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ref: 35fa429fb01ed08c4c8679c5c3bc4d73dd2b1b7c
parent: 3ff7e3d0451b4d2eb8e2315eb881817dce221558
author: ruil2 <[email protected]>
date: Tue Feb 18 04:32:05 EST 2014

encoder interface update step1

--- a/codec/api/svc/codec_api.h
+++ b/codec/api/svc/codec_api.h
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
   /*
    * return: CM_RETURN: 0 - success; otherwise - failed;
    */
-  virtual int EXTAPI Initialize (SVCEncodingParam* pParam, const INIT_TYPE kiInitType = INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED) = 0;
-  virtual int EXTAPI Initialize2 (void* pParam, const INIT_TYPE kiInitType = INIT_TYPE_CONFIG_BASED) = 0;
+  virtual int EXTAPI Initialize (SEncParamBase* pParam, const INIT_TYPE kiInitType = INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED) = 0;
+  virtual int EXTAPI Initialize2 (void* pParam, const INIT_TYPE kiInitType = INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED) = 0;
 
   virtual int EXTAPI Uninitialize() = 0;
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 typedef const ISVCEncoderVtbl* ISVCEncoder;
 struct ISVCEncoderVtbl {
 
-  int (*Initialize) (ISVCEncoder*, SVCEncodingParam* pParam, const INIT_TYPE kiInitType);
+  int (*Initialize) (ISVCEncoder*, SEncParamBase* pParam, const INIT_TYPE kiInitType);
   int (*Initialize2) (ISVCEncoder*, void* pParam, const INIT_TYPE kiInitType);
 
   int (*Uninitialize) (ISVCEncoder*);
--- a/codec/api/svc/codec_app_def.h
+++ b/codec/api/svc/codec_app_def.h
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
 typedef enum {
   ENCODER_OPTION_DATAFORMAT = 0,
   ENCODER_OPTION_IDR_INTERVAL,
-  ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM,
+  ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_BASE,
+  ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_EXT,
   ENCODER_OPTION_FRAME_RATE,
   ENCODER_OPTION_BITRATE,
   ENCODER_OPTION_INTER_SPATIAL_PRED,
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@
 /* SVC Encoder/Decoder Initializing Parameter Types */
 typedef enum {
   INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED = 0,	// For SVC DEMO Application
-  INIT_TYPE_CONFIG_BASED,			// For SVC CONSOLE Application
+  INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_EXT,			// For SVC CONSOLE Application
 } INIT_TYPE;
 
 //enumerate the type of video bitstream which is provided to decoder
@@ -159,7 +160,14 @@
 } SLTRMarkingFeedback;
 
 typedef struct {
+    unsigned int
+    uiSliceMbNum[MAX_SLICES_NUM_TMP];  //here we use a tmp fixed value since MAX_SLICES_NUM is not defined here and its definition may be changed;
+    unsigned int		uiSliceNum;
+    unsigned int		uiSliceSizeConstraint;
+  } SSliceArgument;//not all the elements in this argument will be used, how it will be used depends on uiSliceMode; see below
 
+typedef struct {
+
   //# 0 SM_SINGLE_SLICE			| SliceNum==1
   //# 1 SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE	| according to SliceNum			| Enabled dynamic slicing for multi-thread
   //# 2 SM_RASTER_SLICE			| according to SlicesAssign		| Need input of MB numbers each slice. In addition, if other constraint in SSliceArgument is presented, need to follow the constraints. Typically if MB num and slice size are both constrained, re-encoding may be involved.
@@ -166,12 +174,7 @@
   //# 3 SM_ROWMB_SLICE			| according to PictureMBHeight	|  Typical of single row of mbs each slice?+ slice size constraint which including re-encoding
   //# 4 SM_DYN_SLICE			| according to SliceSize		| Dynamic slicing (have no idea about slice_nums until encoding current frame)
   unsigned int uiSliceMode; //by default, uiSliceMode will be 0
-  struct {
-    unsigned int
-    uiSliceMbNum[MAX_SLICES_NUM_TMP];  //here we use a tmp fixed value since MAX_SLICES_NUM is not defined here and its definition may be changed;
-    unsigned int		uiSliceNum;
-    unsigned int		uiSliceSizeConstraint;
-  } sSliceArgument;//not all the elements in this argument will be used, how it will be used depends on uiSliceMode; see below
+  SSliceArgument sSliceArgument;
 } SSliceConfig;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -183,42 +186,149 @@
   int	iCgsSnrRefined;	// 0: SNR layers all MGS; 1: SNR layers all CGS
   int	iInterSpatialLayerPredFlag;	// 0: diabled [independency spatial layer coding]; 1: enabled [base spatial layer dependency coding]
 
-  int	iQualityBitrate[MAX_QUALITY_LAYER_NUM];	// target bitrate for a quality layer
+  unsigned int	uiProfileIdc;			// value of profile IDC (0 for auto-detection)
+  int    iDLayerQp;
+  int	 iQualityBitrate[MAX_QUALITY_LAYER_NUM];	// target bitrate for a quality layer
 
   SSliceConfig sSliceCfg;
 } SSpatialLayerConfig;
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
 /* SVC Encoding Parameters */
-typedef struct {
+typedef struct TagEncParamBase{
+
+  int       iUsageType;	//enable_screen_content_signal;// 0: //camera video signal; 1: screen content signal;
+  int		iInputCsp;	// color space of input sequence
+
   int		iPicWidth;			// width of picture in samples
   int		iPicHeight;			// height of picture in samples
   int		iTargetBitrate;		// target bitrate desired
+  int       iRCMode;                 // RC mode
+  float	    fMaxFrameRate;			// input maximal frame rate
+
+} SEncParamBase, *PEncParamBase;
+
+
+typedef struct TagEncParamExt:SEncParamBase
+{
   int		iTemporalLayerNum;	// layer number at temporal level
   int		iSpatialLayerNum;	// layer number at spatial level
 
-  float	fFrameRate;			// input maximal frame rate
-
-  int		iInputCsp;			// color space of input sequence
-  int		iKeyPicCodingMode;// mode of key picture coding
-  int		iIntraPeriod;		// period of Intra frame
+  unsigned int		uiIntraPeriod;		// period of Intra frame
   bool    bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition;
   bool    bPrefixNalAddingCtrl;
-  bool   	bEnableDenoise;	    // denoise control
-  bool    bEnableBackgroundDetection; 	// background detection control //VAA_BACKGROUND_DETECTION //BGD cmd
+  bool    bEnableDenoise;	    // denoise control
+  bool    bEnableBackgroundDetection;// background detection control //VAA_BACKGROUND_DETECTION //BGD cmd
   bool    bEnableAdaptiveQuant; // adaptive quantization control
   bool    bEnableFrameSkip; // allow skipping frames to keep the bitrate within limits
   bool	bEnableCropPic;	// enable cropping source picture.  8/25/2010
   // false: Streaming Video Sharing; true: Video Conferencing Meeting;
+
   bool     bEnableLongTermReference; // 0: on, 1: off
-  int     iLtrMarkPeriod;
+  int      iLtrMarkPeriod;
+  int   iPaddingFlag;            // 0:disable padding;1:padding
+  int   iEtropyCodingModeFlag;
 
-  int iRCMode;                 // RC mode
-  int	iTemporalBitrate[MAX_TEMPORAL_LAYER_NUM];	// target bitrate specified for a temporal level
-  int iPaddingFlag;            // 0:disable padding;1:padding
-
   SSpatialLayerConfig sSpatialLayers[MAX_SPATIAL_LAYER_NUM];
+  int		    iNumRefFrame;		// number of reference frame used
+  unsigned int	uiFrameToBeCoded;	// frame to be encoded (at input frame rate)
+  unsigned int  uiGopSize;
+  bool   bEnableRc;
+  short		iMultipleThreadIdc;		// 1	# 0: auto(dynamic imp. internal encoder); 1: multiple threads imp. disabled; > 1: count number of threads;
+  short		iCountThreadsNum;			//		# derived from disable_multiple_slice_idc (=0 or >1) means;
 
-} SVCEncodingParam, *PSVCEncodingParam;
+  int		iLTRRefNum;
+  bool		bEnableSSEI;
+  bool		bEnableFrameCroppingFlag;// enable frame cropping flag: TRUE always in application
+
+  /* Deblocking loop filter */
+  int		iLoopFilterDisableIdc;	// 0: on, 1: off, 2: on except for slice boundaries
+  int		iLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset;// AlphaOffset: valid range [-6, 6], default 0
+
+  int		iLoopFilterBetaOffset;	// BetaOffset:	valid range [-6, 6], default 0
+  int		iInterLayerLoopFilterDisableIdc; // Employed based upon inter-layer, same comment as above
+  int		iInterLayerLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset;	// InterLayerLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset
+  int		iInterLayerLoopFilterBetaOffset;	// InterLayerLoopFilterBetaOffset
+  bool      bEnableSceneChangeDetect;
+
+  //added
+  int iMaxQp;
+  int iMinQp;
+
+}SEncParamExt;
+#else
+/* SVC Encoding Parameters */
+typedef struct TagEncParamBase{
+
+    int       iUsageType;	//enable_screen_content_signal;// 0: //camera video signal; 1: screen content signal;
+    int		iInputCsp;	// color space of input sequence
+
+    int		iPicWidth;			// width of picture in samples
+    int		iPicHeight;			// height of picture in samples
+    int		iTargetBitrate;		// target bitrate desired
+    int       iRCMode;                 // RC mode
+    float	    fMaxFrameRate;			// input maximal frame rate
+
+} SEncParamBase, *PEncParamBase;
+
+typedef struct TagEncParamExt
+{
+    int       iUsageType;	//enable_screen_content_signal;// 0: //camera video signal; 1: screen content signal;
+    int		iInputCsp;	// color space of input sequence
+
+    int		iPicWidth;			// width of picture in samples
+    int		iPicHeight;			// height of picture in samples
+    int		iTargetBitrate;		// target bitrate desired
+    int       iRCMode;                 // RC mode
+    float	    fMaxFrameRate;			// input maximal frame rate
+
+    int		iTemporalLayerNum;	// layer number at temporal level
+    int		iSpatialLayerNum;	// layer number at spatial level
+
+    unsigned int		uiIntraPeriod;		// period of Intra frame
+    bool    bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition;
+    bool    bPrefixNalAddingCtrl;
+    bool    bEnableDenoise;	    // denoise control
+    bool    bEnableBackgroundDetection;// background detection control //VAA_BACKGROUND_DETECTION //BGD cmd
+    bool    bEnableAdaptiveQuant; // adaptive quantization control
+    bool    bEnableFrameSkip; // allow skipping frames to keep the bitrate within limits
+    bool	bEnableCropPic;	// enable cropping source picture.  8/25/2010
+    // false: Streaming Video Sharing; true: Video Conferencing Meeting;
+
+    bool     bEnableLongTermReference; // 0: on, 1: off
+    int      iLtrMarkPeriod;
+    int   iPaddingFlag;            // 0:disable padding;1:padding
+    int   iEtropyCodingModeFlag;
+
+    SSpatialLayerConfig sSpatialLayers[MAX_SPATIAL_LAYER_NUM];
+    int		    iNumRefFrame;		// number of reference frame used
+    unsigned int	uiFrameToBeCoded;	// frame to be encoded (at input frame rate)
+    unsigned int  uiGopSize;
+    bool   bEnableRc;
+    short		iMultipleThreadIdc;		// 1	# 0: auto(dynamic imp. internal encoder); 1: multiple threads imp. disabled; > 1: count number of threads;
+    short		iCountThreadsNum;			//		# derived from disable_multiple_slice_idc (=0 or >1) means;
+
+    int		iLTRRefNum;
+    bool		bEnableSSEI;
+    bool		bEnableFrameCroppingFlag;// enable frame cropping flag: TRUE always in application
+
+    /* Deblocking loop filter */
+    int		iLoopFilterDisableIdc;	// 0: on, 1: off, 2: on except for slice boundaries
+    int		iLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset;// AlphaOffset: valid range [-6, 6], default 0
+
+    int		iLoopFilterBetaOffset;	// BetaOffset:	valid range [-6, 6], default 0
+    int		iInterLayerLoopFilterDisableIdc; // Employed based upon inter-layer, same comment as above
+    int		iInterLayerLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset;	// InterLayerLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset
+    int		iInterLayerLoopFilterBetaOffset;	// InterLayerLoopFilterBetaOffset
+    bool      bEnableSceneChangeDetect;
+
+    //added
+    int iMaxQp;
+    int iMinQp;
+
+}SEncParamExt;
+
+#endif
 
 //Define a new struct to show the property of video bitstream.
 typedef struct {
--- a/codec/console/enc/src/welsenc.cpp
+++ b/codec/console/enc/src/welsenc.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 //#define STICK_STREAM_SIZE
 
 #include "measure_time.h"
-#include "param_svc.h"
-//#include "layered_pic_buffer.h"
 #include "read_config.h"
 
 #include "typedefs.h"
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@
  */
 typedef struct LayerpEncCtx_s {
   int32_t				iDLayerQp;
-  SMulSliceOption	sMso;
+  SSliceConfig	sSliceCfg;
 } SLayerPEncCtx;
 
 
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@
   g_iCtrlC = 1;
 }
 
-int ParseConfig (CReadConfig& cRdCfg, SWelsSvcCodingParam& pSvcParam, SFilesSet& sFileSet) {
+int ParseConfig (CReadConfig& cRdCfg, SEncParamExt& pSvcParam, SFilesSet& sFileSet) {
   string strTag[4];
   int32_t iLeftTargetBitrate = 0;
   int32_t	iLeftSpatialBitrate[MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER] = { 0 };
@@ -206,11 +204,11 @@
       } else if (strTag[0].compare ("EnableLongTermReference") == 0) {
         pSvcParam.bEnableLongTermReference	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str()) ? true : false;
       } else if (strTag[0].compare ("LtrMarkPeriod") == 0) {
-        pSvcParam.uiLtrMarkPeriod	= (uint32_t)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+        pSvcParam.iLtrMarkPeriod	= (uint32_t)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
       } else if (strTag[0].compare ("NumLayers") == 0) {
-        pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer	= (int8_t)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
-        if (pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer > MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER || pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer <= 0) {
-          fprintf (stderr, "Invalid parameter in iNumDependencyLayer: %d.\n", pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer);
+        pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum	= (int8_t)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+        if (pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum > MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER || pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum <= 0) {
+          fprintf (stderr, "Invalid parameter in iSpatialLayerNum: %d.\n", pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum);
           iRet = 1;
           break;
         }
@@ -230,10 +228,10 @@
     }
   }
 
-  const int8_t kiActualLayerNum = WELS_MIN (pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer, iLayerCount);
-  if (pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer >
+  const int8_t kiActualLayerNum = WELS_MIN (pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum, iLayerCount);
+  if (pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum >
       kiActualLayerNum) {	// fixed number of dependency layer due to parameter error in settings
-    pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer	= kiActualLayerNum;
+    pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum	= kiActualLayerNum;
   }
 
   assert (kiActualLayerNum <= MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER);
@@ -243,7 +241,7 @@
     int32_t iLayerArg = -2;
     int32_t iNumQualityBitrateLayerSet = 0;
 
-    SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
+    SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
     CReadConfig cRdLayerCfg (sFileSet.sSpatialLayers[iLayer].strLayerCfgFile);
 
     memset (&sLayerCtx, 0, sizeof (SLayerPEncCtx));
@@ -260,15 +258,11 @@
         if (strTag[0].empty())
           continue;
         if (strTag[0].compare ("SourceWidth") == 0) {
-          pDLayer->iFrameWidth	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
-          pDLayer->iActualWidth = pDLayer->iFrameWidth;
+			pDLayer->iVideoWidth	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
         } else if (strTag[0].compare ("SourceHeight") == 0) {
-          pDLayer->iFrameHeight	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
-          pDLayer->iActualHeight	= pDLayer->iFrameHeight;
-        } else if (strTag[0].compare ("FrameRateIn") == 0) {
-          pDLayer->fInputFrameRate	= (float)atof (strTag[1].c_str());
+          pDLayer->iVideoHeight	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
         } else if (strTag[0].compare ("FrameRateOut") == 0) {
-          pDLayer->fOutputFrameRate = (float)atof (strTag[1].c_str());
+          pDLayer->fFrameRate = (float)atof (strTag[1].c_str());
         } else if (strTag[0].compare ("InputFile") == 0) {
           if (strTag[1].length() > 0)
             sFileSet.sSpatialLayers[iLayer].strSeqFile	= strTag[1];
@@ -299,32 +293,32 @@
         } else if (strTag[0].compare ("InitialQP") == 0) {
           sLayerCtx.iDLayerQp	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
         } else if (strTag[0].compare ("SliceMode") == 0) {
-          sLayerCtx.sMso.uiSliceMode	= (SliceMode)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+          sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode	= (SliceMode)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
         } else if (strTag[0].compare ("SliceSize") == 0) { //SM_DYN_SLICE
-          sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint	= (SliceMode)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+          sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint	= (SliceMode)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
           continue;
         } else if (strTag[0].compare ("SliceNum") == 0) {
-          sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum = atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+          sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum = atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
         } else if (strTag[0].compare (0, kiSize, str_) == 0) {
           const char* kpString = strTag[0].c_str();
           int uiSliceIdx = atoi (&kpString[kiSize]);
           assert (uiSliceIdx < MAX_SLICES_NUM);
-          sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[uiSliceIdx] = atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+          sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[uiSliceIdx] = atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
         }
       }
     }
     pDLayer->iDLayerQp	= sLayerCtx.iDLayerQp;
-    pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode		= sLayerCtx.sMso.uiSliceMode;
+    pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode		= sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode;
 
