Hi,
On Fri 16 Aug 19, 13:01, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> Stateless decoders have different expectations about the
> start code that is prepended on H264 slices. Add a
> menu control to express the supported start code types
> (including no start code).
>
> Drivers are allowed to support only one start code type,
> but they can support both too.
>
> Note that this is independent of the H264 decoding mode,
> which specifies the granularity of the decoding operations.
> Either in frame-based or slice-based mode, this new control
> will allow to define the start code expected on H264 slices.
Looks good to me at this point:
Reviewed-by: Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks!
Paul
> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v7:
> * None.
> Changes in v6:
> * Rename to START_CODE and enum values
> as suggested by Hand and Paul.
> Changes in v5:
> * Improve specification as suggested by Hans.
> Changes in v4:
> * New patch.
> ---
> .../media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
> .../media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst | 5 +--
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c | 9 +++++
> include/media/h264-ctrls.h | 6 ++++
> 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> index 7e7447d9998c..3703c705286f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
> @@ -2076,6 +2076,39 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
> The OUTPUT buffer must contain all slices needed to decode the
> frame. The OUTPUT buffer must also contain both fields.
>
> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE (enum)``
> + Specifies the H264 slice start code expected for each slice.
> + This control is used as a modifier for V4L2_PIX_FMT_H264_SLICE
> + pixel format. Applications that support V4L2_PIX_FMT_H264_SLICE
> + are required to set this control in order to specify the start code
> + that is expected for the buffer.
> + Drivers may expose a single or multiple start codes, depending
> + on what they can support.
> +
> + .. note::
> +
> + This menu control is not yet part of the public kernel API and
> + it is expected to change.
> +
> +.. c:type:: v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_start_code
> +
> +.. cssclass:: longtable
> +
> +.. flat-table::
> + :header-rows: 0
> + :stub-columns: 0
> + :widths: 1 1 2
> +
> + * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE_NONE``
> + - 0
> + - Selecting this value specifies that H264 slices are passed
> + to the driver without any start code.
> + * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE_ANNEX_B``
> + - 1
> + - Selecting this value specifies that H264 slices are expected
> + to be prefixed by Annex B start codes. According to :ref:`h264`
> + valid start codes can be 3-bytes 0x000001 or 4-bytes 0x00000001.
> +
> .. _v4l2-mpeg-mpeg2:
>
> ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_SLICE_PARAMS (struct)``
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst
> index d666eb51741a..493b6020107d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-compressed.rst
> @@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ Compressed Formats
> extracted from the H264 bitstream. This format is adapted for
> stateless video decoders that implement an H264 pipeline
> (using the :ref:`mem2mem` and :ref:`media-request-api`).
> - This pixelformat has a modifier that must be set at least once
> - through the ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE`` control.
> + This pixelformat has two modifiers that must be set at least once
> + through the ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE``
> + and ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE`` controls.
> In addition, metadata associated with the frame to decode are
> required to be passed through the ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SPS``,
> ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_PPS``,
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
> index 2c67f9fc4d5b..1d8f38824631 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
> @@ -407,6 +407,11 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
> "Frame-Based",
> NULL,
> };
> + static const char * const h264_start_code[] = {
> + "No Start Code",
> + "Annex B Start Code",
> + NULL,
> + };
> static const char * const mpeg_mpeg2_level[] = {
> "Low",
> "Main",
> @@ -640,6 +645,8 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
> return h264_fmo_map_type;
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE:
> return h264_decode_mode;
> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE:
> + return h264_start_code;
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL:
> return mpeg_mpeg2_level;
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE:
> @@ -860,6 +867,7 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SLICE_PARAMS: return "H264 Slice Parameters";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_PARAMS: return "H264 Decode Parameters";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE: return "H264 Decode Mode";
> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE: return "H264 Start Code";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL: return "MPEG2 Level";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE: return "MPEG2 Profile";
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG4_I_FRAME_QP: return "MPEG4 I-Frame QP Value";
> @@ -1229,6 +1237,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SEI_FP_ARRANGEMENT_TYPE:
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_FMO_MAP_TYPE:
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE:
> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE:
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_LEVEL:
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG2_PROFILE:
> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG4_LEVEL:
> diff --git a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> index 928c48c57282..ba2876a64cf6 100644
> --- a/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> +++ b/include/media/h264-ctrls.h
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_SLICE_PARAMS (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1003)
> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_PARAMS (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1004)
> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1005)
> +#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE+1006)
>
> /* enum v4l2_ctrl_type type values */
> #define V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SPS 0x0110
> @@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_decode_mode {
> V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_DECODE_MODE_FRAME_BASED,
> };
>
> +enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_start_code {
> + V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE_NONE,
> + V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_START_CODE_ANNEX_B,
> +};
> +
> #define V4L2_H264_SPS_CONSTRAINT_SET0_FLAG 0x01
> #define V4L2_H264_SPS_CONSTRAINT_SET1_FLAG 0x02
> #define V4L2_H264_SPS_CONSTRAINT_SET2_FLAG 0x04
> --
> 2.22.0
>
--
Paul Kocialkowski, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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