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[FFmpeg-devel] Improved the performance of 1 decode + N filter graphs and adaptive bitrate.

Message ID 1547067003-16790-1-git-send-email-shaofei.wang@intel.com
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Shaofei Wang Jan. 9, 2019, 8:50 p.m. UTC
With new option "-abr_pipeline"
It enabled multiple filter graph concurrency, which bring obove about
4%~20% improvement in some 1:N scenarios by CPU or GPU acceleration

Below are some test cases and comparison as reference.
(Hardware platform: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz)
(Software: Intel iHD driver - 16.9.00100, CentOS 7)

For 1:N transcode by GPU acceleration with vaapi:
./ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel vaapi \
    -hwaccel_output_format vaapi \
    -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \
    -vf "scale_vaapi=1280:720" -c:v h264_vaapi -f null /dev/null \
    -vf "scale_vaapi=720:480" -c:v h264_vaapi -f null /dev/null \
    -abr_pipeline

    test results:
                2 encoders 5 encoders 10 encoders
    Improved       6.1%    6.9%       5.5%

For 1:N transcode by GPU acceleration with QSV:
./ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -c:v h264_qsv \
    -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \
    -vf "scale_qsv=1280:720:format=nv12" -c:v h264_qsv -f null /dev/null \
    -vf "scale_qsv=720:480:format=nv12" -c:v h264_qsv -f null /dev/null

    test results:
                2 encoders  5 encoders 10 encoders
    Improved       6%       4%         15%

For Intel GPU acceleration case, 1 decode to N scaling, by QSV:
./ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -c:v h264_qsv \
    -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \
    -vf "scale_qsv=1280:720:format=nv12,hwdownload" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \
    -vf "scale_qsv=720:480:format=nv12,hwdownload" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null

    test results:
                2 scale  5 scale   10 scale
    Improved       12%     21%        21%

For CPU only 1 decode to N scaling:
./ffmpeg -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \
    -vf "scale=1280:720" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \
    -vf "scale=720:480" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \
    -abr_pipeline

    test results:
                2 scale  5 scale   10 scale
    Improved       25%    107%       148%

Signed-off-by: Wang, Shaofei <shaofei.wang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhao, Jun <jun.zhao@intel.com>
---
 fftools/ffmpeg.c        | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 fftools/ffmpeg.h        |  14 +++
 fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c |   6 ++
 fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c    |   6 +-
 4 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Comments

Carl Eugen Hoyos Jan. 9, 2019, 8:50 p.m. UTC | #1
2019-01-09 21:50 GMT+01:00, Shaofei Wang <shaofei.wang@intel.com>:

> +        //if (ost->source_index >= 0)
> +        //    *filtered_frame=
> *input_streams[ost->source_index]->decoded_frame; //for me_threshold

Is there a reason why this is commented?

> @@ -2179,7 +2285,15 @@ static int ifilter_send_frame(InputFilter *ifilter,
> AVFrame *frame)
>              }
>          }
>
> +#if HAVE_THREADS
> +        if (!abr_pipeline) {

The following is less ugly:
    if (HAVE_THREADS && !abr_pipeline)
Same below, you can define the new variables unconditionally.

But why does your code not work with FFmpeg's  thread emulation?

