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    Fix a bug in RATE_FACTOR_LEVEL definition for ext-refs · cdd4eb02
    Zoe Liu authored
    There was a bug in the original set up for RATE_FACTOR_LEVELS, which
    results that rate_factor_deltas for GF_ARF_STD is 2.00, instead of the
    intentional value of 1.75, whereas for KF_STD is 0.00, instead of the
    intentional value of 2.00.
    
    Nevertheless, if simply fixing the bug as in the first patch, the RD
    performance unexpectedly dropped by 0.143% in Avg bitrate using
    Overall PSNR, especially for following sequences in lowres:
    
    bridge_close_cif: dropped by 1.468%
    container_cif: dropped by 2.140%
    husky_cif: dropped by 0.826%
    motherdaughter_cif: dropped by 0.798%
    rasehorses_240p: dropped by 0.805%
    students_cif: dropped by 1.411%
    
    This indicates that we should boost up the value for GF_ARF_STD from
    1.75 to at least to 2.00. After doing so, while still keeps 2.00 for
    KF_STD, the new patch achieves a small gain of 0.15% for the baseline,
    and a smaller gain of 0.06% for the experiment of ext-refs. Most
    sequences keep the similar RD performance in lowres, except for the
    following ones that obtain a bigger gain:
    
    (1) Baseline:
    container_cif: 1.628%
    students_cif: 1.015%
    
    (2) ext-refs
    tennis_sif: 1.248%
    
    Change-Id: I992f8f6a3e20f1b71ec52a1ddc969af4968b78d5
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