-    memcpy (&pDLayer->sMso, &sLayerCtx.sMso, sizeof (SMulSliceOption));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
-    memcpy (&pDLayer->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0], &sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0],
-            sizeof (sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
+    memcpy (&pDLayer->sSliceCfg, &sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg, sizeof (SSliceConfig));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
+    memcpy (&pDLayer->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0], &sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0],
+            sizeof (sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
   }
 
   return iRet;
 }
 
-int ParseCommandLine (int argc, char** argv, SVCEncodingParam& sParam) {
+int ParseCommandLine (int argc, char** argv, SEncParamExt& sParam) {
   char* pCmd;
   int i = 0;
 
@@ -338,7 +332,7 @@
       sParam.iTemporalLayerNum = atoi (argv[i++]);
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCmd, "-iper") && (i < argc))
-      sParam.iIntraPeriod = atoi (argv[i++]);
+      sParam.uiIntraPeriod = atoi (argv[i++]);
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCmd, "-spsid") && (i < argc))
       sParam.bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition = atoi (argv[i++]) ? true : false;
@@ -418,7 +412,7 @@
   printf ("\n");
 }
 
-int ParseCommandLine (int argc, char** argv, SWelsSvcCodingParam& pSvcParam, SFilesSet& sFileSet) {
+int ParseCommandLine (int argc, char** argv, SEncParamExt& pSvcParam, SFilesSet& sFileSet) {
   char* pCommand = NULL;
   SLayerPEncCtx sLayerCtx[3];
   int n = 0;
@@ -462,7 +456,7 @@
       pSvcParam.bEnableLongTermReference = atoi (argv[n++]) ? true : false;
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-ltrper") && (n < argc))
-      pSvcParam.uiLtrMarkPeriod = atoi (argv[n++]);
+      pSvcParam.iLtrMarkPeriod = atoi (argv[n++]);
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-rc") && (n < argc))
       pSvcParam.bEnableRc = atoi (argv[n++]) ? true : false;
@@ -471,19 +465,19 @@
       pSvcParam.iTargetBitrate = atoi (argv[n++]);
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-numl") && (n < argc)) {
-      pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      for (int ln = 0 ; (ln < pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer) && (n < argc) ; ln++) {
+      pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum = atoi (argv[n++]);
+      for (int ln = 0 ; (ln < pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum) && (n < argc) ; ln++) {
 //				pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[ln].uiDependencyId = ln;
         sFileSet.sSpatialLayers[ln].strLayerCfgFile.assign (argv[n++]);
       }
 
-      for (int8_t iLayer = 0; iLayer < pSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer; ++ iLayer) {
+      for (int8_t iLayer = 0; iLayer < pSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum; ++ iLayer) {
         SLayerPEncCtx sLayerCtx;
         string strTag[4];
         int32_t iLayerArg = -2;
         int32_t iNumQualityBitrateLayerSet = 0;
 
-        SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
+        SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
         CReadConfig cRdLayerCfg (sFileSet.sSpatialLayers[iLayer].strLayerCfgFile);
 
         memset (&sLayerCtx, 0, sizeof (SLayerPEncCtx));
@@ -500,15 +494,11 @@
             if (strTag[0].empty())
               continue;
             if (strTag[0].compare ("SourceWidth") == 0) {
-              pDLayer->iFrameWidth	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
-              pDLayer->iActualWidth = pDLayer->iFrameWidth;
+				pDLayer->iVideoWidth	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
             } else if (strTag[0].compare ("SourceHeight") == 0) {
-              pDLayer->iFrameHeight	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
-              pDLayer->iActualHeight	= pDLayer->iFrameHeight;
-            } else if (strTag[0].compare ("FrameRateIn") == 0) {
-              pDLayer->fInputFrameRate	= (float)atof (strTag[1].c_str());
+				pDLayer->iVideoHeight	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
             } else if (strTag[0].compare ("FrameRateOut") == 0) {
-              pDLayer->fOutputFrameRate = (float)atof (strTag[1].c_str());
+				pDLayer->fFrameRate = (float)atof (strTag[1].c_str());
             } else if (strTag[0].compare ("InputFile") == 0) {
               if (strTag[1].length() > 0)
                 sFileSet.sSpatialLayers[iLayer].strSeqFile = strTag[1];
@@ -529,24 +519,24 @@
             } else if (strTag[0].compare ("InitialQP") == 0) {
               sLayerCtx.iDLayerQp	= atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
             } else if (strTag[0].compare ("SliceMode") == 0) {
-              sLayerCtx.sMso.uiSliceMode	= (SliceMode)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+              sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode	= (SliceMode)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
             } else if (strTag[0].compare ("SliceSize") == 0) { //SM_DYN_SLICE
-              sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint	= (SliceMode)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+              sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint	= (SliceMode)atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
             } else if (strTag[0].compare ("SliceNum") == 0) {
-              sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum = atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+              sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum = atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
             } else if (strTag[0].compare (0, kiSize, str_) == 0) {
               const char* kpString = strTag[0].c_str();
               int uiSliceIdx = atoi (&kpString[kiSize]);
               assert (uiSliceIdx < MAX_SLICES_NUM);
-              sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[uiSliceIdx] = atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
+              sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[uiSliceIdx] = atoi (strTag[1].c_str());
             }
           }
         }
         pDLayer->iDLayerQp		= sLayerCtx.iDLayerQp;
-        pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode		= sLayerCtx.sMso.uiSliceMode;
-        memcpy (&pDLayer->sMso, &sLayerCtx.sMso, sizeof (SMulSliceOption));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
-        memcpy (&pDLayer->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0], &sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0],
-                sizeof (sLayerCtx.sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
+        pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode		= sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode;
+        memcpy (&pDLayer->sSliceCfg, &sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg, sizeof (SSliceConfig));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
+        memcpy (&pDLayer->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0], &sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0],
+                sizeof (sLayerCtx.sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
 
       }
     }
@@ -569,33 +559,25 @@
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-sw") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
       unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
-      pDLayer->iFrameWidth =  atoi (argv[n++]);
-      pDLayer->iActualWidth = pDLayer->iFrameWidth;
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
+	  pDLayer->iVideoWidth =  atoi (argv[n++]);
     }
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-sh") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
       unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
-      pDLayer->iFrameHeight =  atoi (argv[n++]);
-      pDLayer->iActualHeight = pDLayer->iFrameHeight;
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
+      pDLayer->iVideoHeight =  atoi (argv[n++]);
     }
 
-    else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-frin") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
+     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-frout") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
       unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
-      pDLayer->fInputFrameRate = (float)atof (argv[n++]);
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
+	  pDLayer->fFrameRate = (float)atof (argv[n++]);
     }
 
-    else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-frout") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
-      unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
-      pDLayer->fOutputFrameRate = (float)atof (argv[n++]);
-    }
-
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-lqp") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
       unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
       pDLayer->iDLayerQp = sLayerCtx[iLayer].iDLayerQp =  atoi (argv[n++]);
     }
     //sLayerCtx[iLayer].num_quality_layers = pDLayer->num_quality_layers = 1;
@@ -602,32 +584,32 @@
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-ltarb") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
       unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
       pDLayer->iSpatialBitrate	= 1000 * atoi (argv[n++]);
     }
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-slcmd") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
       unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
 
       switch (atoi (argv[n++])) {
       case 0:
-        pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode = SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
+        pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
         break;
       case 1:
-        pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode = SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE;
+        pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE;
         break;
       case 2:
-        pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode = SM_RASTER_SLICE;
+        pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = SM_RASTER_SLICE;
         break;
       case 3:
-        pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode = SM_ROWMB_SLICE;
+        pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = SM_ROWMB_SLICE;
         break;
       case 4:
-        pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode = SM_DYN_SLICE;
+        pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = SM_DYN_SLICE;
         break;
       default:
-        pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode = SM_RESERVED;
+        pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = SM_RESERVED;
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -634,14 +616,14 @@
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-slcsize") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
       unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
-      pDLayer->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = atoi (argv[n++]);
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
+      pDLayer->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = atoi (argv[n++]);
     }
 
     else if (!strcmp (pCommand, "-slcnum") && (n + 1 < argc)) {
       unsigned int	iLayer = atoi (argv[n++]);
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iLayer];
-      pDLayer->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum = atoi (argv[n++]);
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &pSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iLayer];
+      pDLayer->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum = atoi (argv[n++]);
     }
   }
   return 0;
@@ -649,9 +631,9 @@
 
 
 
-int FillSpecificParameters (SVCEncodingParam& sParam) {
+int FillSpecificParameters (SEncParamExt& sParam) {
   /* Test for temporal, spatial, SNR scalability */
-  sParam.fFrameRate	= 30.0f;		// input frame rate
+  sParam.fMaxFrameRate	= 30.0f;		// input frame rate
   sParam.iPicWidth		= 1280;			// width of picture in samples
   sParam.iPicHeight	= 720;			// height of picture in samples
   sParam.iTargetBitrate = 2500000;		// target bitrate desired
@@ -666,8 +648,7 @@
   sParam.iLtrMarkPeriod = 30;
 
   sParam.iInputCsp			= videoFormatI420;			// color space of input sequence
-  sParam.iKeyPicCodingMode = 1; // mode of key picture coding
-  sParam.iIntraPeriod		= 320;		// period of Intra frame
+  sParam.uiIntraPeriod		= 320;		// period of Intra frame
   sParam.bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition = 1;
   sParam.bPrefixNalAddingCtrl = 1;
 
@@ -679,7 +660,6 @@
   sParam.sSpatialLayers[iIndexLayer].iSpatialBitrate		= 64000;
   sParam.sSpatialLayers[iIndexLayer].iCgsSnrRefined		= 0;
 //	sParam.sSpatialLayers[iIndexLayer].iQualityBitrate[0]	= 0;
-//	memset(sParam.iTemporalBitrate, 0, sizeof(sParam.iTemporalBitrate));
   sParam.sSpatialLayers[iIndexLayer].iInterSpatialLayerPredFlag	= 0;
 #ifdef MT_ENABLED
   sParam.sSpatialLayers[iIndexLayer].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = 0;
@@ -737,7 +717,7 @@
     if (sParam.sSpatialLayers[i].fFrameRate > fMaxFr + EPSN)
       fMaxFr = sParam.sSpatialLayers[i].fFrameRate;
   }
-  sParam.fFrameRate = fMaxFr;
+  sParam.fMaxFrameRate = fMaxFr;
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -753,7 +733,7 @@
   FILE* pFpBs = NULL;
   FILE* pFpSrc = NULL;
   SFrameBSInfo sFbi;
-  SVCEncodingParam sSvcParam;
+  SEncParamExt sSvcParam;
   int64_t iStart = 0, iTotal = 0;
   int32_t ret = 0;
 
@@ -777,7 +757,7 @@
   }
 
   memset (&sFbi, 0, sizeof (SFrameBSInfo));
-  memset (&sSvcParam, 0, sizeof (SVCEncodingParam));
+  memset (&sSvcParam, 0, sizeof (SEncParamBase));
 
   FillSpecificParameters (sSvcParam);
 
@@ -898,7 +878,7 @@
     return 1;
 
   SFrameBSInfo sFbi;
-  SWelsSvcCodingParam sSvcParam;
+  SEncParamExt sSvcParam;
   int64_t iStart = 0, iTotal = 0;
 
   // Preparing encoding process
@@ -926,10 +906,10 @@
   int iParsedNum = 2;
 
   memset (&sFbi, 0, sizeof (SFrameBSInfo));
-  memset (&sSvcParam, 0, sizeof (SWelsSvcCodingParam));
+  memset (&sSvcParam, 0, sizeof (SEncParamExt));
 
   sSvcParam.iInputCsp	= videoFormatI420;	// I420 in default
-  sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[0].uiProfileIdc	= PRO_BASELINE;
+  sSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[0].uiProfileIdc	= PRO_BASELINE;
 //	svc_cfg->sDependencyLayers[0].frext_mode	= 0;
 
   // for configuration file
@@ -955,21 +935,11 @@
   }
 
   iTotalFrameMax = (int32_t)sSvcParam.uiFrameToBeCoded;
-  sSvcParam.SUsedPicRect.iLeft = 0;
-  sSvcParam.SUsedPicRect.iTop = 0;
-//	sSvcParam.max_pic_width	=
-  sSvcParam.iActualPicWidth =
-    sSvcParam.SUsedPicRect.iWidth = sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iFrameWidth;
-//	pSvcParam.max_pic_height	=
-  sSvcParam.iActualPicHeight =
-    sSvcParam.SUsedPicRect.iHeight = sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iFrameHeight;
+  sSvcParam.iPicWidth = sSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[sSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum - 1].iVideoWidth;
+  sSvcParam.iPicHeight = sSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[sSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum - 1].iVideoHeight;
 
-  sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iFrameWidth =
-    WELS_ALIGN(sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iActualWidth, MB_WIDTH_LUMA);
-  sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iFrameHeight =
-    WELS_ALIGN(sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iActualHeight, MB_HEIGHT_LUMA);
 
-  if (cmResultSuccess != pPtrEnc->Initialize2 ((void*)&sSvcParam, INIT_TYPE_CONFIG_BASED)) {	// SVC encoder initialization
+  if (cmResultSuccess != pPtrEnc->Initialize (&sSvcParam, INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_EXT)) {	// SVC encoder initialization
     fprintf (stderr, "SVC encoder Initialize failed\n");
     iRet = 1;
     goto INSIDE_MEM_FREE;
@@ -995,10 +965,10 @@
   }
 #endif
 
-  pSrcPicList = new SSourcePicture * [sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer];
-  while (iDlayerIdx < sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer) {
-    SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iDlayerIdx];
-    const int kiPicResSize = pDLayer->iActualWidth * pDLayer->iActualHeight;
+  pSrcPicList = new SSourcePicture * [sSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum];
+  while (iDlayerIdx < sSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum) {
+    SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &sSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iDlayerIdx];
+	const int kiPicResSize = pDLayer->iVideoWidth * pDLayer->iVideoHeight;
     SSourcePicture* pSrcPic = new SSourcePicture;
     if (pSrcPic == NULL) {
       iRet = 1;
@@ -1013,10 +983,10 @@
     }
 
     pSrcPic->iColorFormat = videoFormatI420;
-    pSrcPic->iPicWidth = pDLayer->iActualWidth;
-    pSrcPic->iPicHeight = pDLayer->iActualHeight;
-    pSrcPic->iStride[0] = pDLayer->iActualWidth;
-    pSrcPic->iStride[1] = pSrcPic->iStride[2] = pDLayer->iActualWidth >> 1;
+    pSrcPic->iPicWidth = pDLayer->iVideoWidth;
+    pSrcPic->iPicHeight = pDLayer->iVideoHeight;
+    pSrcPic->iStride[0] = pDLayer->iVideoWidth;
+    pSrcPic->iStride[1] = pSrcPic->iStride[2] = pDLayer->iVideoWidth >> 1;
 
     pSrcPicList[iDlayerIdx] = pSrcPic;
 
@@ -1052,10 +1022,10 @@
 
     iDlayerIdx = 0;
     int  nSpatialLayerNum = 0;
-    while (iDlayerIdx < sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer) {
-      SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &sSvcParam.sDependencyLayers[iDlayerIdx];
-      const int kiPicResSize = ((pDLayer->iActualWidth * pDLayer->iActualHeight) * 3) >> 1;
-      uint32_t uiSkipIdx = (1 << pDLayer->iTemporalResolution);
+    while (iDlayerIdx < sSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum) {
+      SSpatialLayerConfig* pDLayer = &sSvcParam.sSpatialLayers[iDlayerIdx];
+	  const int kiPicResSize = ((pDLayer->iVideoWidth * pDLayer->iVideoHeight) * 3) >> 1;
+      uint32_t uiSkipIdx = 1;//(1 << pDLayer->iTemporalResolution);
 
       bool bCanBeRead = false;
 
