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fegger 30538fba73 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.
2026-09-09 11:02:42 +02:00

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#pragma once
#include "screencast/capture/capture.h"
#include "screencast/codec/decoder.h"
#include "screencast/codec/encoder.h"
#include "screencast/network/transport.h"
#include "screencast/render/renderer.h"
#include <memory>
#include <optional>
namespace sc {
struct SenderPipelineConfig {
CaptureTarget capture_target;
EncoderConfig encoder;
Endpoint local_rtp_endpoint;
std::optional<Endpoint> signaling_server;
// Where encoded RTP packets are sent. Defaults to the local loopback so
// a sender and receiver on one machine work without any configuration.
Endpoint peer_rtp_endpoint{"127.0.0.1", 5004};
// Session identity from signaling; written to the sender state file for
// status widgets (waybar) and one-click restarts.
std::string session_id;
// The receiver's display resolution (0 = unknown). The sender downscales
// to this before encoding so bitrate is not spent on pixels the display
// cannot show.
int max_encode_width = 0;
int max_encode_height = 0;
};
struct ReceiverPipelineConfig {
DecoderConfig decoder;
Endpoint local_rtp_endpoint;
std::optional<Endpoint> peer_signaling;
RendererConfig renderer;
// TCP port the signaling server listens on (offers arrive here).
std::uint16_t signaling_port = 5005;
};
// Sender pipeline: capture → encode → packetize → RTP/UDP.
class SenderPipeline {
public:
explicit SenderPipeline(SenderPipelineConfig config);
~SenderPipeline();
bool start();
void stop();
// Ask the sender to encode its next frame as a keyframe. Thread-safe;
// used by the PLI feedback path.
void request_keyframe();
private:
class Impl;
std::unique_ptr<Impl> impl_;
};
// Receiver pipeline: RTP/UDP → depacketize → decode → render.
class ReceiverPipeline {
public:
explicit ReceiverPipeline(ReceiverPipelineConfig config);
~ReceiverPipeline();
bool start();
void stop();
private:
class Impl;
std::unique_ptr<Impl> impl_;
};
} // namespace sc