perf(codec): upgrade x264 preset and downscale to the receiver display
Two quality improvements: Preset: ultrafast -> veryfast. Unlocks Main profile with CABAC entropy coding, hexagonal motion search, 3 reference frames, and adaptive quantization — typically 30-40% better quality at the same bitrate. The desktop handles the extra encoding cost trivially (150+ fps at 1080p). Downscaling: the receiver now advertises its display resolution in the signaling answer (display_width/display_height, 0 = unknown). When the capture exceeds the display (e.g. 2256x1504 source on a 1920x1080 receiver), the sender scales down preserving aspect ratio before encoding — the same sws_scale pass that already converts the pixel format also handles the resolution change, so there is no extra step. This concentrates the entire bitrate into pixels the display actually shows (~2.7x more bits per visible pixel at 4000 kbps when going from 2256x1504 to 1620x1080). The renderer caches the display size during window creation (native monitor resolution in fullscreen/KMSDRM; window size otherwise). The receiver includes it in every signaling answer; the sender pipeline computes aspect-preserving, even-rounded scaled dimensions when the display is smaller than the capture. meson test 5/5 in both configurations, valgrind clean.
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@@ -286,8 +286,12 @@ class FfmpegEncoder final : public Encoder {
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return CodecError{"failed to allocate AVFrame"};
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}
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output->width = frame.width;
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output->height = frame.height;
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// The output frame is at the encoder's configured dimensions (which
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// may be smaller than the capture when downscaling to the receiver's
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// display); sws_scale handles both the format conversion and the
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// resolution change in one pass.
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output->width = config_.width;
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output->height = config_.height;
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output->format = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
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output->time_base = ctx_->time_base;
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output->pts =
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@@ -338,8 +342,18 @@ class FfmpegEncoder final : public Encoder {
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return true;
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}
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scaler_.reset(sws_getContext(
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width, height, input_format, width, height, AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P, SWS_BILINEAR, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr));
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// Scale to the encoder's configured output (which may be smaller
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// than the input when downscaling to the receiver's display).
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scaler_.reset(sws_getContext(width,
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height,
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input_format,
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config_.width,
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config_.height,
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AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P,
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SWS_BILINEAR,
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nullptr,
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nullptr,
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nullptr));
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if (scaler_ == nullptr) {
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return false;
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}
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@@ -411,7 +425,7 @@ CodecResult<std::unique_ptr<Encoder>> EncoderFactory::create(const EncoderConfig
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// without out-of-band parameter negotiation.
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ctx->flags |= AV_CODEC_FLAG_LOW_DELAY;
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if (av_opt_set(ctx->priv_data, "preset", "ultrafast", 0) < 0) {
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if (av_opt_set(ctx->priv_data, "preset", "veryfast", 0) < 0) {
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return CodecError{"failed to set libx264 preset"};
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}
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if (av_opt_set(ctx->priv_data, "tune", "zerolatency", 0) < 0) {
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