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How to configure to avoid PLUSPTYPE in H263 header?

llx
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Hi,

Many tools and softphones we areplaying withcannot parse the PLUSPTYPE in H263 header. When I tried "no PLUSPTYPE" in h263.par, umc_video_enc_con still add PLUSPTYPE to me.

What else shall I changed? Thanks.

llx

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Vladimir_Dudnik
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Hello,

there is comment from our expert:

There's no such thing as PLUSPTYPE switch in the par file,

You can consider"no PLUSPTYPE" optionas unrestricted motion vector mode (see PAR file fromat):

3 // unrestricted motion vector: 0 - off; 1 - no PLUSPTYPE; 2 - PLUSPTYPE, UUI==1; 3 - PLUSPTYPE, UUI==01

To avoid PLUSPTYPEyou needtoturn offall the features which can be indicated only in the extended PTYPE (PLUSPTYPE) header

// horizontal_size - standardized picture formats only (sub-QCIF - 16CIF)
// vertical_size - standardized picture formats only (sub-QCIF - 16CIF)
// frame scale = 30000

// frame interval= 1001 * n, n= 1,2,3...
// unrestricted motion vector: 0 or 1

// advanced prediction: 0 - off (1MV), 1 - on (4MV, OBMC)
// advanced Intra coding =
0 (OFF)
// insert GOB headers: 0 - off, 1 - GOB headers without stuffing, 2 - GOB headers with stuffing (GSTUF)
// modified quantization mode =
0 - off

Regards,
Vladimir

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llx
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Hi Vladimir,

After I turned all of them off, the PLUSPTYPE is still there. Here is the beginning of the encode output:

00 00 80 02 1C BC 01 00 13 C1 F8 F3 82 5C 94 4B

My par file is as below:

!! H.263 videoencoder sample !!
352x288.yuv // name of source files
352 // horizontal_size
288 // vertical_size
300 // number of frames
30000 // frame scale
1001 // frame interval
7 // IVOP quant
7 // PVOP quant
9 // BVOP quant
10 // IVOP distance
1 // PVOP distance
15 // PVOP searchWidth in full pel
15 // PVOP searchHeight in full pel
1 // Motion Estimation algorithm: 0 - full search, 1 - fast search
2 // Motion Estimation accuracy: 1 - full pel, 2 - half pel
1 // calculate PSNR
0 // RateControl 0 - no, 1 - FrameLayer(VBR)
400000 // BitRate, Kbps
50 // SceneChangeThreshold, %
1 // unrestricted motion vector: 0 - off; 1 - no PLUSPTYPE; 2 - PLUSPTYPE, UUI==1; 3 - PLUSPTYPE, UUI==01
0 // advanced prediction: 0 - off (1MV), 1 - on (4MV, OBMC)
0 // advanced Intra coding
0 // insert GOB headers: 0 - off, 1 - GOB headers without stuffing, 2 - GOB headers with stuffing (GSTUF)
0 // modified quantization mode: 0 - off, 1 - on
0 // frame skipping: 0 - disabled, 1 - enabled, default 1

Console output of umc_video_enc_con:

/intel/ipp/5.3.1.062/ipp-samples/audio-video-codecs/_bin/
linuxem64t_gcc3> ./umc_video_enc_con h263 -i foreman.yuv -n 300 -b 32000 -f 15 h263_4.par foreman_4.263

Starting H263 encoding foreman.yuv to file foreman_4.263
Source video width = 352, height = 288, frameRate = 15.00
Max frames to encode = 300
Encoding bit rate = 32000 bits per second
0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.90.100.110.120.130.140.150.160.170.180.190.200.210.220.230.240.250.260.270.280.290.300.
Summary:
Num frames encoded = 300
Encoding Time = 1.17 sec, 256.02 fps
Overall Time = 1.24 sec, 242.58 fps
Average CPU usage = 0.00%
Encoded Size = 262754 bytes
Compression Ratio = 173.62
EncodedSize/ExpectedSize = 3.28

What else shall I do? Thanks.

llx

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Vladimir_Dudnik
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Hi

15 fpsis nota simple fraction of the standard picture clock frequency, 30000/1001, but exactly equals to 30000/1000 * 2, the clock conversion factor 1000 being the other option in H.263 and required the PLUSPTYPE header to be encoded.

Use -f 14.985 (ordiscarding -f at all andset frame interval to 2002 in the par file)to solve that

Regards,
Vladimir

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llx
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Hi Vladimir,

It works, thank you very much.

But noticed that it is just the half speed of before. Is that possible to speed up the encoding?

/intel/ipp/5.3.1.062/ipp-samples/audio-video-codecs/_bin/
linuxem64t_gcc3> ./umc_video_enc_con h263 -i foreman.yuv -n 300 -b 32000 h263_8.par foreman_8_nofr.263

Starting H263 encoding foreman.yuv to file foreman_8_nofr.263
Source video width = 352, height = 288, frameRate = 14.99
Max frames to encode = 300
Encoding bit rate = 32000 bits per second
0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.90.100.110.120.130.140.150.160.170.180.190.200.210.220.230.240.250.260.270.280.290.300.
Summary:
Num frames encoded = 300
Encoding Time = 1.12 sec, 267.18 fps
Overall Time = 1.19 sec, 252.79 fps
Average CPU usage = 0.00%
Encoded Size = 264163 bytes
Compression Ratio = 172.69
EncodedSize/ExpectedSize = 3.30

Thanks again.

llx

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Vladimir_Dudnik
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Hello,

How do you see performance degradation? According your previous post encoding speed was

- Encoding Time = 1.17 sec, 256.02 fps

and your the latest number is

Encoding Time = 1.12 sec, 267.18 fps

which is pretty close (and even a bit faster).

Regards,
Vladimir

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