Carl Eugen
Michael Niedermayer Jan. 9, 2019, 11:35 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 03:50:03PM -0500, Shaofei Wang wrote:
> With new option "-abr_pipeline"
> It enabled multiple filter graph concurrency, which bring obove about
> 4%~20% improvement in some 1:N scenarios by CPU or GPU acceleration
> 
> Below are some test cases and comparison as reference.
> (Hardware platform: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz)
> (Software: Intel iHD driver - 16.9.00100, CentOS 7)
> 
> For 1:N transcode by GPU acceleration with vaapi:
> ./ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel vaapi \
>     -hwaccel_output_format vaapi \
>     -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \
>     -vf "scale_vaapi=1280:720" -c:v h264_vaapi -f null /dev/null \
>     -vf "scale_vaapi=720:480" -c:v h264_vaapi -f null /dev/null \
>     -abr_pipeline
> 
>     test results:
>                 2 encoders 5 encoders 10 encoders
>     Improved       6.1%    6.9%       5.5%
> 
> For 1:N transcode by GPU acceleration with QSV:
> ./ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -c:v h264_qsv \
>     -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \
>     -vf "scale_qsv=1280:720:format=nv12" -c:v h264_qsv -f null /dev/null \
>     -vf "scale_qsv=720:480:format=nv12" -c:v h264_qsv -f null /dev/null
> 
>     test results:
>                 2 encoders  5 encoders 10 encoders
>     Improved       6%       4%         15%
> 
> For Intel GPU acceleration case, 1 decode to N scaling, by QSV:
> ./ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -c:v h264_qsv \
>     -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \
>     -vf "scale_qsv=1280:720:format=nv12,hwdownload" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \
>     -vf "scale_qsv=720:480:format=nv12,hwdownload" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null
> 
>     test results:
>                 2 scale  5 scale   10 scale
>     Improved       12%     21%        21%
> 
> For CPU only 1 decode to N scaling:
> ./ffmpeg -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \
>     -vf "scale=1280:720" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \
>     -vf "scale=720:480" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \
>     -abr_pipeline
> 
>     test results:
>                 2 scale  5 scale   10 scale
>     Improved       25%    107%       148%
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang, Shaofei <shaofei.wang@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Zhao, Jun <jun.zhao@intel.com>
> ---
>  fftools/ffmpeg.c        | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  fftools/ffmpeg.h        |  14 +++
>  fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c |   6 ++
>  fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c    |   6 +-
>  4 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

fails to build on mingw64

CC	fftools/ffmpeg_filter.o
src/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c: In function ‘init_simple_filtergraph’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c:231:39: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘pthread_t’ from type ‘int’
             ist->filters[i]->f_thread = 0;
                                       ^
make: *** [fftools/ffmpeg_filter.o] Error 1
CC	fftools/ffmpeg.o
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘pipeline_reap_filters’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:1534:5: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code [-Wdeclaration-after-statement]
     OutputStream *ost = output_streams[i];
     ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘do_streamcopy’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:2179:5: warning: ‘av_copy_packet_side_data’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavcodec/avcodec.h:4424) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
     av_copy_packet_side_data(&opkt, pkt);
     ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘filter_pipeline’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:2412:5: warning: ‘return’ with no value, in function returning non-void [enabled by default]
     return;
     ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘send_frame_to_filters’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:2451:17: error: wrong type argument to unary exclamation mark
             if (!ist->filters[i]->f_thread) {
                 ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘init_output_stream’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:3754:9: warning: ‘avcodec_copy_context’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavcodec/avcodec.h:4196) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
         ret = avcodec_copy_context(ost->st->codec, ost->enc_ctx);
         ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:3754:9: warning: ‘codec’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavformat/avformat.h:878) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:3800:9: warning: ‘codec’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavformat/avformat.h:878) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
         ost->st->codec->codec= ost->enc_ctx->codec;
         ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘check_keyboard_interaction’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:4181:13: warning: ‘codec’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavformat/avformat.h:878) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
             debug = input_streams[0]->st->codec->debug<<1;
             ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:4204:13: warning: ‘codec’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavformat/avformat.h:878) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
             input_streams[i]->st->codec->debug = debug;
             ^
make: *** [fftools/ffmpeg.o] Error 1
make: Target `all' not remade because of errors.

[...]
Shaofei Wang Jan. 10, 2019, 8:18 a.m. UTC | #3
Please ignore those commented lines which will be removed in the v2 patch, they were referred from previous reap_filters() code.

"if (HAVE_THREADS && !abr_pipeline)" looks better.

Could you add more about "not work with thread emulation"? Thx.

-----Original Message-----
From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of Carl Eugen Hoyos

Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 4:51 AM
To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>
Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Improved the performance of 1 decode + N filter graphs and adaptive bitrate.

