Release candidate #1 for research-v5.0.0 anchor. Includes the following since the previous anchor: Candidate Tools --------------- - CWG-D026: Temporal motion projection improvements - CWG-D016: Improved angular intra prediction modes - CWG-D020: Improved Signaling Scheme for ERP - CWG-D045: Prediction Mode Dependent Skip Transform - CWG-D023: DC-based TX Restriction and EOB Alignment - CWG-D047: Add by-pass check in deblocking strength decision - CWG-D027: compound weighted prediction - CWG-D043: Bug Fix for H-Partitions - CWG-D010 + CWG-D052: Non-separable wiener filter improvements - CWG_D041: Extended Intra Prediction Angles - CWG-D035: Uneven 4-way partitions - CWG-C034: Intra Directional Interpolation Filter - CWG-D059: Explicit Frame Distance Calculation - CWG-D034: Improved Global Motion - Disable global motion by default (related to CWG-D034) - Signal CFL Downsampling Filter in Sequence Header (Decision from CWG Call on 2023/06/16) - CWG-D015: Wedge Blending Improvement - CWG-D074: SMVP Fix - CWG-D029: On downsampling filter in CfL mode - CWG-D067: Improved warp motion of AVM (Aspects 1 and 2) - CWG-D031: Sub-block based MV refinement - CWG-D028: On downsampling filter in the CfL mode for the 4:2:2 chroma format - CWG-D060: Separate DRL for Compound Prediction - CWG-D071: Implicit Masked Blending Mode / Boundary-aware Compound Prediction - CWG-D046: Blending Modes For Intra Prediction - CWG-D061: Improve Encoding Speed of ERP - CWG-D014: (Disabled by default) Frame Output Process Based On Order Hint Code Cleanups ------------- - Inspection / Accounting improvements Gitlab CI Updates ----------------- - CWG-D037, #6: More helpful error messages for failed CI jobs, which point to relevant wiki. - Speed-up Per-MR CI - Speed-up Nightly CI - Add Decode Checks in CI Bugfixes -------- https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/avm/-/milestones/5#tab-issues