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Documentation for the interface of the LEAD H263 Encoder is broken down into the following sections:
| Type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| long | MINQUALITYFACTOR | [1] The minimum value for CustomQuality. This generates the highest quality video and the lowest compression. |
| long | MAXQUALITYFACTOR | [31] The maximum value for CustomQuality. This generates the lowest quality video and the highest compression. |
Specifies the predefined quality options.
typedef enum{PERFECTQUALITY = 0,QUALITYMOREIMPORTANTTHANSIZE = ( PERFECTQUALITY + 1 ),QUALITYSIZEEQUALLYIMPORTANT = ( QUALITYMOREIMPORTANTTHANSIZE + 1 ),SIZEMOREIMPORTANTTHANQUALITY = ( QUALITYSIZEEQUALLYIMPORTANT + 1 ),HIGHESTCOMPRESSION = ( SIZEMOREIMPORTANTTHANQUALITY + 1 )} eQUALITY;
[0] Very good quality. Equivalent to a custom quality factor of 4.
[1] Good quality, more compression than PERFECTQUALITY. Equivalent to a custom quality factor of 5.
[2] Good quality, more compression than QUALITYMOREIMPORTANTTHANSIZE. Equivalent to a custom quality factor of 6.
[3] Decent quality, more compression than QUALITYSIZEEQUALLYIMPORTANT. Equivalent to a custom quality factor of 9.
[4] Highest compression (lowest quality). Equivalent to a custom quality factor of 31.
Specifies the desired compressed video rate to one of the predefined bitrates.
typedef enum{MODEM_56K = 0,ISDN_128K = ( MODEM_56K + 1 ),ISDN_256K = ( ISDN_128K + 1 ),DSL_384K = ( ISDN_256K + 1 ),CABLE_768 = ( DSL_384K + 1 ),T1_1500K = ( CABLE_768 + 1 ),WIRELESS_802_11B_11M = ( T1_1500K + 1 ),T3_45M = ( WIRELESS_802_11B_11M + 1 ),WIRELESS_802_11G_54M = ( T3_45M + 1 ),LAN_100M = ( WIRELESS_802_11G_54M + 1 ),LAN_1G = ( LAN_100M + 1 )} eBITRATE;
[0] 56K modem. Equivalent to a bitrate of 56000.
[1] 128K ISDN line. Equivalent to a bitrate of 128000.
[2] 256K ISDN line. Equivalent to a bitrate of 256000.
[3] 384K DSL line. Equivalent to a bitrate of 384000.
[4] 768K Cable line. Equivalent to a bitrate of 768000.
[5] T1 line. Equivalent to a bitrate of 1500000.
[6] Wireless 801.11b network card. Equivalent to a bitrate of 11000000.
[7] T3 line. Equivalent to a bitrate of 45000000.
[8] Wireless 801.11g network card. Equivalent to a bitrate of 54000000.
[9] 100Mbps network card. Equivalent to a bitrate of 100000000.
[10] 1Gbps network card. Equivalent to a bitrate of 1000000000.
Specifies the speed to one of the predefined values.
typedef enum{HIGHQUALITY = 0,QUALITYMOREIMPORTANTTHANSPEED = ( HIGHQUALITY + 1 ),QUALITYSPEEDEQUALLYIMPORTANT = ( QUALITYMOREIMPORTANTTHANSPEED + 1 ),SPEEDMOREIMPORTANTTHANQUALITY = ( QUALITYSPEEDEQUALLYIMPORTANT + 1 ),HIGHSPEED = ( SPEEDMOREIMPORTANTTHANQUALITY + 1 )} eSPEED;
[0] High quality option. Turn on all settings.
[1] Good quality. Turn on all options except the deblocking filter.
[2] Compromise between quality and speed. Only the Unrestricted MV and Advanced Prediction modes are turned on.
[3] Favor speed at the expense of quality. Only Unrestricted MV is on.
[4] Highest speed. No optional mode is turned on.
Specifies the distance between I frames in frames.
typedef enum{UNIT_FRAMES = 0,UNIT_SECONDS = ( UNIT_FRAMES + 1 )} eIDISTANCEUNIT;
[0] The unit for the IDistance property is frames.
[1] The unit for the IDistance property is seconds.
Determines which settings will be available in the property page.
typedef enum{H263COMPATIBILITY_DEFAULT = 0,H263COMPATIBILITY_FLV = ( H263COMPATIBILITY_DEFAULT + 1 )} eH263COMPATIBILITYMODE;
[0] Default mode: all encoder settings are enabled.
[1] Force the encoder to offer only Sorenson compression settings. Use this if you know you are creating FLV files.
