Proper resize tests; remove swscale resize

src/torchcodec/_core/CpuDeviceInterface.cpp

@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ void CpuDeviceInterface::initializeVideo(
   // We calculate this value during initilization but we don't refer to it until
   // getColorConversionLibrary() is called. Calculating this value during
   // initialization saves us from having to save all of the transforms.
-  areTransformsSwScaleCompatible_ = transforms.empty() ||
-      (transforms.size() == 1 && transforms[0]->isResize());
+  areTransformsSwScaleCompatible_ = transforms.empty();
 
   // Note that we do not expose this capability in the public API, only through
   // the core API.
@@ -57,16 +56,6 @@ void CpuDeviceInterface::initializeVideo(
   userRequestedSwScale_ = videoStreamOptions_.colorConversionLibrary ==
       ColorConversionLibrary::SWSCALE;
 
-  // We can only use swscale when we have a single resize transform. Note that
-  // we actually decide on whether or not to actually use swscale at the last
-  // possible moment, when we actually convert the frame. This is because we
-  // need to know the actual frame dimensions.
-  if (transforms.size() == 1 && transforms[0]->isResize()) {
-    auto resize = dynamic_cast<ResizeTransform*>(transforms[0].get());
-    TORCH_CHECK(resize != nullptr, "ResizeTransform expected but not found!")
-    swsFlags_ = resize->getSwsFlags();
-  }
-
   // If we have any transforms, replace filters_ with the filter strings from
   // the transforms. As noted above, we decide between swscale and filtergraph
   // when we actually decode a frame.
@@ -80,7 +69,18 @@ void CpuDeviceInterface::initializeVideo(
     first = false;
   }
   if (!transforms.empty()) {
-    filters_ = filters.str();
+    // Note [Transform and Format Conversion Order]
+    // We have to ensure that all user filters happen AFTER the explicit format
+    // conversion. That is, we want the filters to be applied in RGB24, not the
+    // pixel format of the input frame.
+    //
+    // The ouput frame will always be in RGB24, as we specify the sink node with
+    // AV_PIX_FORMAT_RGB24. Filtergraph will automatically insert a filter
+    // conversion to ensure the output frame matches the pixel format
+    // specified in the sink. But by default, it will insert it after the user
+    // filters. We need an explicit format conversion to get the behavior we
+    // want.
+    filters_ = "format=rgb24," + filters.str();
   }
 
   initialized_ = true;
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ int CpuDeviceInterface::convertAVFrameToTensorUsingSwScale(
   enum AVPixelFormat frameFormat =
       static_cast<enum AVPixelFormat>(avFrame->format);
 
+  TORCH_CHECK(
+      avFrame->height == outputDims.height &&
+          avFrame->width == outputDims.width,
+      "Input dimensions are not equal to output dimensions; resize for sws_scale() is not yet supported.");
+
   // We need to compare the current frame context with our previous frame
   // context. If they are different, then we need to re-create our colorspace
   // conversion objects. We create our colorspace conversion objects late so
@@ -234,7 +239,16 @@ int CpuDeviceInterface::convertAVFrameToTensorUsingSwScale(
 
   if (!swsContext_ || prevSwsFrameContext_ != swsFrameContext) {
     swsContext_ = createSwsContext(
-        swsFrameContext, avFrame->colorspace, AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24, swsFlags_);
+        swsFrameContext,
+        avFrame->colorspace,
+
+        // See [Transform and Format Conversion Order] for more on the output
+        // pixel format.
+        /*outputFormat=*/AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24,
+
+        // We don't set any flags because we don't yet use sw_scale() for
+        // resizing.
+        /*swsFlags=*/0);
     prevSwsFrameContext_ = swsFrameContext;
   }
 
@@ -256,17 +270,17 @@ int CpuDeviceInterface::convertAVFrameToTensorUsingSwScale(
 torch::Tensor CpuDeviceInterface::convertAVFrameToTensorUsingFilterGraph(
     const UniqueAVFrame& avFrame,
     const FrameDims& outputDims) {
-  enum AVPixelFormat frameFormat =
+  enum AVPixelFormat avFrameFormat =
       static_cast<enum AVPixelFormat>(avFrame->format);
 
