[FFmpeg-devel] FFMPEG support for x265 vbv-end and vbv-end-fr-adj

Thu May 2 00:10:51 EEST 2024

When I attempt to pass vbv-end and vbv-end-fr-adj parameters to x265, FFMPEG fails.

x265 [error]: vbv-end-fr-adj cannot be enabled when total number of frames is unknown

x265 needs to know how many frames it is encoding so that it knows when the vbv-end logic needs to kick in. In this case it would be after 96% of the source video is encoded. Despite specifying a duration of 30 seconds ( -t 30 ) on both input and output (using a 60 second source video), x265 does not know the total number of frames (but FFMPEG surely does).

ffmpeg -i test_uhdsdr_1min.mov -t 30 -an -sn -dn -c:v libx265 -b:v 12000k -maxrate 8M -bufsize 18M -x265-params vbv-init=0.9:vbv-end=0.9:vbv-end-fr-adj=.96:rc-lookahead=48:qg-size=32:scenecut=0:no-open-gop=1:frame-threads=0:repeat-headers=1:nr-inter=400:nr-intra=100:psy-rd=0:cbqpoffs=0:crqpoffs=3 -t 30 test_uhdsdr_96.mp4

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Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'test_uhdsdr_1min.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: qt
    encoder         : Lavf60.3.100
  Duration: 00:01:00.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 693020 kb/s
  Stream #0:0[0x1]: Video: prores (HQ) (apch / 0x68637061), yuv422p10le(bt709, progressive), 3840x2160, 693017 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : FFMP
      encoder         : Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)
      timecode        : 00:00:00:00
  Stream #0:1[0x2](eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : TimeCodeHandler
      timecode        : 00:00:00:00
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (prores (native) -> hevc (libx265))
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x265 [info]: HEVC encoder version 3.4+31-6722fce1f
x265 [info]: build info [Mac OS X][clang 14.0.0][32 bit][noasm] 10bit
x265 [info]: using cpu capabilities: none!
x265 [error]: vbv-end-fr-adj cannot be enabled when total number of frames is unknown
[libx265 @ 0x120706a30] Cannot open libx265 encoder.
[vost#0:0/libx265 @ 0x1207067c0] Error while opening encoder - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height.
Error while filtering: Invalid data found when processing input
[out#0/mp4 @ 0x600002dc0240] Nothing was written into output file, because at least one of its streams received no packets.
frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 Lsize=       0kB time=N/A bitrate=N/A speed=N/A
Conversion failed!

Running x265 directly (using the decoded YUV in a Y4M container as the source) with the same parameters works fine.
x265 --input test_uhdsdr_1min.Y4M --y4m --bitrate 12000 --profile main10 --keyint 48 --no-open-gop --scenecut 0 --vbv-init 0.9 --vbv-maxrate 18000 --vbv-bufsize 18000 --vbv-end 0.9 --vbv-end-fr-adj .96 --csv fr_adj_96.csv --csv-log-level 1 -o test_UHDSDR_12000_fr_adj_20.265
y4m  [info]: 3840x2160 fps 24000/1001 i420p10 sar 1:1 frames 0 - 1438 of 1439
raw  [info]: output file: test_UHDSDR_12000_fr_adj_20.265
x265 [info]: HEVC encoder version 3.6+7-53afbf5f5
x265 [info]: build info [Mac OS X][GCC 13.2.0][64 bit] 10bit
x265 [info]: using cpu capabilities: NEON
x265 [info]: Main 10 profile, Level-5 (Main tier)
x265 [info]: Thread pool created using 8 threads
x265 [info]: Slices                              : 1
x265 [info]: frame threads / pool features       : 3 / wpp(34 rows)
x265 [info]: Coding QT: max CU size, min CU size : 64 / 8
x265 [info]: Residual QT: max TU size, max depth : 32 / 1 inter / 1 intra
x265 [info]: ME / range / subpel / merge         : hex / 57 / 2 / 3
x265 [info]: Lookahead / bframes / badapt        : 20 / 4 / 2
x265 [info]: b-pyramid / weightp / weightb       : 1 / 1 / 0
x265 [info]: References / ref-limit  cu / depth  : 3 / off / on
x265 [info]: AQ: mode / str / qg-size / cu-tree  : 2 / 1.0 / 32 / 1
x265 [info]: Rate Control / qCompress            : ABR-12000 kbps / 0.60
x265 [info]: VBV/HRD buffer / max-rate / init / end / fr-adj: 18000 / 18000 / 0.900 / 0.900 / 0.960
x265 [info]: tools: rd=3 psy-rd=2.00 early-skip rskip mode=1 signhide tmvp
x265 [info]: tools: b-intra strong-intra-smoothing lslices=8 deblock sao
x265 [info]: frame I:     30, Avg QP:33.26  kb/s: 53324.81
x265 [info]: frame P:    318, Avg QP:35.26  kb/s: 21643.30
x265 [info]: frame B:   1091, Avg QP:37.73  kb/s: 8003.99
x265 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:11.6% UV:9.4%

encoded 1439 frames in 937.04s (1.54 fps), 11962.94 kb/s, Avg QP:37.09

Tom Vaughan