@@ -1067,15 +1037,15 @@
 
           pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->pData[0] = pYUV[iDlayerIdx];
           pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->pData[1] = pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->pData[0] +
-              (pDLayer->iActualWidth * pDLayer->iActualHeight);
+              (pDLayer->iVideoWidth * pDLayer->iVideoHeight);
           pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->pData[2] = pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->pData[1] +
-              ((pDLayer->iActualWidth * pDLayer->iActualHeight) >> 2);
+              ((pDLayer->iVideoWidth * pDLayer->iVideoHeight) >> 2);
 
-          pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->iPicWidth = pDLayer->iActualWidth;
-          pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->iPicHeight = pDLayer->iActualHeight;
-          pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->iStride[0] = pDLayer->iActualWidth;
+          pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->iPicWidth = pDLayer->iVideoWidth;
+          pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->iPicHeight = pDLayer->iVideoHeight;
+          pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->iStride[0] = pDLayer->iVideoWidth;
           pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->iStride[1] = pSrcPicList[nSpatialLayerNum]->iStride[2]
-              = pDLayer->iActualWidth >> 1;
+              = pDLayer->iVideoWidth >> 1;
 
           ++ nSpatialLayerNum;
         } else {	// file end while reading
@@ -1161,7 +1131,7 @@
   if (iActualFrameEncodedCount > 0) {
     double dElapsed = iTotal / 1e6;
     printf ("Width:		%d\nHeight:		%d\nFrames:		%d\nencode time:	%f sec\nFPS:		%f fps\n",
-            sSvcParam.iActualPicWidth, sSvcParam.iActualPicHeight,
+		sSvcParam.iPicWidth, sSvcParam.iPicHeight,
             iActualFrameEncodedCount, dElapsed, (iActualFrameEncodedCount * 1.0) / dElapsed);
   }
 
@@ -1186,7 +1156,7 @@
 #endif
     // Destruction memory introduced in this routine
     iDlayerIdx = 0;
-    while (iDlayerIdx < sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer) {
+    while (iDlayerIdx < sSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum) {
       if (pFileYUV[iDlayerIdx] != NULL) {
         fclose (pFileYUV[iDlayerIdx]);
         pFileYUV[iDlayerIdx] = NULL;
@@ -1195,7 +1165,7 @@
     }
 
     if (pSrcPicList) {
-      for (int32_t i = 0; i < sSvcParam.iNumDependencyLayer; i++) {
+      for (int32_t i = 0; i < sSvcParam.iSpatialLayerNum; i++) {
         if (pSrcPicList[i]) {
           delete pSrcPicList[i];
           pSrcPicList[i] = NULL;
--- a/codec/encoder/core/inc/param_svc.h
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/inc/param_svc.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 //	uint8_t		uiDependencyId;
 int8_t      iDLayerQp;
 
-SMulSliceOption sMso;	// multiple slice options
+SSliceConfig sSliceCfg;	// multiple slice options
 
 float		fInputFrameRate;		// input frame rate
 float		fOutputFrameRate;		// output frame rate
@@ -109,17 +109,11 @@
 /*
  *	Cisco OpenH264 Encoder Parameter Configuration
  */
-typedef struct TagWelsSvcCodingParam {
+typedef struct TagWelsSvcCodingParam: SEncParamExt{
 SDLayerParam	sDependencyLayers[MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER];
 
 /* General */
 uint32_t	uiGopSize;			// GOP size (at maximal frame rate: 16)
-uint32_t	uiIntraPeriod;		// intra period (multiple of GOP size as desired)
-int32_t		iNumRefFrame;		// number of reference frame used
-
-int32_t     iActualPicWidth;    //   actual input picture width
-int32_t     iActualPicHeight;   //   actual input picture height
-
 struct {
   int32_t iLeft;
   int32_t iTop;
@@ -129,62 +123,16 @@
 
 char*       pCurPath; // record current lib path such as:/pData/pData/com.wels.enc/lib/
 
-float		fMaxFrameRate;		// maximal frame rate [Hz / fps]
-int32_t		iInputCsp;			// color space of input sequence
-uint32_t	uiFrameToBeCoded;	// frame to be encoded (at input frame rate)
-
-int32_t		iTargetBitrate;			// overall target bitrate introduced in RC module
-int16_t		iMultipleThreadIdc;		// 1	# 0: auto(dynamic imp. internal encoder); 1: multiple threads imp. disabled; > 1: count number of threads;
-int16_t		iCountThreadsNum;			//		# derived from disable_multiple_slice_idc (=0 or >1) means;
-
-int32_t		iLTRRefNum;
-uint32_t    uiLtrMarkPeriod;	//the min distance of two int32_t references
-
 bool		bDeblockingParallelFlag;	// deblocking filter parallelization control flag
 bool		bMgsT0OnlyStrategy; //MGS_T0_only_strategy
-bool		bEnableSSEI;
-bool		bEnableFrameCroppingFlag;	// enable frame cropping flag: true alwayse in application
 
-bool		bEnableCropPic;			// enable cropping source picture. , 8/25/2010
-// false: Streaming Video Sharing; true: Video Conferencing Meeting;
-int8_t		iDecompStages;		// GOP size dependency
+// FALSE: Streaming Video Sharing; TRUE: Video Conferencing Meeting;
 
-/* Deblocking loop filter */
-int8_t		iLoopFilterDisableIdc;	// 0: on, 1: off, 2: on except for slice boundaries
-int8_t		iLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset;// AlphaOffset: valid range [-6, 6], default 0
-
-int8_t		iLoopFilterBetaOffset;	// BetaOffset:	valid range [-6, 6], default 0
-int8_t		iInterLayerLoopFilterDisableIdc; // Employed based upon inter-layer, same comment as above
-int8_t		iInterLayerLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset;	// InterLayerLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset
-int8_t		iInterLayerLoopFilterBetaOffset;	// InterLayerLoopFilterBetaOffset
-
+int8_t		iDecompStages;		// GOP size dependency
 /* Rate Control */
 bool		bEnableRc;
-int8_t		iRCMode;
-int8_t		iPaddingFlag;
-/* denoise control */
-bool      bEnableDenoise;
 
-/* scene change detection control */
-bool      bEnableSceneChangeDetect;
-// background detection control
-bool		bEnableBackgroundDetection;
-/* adaptive quantization control */
-bool		bEnableAdaptiveQuant;
-/* frame skipping */
-bool		bEnableFrameSkip;
-/* long term reference control */
-bool      bEnableLongTermReference;
 
-/* pSps pPps id addition control */
-bool      bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition;
-/* Layer definition */
-bool		bPrefixNalAddingCtrl;
-int8_t		iNumDependencyLayer;	// number of dependency(Spatial/CGS) layers used to be encoded
-int8_t		iNumTemporalLayer;		// number of temporal layer specified
-
-
-
  public:
 TagWelsSvcCodingParam (const bool kbEnableRc = true) {
   FillDefault (kbEnableRc);
@@ -196,8 +144,8 @@
   uiIntraPeriod		= 0;			// intra period (multiple of GOP size as desired)
   iNumRefFrame		= MIN_REF_PIC_COUNT;	// number of reference frame used
 
-  iActualPicWidth	= 0;    //   actual input picture width
-  iActualPicHeight	= 0;	//   actual input picture height
+  iPicWidth	= 0;    //   actual input picture width
+  iPicHeight	= 0;	//   actual input picture height
   SUsedPicRect.iLeft	=
     SUsedPicRect.iTop	=
       SUsedPicRect.iWidth	=
@@ -220,7 +168,7 @@
   iCountThreadsNum		= 1;	//		# derived from disable_multiple_slice_idc (=0 or >1) means;
 
   iLTRRefNum				= 0;
-  uiLtrMarkPeriod			= 30;	//the min distance of two int32_t references
+  iLtrMarkPeriod			= 30;	//the min distance of two int32_t references
 
   bMgsT0OnlyStrategy			=
     true;	// Strategy of have MGS only at T0 frames (0: do not use this strategy; 1: use this strategy)
@@ -251,25 +199,99 @@
   bEnableLongTermReference	= false;	// long term reference control
   bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition	= true;		// pSps pPps id addition control
   bPrefixNalAddingCtrl		= true;		// prefix NAL adding control
-  iNumDependencyLayer		= 0;		// number of dependency(Spatial/CGS) layers used to be encoded
-  iNumTemporalLayer			= 0;		// number of temporal layer specified
+  iSpatialLayerNum		= 1;		// number of dependency(Spatial/CGS) layers used to be encoded
+  iTemporalLayerNum			= 1;		// number of temporal layer specified
 
+  iMaxQp = 51;
+  iMinQp = 0;
+  iUsageType = 0;
   memset(sDependencyLayers,0,sizeof(SDLayerParam)*MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER);
+
+
+
+  //init multi-slice
+   sDependencyLayers[0].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = 0;
+   sDependencyLayers[0].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint    = 1500;
+   sDependencyLayers[0].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum      = 1;
+
+   const int32_t kiLesserSliceNum = ((MAX_SLICES_NUM < MAX_SLICES_NUM_TMP) ? MAX_SLICES_NUM : MAX_SLICES_NUM_TMP);
+   for(int32_t idx = 0;idx <kiLesserSliceNum;idx++)
+		sDependencyLayers[0].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[idx] = 960;
+    sDependencyLayers[0].iDLayerQp = SVC_QUALITY_BASE_QP;
+
+
 }
 
-int32_t ParamTranscode (SVCEncodingParam& pCodingParam, const bool kbEnableRc = true) {
-  pCodingParam.fFrameRate		= WELS_CLIP3 (pCodingParam.fFrameRate, MIN_FRAME_RATE, MAX_FRAME_RATE);
+int32_t ParamBaseTranscode (SEncParamBase& pCodingParam, const bool kbEnableRc = true) {
+
+  pCodingParam.fMaxFrameRate		= WELS_CLIP3 (pCodingParam.fMaxFrameRate, MIN_FRAME_RATE, MAX_FRAME_RATE);
   iInputCsp		= pCodingParam.iInputCsp;		// color space of input sequence
+
+  iPicWidth   = pCodingParam.iPicWidth;
+  iPicHeight  = pCodingParam.iPicHeight;
+
+  SUsedPicRect.iLeft = 0;
+  SUsedPicRect.iTop  = 0;
+  SUsedPicRect.iWidth = ((iPicWidth >> 1) << 1);
+  SUsedPicRect.iHeight = ((iPicHeight >> 1) << 1);
+
+   bEnableRc			= kbEnableRc;
+  if (pCodingParam.iRCMode != RC_MODE0 && pCodingParam.iRCMode != RC_MODE1)
+    iRCMode = RC_MODE1;
+  else
+    iRCMode = pCodingParam.iRCMode;    // rc mode
+
+
+
+  int8_t iIdxSpatial	= 0;
+  uint8_t uiProfileIdc		= PRO_BASELINE;
+  SDLayerParam* pDlp		= &sDependencyLayers[0];
+
+  while (iIdxSpatial < iSpatialLayerNum) {
+
+    pDlp->uiProfileIdc		= uiProfileIdc;
+    sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].fFrameRate	= WELS_CLIP3 (sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].fFrameRate,
+        MIN_FRAME_RATE, pCodingParam.fMaxFrameRate);
+    pDlp->fInputFrameRate	=
+      pDlp->fOutputFrameRate	= WELS_CLIP3 (sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].fFrameRate, MIN_FRAME_RATE,
+                                            MAX_FRAME_RATE);
+#ifdef ENABLE_FRAME_DUMP
+    pDlp->sRecFileName[0]	= '\0';	// file to be constructed
+#endif//ENABLE_FRAME_DUMP
+   pDlp->iActualWidth = sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].iVideoWidth = iPicWidth;
+   pDlp->iFrameWidth =  WELS_ALIGN(pDlp->iActualWidth, MB_WIDTH_LUMA);
+
+  pDlp->iActualHeight = sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].iVideoHeight = iPicHeight;
+  pDlp->iFrameHeight =  WELS_ALIGN(pDlp->iActualHeight, MB_HEIGHT_LUMA);
+
+    pDlp->iSpatialBitrate	=
+		sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].iSpatialBitrate = pCodingParam.iTargetBitrate;	// target bitrate for current spatial layer
+
+
+   pDlp->iDLayerQp = SVC_QUALITY_BASE_QP;
+
+    uiProfileIdc	= PRO_SCALABLE_BASELINE;
+    ++ pDlp;
+    ++ iIdxSpatial;
+  }
+   SetActualPicResolution();
+
+   return 0;
+}
+int32_t ParamTranscode (SEncParamExt& pCodingParam, const bool kbEnableRc = true) {
+  pCodingParam.fMaxFrameRate		= WELS_CLIP3 (pCodingParam.fMaxFrameRate, MIN_FRAME_RATE, MAX_FRAME_RATE);
+
+  iInputCsp		= pCodingParam.iInputCsp;		// color space of input sequence
   uiFrameToBeCoded	= (uint32_t) -
                       1;		// frame to be encoded (at input frame rate), -1 dependents on length of input sequence
 
-  iActualPicWidth   = pCodingParam.iPicWidth;
-  iActualPicHeight  = pCodingParam.iPicHeight;
+  iPicWidth   = pCodingParam.iPicWidth;
+  iPicHeight  = pCodingParam.iPicHeight;
 
   SUsedPicRect.iLeft = 0;
   SUsedPicRect.iTop  = 0;
-  SUsedPicRect.iWidth = ((iActualPicWidth >> 1) << 1);
-  SUsedPicRect.iHeight = ((iActualPicHeight >> 1) << 1);
+  SUsedPicRect.iWidth = ((iPicWidth >> 1) << 1);
+  SUsedPicRect.iHeight = ((iPicHeight >> 1) << 1);
 
   /* Deblocking loop filter */
 #ifdef MT_ENABLED
@@ -315,22 +337,22 @@
 
   /* Enable int32_t term reference */
   bEnableLongTermReference	= pCodingParam.bEnableLongTermReference ? true : false;
-  uiLtrMarkPeriod = pCodingParam.iLtrMarkPeriod;
+  iLtrMarkPeriod = pCodingParam.iLtrMarkPeriod;
 
   /* For ssei information */
   bEnableSSEI		= true;
 
   /* Layer definition */
-  iNumDependencyLayer	= (int8_t)WELS_CLIP3 (pCodingParam.iSpatialLayerNum, 1,
+  iSpatialLayerNum	= (int8_t)WELS_CLIP3 (pCodingParam.iSpatialLayerNum, 1,
                         MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER); // number of dependency(Spatial/CGS) layers used to be encoded
   pCodingParam.iTemporalLayerNum = (int8_t)WELS_CLIP3 (pCodingParam.iTemporalLayerNum, 1,
                                    MAX_TEMPORAL_LEVEL);	// safe valid iTemporalLayerNum
-  iNumTemporalLayer		= (int8_t)
+  iTemporalLayerNum		= (int8_t)
                         pCodingParam.iTemporalLayerNum;//(int8_t)WELS_CLIP3(pCodingParam.iTemporalLayerNum, 1, MAX_TEMPORAL_LEVEL);// number of temporal layer specified
 
-  uiGopSize			= 1 << (iNumTemporalLayer - 1);	// Override GOP size based temporal layer
-  iDecompStages		= iNumTemporalLayer - 1;	// WELS_LOG2( uiGopSize );// GOP size dependency
-  uiIntraPeriod		= pCodingParam.iIntraPeriod;// intra period (multiple of GOP size as desired)
+  uiGopSize			= 1 << (iTemporalLayerNum - 1);	// Override GOP size based temporal layer
+  iDecompStages		= iTemporalLayerNum - 1;	// WELS_LOG2( uiGopSize );// GOP size dependency
+  uiIntraPeriod		= pCodingParam.uiIntraPeriod;// intra period (multiple of GOP size as desired)
   if (uiIntraPeriod == (uint32_t) (-1))
     uiIntraPeriod = 0;
   else if (uiIntraPeriod & uiGopSize)	// none multiple of GOP size
@@ -340,7 +362,7 @@
   iNumRefFrame		= ((uiGopSize >> 1) > 1) ? ((uiGopSize >> 1) + iLTRRefNum) : (MIN_REF_PIC_COUNT + iLTRRefNum);
   iNumRefFrame		= WELS_CLIP3 (iNumRefFrame, MIN_REF_PIC_COUNT, MAX_REFERENCE_PICTURE_COUNT_NUM);
 
-  uiLtrMarkPeriod  = pCodingParam.iLtrMarkPeriod;
+  iLtrMarkPeriod  = pCodingParam.iLtrMarkPeriod;
 
   bPrefixNalAddingCtrl	= pCodingParam.bPrefixNalAddingCtrl;
 