   FiltersContext filtersContext(
       avFrame->width,
       avFrame->height,
-      frameFormat,
+      avFrameFormat,
       avFrame->sample_aspect_ratio,
       outputDims.width,
       outputDims.height,
-      AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24,
+      /*outputFormat=*/AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24,
       filters_,
       timeBase_);
 

src/torchcodec/_core/CpuDeviceInterface.h

@@ -87,21 +87,20 @@ class CpuDeviceInterface : public DeviceInterface {
   UniqueSwsContext swsContext_;
   SwsFrameContext prevSwsFrameContext_;
 
-  // The filter we supply to filterGraph_, if it is used. The default is the
-  // copy filter, which just copies the input to the output. Computationally, it
-  // should be a no-op. If we get no user-provided transforms, we will use the
-  // copy filter. Otherwise, we will construct the string from the transforms.
+  // We pass these filters to FFmpeg's filtergraph API. It is a simple pipeline
+  // of what FFmpeg calls "filters" to apply to decoded frames before returning
+  // them. In the PyTorch ecosystem, we call these "transforms". During
+  // initialization, we convert the user-supplied transforms into this string of
+  // filters.
   //
-  // Note that even if we only use the copy filter, we still get the desired
-  // colorspace conversion. We construct the filtergraph with its output sink
-  // set to RGB24.
+  // Note that if there are no user-supplied transforms, then the default filter
+  // we use is the copy filter, which is just an identity: it emits the output
+  // frame unchanged. We supply such a filter because we can't supply just the
+  // empty-string; we must supply SOME filter.
+  //
+  // See also [Tranform and Format Conversion Order] for more on filters.
   std::string filters_ = "copy";
 
-  // The flags we supply to swsContext_, if it used. The flags control the
-  // resizing algorithm. We default to bilinear. Users can override this with a
-  // ResizeTransform.
-  int swsFlags_ = SWS_BILINEAR;
-
   // Values set during initialization and referred to in
   // getColorConversionLibrary().
   bool areTransformsSwScaleCompatible_;

src/torchcodec/_core/FFMPEGCommon.cpp

@@ -399,68 +399,65 @@ SwrContext* createSwrContext(
   return swrContext;
 }
 
-AVFilterContext* createBuffersinkFilter(
+AVFilterContext* createAVFilterContextWithOptions(
     AVFilterGraph* filterGraph,
-    enum AVPixelFormat outputFormat) {
-  const AVFilter* buffersink = avfilter_get_by_name("buffersink");
-  TORCH_CHECK(buffersink != nullptr, "Failed to get buffersink filter.");
-
-  AVFilterContext* sinkContext = nullptr;
-  int status;
+    const AVFilter* buffer,
+    const enum AVPixelFormat outputFormat) {
+  AVFilterContext* avFilterContext = nullptr;
   const char* filterName = "out";
 
-  enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmts[] = {outputFormat, AV_PIX_FMT_NONE};
+  enum AVPixelFormat pixFmts[] = {outputFormat, AV_PIX_FMT_NONE};
 
 // av_opt_set_int_list was replaced by av_opt_set_array() in FFmpeg 8.
 #if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR >= 60 // FFmpeg >= 8
   // Output options like pixel_formats must be set before filter init
-  sinkContext =
-      avfilter_graph_alloc_filter(filterGraph, buffersink, filterName);
+  avFilterContext =
+      avfilter_graph_alloc_filter(filterGraph, buffer, filterName);
   TORCH_CHECK(
-      sinkContext != nullptr, "Failed to allocate buffersink filter context.");
+      avFilterContext != nullptr, "Failed to allocate buffer filter context.");
 