Lists the valid values for the ApiLevel parameter that can be passed to the ResetToDefaultsEx method.
typedef enum{H263_APILEVEL_1 = 0,H263_APILEVEL_2 = 1} eH263_APILEVEL;
[0] Use the defaults from the previous version of the codec. This APILEVEL's defaults include setting the IDistanceUnit property to UNIT_SECONDS and the IDistance property value to the default value of 60, yielding 1 key frame every 60 seconds.
[1] Use the defaults from the current version of the codec. This APILEVEL's defaults have changed to use UNIT_FRAMES instead of UNIT_SECONDS for the IDistanceUnit property default. Also, the IDistance property is set to the default value of 30, yielding a key frame every 30 frames.
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VARIANT_BOOL | UseQuality | Set to TRUE to use quality-based compression (VBR = variable bitrate). In this case, the quality is given by the UsePredefinedQuality, PredefinedQuality and QualityFactor properties. Set to FALSE to use bitrate-based compression (CBR = constant bitrate). In this case, the bitrate is given by the PredefinedBitrate and BitrateValue properties. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UsePredefinedQuality | (Used only if UseQuality is TRUE). Set to TRUE to use a predefined quality through PredefinedQuality. Set to FALSE to use a custom quality factor through CustomQuality. |
| eQUALITY | PredefinedQuality | (Used only if UseQuality is TRUE and UsePredefinedQuality is TRUE). Use this property to choose one of the predefined quality options. See the eQUALITY enumeration for possible values. |
| long | CustomQuality | (Used only if UseQuality is TRUE and UsePredefinedQuality is FALSE). Use a custom quality factor. The value ranges from 1 (best quality, lowest compression) to 31 (worst quality, highest compression). |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UsePredefinedBitrate | (Used only if UseQuality is FALSE). Set to TRUE to use a predefined bitrate through PredefinedBitrate. Set to FALSE to use a custom bitrate through CustomBitrate. |
| eBITRATE | PredefinedBitrate | (Used only if UseQuality is FALSE and UsePredefinedBitrate is TRUE). Use this value to set the desired compressed video rate to one of the predefined bitrates. See the eBITRATE enumeration for possible values. |
| long | CustomBitrate | (Used only if UseQuality is FALSE and UsePredefinedBitrate is FALSE). Use this value to set the desired compressed video rate in bits per second. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UsePredefinedSpeed | Set to TRUE to use a predefined speed through PredefinedSpeed. Set to FALSE to control the speed using the UseUnrestrictedMotionVector, UseAdvancedIntraCoding, UseAdvancedPredictionMode, UseDeblockingFilter properties. |
| eSPEED | PredefinedSpeed | (Used only if UsePredefinedSpeed is TRUE). Use this property to set the speed to one of the predefined values. See the eBITRATE enumeration for possible values. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UseUnrestrictedMotionVector | (Used only if UsePredefinedSpeed is FALSE). If TRUE, motion vectors are allowed to point outside the picture. The edge pixels are used as prediction for the "not existing" pixels. With this mode, a significant gain is achieved if there is movement across the edges of the picture, especially for the smaller movies. Implements (Annex D) Unrestricted Motion Vector mode of the ITU-T Recommendation H.263 and LEAD H.263 Encoder. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UseDeblockingFilter | (Used only if UsePredefinedSpeed is FALSE). If TRUE, the blocky artifacts generated at higher compression are reduced by using an adaptive filter across block boundaries. Use this option to improve the video quality at low bit rate (high compression). Implements (Annex J) Deblocking Filter mode of the ITU-T Recommendation H.263 and LEAD H.263 Encoder. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UseAdvancedIntraCoding | (Used only if UsePredefinedSpeed is FALSE). If TRUE, the compression efficiency for INTRA macroblock encoding is improved by using spatial prediction for DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) coefficient values. Implements (Annex I) Advanced INTRA Coding mode of the ITU-T Recommendation H.263 and LEAD H.263 Encoder. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UseAdvancedPredictionMode | (Used only if UsePredefinedSpeed is FALSE). If TRUE, Overlapped Block Motion Compensation (OBMC) is used for the luminance part of P-pictures. Four 8x8 vectors instead of one 16x16 vector are used for some of the macroblocks in the picture. The encoder has to decide which type of vectors to use. Four vectors use more bits, but give better prediction (compression). Implements (Annex T) Modified Quantization mode of the ITU-T Recommendation H.263 and LEAD H.263 Encoder. Implements (Annex F) Advanced Prediction mode of the ITU-T Recommendation H.263 and LEAD H.263 Encoder. |
| float | InputFrameRate | (Read-only). Use this property to obtain input frame rate in frame/sec, which can be used to determine how to set the OutputFrameRate property. |
