perf(windows): repeat the last frame instead of reading back an unchanged screen - #931
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe writer now tracks picture changes and can repeat the last captured video sample when CPU-input encoding receives no change. The encoder retains the buffer for that sample. Added tests check repeated-frame output and compare repeat timing with capture timing. ChangesWGC video encoding
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant WGC
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participant MFEncoder
WGC->>VideoWriter: provide a new frame or no new frame
VideoWriter->>MFEncoder: request a repeated sample for unchanged CPU input
MFEncoder-->>VideoWriter: return the retained buffer with a new timestamp
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change is mergeable with a bounded test-coverage follow-up: checking every repeated output frame would strengthen confidence in picture preservation. The earlier non-ASCII temporary-path issue is fixed. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The optimization stays within a single recording and does not add new access privileges. Normal shutdown and failure handling contain reuse, but frame cleanup and concurrent use outside the normal recording flow remain insufficiently specified. Retained concerns Security review detailsSecurity Blast Radius
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- Line 301: Replace the byte-by-byte path conversions in both repeat-test setup
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…nged screen The video writer read the full GPU frame back on every tick, even when WGC delivered nothing new: a CopyResource, a Map that waits on the GPU, and the BGRA to NV12 conversion, for a picture it already had. On a static screen, most of a demo, that was every tick. When no new WGC frame arrived and no new camera frame is drawn into the picture, the encoder now hands over a new sample on the last buffer. Measured at 1080p: 5.0 ms per readback, under 0.001 ms per repeat. The DXGI path and the legacy callback path read back as before. Fixes #925
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electron/native/wgc-capture/src/mf_encoder_color_test.cpp (1)
320-325: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAssert the repeated picture for every output frame.
repeatLastVideoSamplereuses the same immutablelastVideoBuffer_, so the near-end selection is deterministic for the repeated input. It does not assert that every encoded output frame retains that picture.checkEncoderalso samples only the final frame. Decode the full raw stream and check the center luma in every frame chunk.Suggested test fix
- const std::string yuv = run( - "ffmpeg -v error -sseof -0.2 -i \"" + path + "\" -frames:v 1 -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -"); - const int luma = yuv.empty() ? -1 : static_cast<unsigned char>(yuv[static_cast<size_t>(kHeight / 2) * kWidth + kWidth / 2]); - std::cout << "REPEAT_RAW frames=" << std::atoi(frames.c_str()) << " last-frame Y=" << luma << std::endl; + const std::string yuv = run( + "ffmpeg -v error -i \"" + path + "\" -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -"); + const size_t frameBytes = static_cast<size_t>(kWidth) * kHeight * 3 / 2; + bool picture = yuv.size() >= static_cast<size_t>(kFrames) * frameBytes; + for (int frame = 0; frame < kFrames && picture; frame += 1) { + const size_t lumaOffset = + static_cast<size_t>(frame) * frameBytes + static_cast<size_t>(kHeight / 2) * kWidth + kWidth / 2; + const int luma = static_cast<unsigned char>(yuv[lumaOffset]); + picture = std::abs(luma - 63) <= 3; + } + std::cout << "REPEAT_RAW frames=" << std::atoi(frames.c_str()) + << " all-frame Y=" << (picture ? "ok" : "mismatch") << std::endl; expect("repeat-keeps-one-frame-per-tick", std::atoi(frames.c_str()) == kFrames, frames); - expect("repeat-keeps-the-picture", std::abs(luma - 63) <= 3, "Y=" + std::to_string(luma)); + expect("repeat-keeps-the-picture", picture, "not all frames have the expected luma");🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 320-325: Update the repeat-picture assertions in the test to
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Fixes #925. Part of #920. Stacked on #929 (it changes
captureVideoSample); retarget tomainonce #929 merges.Change
MFEncoder::repeatLastVideoSamplehands the encoder a new sample on the last buffer. A buffer is never written again once its sample is built, so sharing it is safe.Measured
mf_encoder_color_test, real encoder and a real D3D11 texture:Pending
wgc-captureover 60 s, static screen then scrolling, before and after (typeperf "\Process(wgc-capture)\% Processor Time"), and[pacing]unchanged.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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