   // When setting pix_fmts, only the first element is used, so nb_elems = 1
   // AV_PIX_FMT_NONE acts as a terminator for the array in av_opt_set_int_list
-  status = av_opt_set_array(
-      sinkContext,
+  int status = av_opt_set_array(
+      avFilterContext,
       "pixel_formats",
       AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN,
       0, // start_elem
       1, // nb_elems
       AV_OPT_TYPE_PIXEL_FMT,
-      pix_fmts);
+      pixFmts);
   TORCH_CHECK(
       status >= 0,
-      "Failed to set pixel format for buffersink filter: ",
+      "Failed to set pixel format for buffer filter: ",
       getFFMPEGErrorStringFromErrorCode(status));
 
-  status = avfilter_init_str(sinkContext, nullptr);
+  status = avfilter_init_str(avFilterContext, nullptr);
   TORCH_CHECK(
       status >= 0,
-      "Failed to initialize buffersink filter: ",
+      "Failed to initialize buffer filter: ",
       getFFMPEGErrorStringFromErrorCode(status));
 #else // FFmpeg <= 7
   // For older FFmpeg versions, create filter and then set options
-  status = avfilter_graph_create_filter(
-      &sinkContext, buffersink, filterName, nullptr, nullptr, filterGraph);
+  int status = avfilter_graph_create_filter(
+      &avFilterContext, buffer, filterName, nullptr, nullptr, filterGraph);
   TORCH_CHECK(
       status >= 0,
-      "Failed to create buffersink filter: ",
+      "Failed to create buffer filter: ",
       getFFMPEGErrorStringFromErrorCode(status));
 
   status = av_opt_set_int_list(
-      sinkContext,
+      avFilterContext,
       "pix_fmts",
-      pix_fmts,
+      pixFmts,
       AV_PIX_FMT_NONE,
       AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
   TORCH_CHECK(
       status >= 0,
-      "Failed to set pixel formats for buffersink filter: ",
+      "Failed to set pixel formats for buffer filter: ",
       getFFMPEGErrorStringFromErrorCode(status));
 #endif
 
-  return sinkContext;
+  return avFilterContext;
 }
 
 UniqueAVFrame convertAudioAVFrameSamples(

src/torchcodec/_core/FFMPEGCommon.h

@@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ int64_t computeSafeDuration(
     const AVRational& frameRate,
     const AVRational& timeBase);
 
-AVFilterContext* createBuffersinkFilter(
+AVFilterContext* createAVFilterContextWithOptions(
     AVFilterGraph* filterGraph,
-    enum AVPixelFormat outputFormat);
+    const AVFilter* buffer,
+    const enum AVPixelFormat outputFormat);
 
 struct SwsFrameContext {
   int inputWidth = 0;
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ struct SwsFrameContext {
 UniqueSwsContext createSwsContext(
     const SwsFrameContext& swsFrameContext,
     AVColorSpace colorspace,
-    AVPixelFormat outputFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24,
-    int swsFlags = SWS_BILINEAR);
+    AVPixelFormat outputFormat,
+    int swsFlags);
 
 } // namespace facebook::torchcodec

src/torchcodec/_core/FilterGraph.cpp

@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ FilterGraph::FilterGraph(
     filterGraph_->nb_threads = videoStreamOptions.ffmpegThreadCount.value();
   }
 
-  const AVFilter* buffersrc = avfilter_get_by_name("buffer");
-
+  // Configure the source context.
+  const AVFilter* bufferSrc = avfilter_get_by_name("buffer");
   UniqueAVBufferSrcParameters srcParams(av_buffersrc_parameters_alloc());
   TORCH_CHECK(srcParams, "Failed to allocate buffersrc params");
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ FilterGraph::FilterGraph(
   }
 
   sourceContext_ =
-      avfilter_graph_alloc_filter(filterGraph_.get(), buffersrc, "in");
+      avfilter_graph_alloc_filter(filterGraph_.get(), bufferSrc, "in");
   TORCH_CHECK(sourceContext_, "Failed to allocate filter graph");
 
   int status = av_buffersrc_parameters_set(sourceContext_, srcParams.get());
@@ -93,23 +93,31 @@ FilterGraph::FilterGraph(
       "Failed to create filter graph : ",
       getFFMPEGErrorStringFromErrorCode(status));
 