| float | OutputFrameRate | Use this property to control the output frame rate. You can set the output frame rate to be the same as the input frame rate (-1) or you can set it to particular output frame rate (if > 0). Note that you should set the output frame rate to be less than the input frame rate (to get better compression). It is not very useful to set the output frame rate to the less than the input frame rate. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UseRTP | If TRUE, the encoder packetizes an H.263 video stream with Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) headers. This option should be used when transmitting H.263 video streams over the Internet. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | UseSuperCompression | Set to TRUE, to enable the high compression mode, which is a non-standard extension introduced by LEAD Technologies, Inc. to the H.263 compression algorithm. This generates a smaller video, but only the LEAD H.263 Decoder can decode this video. The video generated in this mode has a small quality degradation (especially when there is text), but the compression gain is significant. This mode is very useful for achieving lower bitrates. Set to FALSE to disable this mode. The default is FALSE. |
| eIDISTANCEUNIT | IDistanceUnit | If set to UNIT_FRAMES, the IDistance property sets the distance between I frames in frames. If set to UNIT_SECONDS, the IDistance property sets the distance between I frames in seconds. |
| long | IDistance | Use this to set the interval for I frames. The IDistanceUnit property contains the unit for this property (seconds or frames). The distance between two consecutive I frames is sometimes referred to as the Key Frame interval. I (Intraframe) frames are encoded independently without any reference to a previous frame or forward frame. All the frames between I frames are P and B frames. P (Predictive) frames are encoded using the previous frame as reference. P frames are compressed more than I frames. B (Bi-directional) frames are encoded using both the previous and the next frames as reference and they are compressed better than I and P frames. If the distance between I frames increases, the compression ratio increases. However, a large distance between I frames has its disadvantages: |
| • If an I frame is lost before reaching the decoder (typically due to a noisy or an unreliable channel), the decoder has to wait a long time without displaying anything until the next I frame comes. | ||
| • A large key frame interval makes seeking (searching through the video data) slower. | ||
| long | PDistance | Use this to set the number of B frames between two consecutive P frames. The unit for this property is always frames. If set to 0, the compressor generates only I and P frames. |
| VARIANT_BOOL | SorensonOutput | Set to TRUE, to generate Sorenson video used by Flash (FLV) files. This video is a modified form of H.263 compression. Set to FALSE to generate regular H.263 video. The default value is FALSE. |
| eH263COMPATIBILITYMODE | CompatibilityMode | Use this property to determine which settings will be available in the property page. |
| Set to H263COMPATIBILITY_DEFAULT to make all settings available. | ||
| Set to H263COMPATIBILITY_FLV to force the encoder to offer only settings compatible with the FLV format. This option forces the following settings: | ||
| • SorensonOutput = VARIANT_TRUE | ||
| • UseRTP = VARIANT_FALSE | ||
| • UseSuperCompression = VARIANT_FALSE |
Resets the encoder to default values.
Determines which default values to use. Current applications should set the ApiLevel to H263_APILEVEL_2 = 1.
The encoder might change in the future and have different properties or default behavior. Calling this method ensures the encoder will have the same default values as they were at the time you developed your application.
It is best to call ResetToDefaultsEx(H263_APILEVEL_2) before beginning to set properties and to call other methods for this interface.
Start changing attributes, but don't use the new settings until StopChangingAttributes is called.
To change more than one encoder setting, it is best to call StartChangingAttributes before making the first change and StopChangingAttributes after making the last change. This way, the encoder does not make any checks on the validity of the settings until all the changes have been made. Also, some changes might require a reconnection of the output pin and making all the changes between a StartChangingAttributes and StopChangingAttributes pair ensures there is only one reconnection of the output pin.
Stop changing the attributes.
Determines whether the changes should be kept (VARIANT_FALSE) or canceled (VARIANT_TRUE).
Call this method after changes to the interface are complete.
Set bCancelChanges to VARIANT_FALSE to apply all the changes that have been made. Set bCancelChanges to VARIANT_TRUE to revert the encoder to the settings that were used prior to calling StartChangingAttributes.
Enable and disable h.263 options in terms of ITU-T Recommendation H.263 as follows:
(Annex I) Advanced INTRA Coding mode
Implemented
To turn it on or off use the UseAdvancedIntraCoding property.
(Annex J) Deblocking Filter mode
Implemented
To turn it on or off use the UseDeblockingFilter property.
(Annex T) Modified Quantization mode
Implemented
To turn it on or off use the UseAdvancedPredictionMode method (it is associated with the Advanced Prediction Mode).
( Annex D) Unrestricted Motion Vector
Implemented
To turn it on or off use the UseUnrestrictedMotionVector property.
(Annex F) Advanced Prediction mode
Implemented
To turn it on or off use the UseAdvancedPredictionMode method.
(Annex S) Alternative Inter VLC mode
Not implemented in the encoder. But it is implemented in the decoder.
(Annex K) Slice Structured mode
Not implemented.