2019-01-09 21:50 GMT+01:00, Shaofei Wang <shaofei.wang@intel.com>:

> +        //if (ost->source_index >= 0)

> +        //    *filtered_frame=

> *input_streams[ost->source_index]->decoded_frame; //for me_threshold


Is there a reason why this is commented?

> @@ -2179,7 +2285,15 @@ static int ifilter_send_frame(InputFilter 

> *ifilter, AVFrame *frame)

>              }

>          }

>

> +#if HAVE_THREADS

> +        if (!abr_pipeline) {


The following is less ugly:
    if (HAVE_THREADS && !abr_pipeline)
Same below, you can define the new variables unconditionally.

But why does your code not work with FFmpeg's  thread emulation?

Carl Eugen
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Shaofei Wang Jan. 10, 2019, 8:23 a.m. UTC | #4
Also caused by some old mingw64 toolchain? Will try to avoid the error in v2 patch. Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of Michael Niedermayer

Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 7:36 AM
To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>
Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Improved the performance of 1 decode + N filter graphs and adaptive bitrate.

On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 03:50:03PM -0500, Shaofei Wang wrote:
> With new option "-abr_pipeline"

> It enabled multiple filter graph concurrency, which bring obove about 

> 4%~20% improvement in some 1:N scenarios by CPU or GPU acceleration

> 

> Below are some test cases and comparison as reference.

> (Hardware platform: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz)

> (Software: Intel iHD driver - 16.9.00100, CentOS 7)

> 

> For 1:N transcode by GPU acceleration with vaapi:

> ./ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel vaapi \

>     -hwaccel_output_format vaapi \

>     -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \

>     -vf "scale_vaapi=1280:720" -c:v h264_vaapi -f null /dev/null \

>     -vf "scale_vaapi=720:480" -c:v h264_vaapi -f null /dev/null \

>     -abr_pipeline

> 

>     test results:

>                 2 encoders 5 encoders 10 encoders

>     Improved       6.1%    6.9%       5.5%

> 

> For 1:N transcode by GPU acceleration with QSV:

> ./ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -c:v h264_qsv \

>     -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \

>     -vf "scale_qsv=1280:720:format=nv12" -c:v h264_qsv -f null /dev/null \

>     -vf "scale_qsv=720:480:format=nv12" -c:v h264_qsv -f null 

> /dev/null

> 

>     test results:

>                 2 encoders  5 encoders 10 encoders

>     Improved       6%       4%         15%

> 

> For Intel GPU acceleration case, 1 decode to N scaling, by QSV:

> ./ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -c:v h264_qsv \

>     -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \

>     -vf "scale_qsv=1280:720:format=nv12,hwdownload" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \

>     -vf "scale_qsv=720:480:format=nv12,hwdownload" -pix_fmt nv12 -f 

> null /dev/null

> 

>     test results:

>                 2 scale  5 scale   10 scale

>     Improved       12%     21%        21%

> 

> For CPU only 1 decode to N scaling:

> ./ffmpeg -i ~/Videos/1920x1080p_30.00_x264_qp28.h264 \

>     -vf "scale=1280:720" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \

>     -vf "scale=720:480" -pix_fmt nv12 -f null /dev/null \

>     -abr_pipeline

> 

>     test results:

>                 2 scale  5 scale   10 scale

>     Improved       25%    107%       148%

> 

> Signed-off-by: Wang, Shaofei <shaofei.wang@intel.com>

> Reviewed-by: Zhao, Jun <jun.zhao@intel.com>

> ---

>  fftools/ffmpeg.c        | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---

