[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avfilter/alimiter: Add an option "comp_delay" that removes the delay introduced by lookahead buffer

Paul B Mahol onemda at gmail.com
Mon May 2 11:26:21 EEST 2022


On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 10:49 PM Wang Cao <wangcao-at-google.com at ffmpeg.org>
wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 11:50 AM Wang Cao <wangcao at google.com> wrote:
>
> > 1. The option also flushes all the valid audio samples in the lookahead
> >    buffer so the audio integrity is preserved. Previously the the output
> >    audio will lose the amount of audio samples equal to the size of
> >    lookahead buffer
> > 2. Add a FATE test to verify that when the filter is working as
> >    passthrough filter, all audio samples are properly handled from the
> >    input to the output.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wang Cao <wangcao at google.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/filters.texi            |  5 +++
> >  libavfilter/af_alimiter.c   | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  tests/fate/filter-audio.mak | 12 ++++++
> >  3 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
> > index a161754233..2af0953c89 100644
> > --- a/doc/filters.texi
> > +++ b/doc/filters.texi
> > @@ -1978,6 +1978,11 @@ in release time while 1 produces higher release
> > times.
> >  @item level
> >  Auto level output signal. Default is enabled.
> >  This normalizes audio back to 0dB if enabled.
> > +
> > + at item comp_delay
> > +Compensate the delay introduced by using the lookahead buffer set with
> > attack
> > +parameter. Also flush the valid audio data in the lookahead buffer when
> > the
> > +stream hits EOF.
> >  @end table
> >
> >  Depending on picked setting it is recommended to upsample input 2x or 4x
> > times
> > diff --git a/libavfilter/af_alimiter.c b/libavfilter/af_alimiter.c
> > index 133f98f165..d10a90859b 100644
> > --- a/libavfilter/af_alimiter.c
> > +++ b/libavfilter/af_alimiter.c
> > @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ typedef struct AudioLimiterContext {
> >      int *nextpos;
> >      double *nextdelta;
> >
> > +    int lookahead_delay_samples;
> > +    int lookahead_flush_samples;
> > +    int64_t output_pts;
> > +    int64_t next_output_pts;
> > +    int comp_delay;
> > +
> >      double delta;
> >      int nextiter;
> >      int nextlen;
> > @@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ static const AVOption alimiter_options[] = {
> >      { "asc",       "enable asc",       OFFSET(auto_release),
> > AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=0},      0,    1, AF },
> >      { "asc_level", "set asc level",    OFFSET(asc_coeff),
> > AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE, {.dbl=0.5},    0,    1, AF },
> >      { "level",     "auto level",       OFFSET(auto_level),
> >  AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=1},      0,    1, AF },
> > +    { "comp_delay","compensate delay", OFFSET(comp_delay),
> >  AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=0},      0,    1, AF },
> >      { NULL }
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -129,6 +136,8 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame
> > *in)
> >      AVFrame *out;
> >      double *buf;
> >      int n, c, i;
> > +    int num_output_samples = in->nb_samples;
> > +    int trim_offset;
> >
> >      if (av_frame_is_writable(in)) {
> >          out = in;
> > @@ -271,10 +280,71 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink,
> > AVFrame *in)
> >
> >      if (in != out)
> >          av_frame_free(&in);
> > +
> > +    if (!s->comp_delay) {
> > +        return ff_filter_frame(outlink, out);
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (s->output_pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
> > +        s->output_pts = in->pts;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (s->lookahead_delay_samples > 0) {
> > +        // The current output frame is completely silence
> > +        if (s->lookahead_delay_samples >= in->nb_samples) {
> > +            s->lookahead_delay_samples -= in->nb_samples;
> > +            return 0;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        // Trim the silence part
> > +        trim_offset = av_samples_get_buffer_size(
> > +            NULL, inlink->ch_layout.nb_channels,
> > s->lookahead_delay_samples,
> > +            (enum AVSampleFormat)out->format, 1);
> > +        out->data[0] += trim_offset;
> > +        out->nb_samples = in->nb_samples - s->lookahead_delay_samples;
> > +        s->lookahead_delay_samples = 0;
> > +        num_output_samples = out->nb_samples;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (s->lookahead_delay_samples < 0) {
> > +        return AVERROR_BUG;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    out->pts = s->output_pts;
> > +    s->next_output_pts = s->output_pts + num_output_samples;
