This commit removes redundant readbacks and uploads in the OpenFX
plugin pipeline, achieving zero-copy rendering for GL-capable
plugins and reducing CPU path overhead.
PluginRenderer (OpenGL path):
- Skip ReadbackTextureToFrame + ConvertFrameIfNeeded + Upload after
plugin render. The destination texture is already valid on GPU.
- Pass readback_cpu=false to setInputTexture() so input textures are
provided via loadTexture() (GL texture IDs) instead of being
downloaded to CPU Image buffers.
- Remove duplicate ReadbackTextureToFrame block between
getClipPreferences and the second setInputTexture call.
OliveClipInstance:
- Add optional bool readback_cpu=true to setInputTexture(). When
false, only params and input_textures_ are updated; CPU readback
and memcpy into Image are skipped.
- Add pruneImagesCache() to prevent unbounded growth of images_.
Input clips are limited to 8 cached frames; output clips are
left untouched.
Micro-optimizations:
- Replace per-row memcpy loops with single block memcpy when
src/dst strides are contiguous (common case in Olive pipeline).
- Remove dead GL_PREAMBLE macro definition.
fix(viewer): resolve playback head lag, frozen frames, and pause delay
Three playback pipeline behavioral issues are fixed:
1. Prequeue blocked playhead start:
Reduce kVideoPlaybackInterval from 0.5s to 0.1s. This lowers
prequeue length from 15–30 frames to 3–6 frames, so the
playback timer starts much sooner after pressing Play.
2. Frozen display during playback:
Relax the hard frame-drop logic in RendererGeneratedFrameForQueue.
When the queue has fewer than 2 frames, keep late frames instead
of dropping them, preventing the viewer from freezing entirely
when rendering cannot keep up with playback speed.
3. Delayed frame update after pause:
Cancel in-flight render tickets in PauseInternal() before
deleting queue watchers. Previously the render thread continued
processing stale playback frames, blocking the single-frame
render requested by UpdateTextureFromNode().
- Fix SIGSEGV in PluginMisc.Keyer by linking Param::SetInstance to instances.
Olive's custom param instances (IntegerInstance, DoubleInstance, etc.) were
not passing the SetInstance pointer to the OpenFX HostSupport base class,
leaving _paramSetInstance as nullptr. When Keyer called paramSetValue during
createInstanceAction, the suite function dereferenced the null pointer in
paramChangedByPlugin(). Now newParam() passes 'this' to every constructor.
- Fix render-thread crash when OFX plugins set params during rendering.
MinOFX calls paramSetValue inside createInstanceAction from the render
thread. SubmitUndoCommand() used to push undo commands directly to
UndoStack, which modifies QAction state (GUI-only). Added IsGuiThread()
check: non-GUI threads execute redo_now() and discard the command without
touching the undo stack.
- Enable PluginMisc.MergeOver and PluginMisc.Keyer integration tests.
MergeOver now supplies both Source and Bg textures; Keyer uses U16 format.
Both pass in the full test suite.
- Make ViewerQueue thread-safe with QMutex around AppendTimewise/PurgeBefore.
Adds copy ctor and assignment to support mutex-per-instance semantics.
Refactor FFmpeg frame processing and improve focus management in panels. Add memory sanitization for debug builds and update KDDockWidgets integration.
For some reason, QTextEdit can be put into states where it no longer emits paint events, which is what we relied on. Now we force repaints for events we expect to change the visuals, e.g. keyboard/mouse events.
Mike-Solar
Mike Solar
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