>  fftools/ffmpeg.h        |  14 +++

>  fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c |   6 ++

>  fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c    |   6 +-

>  4 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)


fails to build on mingw64

CC	fftools/ffmpeg_filter.o
src/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c: In function ‘init_simple_filtergraph’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c:231:39: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘pthread_t’ from type ‘int’
             ist->filters[i]->f_thread = 0;
                                       ^
make: *** [fftools/ffmpeg_filter.o] Error 1
CC	fftools/ffmpeg.o
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘pipeline_reap_filters’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:1534:5: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code [-Wdeclaration-after-statement]
     OutputStream *ost = output_streams[i];
     ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘do_streamcopy’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:2179:5: warning: ‘av_copy_packet_side_data’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavcodec/avcodec.h:4424) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
     av_copy_packet_side_data(&opkt, pkt);
     ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘filter_pipeline’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:2412:5: warning: ‘return’ with no value, in function returning non-void [enabled by default]
     return;
     ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘send_frame_to_filters’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:2451:17: error: wrong type argument to unary exclamation mark
             if (!ist->filters[i]->f_thread) {
                 ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘init_output_stream’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:3754:9: warning: ‘avcodec_copy_context’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavcodec/avcodec.h:4196) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
         ret = avcodec_copy_context(ost->st->codec, ost->enc_ctx);
         ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:3754:9: warning: ‘codec’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavformat/avformat.h:878) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:3800:9: warning: ‘codec’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavformat/avformat.h:878) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
         ost->st->codec->codec= ost->enc_ctx->codec;
         ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c: In function ‘check_keyboard_interaction’:
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:4181:13: warning: ‘codec’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavformat/avformat.h:878) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
             debug = input_streams[0]->st->codec->debug<<1;
             ^
src/fftools/ffmpeg.c:4204:13: warning: ‘codec’ is deprecated (declared at src/libavformat/avformat.h:878) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
             input_streams[i]->st->codec->debug = debug;
             ^
make: *** [fftools/ffmpeg.o] Error 1
make: Target `all' not remade because of errors.

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Carl Eugen Hoyos Jan. 10, 2019, 5:14 p.m. UTC | #5
2019-01-10 9:18 GMT+01:00, Wang, Shaofei <shaofei.wang@intel.com>:

> Please ignore those commented lines which will be removed in
> the v2 patch, they were referred from previous reap_filters() code.
>
> "if (HAVE_THREADS && !abr_pipeline)" looks better.

> Could you add more about "not work with thread emulation"?

My question is simply "why do you need this condition? If
you disable threads, FFmpeg should still work fine, it simulates
threads using one thread."

Please do not top-post here, Carl Eugen
Shaofei Wang Jan. 11, 2019, 10:18 a.m. UTC | #6
> From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of

> Carl Eugen Hoyos

> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 1:14 AM

> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>

> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Improved the performance of 1 decode +

> N filter graphs and adaptive bitrate.

> 

> My question is simply "why do you need this condition? If you disable threads,

> FFmpeg should still work fine, it simulates threads using one thread."

> 

> Please do not top-post here, Carl Eugen


Without this condition, it will fail the compile when !HAVE_THREAD.
Carl Eugen Hoyos Jan. 11, 2019, 12:28 p.m. UTC | #7
2019-01-11 11:18 GMT+01:00, Wang, Shaofei <shaofei.wang@intel.com>:
>> From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of
>> Carl Eugen Hoyos
>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 1:14 AM
>> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>
>> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Improved the performance of 1 decode
>> +
>> N filter graphs and adaptive bitrate.
>>
>> My question is simply "why do you need this condition? If you disable
>> threads,
>> FFmpeg should still work fine, it simulates threads using one thread."
>>
>> Please do not top-post here, Carl Eugen
>
> Without this condition, it will fail the compile when !HAVE_THREAD.

Ok.

Your patch adds several warnings here, please avoid them.

