This patch changes a couple of things in the video output encoding.
{F362527}
- Clearer separation between container and codec. No more "format", as this is
too ambiguous. As a result, codecs were removed from the container list.
- Added FFmpeg speed presets, so the user can choosen from the range "Very
slow" to "Ultra fast". By default no preset is used.
- Added Constant Rate Factor (CRF) mode, which allows changing the bit-rate
depending on the desired quality and the input. This generally produces the
best quality videos, at the expense of not knowing the exact bit-rate and
file size.
- Added optional maximum of non-B-frames between B-frames (`max_b_frames`).
- Presets were adjusted for these changes, and new presets added. One of the
new presets is [recommended](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/VFX#H.264)
for reviewing videos, as it allows players to scrub through it easily. Might
be nice in weeklies. This preset also requires control over the
`max_b_frames` setting.
GUI-only changes:
- Renamed "MPEG" in the output file format menu with "FFmpeg", as this is more
accurate. After all, FFmpeg is used when this option is chosen, which can
also output non-MPEG files.
- Certain parts of the GUI are disabled when not in use:
- bit rate options are not used when a constant rate factor is given.
- audio bitrate & volume are not used when no audio is exported.
Note that I did not touch `BKE_ffmpeg_preset_set()`. There are currently two
preset systems for FFmpeg (`BKE_ffmpeg_preset_set()` and the Python preset
system). Before we do more work on `BKE_ffmpeg_preset_set()`, I think it's a
good idea to determine whether we want to keep it at all.
After this patch has been accepted, I'd be happy to go through the code and
remove any then-obsolete bits, such as the handling of "XVID" as a container
format.
Reviewers: sergey, mont29, brecht
Subscribers: mpan3, Blendify, brecht, fsiddi
Tags: #bf_blender
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2242
For some reason (which I can't recall), backing was doing backface
culling. Since Cycles itself doesn't ignore them (nor does Blender
Internal), they should be visible.
Steps to reproduce:
* Go to modifier context in properties editor
* Add modifier, collapse it
* Press down LMB over collapse button of modifier, hold it
* Drag over pin-icon in properties editor (to keep fixed data-block displayed)
* Drag outside of window bounds (should crash)
Also could've solved by getting space data from callback arguments instead of context, but this fix is much nicer (though not totally un-risky).
Do not close and re-open the file in case it's compressed, gzip module can now directly take a file object as parameter.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2235
There might be some extra missing points here, but it's all rather
a TODO than a real bug and can be tweaked further once issues are
actually discovered.
We raised the minimum to GL 2.1 in Blender 2.77, and dropped support for older GPUs (pre-2012 Intel mostly). On Windows you get a popup message, but on Mac we simply crashed. Every Mac has a builtin software renderer for GL 2.1 so let's use that when the GPU is not capable!
Run blender --debug-gpu to see version detection & software fallback.
Quick fix for now, need to unlock studio here as well.
Proper fix would be to modify API a bit and pass flags which will
prevent expand called on bmain perhaps. But this we should discuss
a bit,
We were calling BLI_remlink and then BLI_insertlinkbefore/after quite often. BLI_listbase_link_move simplifies code a bit and makes it easier to follow. It also returns if link position has changed which can be used to avoid unnecessary updates.
Added it to a number of list reorder operators for now and made use of return value. Behavior shouldn't be changed.
Also some minor cleanup.
Was spawning error popup each time user tried to move a stroke higher or lower than the list allowed. We don't do that anywhere else and it's not really useful info for the user. So rather not bother her.
Idea here is to select the lowest isolation level that wont compromise quality.
By using the lowest level we save memory and processing time. This will also
help avoid precision issues that have been showing up from using the highest
level (T49179, T49257).
This is a pretty simple heuristic that gives ok results. There's more we could
do here, such as filtering for vertices/edges adjacent geometric features that
need isolation instead of checking them all, but the logic there could get a
bit involved.
There's potential for slight popping of edges during animation if the dice
rate is low, but I don't think this should be a problem since low dice rates
really shouldn't be used in animation anyways.
Reviewed By: brecht, sergey
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2240
