commit 3a9e4672be019bcd2478863f8218f560e06bed27
author Urvang Joshi <urvang@google.com> Fri Feb 01 12:12:30 2019 -0800
committer Urvang Joshi <urvang@google.com> Sat Feb 09 01:27:59 2019 +0000
tree 81eb1faa6a35a04a84ade93024b6b8d9b3f7f901
parent f101cd95ebc4ff475ef722d8dca0cb3e964d5bd0

SUPERRES_AUTO: Remove ratecontrol mode restriction

Single-keyframe BDRATE (PSNR) gain, hdres set, compared to fullres:
VBR: -0.159
CQ:  -0.162

Change-Id: Ia30e16cd7c3d7c6b2d5e632d15bc3a4670bd3697

av1/encoder/encoder.c

diff --git a/av1/encoder/encoder.c b/av1/encoder/encoder.c
index fa43c7c..6a76ba2 100644
--- a/av1/encoder/encoder.c
+++ b/av1/encoder/encoder.c
@@ -4147,8 +4147,6 @@
       if (!frame_is_intra_only(&cpi->common)) break;
       // Don't use for keyframes that can be used as references.
       if (cpi->rc.frames_to_key != 1) break;
-      // Don't use for any rate control mode other than constant quality.
-      if (oxcf->rc_mode != AOM_Q) break;
 
       // Now decide the use of superres based on 'q'.
       int bottom_index, top_index;