-  sinkContext_ =
-      createBuffersinkFilter(filterGraph_.get(), filtersContext.outputFormat);
+  // Configure the sink context.
+  const AVFilter* bufferSink = avfilter_get_by_name("buffersink");
+  TORCH_CHECK(bufferSink != nullptr, "Failed to get buffersink filter.");
+
+  sinkContext_ = createAVFilterContextWithOptions(
+      filterGraph_.get(), bufferSink, filtersContext.outputFormat);
   TORCH_CHECK(
       sinkContext_ != nullptr, "Failed to create and configure buffersink");
 
+  // Create the filtergraph nodes based on the source and sink contexts.
   UniqueAVFilterInOut outputs(avfilter_inout_alloc());
-  UniqueAVFilterInOut inputs(avfilter_inout_alloc());
-
   outputs->name = av_strdup("in");
   outputs->filter_ctx = sourceContext_;
   outputs->pad_idx = 0;
   outputs->next = nullptr;
+
+  UniqueAVFilterInOut inputs(avfilter_inout_alloc());
   inputs->name = av_strdup("out");
   inputs->filter_ctx = sinkContext_;
   inputs->pad_idx = 0;
   inputs->next = nullptr;
 
+  // Create the filtergraph specified by the filtergraph string in the context
+  // of the inputs and outputs. Note the dance we have to do with release and
+  // resetting the output and input nodes because FFmpeg modifies them in place.
   AVFilterInOut* outputsTmp = outputs.release();
   AVFilterInOut* inputsTmp = inputs.release();
   status = avfilter_graph_parse_ptr(
@@ -126,6 +134,7 @@ FilterGraph::FilterGraph(
       getFFMPEGErrorStringFromErrorCode(status),
       ", provided filters: " + filtersContext.filtergraphStr);
 
+  // Check filtergraph validity and configure links and formats.
   status = avfilter_graph_config(filterGraph_.get(), nullptr);
   TORCH_CHECK(
       status >= 0,

src/torchcodec/_core/Transform.cpp

@@ -25,38 +25,18 @@ std::string toFilterGraphInterpolation(
   }
 }
 
-int toSwsInterpolation(ResizeTransform::InterpolationMode mode) {
-  switch (mode) {
-    case ResizeTransform::InterpolationMode::BILINEAR:
-      return SWS_BILINEAR;
-    default:
-      TORCH_CHECK(
-          false,
-          "Unknown interpolation mode: " +
-              std::to_string(static_cast<int>(mode)));
-  }
-}
-
 } // namespace
 
 std::string ResizeTransform::getFilterGraphCpu() const {
   return "scale=" + std::to_string(outputDims_.width) + ":" +
       std::to_string(outputDims_.height) +
-      ":sws_flags=" + toFilterGraphInterpolation(interpolationMode_);
+      ":flags=" + toFilterGraphInterpolation(interpolationMode_);
 }
 
 std::optional<FrameDims> ResizeTransform::getOutputFrameDims() const {
   return outputDims_;
 }
 
-bool ResizeTransform::isResize() const {
-  return true;
-}
-
-int ResizeTransform::getSwsFlags() const {
-  return toSwsInterpolation(interpolationMode_);
-}
-
 CropTransform::CropTransform(const FrameDims& dims, int x, int y)
     : outputDims_(dims), x_(x), y_(y) {
   TORCH_CHECK(x_ >= 0, "Crop x position must be >= 0, got: ", x_);

src/torchcodec/_core/Transform.h

@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ class Transform {
     return std::nullopt;
   }
 
-  // The ResizeTransform is special, because it is the only transform that
-  // swscale can handle.
-  virtual bool isResize() const {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   // The validity of some transforms depends on the characteristics of the
   // AVStream they're being applied to. For example, some transforms will
   // specify coordinates inside a frame, we need to validate that those are
@@ -58,9 +52,6 @@ class ResizeTransform : public Transform {
 
   std::string getFilterGraphCpu() const override;
   std::optional<FrameDims> getOutputFrameDims() const override;
-  bool isResize() const override;
-
-  int getSwsFlags() const;
 
  private:
   FrameDims outputDims_;