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MPEG4 SP/ASP Encoder

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This implementation of the MPEG-4 Encoder has been highly optimized to run on the Analog Devices ADSP-BF5xx Blackfin processor. It is a self-contained software module that is fully compliant with ISO/IEC14496-2, , Information technology — Coding of audio-visual objects — Part 2: Visual, Third edition 2004-06-01, specification.

The code has been implemented using Instruction and Data cache. To optimize video encoding performance, internal SRAMs for Program and Data memory and Memory DMA are also utilized effectively.

Features

Profiles: Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile
Level: Up to L3 inclusive for SP, Up to L5 inclusive for ASP
Frame types supported: I & P
Input Resolution: Up to 5 Mega Pixel, D1 inclusive
Entropy Encoder: VLC
Number of Reference Frames: 1
Pre-Processing: A simple 2:1 and 4:1 downscaling and de-interlacing for YUV420 and YUV422 formats. Pre-processing API to enable applications to plug-in own pre-processing blocks into encoder
Scene Change Detection: Supported
Scalability: Scalable Search Engine for MIPS and Quality trade-off
Cache: Different configurations; No Cache, I-Cache and D-Cache
Macroblock level quantization: Enabled for better rate control
Bitrate control: VBR and CBR. Flexibility of switching between VBR and CBR during encoding
Both NTSC & PAL format supported
Max Output Resolution:
-ADSP-BF561: Up to D1 at 30fps; 5MPixel at lower fps
- ADSP-BF533: up to 1/2 D1 at 30fps; D1 at 15fps; 5Mpixel at lower fps
Conformance Standard: INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC14496-2:2004, Second edition 2004-06-01
Target Processor: ADSP-BF533, ADSP-BF561, code compatible across the Blackfin processor family ADSP-BF5xx
Release format: Object code module with C source wrapper
Input format: ITU-R BT.656 format or YUV420 planar format or YUV422 progressive format from CMOS sensors
Output format: Byte stream of elementary MPEG4
Frame Rate: 2-30 frames per second
Bit Rates: All bit rates specified by standard (VBR and CBR mode configurable for desired bit rates)

Product Downloads

Download the free production code (Rel 4.2.0 - ~45 MB)

System Requirements

Windows XP Professional SP3 (32-bit only).
Windows Vista Business/Enterprise/Ultimate SP2 (32-bit only). It is recommended to install the software in a non-UAC-protected location.
Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32 and 64-bit). It is recommended to install the software in a non-UAC-protected location.
Minimum of 2 GHz single core processor, 3.3 GHz dual core is recommended.
Minimum of 1 GB memory (RAM), 4 GB is recommended.
Minimum of 2 GB hard disk (HDD) space is required.

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Performance Metrics

MIPS/Memory summary table: Advanced Simple Profile:

Code Memory (KB)	Data RAM (KB)	Frame Buffer (MB)	Output Buffer (MB)	Input Buffer (MB)	MIPs		Test Case Description
					SP Average	SP Moving Average Peak
60.54	36.46	1.41	1.00	1.08	231	237	CIF, 1.0 Mbps, 30 fps
60.54	36.46	1.41	1.00	1.08	405	416	½ D1, 2.0 Mbps, 30 fps
60.54	36.46	1.41	1.00	1.08	829	891	D1, 4.0 Mbps, 30 fps

MIPS/Memory summary table: Advanced Simple Profile:

Code Memory (KB)	Data RAM (KB)	Frame Buffer (MB)	Output Buffer (MB)	Input Buffer (MB)	MIPs		Test Case Description
					SP Average	SP Moving Average Peak
60.54	36.46	1.41	1.00	1.08	283	292	CIF, 1.0 Mbps, 30 fps
60.54	36.46	1.41	1.00	1.08	497	512	½ D1, 2.0 Mbps, 30 fps
60.54	36.46	1.41	1.00	1.08	995	1036	CIF, 1.0 Mbps, 30 fps

MIPS measured using a bit rate of 4.0Mbps, 30 fps, 720x480 (NTSC D1) image size, ITU-R BT.656 input, NTSC format, optimal memory layout, ADSP-BF561 rev 0.5 processor, for Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile.
Measurements done with CAS ¹ =3 for SDRAM, CCLK ²=600, SCLK ³=120 for ADSP-BF561.
Data cache and instruction cache are enabled. The cache is set in "write back" and "small cache" (DCBS=0) mode.
Memory DMA is used with 32 bit DMA.
"Data RAM" for one instance includes Stack, Scratch, Encoder Instance Memory, for D1 PAL resolution.
Frame Buffer for one instance of encoder and D1 PAL resolution.
Minimum Input and Output Single Buffers, for ITU-R BT656 D1 PAL input.
1 MB = 1024 KB; 1 KB = 1024 Bytes.
MIPS number is quite similar for ADSP-BF609 processor.
NOTE: In deriving the "Moving Avg Peak" value, an 8 consecutive frame sliding window was used. An average cycle count was measured for each window of frames, and the worst case average cycle from all the sliding window measurements was determined to be the "Moving Avg Peak" value.

_{¹CAS – Column Address Strobe Latency. Please refer BF5xx Hardware Reference Manual for more details on CAS.

²CCLK – Core clock

³SCLK – System Clock}

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Each module supports the Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) Blackfin or SHARC Processor family and is a licensed product that is available in object code format. Recipients must sign or accept a license agreement with ADI prior to being shipped or downloading the modules identified in the license agreement.