@@ -352,11 +374,11 @@
   float fMaxFr			= .0f;
   uint8_t uiProfileIdc		= PRO_BASELINE;
   int8_t iIdxSpatial	= 0;
-  while (iIdxSpatial < iNumDependencyLayer) {
+  while (iIdxSpatial < iSpatialLayerNum) {
     pDlp->uiProfileIdc		= uiProfileIdc;
 
     pCodingParam.sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].fFrameRate	= WELS_CLIP3 (pCodingParam.sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].fFrameRate,
-        MIN_FRAME_RATE, pCodingParam.fFrameRate);
+        MIN_FRAME_RATE, pCodingParam.fMaxFrameRate);
     pDlp->fInputFrameRate	=
       pDlp->fOutputFrameRate	= WELS_CLIP3 (pCodingParam.sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].fFrameRate, MIN_FRAME_RATE,
                                             MAX_FRAME_RATE);
@@ -373,13 +395,13 @@
 
 
     //multi slice
-    pDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode = (SliceMode)pCodingParam.sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode;
-    pDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint
+    pDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = (SliceMode)pCodingParam.sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode;
+    pDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint
       = (uint32_t) (pCodingParam.sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint);
-    pDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum
+    pDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum
       = pCodingParam.sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum;
     const int32_t kiLesserSliceNum = ((MAX_SLICES_NUM < MAX_SLICES_NUM_TMP) ? MAX_SLICES_NUM : MAX_SLICES_NUM_TMP);
-    memcpy (pDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum,
+    memcpy (pDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum,
             pCodingParam.sSpatialLayers[iIdxSpatial].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum,	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
             kiLesserSliceNum * sizeof (uint32_t)) ;
 
@@ -400,7 +422,7 @@
 // assuming that the width/height ratio of all spatial layers are the same
 
 void SetActualPicResolution() {
-  int32_t iSpatialIdx			= iNumDependencyLayer - 1;
+  int32_t iSpatialIdx			= iSpatialLayerNum - 1;
   SDLayerParam* pDlayer		= &sDependencyLayers[iSpatialIdx];
 
   for (; iSpatialIdx >= 0; iSpatialIdx --) {
@@ -426,7 +448,7 @@
   uint8_t uiProfileIdc				= PRO_BASELINE;
   int8_t i						= 0;
 
-  while (i < iNumDependencyLayer) {
+  while (i < iSpatialLayerNum) {
     const uint32_t kuiLogFactorInOutRate	= GetLogFactor (pDlp->fOutputFrameRate, pDlp->fInputFrameRate);
     const uint32_t kuiLogFactorMaxInRate	= GetLogFactor (pDlp->fInputFrameRate, fMaxFrameRate);
     int32_t iNotCodedMask = 0;
--- a/codec/encoder/core/inc/svc_enc_slice_segment.h
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/inc/svc_enc_slice_segment.h
@@ -80,18 +80,6 @@
 #define JUMPPACKETSIZE_JUDGE(len,mb_idx,max_byte)	 ( (len) > JUMPPACKETSIZE_CONSTRAINT(max_byte) ) //( (mb_idx+1)%40/*16slice for compare*/ == 0 )	//
 //cur_mb_idx is for early tests, can be omit in optimization
 
-typedef struct TagSliceArgument {
-uint32_t			uiSliceMbNum[MAX_SLICES_NUM];   //will perform check on this array to decide specific slicing, see note
-uint32_t			uiSliceSizeConstraint;
-int16_t				iSliceNum;
-} SSliceArgument;
-
-typedef struct TagMulSliceOption { //interfaces about slicing from application layer
-SSliceArgument
-sSliceArgument; //according to uiSliceMode, decide which elements of this structure will actually takes effect
-SliceMode			uiSliceMode;
-} SMulSliceOption;
-
 /*!
  * \brief	SSlice context
  */
@@ -139,7 +127,7 @@
                           bool bFmoUseFlag,
                           int32_t iMbWidth,
                           int32_t iMbHeight,
-                          SMulSliceOption* pMulSliceOption,
+                          SSliceConfig* pMulSliceOption,
                           void* pPpsArg);
 
 
@@ -206,7 +194,7 @@
  *	Get slice count for multiple slice segment
  *
  */
-int32_t GetInitialSliceNum (const int32_t kiMbWidth, const int32_t kiMbHeight, SMulSliceOption* pMso);
+int32_t GetInitialSliceNum (const int32_t kiMbWidth, const int32_t kiMbHeight, SSliceConfig* pMso);
 int32_t GetCurrentSliceNum (const SSliceCtx* kpSliceCtx);
 
 //checking valid para
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/deblocking.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/deblocking.cpp
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
     int32_t iSliceCount			= 0;
     int32_t iSliceIdx			= 0;
 
-    if (SM_DYN_SLICE != pDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode) {
+    if (SM_DYN_SLICE != pDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) {
       iSliceCount	= GetCurrentSliceNum (pCurLayer->pSliceEncCtx);
       do {
         DeblockingFilterSliceAvcbase (pCurLayer, pEnc->pFuncList, iSliceIdx);
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/encoder.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/encoder.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 
   // perform scene change detection
   if ((!pSvcParam->bEnableSceneChangeDetect) || pEncCtx->pVaa->bIdrPeriodFlag ||
-      (kiSpatialNum < pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer)
+      (kiSpatialNum < pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum)
       || (pEncCtx->uiFrameIdxRc < (VGOP_SIZE << 1))) { // avoid too frequent I frame coding, rc control
     bSceneChangeFlag = false;
   } else {
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@
     bSceneChangeFlag = pEncCtx->pVaa->bSceneChangeFlag;
   }
 
-  //scene_changed_flag: RC enable && iSpatialNum == pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer
-  //bIdrPeriodFlag: RC disable || iSpatialNum != pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer
+  //scene_changed_flag: RC enable && iSpatialNum == pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum
+  //bIdrPeriodFlag: RC disable || iSpatialNum != pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum
   //pEncCtx->bEncCurFrmAsIdrFlag: 1. first frame should be IDR; 2. idr pause; 3. idr request
   iFrameType = (pEncCtx->pVaa->bIdrPeriodFlag || bSceneChangeFlag
                 || pEncCtx->bEncCurFrmAsIdrFlag) ? WELS_FRAME_TYPE_IDR : WELS_FRAME_TYPE_P;
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/encoder_ext.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/encoder_ext.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
   assert (pCfg != NULL);
 
-  for (i = 0; i < pCfg->iNumDependencyLayer; ++ i) {
+  for (i = 0; i < pCfg->iSpatialLayerNum; ++ i) {
     SDLayerParam* fDlp = &pCfg->sDependencyLayers[i];
     if (fDlp->fOutputFrameRate > fDlp->fInputFrameRate || (fDlp->fInputFrameRate >= -fEpsn
         && fDlp->fInputFrameRate <= fEpsn)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  for (i = 0; i < pCfg->iNumDependencyLayer; ++ i) {
+  for (i = 0; i < pCfg->iSpatialLayerNum; ++ i) {
     SDLayerParam* fDlp = &pCfg->sDependencyLayers[i];
     if (fDlp->fInputFrameRate > fMaxFrameRate)
       fMaxFrameRate	= fDlp->fInputFrameRate;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     pCfg->fMaxFrameRate	= fMaxFrameRate;
   }
 
-  for (i = 0; i < pCfg->iNumDependencyLayer; ++ i) {
+  for (i = 0; i < pCfg->iSpatialLayerNum; ++ i) {
     SDLayerParam* fDlp = &pCfg->sDependencyLayers[i];
 
     pLastSpatialParam	= fDlp;
@@ -142,19 +142,19 @@
   if (NULL == pCodingParam)
     return 1;
 
-  if (pCodingParam->iNumDependencyLayer < 1 || pCodingParam->iNumDependencyLayer > MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER) {
+  if (pCodingParam->iSpatialLayerNum < 1 || pCodingParam->iSpatialLayerNum > MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
-    fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), monitor invalid pCodingParam->iNumDependencyLayer: %d!\n",
-             pCodingParam->iNumDependencyLayer);
+    fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), monitor invalid pCodingParam->iSpatialLayerNum: %d!\n",
+             pCodingParam->iSpatialLayerNum);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
 
     return 1;
   }
 
-  if (pCodingParam->iNumTemporalLayer < 1 || pCodingParam->iNumTemporalLayer > MAX_TEMPORAL_LEVEL) {
+  if (pCodingParam->iTemporalLayerNum < 1 || pCodingParam->iTemporalLayerNum > MAX_TEMPORAL_LEVEL) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
-    fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), monitor invalid pCodingParam->iNumTemporalLayer: %d!\n",
-             pCodingParam->iNumTemporalLayer);
+    fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), monitor invalid pCodingParam->iTemporalLayerNum: %d!\n",
+             pCodingParam->iTemporalLayerNum);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
     return 1;
   }
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
   pCodingParam->bDeblockingParallelFlag	= false;
 #endif//MT_ENABLED
 
-  for (i = 0; i < pCodingParam->iNumDependencyLayer; ++ i) {
+  for (i = 0; i < pCodingParam->iSpatialLayerNum; ++ i) {
     SDLayerParam* fDlp = &pCodingParam->sDependencyLayers[i];
     const int32_t kiPicWidth = fDlp->iFrameWidth;
     const int32_t kiPicHeight = fDlp->iFrameHeight;
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@
       return 1;
     }
 
-    if (fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode >= SM_RESERVED) {
+    if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode >= SM_RESERVED) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
-      fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceMode (%d) settings!\n", fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode);
+      fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceMode (%d) settings!\n", fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
       return 1;
     }
@@ -234,102 +234,102 @@
     //check pSlice settings under multi-pSlice
     if (kiPicWidth <= 16 && kiPicHeight <= 16) {
       //only have one MB, set to single_slice
-      fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode = SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
+      fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode = SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
     }
-    switch (fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode) {
+    switch (fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) {
     case SM_SINGLE_SLICE:
-      fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum = 1;
-      fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 0;
-      fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum = 0;
+      fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum = 1;
+      fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 0;
+      fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum = 0;
       for (iIdx = 0; iIdx < MAX_SLICES_NUM; iIdx++) {
-        fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[iIdx] = 0;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[iIdx] = 0;
       }
       break;
     case SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE: {
-      fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 0;
+      fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 0;
 
       iMbWidth	= (kiPicWidth + 15) >> 4;
       iMbHeight	= (kiPicHeight + 15) >> 4;
       iMbNumInFrame = iMbWidth * iMbHeight;
       iMaxSliceNum = MAX_SLICES_NUM;
-      if (fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum <= 0
-          || fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum > iMaxSliceNum) {
+      if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum <= 0
+          || fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum > iMaxSliceNum) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
-        fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceNum (%d) settings!\n", fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum);
+        fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceNum (%d) settings!\n", fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
-      if (fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum == 1) {
+      if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum == 1) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr,
                  "ParamValidationExt(), uiSliceNum(%d) you set for SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE, now turn to SM_SINGLE_SLICE type!\n",
-                 fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum);
+                 fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
-        fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
         break;
       }
       if (pCodingParam->bEnableRc) {	// multiple slices verify with gom
         //check uiSliceNum
-        GomValidCheckSliceNum (iMbWidth, iMbHeight, (int32_t*)&fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum);
-        assert (fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum > 1);
+        GomValidCheckSliceNum (iMbWidth, iMbHeight, (int32_t*)&fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum);
+        assert (fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum > 1);
         //set uiSliceMbNum with current uiSliceNum
-        GomValidCheckSliceMbNum (iMbWidth, iMbHeight, &fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument);
+        GomValidCheckSliceMbNum (iMbWidth, iMbHeight, &fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument);
       } else if (!CheckFixedSliceNumMultiSliceSetting (iMbNumInFrame,
-                 &fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument)) {	// verify interleave mode settings
+                 &fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument)) {	// verify interleave mode settings
         //check uiSliceMbNum with current uiSliceNum
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceMbNum (%d) settings!\n",
-                 fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0]);
+                 fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0]);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
       // considering the coding efficient and performance, iCountMbNum constraint by MIN_NUM_MB_PER_SLICE condition of multi-pSlice mode settting
       if (iMbNumInFrame <= MIN_NUM_MB_PER_SLICE) {
-        fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
-        fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum	= 1;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum	= 1;
         break;
       }
     }
     break;
     case SM_RASTER_SLICE: {
-      fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 0;
+      fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 0;
 
       iMbWidth	= (kiPicWidth + 15) >> 4;
       iMbHeight	= (kiPicHeight + 15) >> 4;
       iMbNumInFrame = iMbWidth * iMbHeight;
       iMaxSliceNum = MAX_SLICES_NUM;
-      if (fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0] <= 0) {
+      if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0] <= 0) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceMbNum (%d) settings!\n",
-                 fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0]);
+                 fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0]);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
 
-      if (!CheckRasterMultiSliceSetting (iMbNumInFrame, &fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument)) {	// verify interleave mode settings
+      if (!CheckRasterMultiSliceSetting (iMbNumInFrame, &fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument)) {	// verify interleave mode settings
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceMbNum (%d) settings!\n",
-                 fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0]);
+                 fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0]);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
-      if (fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum <= 0
-          || fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum > iMaxSliceNum) {	// verify interleave mode settings
+      if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum <= 0
+          || fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum > iMaxSliceNum) {	// verify interleave mode settings
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceNum (%d) in SM_RASTER_SLICE settings!\n",
-                 fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum);
+                 fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
-      if (fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum == 1) {
+      if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum == 1) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), pSlice setting for SM_RASTER_SLICE now turn to SM_SINGLE_SLICE!\n");
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
-        fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
         break;
       }
 #ifdef MT_ENABLED
-      if (pCodingParam->bEnableRc && fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum > 1) {
+      if (pCodingParam->bEnableRc && fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum > 1) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), WARNING: GOM based RC do not support SM_RASTER_SLICE!\n");
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
@@ -337,14 +337,14 @@
 #endif
       // considering the coding efficient and performance, iCountMbNum constraint by MIN_NUM_MB_PER_SLICE condition of multi-pSlice mode settting
       if (iMbNumInFrame <= MIN_NUM_MB_PER_SLICE) {
-        fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
-        fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum	= 1;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum	= 1;
         break;
       }
     }
     break;
     case SM_ROWMB_SLICE: {
-      fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 0;
+      fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 0;
 
       iMbWidth	= (kiPicWidth + 15) >> 4;
       iMbHeight	= (kiPicHeight + 15) >> 4;
@@ -355,18 +355,18 @@
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
-      fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum	= iMbHeight;
+      fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum	= iMbHeight;
 
-      if (fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum <= 0) {
+      if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum <= 0) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
-        fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceNum (%d) settings!\n", fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum);
+        fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceNum (%d) settings!\n", fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
-      if (!CheckRowMbMultiSliceSetting (iMbWidth, &fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument)) {	// verify interleave mode settings
+      if (!CheckRowMbMultiSliceSetting (iMbWidth, &fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument)) {	// verify interleave mode settings
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceMbNum (%d) settings!\n",
-                 fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0]);
+                 fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0]);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
@@ -375,17 +375,17 @@
     case SM_DYN_SLICE: {
       iMbWidth	= (kiPicWidth + 15) >> 4;
       iMbHeight	= (kiPicHeight + 15) >> 4;
-      if (fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint <= 0) {
+      if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint <= 0) {
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
         fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid iSliceSize (%d) settings!\n",
-                 fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint);
+                 fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
         return 1;
       }
       // considering the coding efficient and performance, iCountMbNum constraint by MIN_NUM_MB_PER_SLICE condition of multi-pSlice mode settting
       if (iMbWidth * iMbHeight <= MIN_NUM_MB_PER_SLICE) {
-        fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
-        fDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum	= 1;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode	= SM_SINGLE_SLICE;
+        fDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum	= 1;
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
 
 #if defined (_DEBUG)
       fprintf (stderr, "ParamValidationExt(), invalid uiSliceMode (%d) settings!\n",
-               pCodingParam->sDependencyLayers[0].sMso.uiSliceMode);
+               pCodingParam->sDependencyLayers[0].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode);
 #endif//#if _DEBUG
       return 1;
 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
 {
   SDLayerParam* pLayerParam;
   const float kfEpsn = 0.000001f;
-  const int32_t kiNumLayer = pParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  const int32_t kiNumLayer = pParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   int32_t i;
   const float kfMaxFrameRate = pParam->fMaxFrameRate;
   float fRatio;
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
   //but it is also possible to fulfill the bitrate of lower layer first
 
   SDLayerParam* pLayerParam;
-  const int32_t iNumLayers = pParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  const int32_t iNumLayers = pParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   int32_t i, iOrigTotalBitrate=0;
   //read old BR
   for (i=0;i<iNumLayers;i++) {
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
   if (NULL == pParam || NULL == ppCtx || NULL == *ppCtx)
     return 1;
 