Carl Eugen
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Patch

diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.c b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
index 544f1a1..f7a41fe 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
@@ -1523,6 +1523,112 @@  static int reap_filters(int flush)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int pipeline_reap_filters(int flush, InputFilter * ifilter)
+{
+    AVFrame *filtered_frame = NULL;
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_output_streams; i++) {
+        if (ifilter == output_streams[i]->filter->graph->inputs[0]) break;
+    }
+    OutputStream *ost = output_streams[i];
+    OutputFile    *of = output_files[ost->file_index];
+    AVFilterContext *filter;
+    AVCodecContext *enc = ost->enc_ctx;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    if (!ost->filter || !ost->filter->graph->graph)
+        return 0;
+    filter = ost->filter->filter;
+
+    if (!ost->initialized) {
+        char error[1024] = "";
+        ret = init_output_stream(ost, error, sizeof(error));
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error initializing output stream %d:%d -- %s\n",
+                   ost->file_index, ost->index, error);
+            exit_program(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!ost->filtered_frame && !(ost->filtered_frame = av_frame_alloc())) {
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    }
+    filtered_frame = ost->filtered_frame;
+
+    while (1) {
+        double float_pts = AV_NOPTS_VALUE; // this is identical to filtered_frame.pts but with higher precision
+        ret = av_buffersink_get_frame_flags(filter, filtered_frame,
+                                           AV_BUFFERSINK_FLAG_NO_REQUEST);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            if (ret != AVERROR(EAGAIN) && ret != AVERROR_EOF) {
+                av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING,
+                       "Error in av_buffersink_get_frame_flags(): %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
+            } else if (flush && ret == AVERROR_EOF) {
+                if (av_buffersink_get_type(filter) == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO)
+                    do_video_out(of, ost, NULL, AV_NOPTS_VALUE);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        if (ost->finished) {
+            av_frame_unref(filtered_frame);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (filtered_frame->pts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
+            int64_t start_time = (of->start_time == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) ? 0 : of->start_time;
+            AVRational filter_tb = av_buffersink_get_time_base(filter);
+            AVRational tb = enc->time_base;
+            int extra_bits = av_clip(29 - av_log2(tb.den), 0, 16);
+
+            tb.den <<= extra_bits;
+            float_pts =
+                av_rescale_q(filtered_frame->pts, filter_tb, tb) -
+                av_rescale_q(start_time, AV_TIME_BASE_Q, tb);
+            float_pts /= 1 << extra_bits;
+            // avoid exact midoints to reduce the chance of rounding differences, this can be removed in case the fps code is changed to work with integers
+            float_pts += FFSIGN(float_pts) * 1.0 / (1<<17);
+
+            filtered_frame->pts =
+                av_rescale_q(filtered_frame->pts, filter_tb, enc->time_base) -
+                av_rescale_q(start_time, AV_TIME_BASE_Q, enc->time_base);
+        }
+        //if (ost->source_index >= 0)
+        //    *filtered_frame= *input_streams[ost->source_index]->decoded_frame; //for me_threshold
+
+        switch (av_buffersink_get_type(filter)) {
+        case AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO:
+            if (!ost->frame_aspect_ratio.num)
+                enc->sample_aspect_ratio = filtered_frame->sample_aspect_ratio;
+
+            if (debug_ts) {
+                av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "filter -> pts:%s pts_time:%s exact:%f time_base:%d/%d\n",
+                        av_ts2str(filtered_frame->pts), av_ts2timestr(filtered_frame->pts, &enc->time_base),
+                        float_pts,
+                        enc->time_base.num, enc->time_base.den);
+            }
+
+            do_video_out(of, ost, filtered_frame, float_pts);
+            break;
+        case AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO:
+            if (!(enc->codec->capabilities & AV_CODEC_CAP_PARAM_CHANGE) &&
+                enc->channels != filtered_frame->channels) {
+                av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
+                       "Audio filter graph output is not normalized and encoder does not support parameter changes\n");
+                break;
+            }
+            do_audio_out(of, ost, filtered_frame);
+            break;
+        default:
+            // TODO support subtitle filters
+            av_assert0(0);
+        }
+
+        av_frame_unref(filtered_frame);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static void print_final_stats(int64_t total_size)
 {
     uint64_t video_size = 0, audio_size = 0, extra_size = 0, other_size = 0;
@@ -2179,7 +2285,15 @@  static int ifilter_send_frame(InputFilter *ifilter, AVFrame *frame)
             }
         }
 
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+        if (!abr_pipeline) {
+            ret = reap_filters(1);
+        } else {
+            ret = pipeline_reap_filters(1, ifilter);
+        }
+#else
         ret = reap_filters(1);
+#endif
         if (ret < 0 && ret != AVERROR_EOF) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error while filtering: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
             return ret;
@@ -2208,6 +2322,16 @@  static int ifilter_send_eof(InputFilter *ifilter, int64_t pts)
 
     ifilter->eof = 1;
 
