/* * Copyright (c) 2026, Alliance for Open Media. All rights reserved. * * This source code is subject to the terms of the BSD 2 Clause License and * the Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0. If the BSD 2 Clause License * was not distributed with this source code in the LICENSE file, you can * obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/software. If the Alliance for Open * Media Patent License 1.0 was not distributed with this source code in the * PATENTS file, you can obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/patent. */ // Low Complexity (LC) Mode Encoder // ================================ // // This is an example of a low complexity mode encoder. It takes an input // file in Y4M format, passes it through the encoder with LC mode on, and // writes the compressed frames to disk in IVF format. #include #include #include #include "aom/aom_encoder.h" #include "aom/aomcx.h" #include "common/tools_common.h" #include "common/video_writer.h" static const char *exec_name; void usage_exit(void) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s " " \n", exec_name); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } static int encode_frame(aom_codec_ctx_t *codec, aom_image_t *img, int frame_index, int flags, AvxVideoWriter *writer) { int got_pkts = 0; aom_codec_iter_t iter = NULL; const aom_codec_cx_pkt_t *pkt = NULL; const aom_codec_err_t res = aom_codec_encode(codec, img, frame_index, 1, flags); if (res != AOM_CODEC_OK) die_codec(codec, "Failed to encode frame"); while ((pkt = aom_codec_get_cx_data(codec, &iter)) != NULL) { got_pkts = 1; if (pkt->kind == AOM_CODEC_CX_FRAME_PKT) { const int keyframe = (pkt->data.frame.flags & AOM_FRAME_IS_KEY) != 0; if (!aom_video_writer_write_frame(writer, pkt->data.frame.buf, pkt->data.frame.sz, pkt->data.frame.pts)) { die_codec(codec, "Failed to write compressed frame"); } printf(keyframe ? "K" : "."); fflush(stdout); } } return got_pkts; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { FILE *infile = NULL; aom_codec_ctx_t codec; aom_codec_enc_cfg_t cfg; int frame_count = 0; aom_image_t raw; aom_codec_err_t res; AvxVideoInfo info; AvxVideoWriter *writer = NULL; const int fps = 30; const int bitrate = 400; int keyframe_interval = 0; int max_frames = 0; int frames_encoded = 0; const char *codec_arg = NULL; const char *width_arg = NULL; const char *height_arg = NULL; const char *infile_arg = NULL; const char *outfile_arg = NULL; const char *keyframe_interval_arg = NULL; const int usage = 0; // AOM_USAGE_GOOD_QUALITY const int speed = 2; exec_name = argv[0]; // Clear explicitly, as simply assigning "{ 0 }" generates // "missing-field-initializers" warning in some compilers. memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info)); if (argc != 9) die("Invalid number of arguments"); codec_arg = argv[1]; width_arg = argv[2]; height_arg = argv[3]; infile_arg = argv[4]; outfile_arg = argv[5]; keyframe_interval_arg = argv[6]; max_frames = (int)strtol(argv[7], NULL, 0); aom_codec_iface_t *encoder = get_aom_encoder_by_short_name(codec_arg); if (!encoder) die("Unsupported codec."); info.codec_fourcc = get_fourcc_by_aom_encoder(encoder); info.frame_width = (int)strtol(width_arg, NULL, 0); info.frame_height = (int)strtol(height_arg, NULL, 0); info.time_base.numerator = 1; info.time_base.denominator = fps; if (info.frame_width <= 0 || info.frame_height <= 0 || (info.frame_width % 2) != 0 || (info.frame_height % 2) != 0) { die("Invalid frame size: %dx%d", info.frame_width, info.frame_height); } if (!aom_img_alloc(&raw, AOM_IMG_FMT_I420, info.frame_width, info.frame_height, 1)) { die("Failed to allocate image."); } keyframe_interval = (int)strtol(keyframe_interval_arg, NULL, 0); if (keyframe_interval < 0) die("Invalid keyframe interval value."); printf("Using %s\n", aom_codec_iface_name(encoder)); res = aom_codec_enc_config_default(encoder, &cfg, usage); if (res) die("Failed to get default codec config: %s", aom_codec_err_to_string(res)); cfg.g_w = info.frame_width; cfg.g_h = info.frame_height; cfg.g_timebase.num = info.time_base.numerator; cfg.g_timebase.den = info.time_base.denominator; cfg.rc_target_bitrate = bitrate; writer = aom_video_writer_open(outfile_arg, kContainerIVF, &info); if (!writer) die("Failed to open %s for writing.", outfile_arg); if (!(infile = fopen(infile_arg, "rb"))) die("Failed to open %s for reading.", infile_arg); if (aom_codec_enc_init(&codec, encoder, &cfg, 0)) die("Failed to initialize encoder"); if (aom_codec_control(&codec, AOME_SET_CPUUSED, speed)) die_codec(&codec, "Failed to set cpu-used"); if (aom_codec_control(&codec, AV1E_SET_ENABLE_LOW_COMPLEXITY_DECODE, 1)) die_codec(&codec, "Failed to set low-complexity mode"); // Encode frames. while (aom_img_read(&raw, infile)) { int flags = 0; if (keyframe_interval > 0 && frame_count % keyframe_interval == 0) flags |= AOM_EFLAG_FORCE_KF; encode_frame(&codec, &raw, frame_count++, flags, writer); frames_encoded++; if (max_frames > 0 && frames_encoded >= max_frames) break; } // Flush encoder. while (encode_frame(&codec, NULL, -1, 0, writer)) continue; printf("\n"); fclose(infile); printf("Processed %d frames.\n", frame_count); aom_img_free(&raw); if (aom_codec_destroy(&codec)) die_codec(&codec, "Failed to destroy codec."); aom_video_writer_close(writer); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }