x264 理解趣谈

ultrafast superfast veryfast faster fast medium slow slower very slow placebo 

这是x264中preset 对编码速度设置的借口， 一开始对placebo 不理解 后来查字典发现 placebo是一个单词，有安慰剂，宽慰话，为死者所诵的悼词的意思，难怪是最慢的意思呢，而ultra有过激的意思，ultrafast 就是过激的快，难怪是作为最快的设置。 

关于多线程并行编码 i_lookahead_threads，默认是X264_THREADS_AUTO 自动的时候，threads = cpu数 ，因为b_sliced_threads 不是1还是0， 2/2 = 3/2 =1, 

        else if( !strncasecmp( s, "zerolatency", 11 ) )  // tune 设置zerolatency，b_sliced_threads 就是1，否则为0
        {
            param->rc.i_lookahead = 0;
            param->i_sync_lookahead = 0;
            param->i_bframe = 0;
            param->b_sliced_threads = 1;
            param->b_vfr_input = 0;
            param->rc.b_mb_tree = 0;
        }

if( h->param.i_threads == X264_THREADS_AUTO )
    {
        h->param.i_threads = x264_cpu_num_processors() * (h->param.b_sliced_threads?2:3)/2;
        /* Avoid too many threads as they don't improve performance and
         * complicate VBV. Capped at an arbitrary 2 rows per thread. */
        int max_threads = X264_MAX( 1, (h->param.i_height+15)/16 / 2 );
        h->param.i_threads = X264_MIN( h->param.i_threads, max_threads );
    }