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+    if (abr_pipeline) {
+        ifilter->waited_frm = NULL;
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&ifilter->process_mutex);
+        ifilter->t_end = 1;
+        pthread_cond_signal(&ifilter->process_cond);
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&ifilter->process_mutex);
+        pthread_join(ifilter->f_thread, NULL);
+    }
+#endif
     if (ifilter->filter) {
         ret = av_buffersrc_close(ifilter->filter, pts, AV_BUFFERSRC_FLAG_PUSH);
         if (ret < 0)
@@ -2252,6 +2376,42 @@  static int decode(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame, int *got_frame, AVPacke
     return 0;
 }
 
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+static void *filter_pipeline(void *arg)
+{
+    InputFilter *fl = arg;
+    AVFrame *frm;
+    int ret;
+    while(1) {
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&fl->process_mutex);
+        while (fl->waited_frm == NULL && !fl->t_end)
+            pthread_cond_wait(&fl->process_cond, &fl->process_mutex);
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&fl->process_mutex);
+
+        if (fl->t_end) break;
+
+        frm = fl->waited_frm;
+        ret = ifilter_send_frame(fl, frm);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
+                   "Failed to inject frame into filter network: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
+        } else {
+            ret = pipeline_reap_filters(0, fl);
+        }
+        fl->t_error = ret;
+
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&fl->finish_mutex);
+        fl->waited_frm = NULL;
+        pthread_cond_signal(&fl->finish_cond);
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&fl->finish_mutex);
+
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return;
+}
+#endif
 static int send_frame_to_filters(InputStream *ist, AVFrame *decoded_frame)
 {
     int i, ret;
@@ -2259,22 +2419,72 @@  static int send_frame_to_filters(InputStream *ist, AVFrame *decoded_frame)
 
     av_assert1(ist->nb_filters > 0); /* ensure ret is initialized */
     for (i = 0; i < ist->nb_filters; i++) {
-        if (i < ist->nb_filters - 1) {
-            f = ist->filter_frame;
-            ret = av_frame_ref(f, decoded_frame);
-            if (ret < 0)
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+        if (!abr_pipeline) {
+#endif
+            if (i < ist->nb_filters - 1) {
+                f = ist->filter_frame;
+                ret = av_frame_ref(f, decoded_frame);
+                if (ret < 0)
+                    break;
+            } else
+                f = decoded_frame;
+
+                ret = ifilter_send_frame(ist->filters[i], f);
+                if (ret == AVERROR_EOF)
+                    ret = 0; /* ignore */
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
+                           "Failed to inject frame into filter network: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
+                    break;
+                }
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+        } else {
+            if (i < ist->nb_filters - 1) {
+                f = &ist->filters[i]->input_frm;
+                ret = av_frame_ref(f, decoded_frame);
+                if (ret < 0)
+                    break;
+            } else
+                f = decoded_frame;
+
+            if (!ist->filters[i]->f_thread) {
+                if ((ret = pthread_create(&ist->filters[i]->f_thread, NULL, filter_pipeline, ist->filters[i]))) {
+                    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "pthread_create failed: %s. Try to increase `ulimit -v` or decrease `ulimit -s`.\n", strerror(ret));
+                    return AVERROR(ret);
+                }
+                pthread_mutex_init(&ist->filters[i]->process_mutex, NULL);
+                pthread_mutex_init(&ist->filters[i]->finish_mutex, NULL);
+                pthread_cond_init(&ist->filters[i]->process_cond, NULL);
+                pthread_cond_init(&ist->filters[i]->finish_cond, NULL);
+                ist->filters[i]->t_end = 0;
+                ist->filters[i]->t_error = 0;
+            }
+
+            pthread_mutex_lock(&ist->filters[i]->process_mutex);
+            ist->filters[i]->waited_frm = f;
+            pthread_cond_signal(&ist->filters[i]->process_cond);
+            pthread_mutex_unlock(&ist->filters[i]->process_mutex);
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+    if (abr_pipeline) {
+        for (i = 0; i < ist->nb_filters; i++) {
+            pthread_mutex_lock(&ist->filters[i]->finish_mutex);
+            while(ist->filters[i]->waited_frm != NULL)
+                pthread_cond_wait(&ist->filters[i]->finish_cond, &ist->filters[i]->finish_mutex);
+            pthread_mutex_unlock(&ist->filters[i]->finish_mutex);
+        }
+        for (i = 0; i < ist->nb_filters; i++) {
+            if (ist->filters[i]->t_error < 0) {
+                ret = ist->filters[i]->t_error;
                 break;
-        } else
-            f = decoded_frame;
-        ret = ifilter_send_frame(ist->filters[i], f);
-        if (ret == AVERROR_EOF)
-            ret = 0; /* ignore */
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
-                   "Failed to inject frame into filter network: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
-            break;
+            }
         }
     }
+#endif
+
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -4642,6 +4852,9 @@  static int transcode_step(void)
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret == AVERROR_EOF ? 0 : ret;
 