-  iNumDependencyLayers	= pParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  iNumDependencyLayers	= pParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
 
   do {
     SDLayerParam* pDLayer = &pParam->sDependencyLayers[iDIndex];
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
     //Review this part and suggest no change, since the memory over-use
     //(1) counts little to the overall performance
     //(2) should not be critial even under mobile case
-    if (SM_DYN_SLICE == pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode) {
+    if (SM_DYN_SLICE == pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) {
       iCountNumNals += MAX_SLICES_NUM;
       // plus prefix NALs
       if (iDIndex == 0)
@@ -497,10 +497,10 @@
 #else//!MT_ENABLED || !PACKING_ONE_SLICE_PER_LAYER
       assert (iCountNumNals - iOrgNumNals <= MAX_NAL_UNITS_IN_LAYER);
 #endif//MT_ENABLED && PACKING_ONE_SLICE_PER_LAYER
-    } else { /*if ( SM_SINGLE_SLICE != pDLayer->sMso.uiSliceMode )*/
+    } else { /*if ( SM_SINGLE_SLICE != pDLayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode )*/
       const int32_t kiNumOfSlice = GetInitialSliceNum ((pDLayer->iFrameWidth + 0x0f) >> 4,
                                    (pDLayer->iFrameHeight + 0x0f) >> 4,
-                                   &pDLayer->sMso);
+                                   &pDLayer->sSliceCfg);
 
       // NEED check iCountNals value in case multiple slices is used
       iCountNumNals += kiNumOfSlice; // for pSlice VCL NALs
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
  */
 int32_t AllocSpatialPictures (sWelsEncCtx* pCtx, SWelsSvcCodingParam* pParam) {
   CMemoryAlign* pMa						= pCtx->pMemAlign;
-  const int32_t kiDlayerCount					= pParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  const int32_t kiDlayerCount					= pParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   int32_t iDlayerIndex							= 0;
 
   // spatial pictures
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
 void FreeSpatialPictures (sWelsEncCtx* pCtx) {
   CMemoryAlign* pMa	= pCtx->pMemAlign;
   int32_t j = 0;
-  while (j < pCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+  while (j < pCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
     uint8_t i = 0;
     uint8_t uiRefNumInTemporal = pCtx->uiSpatialPicNum[j];
 
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
 
 
 int32_t   InitMbListD (sWelsEncCtx** ppCtx) {
-  int32_t		iNumDlayer = (*ppCtx)->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  int32_t		iNumDlayer = (*ppCtx)->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   int32_t		iMbSize[MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER] = { 0 };
   int32_t		iOverallMbNum = 0;
   int32_t		iMbWidth = 0;
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@
 
   pMa		= (*ppCtx)->pMemAlign;
   pParam	= (*ppCtx)->pSvcParam;
-  iDlayerCount	= pParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  iDlayerCount	= pParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   iNumRef	= pParam->iNumRefFrame;
 //	highest_layers_in_temporal = 1 + WELS_MAX(pParam->iDecompStages, 1);
   pStrideTab	= (*ppCtx)->pStrideTab;
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@
     const int32_t kiMbW		= (pDlayer->iFrameWidth + 0x0f) >> 4;
     const int32_t kiMbH		= (pDlayer->iFrameHeight + 0x0f) >> 4;
     int32_t iMaxSliceNum	= 1;
-    const int32_t kiSliceNum = GetInitialSliceNum (kiMbW, kiMbH, &pDlayer->sMso);
+    const int32_t kiSliceNum = GetInitialSliceNum (kiMbW, kiMbH, &pDlayer->sSliceCfg);
     if (iMaxSliceNum < kiSliceNum)
       iMaxSliceNum = kiSliceNum;
 
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
     WELS_VERIFY_RETURN_PROC_IF (1, (NULL == pDqLayer), FreeMemorySvc (ppCtx))
 
     // for dynamic slicing mode
-    if (SM_DYN_SLICE == pDlayer->sMso.uiSliceMode) {
+    if (SM_DYN_SLICE == pDlayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) {
       const int32_t iSize			= pParam->iCountThreadsNum * sizeof (int32_t);
 
       pDqLayer->pNumSliceCodedOfPartition		= (int32_t*)pMa->WelsMallocz (iSize, "pNumSliceCodedOfPartition");
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@
     pDqLayer->iMbWidth					= kiMbW;
     pDqLayer->iMbHeight					= kiMbH;
 #ifndef MT_ENABLED
-    if (SM_DYN_SLICE == pDlayer->sMso.uiSliceMode) { //wmalloc pSliceInLayer
+    if (SM_DYN_SLICE == pDlayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) { //wmalloc pSliceInLayer
       SSlice* pSlice			= NULL;
       int32_t iSliceIdx		= 0;
       //wmalloc AVERSLICENUM_CONSTANT of pDqLayer->sLayerInfo.pSliceInLayer,
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@
     pDqLayer->bDeblockingParallelFlag                  = pParam->bDeblockingParallelFlag;
 
     //deblocking parameter adjustment
-    if (SM_SINGLE_SLICE == pDlayer->sMso.uiSliceMode) {
+    if (SM_SINGLE_SLICE == pDlayer->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) {
       //iLoopFilterDisableIdc: will be 0 or 1 under single_slice
       if (2 == pParam->iLoopFilterDisableIdc) {
         pDqLayer->iLoopFilterDisableIdc	= 0;
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@
                                   false,
                                   pSps->iMbWidth,
                                   pSps->iMbHeight,
-                                  & (pDlayerParam->sMso),
+                                  & (pDlayerParam->sSliceCfg),
                                   pPps);
       if (iResult) {
         WelsLog (*ppCtx, WELS_LOG_WARNING, "InitDqLayers(), InitSlicePEncCtx failed(%d)!", iResult);
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@
     return 1;
   (*ppCtx)->pStrideTab = pPtr;
 
-  iCntTid	= pParam->iNumTemporalLayer > 1 ? 2 : 1;
+  iCntTid	= pParam->iTemporalLayerNum > 1 ? 2 : 1;
 
   iSpatialIdx = 0;
   while (iSpatialIdx < kiNumSpatialLayers) {
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@
   int32_t iCountLayers			= 0;
   int32_t iResult					= 0;
   float	fCompressRatioThr		= .5f;
-  const int32_t kiNumDependencyLayers	= pParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  const int32_t kiNumDependencyLayers	= pParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   const uint32_t kuiMvdInterTableSize	= (kiNumDependencyLayers == 1 ? (1 + (648 << 1)) : (1 + (972 << 1)));
   const uint32_t kuiMvdCacheAlginedSize	= kuiMvdInterTableSize * sizeof (uint16_t);
   int32_t iVclLayersBsSizeCount		= 0;
@@ -1371,12 +1371,12 @@
     return 1;
   }
 
-  iNonVclLayersBsSizeCount = SSEI_BUFFER_SIZE + pParam->iNumDependencyLayer * SPS_BUFFER_SIZE +
-                             (1 + pParam->iNumDependencyLayer) * PPS_BUFFER_SIZE;
+  iNonVclLayersBsSizeCount = SSEI_BUFFER_SIZE + pParam->iSpatialLayerNum * SPS_BUFFER_SIZE +
+                             (1 + pParam->iSpatialLayerNum) * PPS_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
   int32_t iLayerBsSize = 0;
   iIndex = 0;
-  while (iIndex < pParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+  while (iIndex < pParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
     SDLayerParam* fDlp = &pParam->sDependencyLayers[iIndex];
 
     fCompressRatioThr	= COMPRESS_RATIO_DECIDED_BY_RESOLUTION (fDlp->iFrameWidth, fDlp->iFrameHeight);
@@ -1664,16 +1664,17 @@
     // pDq layers list
     ilayer = 0;
     if (NULL != pCtx->ppDqLayerList && pParam != NULL) {
-      while (ilayer < pParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+      while (ilayer < pParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
         SDqLayer* pDq	= pCtx->ppDqLayerList[ilayer];
         SDLayerParam* pDlp = &pCtx->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[ilayer];
-        const bool kbIsDynamicSlicing = (SM_DYN_SLICE == pDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode);
 
+        const bool kbIsDynamicSlicing = (SM_DYN_SLICE == pDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode);
+
         // pDq layers
         if (NULL != pDq) {
           if (NULL != pDq->sLayerInfo.pSliceInLayer) {
             int32_t iSliceIdx = 0;
-            int32_t iSliceNum = GetInitialSliceNum (pDq->iMbWidth, pDq->iMbHeight, &pDlp->sMso);
+            int32_t iSliceNum = GetInitialSliceNum (pDq->iMbWidth, pDq->iMbHeight, &pDlp->sSliceCfg);
             if (iSliceNum < 1)
               iSliceNum = 1;
             while (iSliceIdx < iSliceNum) {
@@ -1707,7 +1708,7 @@
     // reference picture list extension
     if (NULL != pCtx->ppRefPicListExt && pParam != NULL) {
       ilayer = 0;
-      while (ilayer < pParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+      while (ilayer < pParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
         SRefList* pRefList		= pCtx->ppRefPicListExt[ilayer];
         if (NULL != pRefList) {
           int32_t iRef = 0;
@@ -1731,7 +1732,7 @@
     // pSlice context list
     if (NULL != pCtx->pSliceCtxList && pParam != NULL) {
       ilayer = 0;
-      while (ilayer < pParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+      while (ilayer < pParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
         SSliceCtx* pSliceCtx	= &pCtx->pSliceCtxList[ilayer];
         if (NULL != pSliceCtx)
           UninitSlicePEncCtx (pSliceCtx, pMa);
@@ -1817,12 +1818,12 @@
 }
 
 int32_t InitSliceSettings (SWelsSvcCodingParam* pCodingParam, const int32_t kiCpuCores, int16_t* pMaxSliceCount) {
-  int32_t iSpatialIdx = 0, iSpatialNum = pCodingParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  int32_t iSpatialIdx = 0, iSpatialNum = pCodingParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   int16_t iMaxSliceCount = 0;
 
   do {
     SDLayerParam* pDlp				= &pCodingParam->sDependencyLayers[iSpatialIdx];
-    SMulSliceOption* pMso			= &pDlp->sMso;
+    SSliceConfig* pMso			= &pDlp->sSliceCfg;
     SSliceArgument* pSlcArg			= &pMso->sSliceArgument;
     const int32_t kiMbWidth			= (pDlp->iFrameWidth + 15) >> 4;
     const int32_t kiMbHeight			= (pDlp->iFrameHeight + 15) >> 4;
@@ -1831,7 +1832,7 @@
 #if defined(DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN)
     int32_t iSliceNum				= (SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE == pMso->uiSliceMode
                                || SM_DYN_SLICE == pMso->uiSliceMode) ? kiCpuCores :
-                              pSlcArg->iSliceNum; // uiSliceNum per input has been validated at ParamValidationExt()
+                              pSlcArg->uiSliceNum; // uiSliceNum per input has been validated at ParamValidationExt()
 #else//!DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN
     int32_t iSliceNum				= (SM_DYN_SLICE == pMso->uiSliceMode) ? kiCpuCores :
                               pSlcArg->uiSliceNum; // uiSliceNum per input has been validated at ParamValidationExt()
@@ -1843,7 +1844,7 @@
     // NOTE: Per design, in case MT/DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN enabled, for SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE mode,
     // uiSliceNum of current spatial layer settings equals to uiCpuCores number; SM_DYN_SLICE mode,
     // uiSliceNum intials as uiCpuCores also, stay tuned dynamically slicing in future
-    pSlcArg->iSliceNum	= iSliceNum;	// used fixed one
+    pSlcArg->uiSliceNum	= iSliceNum;	// used fixed one
 
     switch (pMso->uiSliceMode) {
     case SM_DYN_SLICE:
@@ -2093,7 +2094,7 @@
 #endif//ENABLE_TRACE_FILE
 
   pCodingParam->DetermineTemporalSettings();
-  iRet = AllocCodingParam (&pCtx->pSvcParam, pCtx->pMemAlign, pCodingParam->iNumDependencyLayer);
+  iRet = AllocCodingParam (&pCtx->pSvcParam, pCtx->pMemAlign, pCodingParam->iSpatialLayerNum);
   if (iRet != 0) {
     FreeMemorySvc (&pCtx);
     return iRet;
@@ -2151,7 +2152,7 @@
 void StatOverallEncodingExt (sWelsEncCtx* pCtx) {
   int8_t i = 0;
   int8_t j = 0;
-  for (i = 0; i < pCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer; i++) {
+  for (i = 0; i < pCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum; i++) {
     fprintf (stdout, "\nDependency layer : %d\n", i);
     fprintf (stdout, "Quality layer : %d\n", j);
     {
@@ -2563,8 +2564,8 @@
 
   pCurDq->pDecPic	= pDecPic;
 
-  if (fDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode == SM_DYN_SLICE)	// need get extra slices for update
-    iSliceCount = GetInitialSliceNum (pCurDq->iMbWidth, pCurDq->iMbHeight, &fDlp->sMso);
+  if (fDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode == SM_DYN_SLICE)	// need get extra slices for update
+    iSliceCount = GetInitialSliceNum (pCurDq->iMbWidth, pCurDq->iMbHeight, &fDlp->sSliceCfg);
   else
     iSliceCount = GetCurrentSliceNum (pCurDq->pSliceEncCtx);
   assert (iSliceCount > 0);
@@ -2644,7 +2645,7 @@
 
   if (P_SLICE == pCtx->eSliceType) {
     if (kbBaseAvail) {
-      if (pCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer == (pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt.uiDependencyId + 1)) { //
+      if (pCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum == (pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt.uiDependencyId + 1)) { //
         pCtx->pFuncList->pfMotionSearch = WelsMotionEstimateSearchSad;
         pCtx->pFuncList->pfFirstIntraMode = WelsMdFirstIntraMode;
         pCtx->pFuncList->pfIntraFineMd = WelsMdIntraFinePartitionVaa;
@@ -2667,7 +2668,7 @@
       pCtx->pFuncList->sSampleDealingFuncs.pfMeCost = pCtx->pFuncList->sSampleDealingFuncs.pfSampleSatd;
     } else {
       //case 3: pBase layer MD + encoding
-      if (pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt.uiDependencyId + 1 == pCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+      if (pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt.uiDependencyId + 1 == pCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
         pCtx->pFuncList->pfMotionSearch  = WelsMotionEstimateSearchSad;
         pCtx->pFuncList->pfFirstIntraMode = WelsMdFirstIntraMode;
         pCtx->pFuncList->pfIntraFineMd = WelsMdIntraFinePartitionVaa;
@@ -2690,7 +2691,7 @@
       pCtx->pFuncList->sSampleDealingFuncs.pfMeCost = pCtx->pFuncList->sSampleDealingFuncs.pfSampleSatd;
     }
   } else if (I_SLICE == pCtx->eSliceType) {
-    if (pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt.uiDependencyId + 1 == pCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+    if (pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt.uiDependencyId + 1 == pCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
       pCtx->pFuncList->sSampleDealingFuncs.pfMdCost = pCtx->pFuncList->sSampleDealingFuncs.pfSampleSad;
       pCtx->pFuncList->sSampleDealingFuncs.pfIntra16x16Combined3 =
         pCtx->pFuncList->sSampleDealingFuncs.pfIntra16x16Combined3Sad;
@@ -3199,12 +3200,12 @@
 
     // Encoding this picture might mulitiple sQualityStat layers potentially be encoded as followed
 
