On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 3:10 AM <mgot...@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Stan,
>
> On 2018-11-29 16:01, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
> > Hi Tomasz,
> >
> > On 11/3/18 5:01 AM, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> >> Hi Malathi,
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:58 PM Malathi Gottam <mgot...@codeaurora.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> When client requests for a keyframe, set the property
> >>> to hardware to generate the sync frame.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Malathi Gottam <mgot...@codeaurora.org>
> >>> ---
> >>> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc_ctrls.c | 20
> >>> +++++++++++++++++++-
> >>> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc_ctrls.c
> >>> b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc_ctrls.c
> >>> index 45910172..59fe7fc 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc_ctrls.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/venc_ctrls.c
> >>> @@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ static int venc_op_s_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
> >>> {
> >>> struct venus_inst *inst = ctrl_to_inst(ctrl);
> >>> struct venc_controls *ctr = &inst->controls.enc;
> >>> + struct hfi_enable en = { .enable = 1 };
> >>> u32 bframes;
> >>> int ret;
> >>> + u32 ptype;
> >>>
> >>> switch (ctrl->id) {
> >>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE:
> >>> @@ -173,6 +175,19 @@ static int venc_op_s_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl
> >>> *ctrl)
> >>>
> >>> ctr->num_b_frames = bframes;
> >>> break;
> >>> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FORCE_KEY_FRAME:
> >>> + mutex_lock(&inst->lock);
> >>> + if (inst->streamon_out && inst->streamon_cap) {
> >>
> >> We had a discussion on this in v2. I don't remember seeing any
> >> conclusion.
> >>
> >> Obviously the hardware should generate a keyframe naturally when the
> >> CAPTURE streaming starts, which is where the encoding starts, but the
> >> state of the OUTPUT queue should not affect this.
> >>
> >> The application is free to stop and start streaming on the OUTPUT
> >> queue as it goes and it shouldn't imply any side effects in the
> >> encoded bitstream (e.g. a keyframe inserted). So:
> >> - a sequence of STREAMOFF(OUTPUT),
> >> S_CTRL(V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FORCE_KEY_FRAME), STREAMON(OUTPUT) should
> >> explicitly generate a keyframe,
> >
> > I agree with you, but presently we don't follow strictly the stateful
> > encoder spec. In this spirit I think proposed patch is applicable to
> > the
> > current state of the encoder driver, and your comment should be
> > addressed in the follow-up patches where we have to re-factor a bit
> > start/stop_streaming according to the encoder documentation.
> >
> > But until then we have to get that patch.
>
> So I can see that this patch is good implementation of forcing sync
> frame
> under current encoder state.
>
> Can you please ack the same.
Okay, assuming that when you start streaming you naturally get a
keyframe, I'm okay with this patch, since it actually fixes the
missing key frame request, so from the general encoder interface point
of view:
Acked-by: Tomasz Figa <tf...@chromium.org>
Best regards,
Tomasz
