Change default QP parameters initialization

qp is modified to require a valid value before use, while qp_max is set
to maximum allowable value (and clipped later on).

This is needed so that param functions do not depend on bit depth size.

common/common.c

@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ void x264_param_default( x264_param_t *param )
     param->rc.i_vbv_max_bitrate = 0;
     param->rc.i_vbv_buffer_size = 0;
     param->rc.f_vbv_buffer_init = 0.9;
-    param->rc.i_qp_constant = 23 + QP_BD_OFFSET;
+    param->rc.i_qp_constant = -1;
     param->rc.f_rf_constant = 23;
     param->rc.i_qp_min = 0;
-    param->rc.i_qp_max = QP_MAX;
+    param->rc.i_qp_max = INT_MAX;
     param->rc.i_qp_step = 4;
     param->rc.f_ip_factor = 1.4;
     param->rc.f_pb_factor = 1.3;

encoder/encoder.c

@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static int validate_parameters( x264_t *h, int b_open )
 
     h->param.rc.f_rf_constant = x264_clip3f( h->param.rc.f_rf_constant, -QP_BD_OFFSET, 51 );
     h->param.rc.f_rf_constant_max = x264_clip3f( h->param.rc.f_rf_constant_max, -QP_BD_OFFSET, 51 );
-    h->param.rc.i_qp_constant = x264_clip3( h->param.rc.i_qp_constant, 0, QP_MAX );
+    h->param.rc.i_qp_constant = x264_clip3( h->param.rc.i_qp_constant, -1, QP_MAX );
     h->param.analyse.i_subpel_refine = x264_clip3( h->param.analyse.i_subpel_refine, 0, 11 );
     h->param.rc.f_ip_factor = X264_MAX( h->param.rc.f_ip_factor, 0.01f );
     h->param.rc.f_pb_factor = X264_MAX( h->param.rc.f_pb_factor, 0.01f );
@@ -865,6 +865,12 @@ static int validate_parameters( x264_t *h, int b_open )
         float qp_p = h->param.rc.i_qp_constant;
         float qp_i = qp_p - 6*log2f( h->param.rc.f_ip_factor );
         float qp_b = qp_p + 6*log2f( h->param.rc.f_pb_factor );
+        if( qp_p < 0 )
+        {
+            x264_log( h, X264_LOG_ERROR, "qp not specified\n" );
+            return -1;
+        }
+
         h->param.rc.i_qp_min = x264_clip3( (int)(X264_MIN3( qp_p, qp_i, qp_b )), 0, QP_MAX );
         h->param.rc.i_qp_max = x264_clip3( (int)(X264_MAX3( qp_p, qp_i, qp_b ) + .999), 0, QP_MAX );
         h->param.rc.i_aq_mode = 0;

x264.h

@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ typedef struct x264_param_t
     {
         int         i_rc_method;    /* X264_RC_* */
 
-        int         i_qp_constant;  /* 0 to (51 + 6*(x264_bit_depth-8)). 0=lossless */
+        int         i_qp_constant;  /* 0=lossless */
         int         i_qp_min;       /* min allowed QP value */
         int         i_qp_max;       /* max allowed QP value */
         int         i_qp_step;      /* max QP step between frames */