-    switch (param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode) {
+    switch (param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) {
     case SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE: {
 #if defined(MT_ENABLED) && defined(DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN)
       if ((iCurDid > 0) && (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1) &&
-          (pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[iCurDid].sMso.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
-           && pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[iCurDid].sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum)
+          (pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[iCurDid].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
+           && pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[iCurDid].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum)
          )
         AdjustEnhanceLayer (pCtx, iCurDid);
 #endif//MT_ENABLED && DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN
@@ -3235,7 +3236,7 @@
     bAvcBased	= (iCurDid == BASE_DEPENDENCY_ID);
     pCtx->bNeedPrefixNalFlag	= (bAvcBased &&
                                  (pSvcParam->bPrefixNalAddingCtrl ||
-                                  (pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer > 1)));
+                                  (pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum > 1)));
 
     if (eFrameType == WELS_FRAME_TYPE_P) {
       eNalType	= bAvcBased ? NAL_UNIT_CODED_SLICE : NAL_UNIT_CODED_SLICE_EXT;
@@ -3281,7 +3282,7 @@
     PreprocessSliceCoding (pCtx);	// MUST be called after pfWelsRcPictureInit() and WelsInitCurrentLayer()
 
     iLayerSize	= 0;
-    if (SM_SINGLE_SLICE == param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode) {	// only one slice within a sQualityStat layer
+    if (SM_SINGLE_SLICE == param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) {	// only one slice within a sQualityStat layer
       int32_t iSliceSize = 0;
 
       if (pCtx->bNeedPrefixNalFlag) {
@@ -3310,9 +3311,9 @@
     }
     // for dynamic slicing single threading..
 #ifndef MT_ENABLED
-    else if (SM_DYN_SLICE == param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode)
+    else if (SM_DYN_SLICE == param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode)
 #else	// MT_ENABLED
-    else if ((SM_DYN_SLICE == param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode) && (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc <= 1))
+    else if ((SM_DYN_SLICE == param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) && (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc <= 1))
 #endif//MT_ENABLED
     {
       const int32_t kiLastMbInFrame = pCtx->pCurDqLayer->pSliceEncCtx->iMbNumInFrame;
@@ -3322,7 +3323,7 @@
 #if defined(MT_ENABLED)
       int err = 0;
       // THREAD_FULLY_FIRE_MODE/THREAD_PICK_UP_MODE for any mode of non-SM_DYN_SLICE
-      if ((SM_DYN_SLICE != param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode) && (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1)) {
+      if ((SM_DYN_SLICE != param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) && (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1)) {
         iSliceCount	= GetCurrentSliceNum (pCtx->pCurDqLayer->pSliceEncCtx);
         if (iLayerNum +
 #if defined(PACKING_ONE_SLICE_PER_LAYER)
@@ -3333,7 +3334,7 @@
             >= MAX_LAYER_NUM_OF_FRAME) {	// check available layer_bs_info for further writing as followed
           WelsLog (pCtx, WELS_LOG_ERROR,
                    "WelsEncoderEncodeExt(), iLayerNum(%d) overflow(max:%d) at iDid= %d uiSliceMode= %d, iSliceCount= %d!",
-                   iLayerNum, MAX_LAYER_NUM_OF_FRAME, iCurDid, param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode, iSliceCount);
+                   iLayerNum, MAX_LAYER_NUM_OF_FRAME, iCurDid, param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode, iSliceCount);
           return -1;
         }
         if (iSliceCount <= 1) {
@@ -3363,7 +3364,7 @@
           if (err) {
             WelsLog (pCtx, WELS_LOG_ERROR,
                      "[MT] WelsEncoderEncodeExt(), FiredSliceThreads return(%d) failed and exit encoding frame, iCountThreadsNum= %d, iSliceCount= %d, uiSliceMode= %d, iMultipleThreadIdc= %d!!\n",
-                     err, pSvcParam->iCountThreadsNum, iSliceCount, param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode, pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc);
+                     err, pSvcParam->iCountThreadsNum, iSliceCount, param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode, pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc);
             return -1;
           }
 
@@ -3422,7 +3423,7 @@
           if (err) {
             WelsLog (pCtx, WELS_LOG_ERROR,
                      "[MT] WelsEncoderEncodeExt(), FiredSliceThreads return(%d) failed and exit encoding frame, iCountThreadsNum= %d, iSliceCount= %d, uiSliceMode= %d, iMultipleThreadIdc= %d!!\n",
-                     err, pSvcParam->iCountThreadsNum, iSliceCount, param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode, pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc);
+                     err, pSvcParam->iCountThreadsNum, iSliceCount, param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode, pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc);
             return -1;
           }
 
@@ -3499,7 +3500,7 @@
         }
       }
       // THREAD_FULLY_FIRE_MODE && SM_DYN_SLICE
-      else if ((SM_DYN_SLICE == param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode) && (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1)) {
+      else if ((SM_DYN_SLICE == param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) && (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1)) {
         const int32_t kiPartitionCnt	= pCtx->iActiveThreadsNum; //pSvcParam->iCountThreadsNum;
 #if defined(PACKING_ONE_SLICE_PER_LAYER)
         ResetCountBsSizeInPartitions (pCtx->pSliceThreading->pCountBsSizeInPartition, kiPartitionCnt);
@@ -3514,7 +3515,7 @@
         if (err) {
           WelsLog (pCtx, WELS_LOG_ERROR,
                    "[MT] WelsEncoderEncodeExt(), FiredSliceThreads return(%d) failed and exit encoding frame, iCountThreadsNum= %d, iSliceCount= %d, uiSliceMode= %d, iMultipleThreadIdc= %d!!\n",
-                   err, pSvcParam->iCountThreadsNum, iSliceCount, param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode, pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc);
+                   err, pSvcParam->iCountThreadsNum, iSliceCount, param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode, pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc);
           return -1;
         }
 
@@ -3604,7 +3605,7 @@
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_FRAME_DUMP
     // Dump reconstruction picture for each sQualityStat layer
-    if (iCurDid + 1 < pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer)
+    if (iCurDid + 1 < pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum)
       DumpDependencyRec (fsnr, &param_d->sRecFileName[0], iCurDid);
 #endif//ENABLE_FRAME_DUMP
 
@@ -3686,7 +3687,7 @@
 #endif//STAT_OUTPUT
 
 #if defined(MT_ENABLED) && defined(PACKING_ONE_SLICE_PER_LAYER)
-    if (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc <= 1 || SM_SINGLE_SLICE == param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode)	// sigle thread actually used
+    if (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc <= 1 || SM_SINGLE_SLICE == param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode)	// sigle thread actually used
 #else
     if (1)
 #endif//MT_ENABLED && PACKING_ONE_SLICE_PER_LAYER
@@ -3725,8 +3726,8 @@
     }
 
 #if defined(MT_ENABLED) && defined(DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN) && defined(TRY_SLICING_BALANCE)
-    if (param_d->sMso.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE && pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1 &&
-        pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= param_d->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum) {
+    if (param_d->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE && pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1 &&
+        pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= param_d->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum) {
       CalcSliceComplexRatio (pCtx->pSliceThreading->pSliceComplexRatio[iCurDid], pCtx->pCurDqLayer->pSliceEncCtx,
                              pCtx->pSliceThreading->pSliceConsumeTime[iCurDid]);
 #if defined(MT_DEBUG)
@@ -3737,7 +3738,7 @@
 
     ++ iSpatialIdx;
 
-    if (iCurDid + 1 < pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+    if (iCurDid + 1 < pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
       WelsSwapDqLayers (pCtx);
     }
 
@@ -3777,17 +3778,17 @@
 
 #if defined(MT_ENABLED) && defined(DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN)
   if (pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1 && did_list[0] == BASE_DEPENDENCY_ID
-      && pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[0].sMso.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
-      && pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[0].sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum
-      && pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[did_list[iSpatialNum - 1]].sMso.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
+      && pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[0].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
+      && pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[0].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum
+      && pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[did_list[iSpatialNum - 1]].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
       && pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[did_list[iSpatialNum -
-          1]].sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum) {
+          1]].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum) {
     AdjustBaseLayer (pCtx);
   }
 #endif//DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_FRAME_DUMP
-  DumpRecFrame (fsnr, &pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer -
+  DumpRecFrame (fsnr, &pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum -
                 1].sRecFileName[0]);	// pDecPic: final reconstruction output
 #endif//ENABLE_FRAME_DUMP
 
@@ -3823,18 +3824,18 @@
   /* Decide whether need reset for IDR frame based on adjusting prarameters changed */
   /* Temporal levels, spatial settings and/ or quality settings changed need update parameter sets related. */
   bNeedReset	=	(pOldParam == NULL) ||
-                (pOldParam->iNumTemporalLayer != pNewParam->iNumTemporalLayer) ||
+                (pOldParam->iTemporalLayerNum != pNewParam->iTemporalLayerNum) ||
                 (pOldParam->uiGopSize != pNewParam->uiGopSize) ||
-                (pOldParam->iNumDependencyLayer != pNewParam->iNumDependencyLayer) ||
+                (pOldParam->iSpatialLayerNum != pNewParam->iSpatialLayerNum) ||
                 (pOldParam->iDecompStages != pNewParam->iDecompStages) ||
-                (pOldParam->iActualPicWidth != pNewParam->iActualPicWidth
-                 || pOldParam->iActualPicHeight != pNewParam->iActualPicHeight) ||
+                (pOldParam->iPicWidth != pNewParam->iPicWidth
+                 || pOldParam->iPicHeight != pNewParam->iPicHeight) ||
                 (pOldParam->SUsedPicRect.iWidth != pNewParam->SUsedPicRect.iWidth
                  || pOldParam->SUsedPicRect.iHeight != pNewParam->SUsedPicRect.iHeight) ||
                 (pOldParam->bEnableLongTermReference != pNewParam->bEnableLongTermReference);
   if (!bNeedReset) {	// Check its picture resolutions/quality settings respectively in each dependency layer
     iIndexD = 0;
-    assert (pOldParam->iNumDependencyLayer == pNewParam->iNumDependencyLayer);
+    assert (pOldParam->iSpatialLayerNum == pNewParam->iSpatialLayerNum);
     do {
       const SDLayerParam* kpOldDlp	= &pOldParam->sDependencyLayers[iIndexD];
       const SDLayerParam* kpNewDlp	= &pNewParam->sDependencyLayers[iIndexD];
@@ -3850,8 +3851,8 @@
         break;
       }
 
-      if (kpOldDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode != kpNewDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode ||
-          kpOldDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum != kpNewDlp->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum) {
+      if (kpOldDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode != kpNewDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode ||
+          kpOldDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum != kpNewDlp->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum) {
         bNeedReset	= true;
         break;
       }
@@ -3874,7 +3875,7 @@
       }
 
       ++ iIndexD;
-    } while (iIndexD < pOldParam->iNumDependencyLayer);
+    } while (iIndexD < pOldParam->iSpatialLayerNum);
   }
 
   if (bNeedReset) {
@@ -3929,7 +3930,7 @@
 
     /* int32_t term reference control */
     pOldParam->bEnableLongTermReference	= pNewParam->bEnableLongTermReference;
-    pOldParam->uiLtrMarkPeriod	= pNewParam->uiLtrMarkPeriod;
+    pOldParam->iLtrMarkPeriod	= pNewParam->iLtrMarkPeriod;
 
     // keep below values unchanged as before
     pOldParam->bEnableSSEI		= pNewParam->bEnableSSEI;
@@ -3977,7 +3978,7 @@
               sizeof (pOldDlp->uiCodingIdx2TemporalId));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
 
       ++ iIndexD;
-    } while (iIndexD < pOldParam->iNumDependencyLayer);
+    } while (iIndexD < pOldParam->iSpatialLayerNum);
   }
 
   /* Any else initialization/reset for rate control here? */
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/ratectl.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/ratectl.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   fp_test_rc = fopen ("testRC.dat", "w");
   fp_vgop = fopen ("vgop.dat", "w");
 #endif
-  for (j = 0; j < pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer; j++) {
+  for (j = 0; j < pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum; j++) {
     SSliceCtx* pSliceCtx = &pEncCtx->pSliceCtxList[j];
     pWelsSvcRc  = &pEncCtx->pWelsSvcRc[j];
     pDLayerParam = &pEncCtx->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[j];
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@
 
     RcInitLayerMemory (pWelsSvcRc, pEncCtx->pMemAlign, 1 + pDLayerParam->iHighestTemporalId);
 
-    bMultiSliceMode	= ((SM_RASTER_SLICE == pDLayerParam->sMso.uiSliceMode) ||
-                       (SM_ROWMB_SLICE	 == pDLayerParam->sMso.uiSliceMode) ||
-                       (SM_DYN_SLICE	 == pDLayerParam->sMso.uiSliceMode));
+    bMultiSliceMode	= ((SM_RASTER_SLICE == pDLayerParam->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) ||
+                       (SM_ROWMB_SLICE	 == pDLayerParam->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode) ||
+                       (SM_DYN_SLICE	 == pDLayerParam->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode));
     if (bMultiSliceMode)
       pWelsSvcRc->iNumberMbGom = pWelsSvcRc->iNumberMbFrame;
   }
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@
 
 
   if (pEncCtx->pSvcParam->bEnableFrameSkip &&
-      pEncCtx->uiDependencyId == pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer - 1) {
+      pEncCtx->uiDependencyId == pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum - 1) {
     RcVBufferCalculationSkip (pEncCtx);
   }
 
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@
     fclose (fp_vgop);
   fp_vgop = NULL;
 #endif
-  for (i = 0; i < pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer; i++) {
+  for (i = 0; i < pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum; i++) {
     pWelsSvcRc  = &pEncCtx->pWelsSvcRc[i];
     RcFreeLayerMemory (pWelsSvcRc, pEncCtx->pMemAlign);
   }
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/ref_list_mgr_svc.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/ref_list_mgr_svc.cpp
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
   int32_t iSliceIdx = 0;
 
   if (pCtx->pSvcParam->bEnableLongTermReference && pLtr->bLTRMarkEnable && pCtx->uiTemporalId == 0) {
-    if (!pLtr->bReceivedT0LostFlag && pLtr->uiLtrMarkInterval > pCtx->pSvcParam->uiLtrMarkPeriod
+    if (!pLtr->bReceivedT0LostFlag && pLtr->uiLtrMarkInterval > pCtx->pSvcParam->iLtrMarkPeriod
         && CheckCurMarkFrameNumUsed (pCtx)) {
       pLtr->bLTRMarkingFlag = true;
       pLtr->bLTRMarkEnable = false;
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/slice_multi_threading.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/slice_multi_threading.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 
   pMa	= (*ppCtx)->pMemAlign;
   pPara = pCodingParam;
-  iNumSpatialLayers	= pPara->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  iNumSpatialLayers	= pPara->iSpatialLayerNum;
   iThreadNum	= pPara->iCountThreadsNum;
   iMaxSliceNum = (*ppCtx)->iMaxSliceCount;
 
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@
 #if defined(DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN) || defined(MT_DEBUG)
   iIdx = 0;
   while (iIdx < iNumSpatialLayers) {
-    SMulSliceOption* pMso	= &pPara->sDependencyLayers[iIdx].sMso;
-    const int32_t kiSliceNum = pMso->sSliceArgument.iSliceNum;
+    SSliceConfig* pMso	= &pPara->sDependencyLayers[iIdx].sSliceCfg;
+    const int32_t kiSliceNum = pMso->sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum;
     if (pMso->uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE && pPara->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1
         && pPara->iMultipleThreadIdc >= kiSliceNum) {
       pSmt->pSliceConsumeTime[iIdx]	= (uint32_t*)pMa->WelsMallocz (kiSliceNum * sizeof (uint32_t), "pSliceConsumeTime[]");
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
   }
 #if defined(DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN) || defined(MT_DEBUG)
   iIdx = 0;
-  while (iIdx < pCodingParam->iNumDependencyLayer) {
+  while (iIdx < pCodingParam->iSpatialLayerNum) {
     if (pSmt->pSliceConsumeTime[iIdx]) {
       pMa->WelsFree (pSmt->pSliceConsumeTime[iIdx], "pSliceConsumeTime[]");
       pSmt->pSliceConsumeTime[iIdx] = NULL;
@@ -688,7 +688,8 @@
   SWelsSvcCodingParam* pCodingParam	= pCtx->pSvcParam;
   SDLayerParam* pDlp				= &pCodingParam->sDependencyLayers[pCtx->uiDependencyId];
   SWelsSliceBs* pSliceBs			= NULL;
-  const bool kbIsDynamicSlicingMode	= (pDlp->sMso.uiSliceMode == SM_DYN_SLICE);
+  const bool kbIsDynamicSlicingMode	= (pDlp->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode == SM_DYN_SLICE);
+
   int32_t iLayerSize					= 0;
   int32_t iNalIdxBase				= pLbi->iNalCount;
   int32_t iSliceIdx					= 0;
@@ -944,7 +945,7 @@
       eNalRefIdc		= pEncPEncCtx->eNalPriority;
       bNeedPrefix		= pEncPEncCtx->bNeedPrefixNalFlag;
 
-      if (pParamD->sMso.uiSliceMode != SM_DYN_SLICE) {
+      if (pParamD->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode != SM_DYN_SLICE) {
         int64_t iSliceStart	= 0;
         bool bDsaFlag = false;
         iSliceIdx		= pPrivateData->iSliceIndex;
@@ -952,9 +953,9 @@
         pSliceBs		= &pEncPEncCtx->pSliceBs[iSliceIdx];
 