> > +    s->output_pts = s->next_output_pts;
> >
> >      return ff_filter_frame(outlink, out);
> >  }
> >
> > +static int request_frame(AVFilterLink* outlink)
> > +{
> > +    AVFilterContext *ctx = outlink->src;
> > +    AudioLimiterContext *s = (AudioLimiterContext*)ctx->priv;
> > +    int ret;
> > +    AVFilterLink *inlink;
> > +    AVFrame *silence_frame;
> > +
> > +    ret = ff_request_frame(ctx->inputs[0]);
> > +
> > +    if (ret != AVERROR_EOF || s->lookahead_flush_samples == 0 ||
> > !s->comp_delay) {
> > +      // Not necessarily an error, just not EOF.
> > +      return ret;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    // We reach here when input filters have finished producing data
> > (i.e. EOF),
> > +    // but because of the attack param, s->buffer still has meaningful
> > +    // audio content that needs flushing.
> > +    inlink = ctx->inputs[0];
> > +    // Pushes silence frame to flush valid audio in the s->buffer
> > +    silence_frame = ff_get_audio_buffer(inlink,
> > s->lookahead_flush_samples);
> > +    ret = filter_frame(inlink, silence_frame);
> > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > +      return ret;
> > +    }
> > +    return AVERROR_EOF;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int config_input(AVFilterLink *inlink)
> >  {
> >      AVFilterContext *ctx = inlink->dst;
> > @@ -294,6 +364,9 @@ static int config_input(AVFilterLink *inlink)
> >      memset(s->nextpos, -1, obuffer_size * sizeof(*s->nextpos));
> >      s->buffer_size = inlink->sample_rate * s->attack *
> > inlink->ch_layout.nb_channels;
> >      s->buffer_size -= s->buffer_size % inlink->ch_layout.nb_channels;
> > +    // the current logic outputs the next sample from the lookahead
> > buffer from the beginning so the amount of delay
> > +    // compensation is less than the lookahead buffer size by 1 .
> > +    s->lookahead_delay_samples = s->lookahead_flush_samples =
> > s->buffer_size / inlink->ch_layout.nb_channels - 1;
> >
> >      if (s->buffer_size <= 0) {
> >          av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Attack is too small.\n");
> > @@ -325,6 +398,7 @@ static const AVFilterPad alimiter_outputs[] = {
> >      {
> >          .name = "default",
> >          .type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO,
> > +        .request_frame = request_frame,
> >      },
> >  };
> >
> > diff --git a/tests/fate/filter-audio.mak b/tests/fate/filter-audio.mak
> > index eff32b9f81..3a51ca18a6 100644
> > --- a/tests/fate/filter-audio.mak
> > +++ b/tests/fate/filter-audio.mak
> > @@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ fate-filter-agate: tests/data/asynth-44100-2.wav
> >  fate-filter-agate: SRC = $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/asynth-44100-2.wav
> >  fate-filter-agate: CMD = framecrc -i $(SRC) -af
> >
> aresample,agate=level_in=10:range=0:threshold=1:ratio=1:attack=1:knee=1:makeup=4,aresample
> >
> > +tests/data/filter-alimiter-passthrough: TAG = GEN
> > +tests/data/filter-alimiter-passthrough: ffmpeg$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF) |
> > tests/data
> > +       $(M)$(TARGET_EXEC) $(TARGET_PATH)/$< -nostdin \
> > +       -i $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/asynth-44100-2.wav -af aresample -f
> > crc $(TARGET_PATH)/$@ -y 2>/dev/null
> > +
> > +FATE_AFILTER-$(call FILTERDEMDECENCMUX, AFADE, WAV, PCM_S16LE,
> PCM_S16LE,
> > WAV) += fate-filter-alimiter-passthrough
> > +fate-filter-alimiter-passthrough: tests/data/asynth-44100-2.wav
> > +fate-filter-alimiter-passthrough: tests/data/filter-alimiter-passthrough
> > +fate-filter-alimiter-passthrough: SRC =
> > $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/asynth-44100-2.wav
> > +fate-filter-alimiter-passthrough: REF =
> > $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/filter-alimiter-passthrough
> > +fate-filter-alimiter-passthrough: CMD = crc -i $(SRC) -af
> >
> aresample,alimiter=level_in=1:level_out=1:limit=1:level=0:comp_delay=1,aresample
> > +
> >  FATE_AFILTER-$(call FILTERDEMDECENCMUX, AFADE, WAV, PCM_S16LE,
> PCM_S16LE,
> > WAV) += fate-filter-alimiter
> >  fate-filter-alimiter: tests/data/asynth-44100-2.wav
> >  fate-filter-alimiter: SRC = $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/asynth-44100-2.wav
> > --
> > 2.36.0.rc0.470.gd361397f0d-goog
> >
> > Hello folks, we would really appreciate any feedback on my patch. It
> looks
> confusing to
> me that "FATE" failed on the server while the test I added passed locally.
>
> I use "make fate-filter-alimiter-passthrough" to run the test FYI. Thank
> you!
>

Still not using logic as in af_ladspa.c

Check latest version of FFmpeg source code.

Please remove excessive self-explanatory comments in patch.

I dunno how FATE test can work if non-trivial filter uses floats.

Please follow dev guidelines. And make commit message follow other commits
in repo.



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