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author Nina Engelhardt <nengel@mailbox.tu-berlin.de>
date Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:12:57 +0200
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nengel@2 1 App: h264dec
nengel@2 2
nengel@2 3 This application decodes H.264 raw videos.
nengel@2 4
nengel@2 5 Build Sequential/Pthreads:
nengel@2 6
nengel@2 7 autoreconf -i -f
nengel@2 8 mkdir build
nengel@2 9 cd build
nengel@2 10 ../configure --enable-ssse3 --enable-sdl2
nengel@2 11 make
nengel@2 12
nengel@2 13 Build OmpSs:
nengel@2 14
nengel@2 15 autoreconf -i -f
nengel@2 16 mkdir build
nengel@2 17 cd build-ss
nengel@2 18 ../configure CC=sscc --enable-ssse3 --enable-sdl2
nengel@2 19 make
nengel@2 20
nengel@2 21 ssse3 enables assembler optimizations up to ssse3 (optional)
nengel@2 22 sdl enables a rudimentary viewing capability (optional)
nengel@2 23
nengel@2 24 Usage Sequential/Pthreads:
nengel@2 25 ./h264dec -i $(INPUT_VIDEO) -s
nengel@2 26 ./h264dec -i $(INPUT_VIDEO) -t $(THREADS)
nengel@2 27
nengel@2 28 Usage OmpSs:
nengel@2 29 NX_PES=<numthreads> ./h264dec -i <inputfile> -e <num parallel entropy frames> -z <width> <height> --static-3d
nengel@2 30
nengel@2 31 -e specify the number of entropy decode pipeline buffers and should be ideally
nengel@2 32 the same as the number of threads.
nengel@2 33
nengel@2 34 -z allows to set the MB reconstruction grouped block size. A size between 6 by 6 to 10 by 10
nengel@2 35 was found to strike a good balance between overhead and parallelism, but is machine and input
nengel@2 36 dependent.
nengel@2 37
nengel@2 38 --static-3d performs overlapping wavefront decoding.
nengel@2 39
nengel@2 40 General usage:
nengel@2 41 -d displays output
nengel@2 42 -f fullscreen
nengel@2 43 -o $(OUT_FILE) write raw YUV
nengel@2 44 -v show framerate
nengel@2 45
nengel@2 46
nengel@2 47 The INPUT_VIDEOs are in "inputs_encore", but should be able to decode any raw H.264 stream using
nengel@2 48 one slice per frame, non-interlaced, and CABAC, YUV420.
nengel@2 49
nengel@2 50
nengel@2 51 Integrated OmpSs player demo
nengel@2 52 ----------------------------
nengel@2 53 NOTE: for the player demo SDL2 must be installed.
nengel@2 54
nengel@2 55 1. Go to the OmpSs build directory (/home/cchi/Projects/ffmpeg_smp/build-ss)
nengel@2 56
nengel@2 57 2. Launch the H.264 decoder with the desired options:
nengel@2 58
nengel@2 59 NX_PES=<numthreads> ./h264dec <inputfile> -v (verbose) -e <num parallel entropy frames> -z <width> <height> -d (display) -f (fullscreen)
nengel@2 60
nengel@2 61 note that <num parallel entropy frames> should be equal or higher than <numthreads> for optimal performance
nengel@2 62
nengel@2 63 Examples:
nengel@2 64
nengel@2 65 NX_PES=7 ./h264dec -i ../../h264_movies/park_joy_2160px5.h264 -v -z 8 8 -df -e 9
nengel@2 66 NX_PES=7 ./h264dec -i ../../h264_movies/big_buck_bunny_1080p24.h264 -v -d -z 6 6 -e 9
nengel@2 67
nengel@2 68 Interacting with the program
nengel@2 69 ----------------------------
nengel@2 70 <CTRL+F> Fullscreen mode
nengel@2 71 <ESCAPE> Window mode
nengel@2 72 <SPACE> Pause/resume
nengel@2 73 <M> Show/hide macroblock borders
nengel@2 74 <arrows> When macroblock borders are shown resizes the macroblocks
nengel@2 75 <ALT+F4> Close
nengel@2 76
nengel@2 77 Force close in case of lockup
nengel@2 78 -----------------------------
nengel@2 79 On a terminal: killall -9 h264dec