On support of B-reference frame in new versions of Encoder

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i listened an introduction of Nvidia (2018) on new features of GPU

http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2018/video/S8601/

The author reports that if the middle frame in a triple of successive B-frames is used for reference by its immediate neighboring B-frames (i.e. the cadence … P b B b P … ). Then the improvement in BD-PSNR is 0.3 dB against ordinary cadence (… P b b b P …).
i didn’t understand whether these results related to HEVC or AVC or to both. i would be glad if someone elaborate.
It’s worth mentioning that B-reference is not allowed in BluRay specification.

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Hi sriabtsev,

NVENCODEAPI doesn’t support B frames for HEVC, all mention of B frames and associated features are in context of H.264 only. The B-as-Reference is not enabled by default, NVENCODEAPI provides controls to enable the user if (s)he wants to use B frame as reference.

Thanks,
Ryan Park

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Thanks Ryan

Let me exploit your kindness and slightly re-phrase my query. Does NVDECODER support B-pyramid? , i.e. reference B-frames.

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For AVC (H.264) video, yes.