[%d] to P[%d]",
423 p_synchro
->i_n_p
, p_synchro
->i_eta_p
);
425 p_synchro
->i_n_p
= p_synchro
->i_eta_p
;
427 p_synchro
->i_eta_p
= p_synchro
->i_eta_b
= 0;
428 p_synchro
->i_trash_nb_ref
= 0;
429 if( p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
< 2 )
430 p_synchro
->i_dec_nb_ref
= p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
+ 1;
432 p_synchro
->i_dec_nb_ref
= p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
;
435 if( !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
436 msg_Dbg( p_synchro
->p_dec
, "I(%"PRId64
") P(%"PRId64
")[%d] B(%"PRId64
")"
437 "[%d] YUV(%"PRId64
") : trashed %d:%d/%d",
438 p_synchro
->p_tau
[I_CODING_TYPE
],
439 p_synchro
->p_tau
[P_CODING_TYPE
],
441 p_synchro
->p_tau
[B_CODING_TYPE
],
443 p_synchro
->i_render_time
,
444 p_synchro
->i_not_chosen_pic
,
445 p_synchro
->i_trashed_pic
-
446 p_synchro
->i_not_chosen_pic
,
448 p_synchro
->i_trashed_pic
= p_synchro
->i_not_chosen_pic
449 = p_synchro
->i_pic
= 0;
451 if( p_synchro
->i_pic
>= 100 )
453 if( !p_synchro
->b_quiet
&& p_synchro
->i_trashed_pic
!= 0 )
454 msg_Dbg( p_synchro
->p_dec
, "decoded %d/%d pictures",
456 - p_synchro
->i_trashed_pic
,
458 p_synchro
->i_trashed_pic
= p_synchro
->i_not_chosen_pic
459 = p_synchro
->i_pic
= 0;
465 p_synchro
->i_eta_p
++;
466 if( p_synchro
->i_eta_b
467 && p_synchro
->i_eta_b
!= p_synchro
->i_n_b
)
470 if( !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
471 msg_Dbg( p_synchro
->p_dec
,
472 "stream periodicity changed from B[%d] to B[%d]",
473 p_synchro
->i_n_b
, p_synchro
->i_eta_b
);
475 p_synchro
->i_n_b
= p_synchro
->i_eta_b
;
477 p_synchro
->i_eta_b
= 0;
478 p_synchro
->i_dec_nb_ref
= 2;
479 p_synchro
->i_trash_nb_ref
= 0;
483 p_synchro
->i_eta_b
++;
484 p_synchro
->i_dec_nb_ref
= p_synchro
->i_trash_nb_ref
485 = p_synchro
->i_nb_ref
;
489 p_synchro
->current_pts
+= p_synchro
->i_current_period
492 #define PTS_THRESHOLD (period >> 2)
493 if( i_coding_type
== B_CODING_TYPE
|| b_low_delay
)
495 /* A video frame can be displayed 1, 2 or 3 times, according to
496 * repeat_first_field, top_field_first, progressive_sequence and
497 * progressive_frame. */
498 p_synchro
->i_current_period
= i_repeat_field
;
500 if( next_pts
!= VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
502 if( (next_pts
- p_synchro
->current_pts
504 || p_synchro
->current_pts
- next_pts
505 > PTS_THRESHOLD
) && !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
507 msg_Warn( p_synchro
->p_dec
, "decoder synchro warning: pts != "
508 "current_date (%"PRId64
")",
509 p_synchro
->current_pts
512 p_synchro
->current_pts
= next_pts
;
517 p_synchro
->i_current_period
= p_synchro
->i_backward_period
;
518 p_synchro
->i_backward_period
= i_repeat_field
;
520 if( p_synchro
->backward_pts
!= VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
522 if( next_dts
!= VLC_TICK_INVALID
&&
523 (next_dts
- p_synchro
->backward_pts
525 || p_synchro
->backward_pts
- next_dts
526 > PTS_THRESHOLD
) && !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
528 msg_Warn( p_synchro
->p_dec
, "backward_pts != dts (%"PRId64
")",
530 - p_synchro
->backward_pts
);
532 if( (p_synchro
->backward_pts
- p_synchro
->current_pts
534 || p_synchro
->current_pts
- p_synchro
->backward_pts
535 > PTS_THRESHOLD
) && !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
537 msg_Warn( p_synchro
->p_dec
,
538 "backward_pts != current_pts (%"PRId64
")",
539 p_synchro
->current_pts
540 - p_synchro
->backward_pts
);
542 p_synchro
->current_pts
= p_synchro
->backward_pts
;
543 p_synchro
->backward_pts
= VLC_TICK_INVALID
;
545 else if( next_dts
!= VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
547 if( (next_dts
- p_synchro
->current_pts
549 || p_synchro
->current_pts
- next_dts
550 > PTS_THRESHOLD
) && !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
552 msg_Warn( p_synchro
->p_dec
, "dts != current_pts (%"PRId64
")",
553 p_synchro
->current_pts
556 /* By definition of a DTS. */
557 p_synchro
->current_pts
= next_dts
;
560 if( next_pts
!= VLC_TICK_INVALID
)
562 /* Store the PTS for the next time we have to date an I picture. */
563 p_synchro
->backward_pts
= next_pts
;
569 /* Removed for incompatibility with slow motion */
570 if( p_synchro
->current_pts
+ DEFAULT_PTS_DELAY
< now
)
572 /* We cannot be _that_ late, something must have happened, reinit
574 if( !p_synchro
->b_quiet
)
575 msg_Warn( p_synchro
->p_dec
, "PTS << now (%"PRId64
"), resetting",
576 now
- p_synchro
->current_pts
- DEFAULT_PTS_DELAY
);
577 p_synchro
->current_pts
= now
+ DEFAULT_PTS_DELAY
;
579 if( p_synchro
->backward_pts
!= VLC_TICK_INVALID
580 && p_synchro
->backward_pts
+ DEFAULT_PTS_DELAY
< now
)
583 p_synchro
->backward_pts
= VLC_TICK_INVALID
;