Moved cu split termination from a pre-processor to a input parameter.

src/cfg.c

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ int kvz_config_init(kvz_config *cfg)
   cfg->target_bitrate  = 0;
   cfg->hash            = KVZ_HASH_CHECKSUM;
 
+  cfg->cu_split_termination = KVZ_CU_SPLIT_TERMINATION_ZERO;
+
   cfg->tiles_width_count  = 1;
   cfg->tiles_height_count = 1;
   cfg->tiles_width_split  = NULL;
@@ -286,6 +288,8 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
   static const char * const mv_constraint_names[] = { "none", "frame", "tile", "frametile", "frametilemargin", NULL };
   static const char * const hash_names[] = { "none", "checksum", "md5", NULL };
 
+  static const char * const cu_split_termination_names[] = { "zero", "off", NULL };
+
   static const char * const preset_values[11][28] = {
       { 
         "ultrafast", 
@@ -807,6 +811,8 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
     }
     return result;
   }
+  else if OPT("cu-split-termination")
+	  parse_enum(value, cu_split_termination_names, cfg->cu_split_termination);
   else
     return 0;
 #undef OPT

src/cli.c

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static const struct option long_options[] = {
   { "loop-input",               no_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "mv-constraint",      required_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "hash",               required_argument, NULL, 0 },
+  {"cu-split-termination",required_argument, NULL, 0 },
   {0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -374,6 +375,10 @@ void print_help(void)
     "                                     \"none\": no constraint\n"
     "                                     \"checksum\": constrain within the tile\n"
     "                                     \"md5\": constrain even more\n"
+    "          --cu-split-termination : Specify the cu split termination behaviour\n"
+    "                                     \"zero\": Terminate when splitting gives little\n"
+    "                                               improvement.\n"
+    "                                     \"off\": Don't terminate splitting early\n"
     "\n"
     "  Video Usability Information:\n"
     "          --sar <width:height>   : Specify Sample Aspect Ratio\n"

src/kvazaar.h

@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ enum kvz_hash
   KVZ_HASH_MD5 = 2,
 };
 
+/**
+* \brief cu split termination mode
+*/
+enum kvz_cu_split_termination
+{
+	KVZ_CU_SPLIT_TERMINATION_ZERO = 0,
+	KVZ_CU_SPLIT_TERMINATION_OFF = 1
+};
+
 /**
  * \brief GoP picture configuration.
  */
@@ -231,6 +240,9 @@ typedef struct kvz_config
 
   enum kvz_mv_constraint mv_constraint;  /*!< \since 3.3.0 \brief Constrain movement vectors. */
   enum kvz_hash hash;  /*!< \since 3.5.0 \brief What hash algorithm to use. */
+
+  enum kvz_cu_split_termination cu_split_termination; /*!< \brief Mode of cu split termination. */
+
 } kvz_config;
 
 /**

src/search.c

@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@
 # define INTRA_TRESHOLD 20
 #endif
 
-// Disable early cu-split pruning.
-#ifndef FULL_CU_SPLIT_SEARCH
-#  define FULL_CU_SPLIT_SEARCH false
-#endif
+
 // Modify weight of luma SSD.
 #ifndef LUMA_MULT
 # define LUMA_MULT 0.8
@@ -697,7 +694,7 @@ static double search_cu(encoder_state_t * const state, int x, int y, int depth,
     // If skip mode was selected for the block, skip further search.
     // Skip mode means there's no coefficients in the block, so splitting
     // might not give any better results but takes more time to do.
-    if (cur_cu->type == CU_NOTSET || cbf || FULL_CU_SPLIT_SEARCH) {
+    if (cur_cu->type == CU_NOTSET || cbf || state->encoder_control->cfg->cu_split_termination == KVZ_CU_SPLIT_TERMINATION_OFF) {
       split_cost += search_cu(state, x,           y,           depth + 1, work_tree);
       split_cost += search_cu(state, x + half_cu, y,           depth + 1, work_tree);
       split_cost += search_cu(state, x,           y + half_cu, depth + 1, work_tree);