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+    if (abr_pipeline) return 0;
+#endif
     return reap_filters(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.h b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
index eb1eaf6..2cf720f 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg.h
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
@@ -253,6 +253,19 @@  typedef struct InputFilter {
 
     AVBufferRef *hw_frames_ctx;
 
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+    // for abr pipeline
+    AVFrame *waited_frm;
+    AVFrame input_frm;
+    pthread_t f_thread;
+    pthread_cond_t process_cond;
+    pthread_cond_t finish_cond;
+    pthread_mutex_t process_mutex;
+    pthread_mutex_t finish_mutex;
+    int t_end;
+    int t_error;
+#endif
+
     int eof;
 } InputFilter;
 
@@ -606,6 +619,7 @@  extern int frame_bits_per_raw_sample;
 extern AVIOContext *progress_avio;
 extern float max_error_rate;
 extern char *videotoolbox_pixfmt;
+extern int abr_pipeline;
 
 extern int filter_nbthreads;
 extern int filter_complex_nbthreads;
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
index 6518d50..0323b10 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@  DEF_CHOOSE_FORMAT(channel_layouts, uint64_t, channel_layout, channel_layouts, 0,
 int init_simple_filtergraph(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost)
 {
     FilterGraph *fg = av_mallocz(sizeof(*fg));
+    int i;
 
     if (!fg)
         exit_program(1);
@@ -225,6 +226,11 @@  int init_simple_filtergraph(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost)
     GROW_ARRAY(ist->filters, ist->nb_filters);
     ist->filters[ist->nb_filters - 1] = fg->inputs[0];
 
+    if (abr_pipeline) {
+        for (i = 0; i < ist->nb_filters; i++) {
+            ist->filters[i]->f_thread = 0;
+        }
+    }
     GROW_ARRAY(filtergraphs, nb_filtergraphs);
     filtergraphs[nb_filtergraphs - 1] = fg;
 
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
index d4851a2..fa5a556 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@  float max_error_rate  = 2.0/3;
 int filter_nbthreads = 0;
 int filter_complex_nbthreads = 0;
 int vstats_version = 2;
+int abr_pipeline      = 0;
 
 
 static int intra_only         = 0;
@@ -3502,7 +3503,10 @@  const OptionDef options[] = {
         "set the maximum number of queued packets from the demuxer" },
     { "find_stream_info", OPT_BOOL | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_INPUT | OPT_EXPERT, { &find_stream_info },
         "read and decode the streams to fill missing information with heuristics" },
-
+#if HAVE_THREADS
+    { "abr_pipeline",    OPT_BOOL,                                    { &abr_pipeline },
+        "adaptive bitrate pipeline (1 decode to N filter graphs, and 1 to N transcode" },
+#endif
     /* video options */
     { "vframes",      OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,           { .func_arg = opt_video_frames },
         "set the number of video frames to output", "number" },