[PATCH 1/2] media: v4l2-ctrls: add encoder maximum bitrate control
From: Sachin Kumar Garg
Date: Fri Feb 13 2026 - 01:06:09 EST
Introduce V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE_MBR rate control for Encoder.
Encoder will choose appropriate quantization parameter and do the
smart bit allocation to set the frame maximum bitrate level as per
the Bitrate value configured.
Signed-off-by: Sachin Kumar Garg <sachin.garg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst | 7 +++++++
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
index c8890cb5e00a..6b2dfabfc4fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
@@ -577,6 +577,13 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_bitrate_mode -
- Constant bitrate
* - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE_CQ``
- Constant quality
+ * - ``V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE_MBR``
+ MBR Rate Control is a VBR Rate Control mode optimized for
+ surveillance video contents which has high temporal correlation
+ due to static camera positions. This Rate Control smartly identifies
+ key-frames in the scene, and allocates more bits to them to improve
+ the coding efficiency by taking advantage of high temporal
+ correlation in surveillance videos.
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
index 551426c4cd01..b336171539a7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-defs.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
"Variable Bitrate",
"Constant Bitrate",
"Constant Quality",
+ "Maximum Bitrate",
NULL
};
static const char * const mpeg_stream_type[] = {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
index 68dd0c4e47b2..614fc2c4c81d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_bitrate_mode {
V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE_VBR = 0,
V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE_CBR = 1,
V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE_CQ = 2,
+ V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE_MBR = 3,
};
#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE (V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+207)
#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_PEAK (V4L2_CID_CODEC_BASE+208)
--
2.34.1