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ref: d83f6f06328e9ac9370481f60589329c5de9afc4
parent: b5bf64668e57b5575c906ca340100e9cfebe33aa
author: Paul Wilkins <[email protected]>
date: Fri Apr 4 08:56:50 EDT 2014 

Change Qlimit for arf kf.

The limits applied under the flag
"LIMIT_QRANGE_FOR_ALTREF_AND_KEY"
behaved in an undesirable way if the gap between
active_worst_quality and active_best_quality was
changed.

In this patch, the adjustment is made using the
vp9_compute_qdelta_by_rate() function and fixed
rate multiplier values. Hence it is not impacted by
the relative value of active_best_quality.

Change-Id: I93b3308e04ade1e4eb5af63edf64f91cd3700249


--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_ratectrl.c
@@ -565,11 +565,18 @@
 
 #if LIMIT_QRANGE_FOR_ALTREF_AND_KEY
   // Limit Q range for the adaptive loop.
-  if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME && !rc->this_key_frame_forced) {
-    if (!(cm->current_video_frame == 0))
-      *top_index = (active_worst_quality + active_best_quality * 3) / 4;
+  if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME &&
+      !rc->this_key_frame_forced  &&
+      !(cm->current_video_frame == 0)) {
+    int qdelta = 0;
+    vp9_clear_system_state();
+    qdelta = vp9_compute_qdelta_by_rate(&cpi->rc, cm->frame_type,
+                                        active_worst_quality, 2.0);
+    *top_index = active_worst_quality + qdelta;
+    *top_index = (*top_index > *bottom_index) ? *top_index : *bottom_index;
   }
 #endif
+
   // Special case code to try and match quality with forced key frames
   if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME && rc->this_key_frame_forced) {
     q = rc->last_boosted_qindex;
@@ -725,15 +732,26 @@
   *bottom_index = active_best_quality;
 
 #if LIMIT_QRANGE_FOR_ALTREF_AND_KEY
-  // Limit Q range for the adaptive loop.
-  if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME && !rc->this_key_frame_forced) {
-    if (!(cm->current_video_frame == 0))
-      *top_index = (active_worst_quality + active_best_quality * 3) / 4;
-  } else if (!rc->is_src_frame_alt_ref &&
-             (cpi->refresh_golden_frame || cpi->refresh_alt_ref_frame)) {
-    *top_index = (active_worst_quality + active_best_quality) / 2;
+  {
+    int qdelta = 0;
+    vp9_clear_system_state();
+
+    // Limit Q range for the adaptive loop.
+    if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME &&
+        !rc->this_key_frame_forced &&
+        !(cm->current_video_frame == 0)) {
+      qdelta = vp9_compute_qdelta_by_rate(&cpi->rc, cm->frame_type,
+                                          active_worst_quality, 2.0);
+    } else if (!rc->is_src_frame_alt_ref &&
+               (cpi->refresh_golden_frame || cpi->refresh_alt_ref_frame)) {
+      qdelta = vp9_compute_qdelta_by_rate(&cpi->rc, cm->frame_type,
+                                          active_worst_quality, 1.75);
+    }
+    *top_index = active_worst_quality + qdelta;
+    *top_index = (*top_index > *bottom_index) ? *top_index : *bottom_index;
   }
 #endif
+
   if (oxcf->end_usage == USAGE_CONSTANT_QUALITY) {
     q = active_best_quality;
   // Special case code to try and match quality with forced key frames
@@ -907,13 +925,22 @@
   *bottom_index = active_best_quality;
 
 #if LIMIT_QRANGE_FOR_ALTREF_AND_KEY
-  // Limit Q range for the adaptive loop.
-  if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME && !rc->this_key_frame_forced) {
-    *top_index = (active_worst_quality + active_best_quality * 3) / 4;
-  } else if (!rc->is_src_frame_alt_ref &&
-             (oxcf->end_usage != USAGE_STREAM_FROM_SERVER) &&
-             (cpi->refresh_golden_frame || cpi->refresh_alt_ref_frame)) {
-    *top_index = (active_worst_quality + active_best_quality) / 2;
+  {
+    int qdelta = 0;
+    vp9_clear_system_state();
+
+    // Limit Q range for the adaptive loop.
+    if (cm->frame_type == KEY_FRAME && !rc->this_key_frame_forced) {
+      qdelta = vp9_compute_qdelta_by_rate(&cpi->rc, cm->frame_type,
+                                          active_worst_quality, 2.0);
+    } else if (!rc->is_src_frame_alt_ref &&
+               (oxcf->end_usage != USAGE_STREAM_FROM_SERVER) &&
+               (cpi->refresh_golden_frame || cpi->refresh_alt_ref_frame)) {
+      qdelta = vp9_compute_qdelta_by_rate(&cpi->rc, cm->frame_type,
+                                          active_worst_quality, 1.75);
+    }
+    *top_index = active_worst_quality + qdelta;
+    *top_index = (*top_index > *bottom_index) ? *top_index : *bottom_index;
   }
 #endif