 #if defined(DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN) || defined(MT_DEBUG)
-        bDsaFlag	= (pParamD->sMso.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE &&
+        bDsaFlag	= (pParamD->sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE &&
                      pCodingParam->iMultipleThreadIdc > 1 &&
-                     pCodingParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= pParamD->sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum);
+                     pCodingParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= pParamD->sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum);
         if (bDsaFlag)
           iSliceStart = WelsTime();
 #endif//DYNAMIC_SLICE_ASSIGN || MT_DEBUG
@@ -1376,10 +1377,11 @@
   int32_t iNeedAdj = 1;
   // uiSliceMode of referencing spatial should be SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
   // if using spatial base layer for complexity estimation
+
   const bool kbModelingFromSpatial =	(pCtx->pCurDqLayer->pRefLayer != NULL && iCurDid > 0)
-                                        && (pCtx->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[iCurDid - 1].sMso.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
+                                        && (pCtx->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[iCurDid - 1].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode == SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
                                             && pCtx->pSvcParam->iMultipleThreadIdc >= pCtx->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[iCurDid -
-                                                1].sMso.sSliceArgument.iSliceNum);
+                                                1].sSliceCfg.sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum);
 
   if (kbModelingFromSpatial) {	// using spatial base layer for complexity estimation
 #ifdef TRY_SLICING_BALANCE
@@ -1457,7 +1459,7 @@
   while (iSpatialIdx < iSpatialNum) {
     const int32_t kiDid		= pDidList[iSpatialIdx];
     SDLayerParam* pDlp		= &pPara->sDependencyLayers[kiDid];
-    SMulSliceOption* pMso	= &pDlp->sMso;
+    SMulSliceOption* pMso	= &pDlp->sSliceCfg;
     SDqLayer* pCurDq		= pCtx->ppDqLayerList[kiDid];
     SSliceCtx* pSliceCtx = pCurDq->pSliceEncCtx;
     const uint32_t kuiCountSliceNum = pSliceCtx->iSliceNumInFrame;
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/svc_enc_slice_segment.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/svc_enc_slice_segment.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  *
  * \return	0 - successful; none 0 - failed
  */
-int32_t AssignMbMapMultipleSlices (SSliceCtx* pSliceSeg, const SMulSliceOption* kpMso) {
+int32_t AssignMbMapMultipleSlices (SSliceCtx* pSliceSeg, const SSliceConfig* kpMso) {
   if (NULL == pSliceSeg || SM_SINGLE_SLICE == pSliceSeg->uiSliceMode)
     return 1;
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 //slice parameter check for SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
 bool CheckFixedSliceNumMultiSliceSetting (const int32_t kiMbNumInFrame, SSliceArgument* pSliceArg) {
   int32_t* pSlicesAssignList		= (int32_t*) & (pSliceArg->uiSliceMbNum[0]);
-  const uint32_t kuiSliceNum			= pSliceArg->iSliceNum;
+  const uint32_t kuiSliceNum			= pSliceArg->uiSliceNum;
   uint32_t uiSliceIdx				= 0;
   const int32_t kiMbNumPerSlice	= kiMbNumInFrame / kuiSliceNum;
   int32_t iNumMbLeft				= kiMbNumInFrame;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 //slice parameter check for SM_ROWMB_SLICE
 bool CheckRowMbMultiSliceSetting (const int32_t kiMbWidth, SSliceArgument* pSliceArg) {
   int32_t* pSlicesAssignList = (int32_t*) & (pSliceArg->uiSliceMbNum[0]);
-  const uint32_t kuiSliceNum		= pSliceArg->iSliceNum;
+  const uint32_t kuiSliceNum		= pSliceArg->uiSliceNum;
   uint32_t uiSliceIdx			= 0;
 
   if (NULL == pSlicesAssignList)
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  pSliceArg->iSliceNum = iActualSliceCount;
+  pSliceArg->uiSliceNum = iActualSliceCount;
   return true;
 
 }
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 // GOM based RC related for uiSliceMbNum decision, only used at SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE
 void GomValidCheckSliceMbNum (const int32_t kiMbWidth, const int32_t kiMbHeight, SSliceArgument* pSliceArg) {
   uint32_t* pSlicesAssignList		= & (pSliceArg->uiSliceMbNum[0]);
-  const uint32_t kuiSliceNum			= pSliceArg->iSliceNum;
+  const uint32_t kuiSliceNum			= pSliceArg->uiSliceNum;
   const int32_t kiMbNumInFrame	= kiMbWidth * kiMbHeight;
   const int32_t kiMbNumPerSlice	= kiMbNumInFrame / kuiSliceNum;
   int32_t iNumMbLeft				= kiMbNumInFrame;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
  *	Get slice count for multiple slice segment
  *
  */
-int32_t GetInitialSliceNum (const int32_t kiMbWidth, const int32_t kiMbHeight, SMulSliceOption* pMso) {
+int32_t GetInitialSliceNum (const int32_t kiMbWidth, const int32_t kiMbHeight, SSliceConfig* pMso) {
   if (NULL == pMso)
     return -1;
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
   case SM_FIXEDSLCNUM_SLICE:
   case SM_RASTER_SLICE:
   case SM_ROWMB_SLICE: {
-    return pMso->sSliceArgument.iSliceNum;
+    return pMso->sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum;
   }
   case SM_DYN_SLICE: {
     return AVERSLICENUM_CONSTRAINT;//at the beginning of dynamic slicing, set the uiSliceNum to be 1
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
  */
 int32_t InitSliceSegment (SSliceCtx* pSliceSeg,
                           CMemoryAlign* pMa,
-                          SMulSliceOption* pMso,
+                          SSliceConfig* pMso,
                           const int32_t kiMbWidth,
                           const int32_t kiMbHeight) {
   const int32_t kiCountMbNum = kiMbWidth * kiMbHeight;
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
                           bool bFmoUseFlag,
                           int32_t iMbWidth,
                           int32_t iMbHeight,
-                          SMulSliceOption* pMso,
+                          SSliceConfig* pMso,
                           void* pPpsArg) {
   if (NULL == pSliceCtx)
     return 1;
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/svc_encode_slice.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/svc_encode_slice.cpp
@@ -631,8 +631,9 @@
 void WelsCodePSlice (sWelsEncCtx* pEncCtx, SSlice* pSlice) {
   //pSlice-level init should be outside and before this function
   SDqLayer* pCurLayer			= pEncCtx->pCurDqLayer;
+
   const bool kbBaseAvail		= pCurLayer->bBaseLayerAvailableFlag;
-  const bool kbHighestSpatial = pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer ==
+  const bool kbHighestSpatial = pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum ==
                                   (pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt.uiDependencyId + 1);
 
   //MD switch
@@ -649,8 +650,9 @@
 void WelsCodePOverDynamicSlice (sWelsEncCtx* pEncCtx, SSlice* pSlice) {
   //pSlice-level init should be outside and before this function
   SDqLayer* pCurLayer			= pEncCtx->pCurDqLayer;
+
   const bool kbBaseAvail		= pCurLayer->bBaseLayerAvailableFlag;
-  const bool kbHighestSpatial = pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer ==
+  const bool kbHighestSpatial = pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum ==
                                   (pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt.uiDependencyId + 1);
 
   //MD switch
@@ -681,7 +683,7 @@
   SNalUnitHeaderExt* pNalHeadExt	= &pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.sNalHeaderExt;
   SSlice* pCurSlice					= &pCurLayer->sLayerInfo.pSliceInLayer[kiSliceIdx];
   SBitStringAux* pBs					= pCurSlice->pSliceBsa;
-  const int32_t kiDynamicSliceFlag	= (pEncCtx->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[pEncCtx->uiDependencyId].sMso.uiSliceMode ==
+  const int32_t kiDynamicSliceFlag	= (pEncCtx->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[pEncCtx->uiDependencyId].sSliceCfg.uiSliceMode ==
                                        SM_DYN_SLICE);
 
   assert (kiSliceIdx == pCurSlice->uiSliceIdx);
@@ -916,7 +918,7 @@
   int32_t	iCurMbIdx			= -1;
   int32_t	iMbSkipRun			= 0;
   const int32_t kiTotalNumMb	= pCurLayer->iMbWidth * pCurLayer->iMbHeight;
-  const int32_t kiMvdInterTableSize	= (pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer == 1 ? 648 : 972);
+  const int32_t kiMvdInterTableSize	= (pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum == 1 ? 648 : 972);
   const int32_t kiMvdInterTableStride = 1 + (kiMvdInterTableSize << 1);
   uint16_t* pMvdCostTableInter		= &pEncCtx->pMvdCostTableInter[kiMvdInterTableSize];
   const int32_t kiSliceIdx				= pSlice->uiSliceIdx;
@@ -999,7 +1001,7 @@
   int32_t	iNextMbIdx			= kiSliceFirstMbXY;
   int32_t	iCurMbIdx			= -1;
   int32_t	iMbSkipRun			= 0;
-  const int32_t kiMvdInterTableSize	= (pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer == 1 ? 648 : 972);
+  const int32_t kiMvdInterTableSize	= (pEncCtx->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum == 1 ? 648 : 972);
   const int32_t kiMvdInterTableStride = 1 + (kiMvdInterTableSize << 1);
   uint16_t* pMvdCostTableInter		= &pEncCtx->pMvdCostTableInter[kiMvdInterTableSize];
   const int32_t kiSliceIdx				= pSlice->uiSliceIdx;
--- a/codec/encoder/core/src/wels_preprocess.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/core/src/wels_preprocess.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 int32_t CWelsPreProcess::BuildSpatialPicList (sWelsEncCtx* pCtx, const SSourcePicture** kppSrcPicList,
     const int32_t kiConfiguredLayerNum) {
   SWelsSvcCodingParam* pSvcParam = pCtx->pSvcParam;
-  int32_t	iNumDependencyLayer = (int32_t)pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  int32_t	iNumDependencyLayer = (int32_t)pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   int32_t iSpatialNum = 0;
 
   if (!m_bInitDone) {
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
 int32_t CWelsPreProcess::SingleLayerPreprocess (sWelsEncCtx* pCtx, const SSourcePicture* kpSrc,
     Scaled_Picture* pScaledPicture) {
   SWelsSvcCodingParam* pSvcParam    = pCtx->pSvcParam;
-  int8_t	iDependencyId			= pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer - 1;
+  int8_t	iDependencyId			= pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum - 1;
   int32_t iPicturePos	                    = pCtx->uiSpatialLayersInTemporal[iDependencyId] - 1;
 
   SPicture* pSrcPic					= NULL;	// large
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
     pCtx->pVaa->bSceneChangeFlag = DetectSceneChange (pDstPic, pRefPic);
   }
 
-  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer; i++) {
+  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum; i++) {
     if (pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[i].uiCodingIdx2TemporalId[pCtx->iCodingIndex & (pSvcParam->uiGopSize - 1)]
         != INVALID_TEMPORAL_ID) {
       ++ iActualSpatialLayerNum;
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
   // pSrc is
   //	-- padded input pic, if downsample should be applied to generate highest layer, [if] block above
   //	-- highest layer, if no downsampling, [else] block above
-  if (pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer > 1) {
+  if (pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum > 1) {
     while (iDependencyId >= 0) {
       pDlayerParam			= &pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[iDependencyId];
       iTargetWidth	= pDlayerParam->iFrameWidth;
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
   const SSourcePicture* pSrc			= NULL;
   SPicture* pDstPic						= NULL;
   const int32_t iSpatialLayersCfgCount =
-    pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer;	// count number of spatial layers to be encoded in cfg
+    pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum;	// count number of spatial layers to be encoded in cfg
   int32_t i							= 0;
   int32_t j							= -1;
 
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
     ++ i;
   } while (i < kiSpatialNum);
 
-  if (pSvcParam->bEnableSceneChangeDetect && (kiSpatialNum == pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer)
+  if (pSvcParam->bEnableSceneChangeDetect && (kiSpatialNum == pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum)
       && !pCtx->pVaa->bIdrPeriodFlag && !pCtx->bEncCurFrmAsIdrFlag) {
     SPicture* pRef = pCtx->pLtr[0].bReceivedT0LostFlag ?
                      pCtx->pSpatialPic[0][pCtx->uiSpatialLayersInTemporal[0] + pCtx->pVaa->uiValidLongTermPicIdx] :
@@ -516,11 +516,11 @@
 bool JudgeNeedOfScaling (SWelsSvcCodingParam* pParam, Scaled_Picture* pScaledPicture) {
   const int32_t kiInputPicWidth	= pParam->SUsedPicRect.iWidth;
   const int32_t kiInputPicHeight = pParam->SUsedPicRect.iHeight;
-  const int32_t kiDstPicWidth		= pParam->sDependencyLayers[pParam->iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iActualWidth;
-  const int32_t kiDstPicHeight	= pParam->sDependencyLayers[pParam->iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iActualHeight;
+  const int32_t kiDstPicWidth		= pParam->sDependencyLayers[pParam->iSpatialLayerNum - 1].iActualWidth;
+  const int32_t kiDstPicHeight	= pParam->sDependencyLayers[pParam->iSpatialLayerNum - 1].iActualHeight;
   bool bNeedDownsampling = true;
 
-  int32_t iSpatialIdx = pParam->iNumDependencyLayer - 1;
+  int32_t iSpatialIdx = pParam->iSpatialLayerNum - 1;
 
   if (kiDstPicWidth >= kiInputPicWidth && kiDstPicHeight >= kiInputPicHeight) {
     iSpatialIdx --;  // highest D layer do not need downsampling
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 
 int32_t CWelsPreProcess::InitLastSpatialPictures (sWelsEncCtx* pCtx) {
   SWelsSvcCodingParam* pParam	= pCtx->pSvcParam;
-  const int32_t kiDlayerCount			= pParam->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  const int32_t kiDlayerCount			= pParam->iSpatialLayerNum;
   int32_t iDlayerIndex					= 0;
 
   for (; iDlayerIndex < kiDlayerCount; iDlayerIndex++) {
--- a/codec/encoder/plus/inc/welsEncoderExt.h
+++ b/codec/encoder/plus/inc/welsEncoderExt.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   /*
    * return: CM_RETURN: 0 - success; otherwise - failed;
    */
-  virtual int EXTAPI Initialize (SVCEncodingParam* argv, const INIT_TYPE init_type);
+  virtual int EXTAPI Initialize (SEncParamBase* argv, const INIT_TYPE init_type);
   virtual int EXTAPI Initialize2 (void* argv, const INIT_TYPE init_type);
 
   virtual int EXTAPI Uninitialize();
--- a/codec/encoder/plus/src/welsEncoderExt.cpp
+++ b/codec/encoder/plus/src/welsEncoderExt.cpp
@@ -206,29 +206,49 @@
 /*
  *	SVC Encoder Initialization
  */
-int CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize (SVCEncodingParam* argv, const INIT_TYPE iInitType) {
-  if (INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED != iInitType || NULL == argv) {
+int CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize (SEncParamBase* argv, const INIT_TYPE iInitType) {
+
+
+  if ((INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED != iInitType && INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_EXT != iInitType)|| NULL == argv) {
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_ERROR, "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), invalid iInitType= %d, argv= 0x%p\n",
              iInitType, (void*)argv);
     return cmInitParaError;
   }
-
-  if (m_bInitialFlag) {
+ if (m_bInitialFlag) {
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_WARNING, "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), reinitialize, m_bInitialFlag= %d\n",
              m_bInitialFlag);
     Uninitialize();
   }
 
-  SVCEncodingParam		sEncodingParam;
   SWelsSvcCodingParam	sConfig (true);
+  if(iInitType ==  INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED)
+  {
+	 SEncParamBase		sEncodingParam;
+	 memcpy (&sEncodingParam, argv, sizeof (SEncParamBase));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
 
-  memcpy (&sEncodingParam, argv, sizeof (SVCEncodingParam));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
-
+	 // Convert SEncParamBase into WelsSVCParamConfig here..
+	 if (sConfig.ParamBaseTranscode (sEncodingParam, true)) {
+		 WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_ERROR, "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), parameter_translation failed.\n");
+		 Uninitialize();
+		 return cmInitParaError;
+	 }
+  }
+  else if(iInitType ==  INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_EXT)
+  {
+	SEncParamExt		sEncodingParam;
+	memcpy (&sEncodingParam, argv, sizeof (SEncParamExt));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
+	// Convert SEncParamBase into WelsSVCParamConfig here..
+	if (sConfig.ParamTranscode (sEncodingParam, true)) {
+		WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_ERROR, "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), parameter_translation failed.\n");
+		Uninitialize();
+		return cmInitParaError;
+	}
+  }
 #ifdef REC_FRAME_COUNT
   WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO, "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize, m_uiCountFrameNum= %d, m_iCspInternal= 0x%x\n",
            m_uiCountFrameNum, m_iCspInternal);
   WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO,
-           "coding_param->iPicWidth= %d;coding_param->iPicHeight= %d;coding_param->iTargetBitrate= %d;coding_param->iRCMode= %d;coding_param->iTemporalLayerNum= %d;coding_param->iSpatialLayerNum= %d;coding_param->fFrameRate= %.6ff;coding_param->iInputCsp= %d;coding_param->iKeyPicCodingMode= %d;coding_param->uiIntraPeriod= %d;coding_param->bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition = %d;coding_param->bPrefixNalAddingCtrl = %d;coding_param->bEnableDenoise= %d;coding_param->bEnableBackgroundDetection= %d;coding_param->bEnableAdaptiveQuant= %d;coding_param->bEnableFrameSkip= %d;coding_param->bEnableCropPic= %d;coding_param->bEnableLongTermReference= %d;coding_param->iLtrMarkPeriod= %d;\n",
+           "coding_param->iPicWidth= %d;coding_param->iPicHeight= %d;coding_param->iTargetBitrate= %d;coding_param->iRCMode= %d;coding_param->iTemporalLayerNum= %d;coding_param->iSpatialLayerNum= %d;coding_param->fFrameRate= %.6ff;coding_param->iInputCsp= %d;coding_param->uiIntraPeriod= %d;coding_param->bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition = %d;coding_param->bPrefixNalAddingCtrl = %d;coding_param->bEnableDenoise= %d;coding_param->bEnableBackgroundDetection= %d;coding_param->bEnableAdaptiveQuant= %d;coding_param->bEnableFrameSkip= %d;coding_param->bEnableCropPic= %d;coding_param->bEnableLongTermReference= %d;coding_param->iLtrMarkPeriod= %d;\n",
            sEncodingParam.iPicWidth,
            sEncodingParam.iPicHeight,
            sEncodingParam.iTargetBitrate,
@@ -237,7 +257,6 @@
            sEncodingParam.iSpatialLayerNum,
            sEncodingParam.fFrameRate,
            sEncodingParam.iInputCsp,
-           sEncodingParam.iKeyPicCodingMode,
            sEncodingParam.iIntraPeriod,
            sEncodingParam.bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition,
            sEncodingParam.bPrefixNalAddingCtrl,
@@ -267,21 +286,13 @@
     ++ i;
   }
 #endif//REC_FRAME_COUNT
-
-  // Convert SVCEncodingParam into WelsSVCParamConfig here..
-  if (sConfig.ParamTranscode (sEncodingParam, true)) {
-    WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_ERROR, "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), parameter_translation failed.\n");
-    Uninitialize();
-    return cmInitParaError;
-  }
-
   m_iSrcListSize  = 1;
 
-  return Initialize2 ((void*)&sConfig, INIT_TYPE_CONFIG_BASED);
+  return Initialize2 ((void*)&sConfig, INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED);
 }
 
 int CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize2 (void* argv, const INIT_TYPE iInitType) {
-  if (INIT_TYPE_CONFIG_BASED != iInitType || NULL == argv) {
+  if (INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED != iInitType || NULL == argv) {
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_ERROR, "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), invalid iInitType= %d, argv= 0x%p.\n",
              iInitType, (void*)argv);
     return cmInitParaError;
@@ -303,20 +314,20 @@
   }
 
   // Check valid parameters
-  const int32_t iNumOfLayers = pCfg->iNumDependencyLayer;
+  const int32_t iNumOfLayers = pCfg->iSpatialLayerNum;
   if (iNumOfLayers < 1 || iNumOfLayers > MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER) {
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_ERROR,
-             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), invalid iNumDependencyLayer= %d, valid at range of [1, %d].\n", iNumOfLayers,
+             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), invalid iSpatialLayerNum= %d, valid at range of [1, %d].\n", iNumOfLayers,
              MAX_DEPENDENCY_LAYER);
     Uninitialize();
     return cmInitParaError;
   }
-  if (pCfg->iNumTemporalLayer < 1)
-    pCfg->iNumTemporalLayer	= 1;
-  if (pCfg->iNumTemporalLayer > MAX_TEMPORAL_LEVEL) {
+  if (pCfg->iTemporalLayerNum < 1)
+    pCfg->iTemporalLayerNum	= 1;
+  if (pCfg->iTemporalLayerNum > MAX_TEMPORAL_LEVEL) {
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_ERROR,
-             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), invalid iNumTemporalLayer= %d, valid at range of [1, %d].\n",
-             pCfg->iNumTemporalLayer, MAX_TEMPORAL_LEVEL);
+             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::Initialize(), invalid iTemporalLayerNum= %d, valid at range of [1, %d].\n",
+             pCfg->iTemporalLayerNum, MAX_TEMPORAL_LEVEL);
     Uninitialize();
     return cmInitParaError;
   }
@@ -366,17 +377,17 @@
 
   pCfg->iNumRefFrame = WELS_CLIP3 (pCfg->iNumRefFrame, MIN_REF_PIC_COUNT, MAX_REFERENCE_PICTURE_COUNT_NUM);
 
-  if (pCfg->uiLtrMarkPeriod == 0) {
-    pCfg->uiLtrMarkPeriod = 30;
+  if (pCfg->iLtrMarkPeriod == 0) {
+    pCfg->iLtrMarkPeriod = 30;
   }
 
   const int32_t kiDecStages = WELS_LOG2 (pCfg->uiGopSize);
   pCfg->iInputCsp			= iColorspace;
-  pCfg->iNumTemporalLayer	= (int8_t) (1 + kiDecStages);
+  pCfg->iTemporalLayerNum	= (int8_t) (1 + kiDecStages);
   pCfg->iLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset	= WELS_CLIP3 (pCfg->iLoopFilterAlphaC0Offset, -6, 6);
   pCfg->iLoopFilterBetaOffset		= WELS_CLIP3 (pCfg->iLoopFilterBetaOffset, -6, 6);
 
-//	m_pSrcPicList	= (SSourcePicture **)WelsMalloc( pCfg->iNumDependencyLayer * sizeof(SSourcePicture *), "m_pSrcPicList" );
+//	m_pSrcPicList	= (SSourcePicture **)WelsMalloc( pCfg->iSpatialLayerNum * sizeof(SSourcePicture *), "m_pSrcPicList" );
   // prefer use new/delete pair due encoder intialization stage not start yet for CacheLineSize not detection here (16 or 64 not matched)
   m_pSrcPicList	= new SSourcePicture* [iNumOfLayers];
 
@@ -388,8 +399,8 @@
   }
 
   // decide property list size between INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED/INIT_TYPE_CONFIG_BASED
-  m_iMaxPicWidth	= pCfg->iActualPicWidth;
-  m_iMaxPicHeight	= pCfg->iActualPicHeight;
+  m_iMaxPicWidth	= pCfg->iPicWidth;
+  m_iMaxPicHeight	= pCfg->iPicHeight;
   m_iSrcListSize  = iNumOfLayers;
 
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < m_iSrcListSize; ++ i) {
@@ -580,10 +591,10 @@
       }
       char strStreamFileName[128] = {0};
       int32_t iLen = WelsSnprintf (strStreamFileName, 128, "adj%d_w%d.264", m_iSwitchTimes,
-                                   m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->iActualPicWidth);
+                                   m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->iPicWidth);
       m_pFileBs = WelsFopen (strStreamFileName, "wb");
       WelsSnprintf (strStreamFileName, 128, "adj%d_w%d_size.iLen", m_iSwitchTimes,
-                    m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->iActualPicWidth);
+                    m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->iPicWidth);
       m_pFileBsSize = WelsFopen (strStreamFileName, "wb");
 
 
@@ -729,18 +740,18 @@
     m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->uiIntraPeriod	= (uint32_t)iValue;
   }
   break;
-  case ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM: {	// SVC Encoding Parameter
-    SVCEncodingParam		sEncodingParam;
+  case ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_EXT: {	// SVC Encoding Parameter
+    SEncParamExt		sEncodingParam;
     SWelsSvcCodingParam	sConfig (true);
     int32_t iInputColorspace = 0;
     int32_t iTargetWidth = 0;
     int32_t iTargetHeight = 0;
 
-    memcpy (&sEncodingParam, pOption, sizeof (SVCEncodingParam));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
-    WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO, "ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM, sEncodingParam.iInputCsp= 0x%x\n",
+    memcpy (&sEncodingParam, pOption, sizeof (SEncParamBase));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
+    WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO, "ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_EXT, sEncodingParam.iInputCsp= 0x%x\n",
              sEncodingParam.iInputCsp);
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO,
-             "coding_param->iPicWidth= %d;coding_param->iPicHeight= %d;coding_param->iTargetBitrate= %d;coding_param->iRCMode= %d;coding_param->iPaddingFlag= %d;coding_param->iTemporalLayerNum= %d;coding_param->iSpatialLayerNum= %d;coding_param->fFrameRate= %.6ff;coding_param->iInputCsp= %d;coding_param->iKeyPicCodingMode= %d;coding_param->uiIntraPeriod= %d;coding_param->bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition = %d;coding_param->bPrefixNalAddingCtrl = %d;coding_param->bEnableDenoise= %d;coding_param->bEnableBackgroundDetection= %d;coding_param->bEnableAdaptiveQuant= %d;coding_param->bEnableAdaptiveQuant= %d;coding_param->bEnableCropPic= %d;coding_param->bEnableLongTermReference= %d;coding_param->iLtrMarkPeriod= %d;\n",
+             "coding_param->iPicWidth= %d;coding_param->iPicHeight= %d;coding_param->iTargetBitrate= %d;coding_param->iRCMode= %d;coding_param->iPaddingFlag= %d;coding_param->iTemporalLayerNum= %d;coding_param->iSpatialLayerNum= %d;coding_param->fFrameRate= %.6ff;coding_param->iInputCsp= %d;coding_param->uiIntraPeriod= %d;coding_param->bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition = %d;coding_param->bPrefixNalAddingCtrl = %d;coding_param->bEnableDenoise= %d;coding_param->bEnableBackgroundDetection= %d;coding_param->bEnableAdaptiveQuant= %d;coding_param->bEnableAdaptiveQuant= %d;coding_param->bEnableCropPic= %d;coding_param->bEnableLongTermReference= %d;coding_param->iLtrMarkPeriod= %d;\n",
              sEncodingParam.iPicWidth,
              sEncodingParam.iPicHeight,
              sEncodingParam.iTargetBitrate,
@@ -748,10 +759,9 @@
              sEncodingParam.iPaddingFlag,
              sEncodingParam.iTemporalLayerNum,
              sEncodingParam.iSpatialLayerNum,
-             sEncodingParam.fFrameRate,
+             sEncodingParam.fMaxFrameRate,
              sEncodingParam.iInputCsp,
-             sEncodingParam.iKeyPicCodingMode,
-             sEncodingParam.iIntraPeriod,
+             sEncodingParam.uiIntraPeriod,
              sEncodingParam.bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition,
              sEncodingParam.bPrefixNalAddingCtrl,
              sEncodingParam.bEnableDenoise,
@@ -781,7 +791,7 @@
     }
 #ifdef OUTPUT_BIT_STREAM
     if (sEncodingParam.sSpatialLayers[sEncodingParam.iSpatialLayerNum - 1].iVideoWidth !=
-        m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->iNumDependencyLayer - 1].iFrameWidth) {
+        m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->sDependencyLayers[m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->iSpatialLayerNum - 1].iFrameWidth) {
       ++ m_iSwitchTimes;
       m_bSwitch = true;
     }
@@ -795,11 +805,11 @@
     if (sConfig.ParamTranscode (sEncodingParam, true)) {
       return cmInitParaError;
     }
-    if (sConfig.iNumDependencyLayer < 1) {
+    if (sConfig.iSpatialLayerNum < 1) {
       return cmInitParaError;
     }
-    iTargetWidth	= sConfig.iActualPicWidth;
-    iTargetHeight	= sConfig.iActualPicHeight;
+    iTargetWidth	= sConfig.iPicWidth;
+    iTargetHeight	= sConfig.iPicHeight;
     if (m_pSrcPicList[0] == NULL) {
       return cmInitParaError;
     }
@@ -812,7 +822,7 @@
     }
 #ifdef REC_FRAME_COUNT
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO,
-             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::SetOption():ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM, m_uiCountFrameNum= %d, m_iCspInternal= 0x%x\n",
+             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::SetOption():ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_EXT, m_uiCountFrameNum= %d, m_iCspInternal= 0x%x\n",
              m_uiCountFrameNum, m_iCspInternal);
 #endif//REC_FRAME_COUNT
 
@@ -876,7 +886,7 @@
   break;
   case ENCOCER_LTR_MARKING_PERIOD: {
     uint32_t iValue = * ((uint32_t*) (pOption));
-    m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->uiLtrMarkPeriod = iValue;
+    m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->iLtrMarkPeriod = iValue;
   }
   break;
   case ENCODER_OPTION_LTR: {
@@ -954,15 +964,25 @@
     * ((int32_t*)pOption) = m_pEncContext->pSvcParam->uiIntraPeriod;
   }
   break;
-  case ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM: {	// SVC Encoding Parameter
+  case ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_EXT: {	// SVC Encoding Parameter
 #ifdef REC_FRAME_COUNT
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO,
-             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::GetOption():ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM, m_uiCountFrameNum= %d, m_iCspInternal= 0x%x\n",
+             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::GetOption():ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_EXT, m_uiCountFrameNum= %d, m_iCspInternal= 0x%x\n",
              m_uiCountFrameNum, m_iCspInternal);
 #endif//REC_FRAME_COUNT
-    memcpy (pOption, m_pEncContext->pSvcParam, sizeof (SWelsSvcCodingParam));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
+    memcpy (pOption, m_pEncContext->pSvcParam, sizeof (SEncParamExt));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
   }
   break;
+  case ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_BASE: {	// SVC Encoding Parameter
+#ifdef REC_FRAME_COUNT
+    WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO,
+             "CWelsH264SVCEncoder::GetOption():ENCODER_OPTION_SVC_ENCODE_PARAM_BASE, m_uiCountFrameNum= %d, m_iCspInternal= 0x%x\n",
+             m_uiCountFrameNum, m_iCspInternal);
+#endif//REC_FRAME_COUNT
+    memcpy (pOption, m_pEncContext->pSvcParam, sizeof (SEncParamBase));	// confirmed_safe_unsafe_usage
+  }
+  break;
+
   case ENCODER_OPTION_FRAME_RATE: {	// Maximal input frame rate
 #ifdef REC_FRAME_COUNT
     WelsLog (m_pEncContext, WELS_LOG_INFO,
--- a/test/BaseEncoderTest.cpp
+++ b/test/BaseEncoderTest.cpp
@@ -7,32 +7,14 @@
 
 static int InitWithParam(ISVCEncoder* encoder, int width,
     int height, float frameRate) {
-  SVCEncodingParam param;
-  memset (&param, 0, sizeof(SVCEncodingParam));
+  SEncParamBase param;
+  memset (&param, 0, sizeof(SEncParamBase));
 
-  param.sSpatialLayers[0].iVideoWidth  = width;
-  param.sSpatialLayers[0].iVideoHeight = height;
-  param.sSpatialLayers[0].fFrameRate = frameRate;
-  param.sSpatialLayers[0].iQualityLayerNum = 1;
-  param.sSpatialLayers[0].iSpatialBitrate = 600000;
-
-  SSliceConfig* sliceCfg = &param.sSpatialLayers[0].sSliceCfg;
-  sliceCfg->sSliceArgument.uiSliceNum = 1;
-  sliceCfg->sSliceArgument.uiSliceSizeConstraint = 1500;
-  sliceCfg->sSliceArgument.uiSliceMbNum[0] = 960;
-
-  param.fFrameRate = param.sSpatialLayers[0].fFrameRate;
-  param.iPicWidth = param.sSpatialLayers[0].iVideoWidth;
-  param.iPicHeight = param.sSpatialLayers[0].iVideoHeight;
+  param.fMaxFrameRate = frameRate;
+  param.iPicWidth = width;
+  param.iPicHeight = height;
   param.iTargetBitrate = 5000000;
-  param.iTemporalLayerNum = 3;
-  param.iSpatialLayerNum = 1;
-  param.bEnableBackgroundDetection = true;
-  param.bEnableLongTermReference = true;
-  param.iLtrMarkPeriod = 30;
   param.iInputCsp = videoFormatI420;
-  param.bEnableSpsPpsIdAddition = true;
-
   return encoder->Initialize(&param, INIT_TYPE_PARAMETER_BASED);
 }
 
--- a/test/cpp_interface_test.cpp
+++ b/test/cpp_interface_test.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  */
 struct SVCEncoderImpl : public ISVCEncoder {
   virtual ~SVCEncoderImpl() {}
-  virtual int EXTAPI Initialize(SVCEncodingParam* pParam,
+  virtual int EXTAPI Initialize(SEncParamBase* pParam,
       const INIT_TYPE kiInitType) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(gThis == this);
     return 1;
--- a/test/decode_encode_test.cpp
+++ b/test/decode_encode_test.cpp
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
 }
 
 static const DecodeEncodeFileParam kFileParamArray[] = {
-  {"res/test_vd_1d.264", "41c672107cfe9e8e8a67b5d08cbd701f6c982ccd", 320, 192, 12.0f},
-  {"res/test_vd_rc.264", "d546ea7c671b42503f8a46ba50bef2a3eaca4c5a", 320, 192, 12.0f},
+  {"res/test_vd_1d.264", "c04a5978eb715837c29463e79b6598a05136829f", 320, 192, 12.0f},
+  {"res/test_vd_rc.264", "40d8eb5a54d358c663f836c689a158c326de4b1c", 320, 192, 12.0f},
 };
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(DecodeEncodeFile, DecodeEncodeTest,
--- a/test/encoder_test.cpp
+++ b/test/encoder_test.cpp
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@
 static const EncodeFileParam kFileParamArray[] = {
   {
       "res/CiscoVT2people_320x192_12fps.yuv",
-      "4df5751a59eb02153e086ade9b3ecfcb8845c30b", 320, 192, 12.0f
+      "06441376891cbc237a36e59b62131cd94ff9cb19", 320, 192, 12.0f
   },
   {
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