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/** \file     TAppEncCfg.cpp
    \brief    Handle encoder configuration parameters
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <limits>
#include "TLibCommon/TComRom.h"
#include "TAppEncCfg.h"
#include "TAppCommon/program_options_lite.h"
#include "TLibEncoder/TEncRateCtrl.h"
#ifdef WIN32
#define strdup _strdup
#endif

#define MACRO_TO_STRING_HELPER(val) #val
#define MACRO_TO_STRING(val) MACRO_TO_STRING_HELPER(val)

using namespace std;
namespace po = df::program_options_lite;



enum ExtendedProfileName // this is used for determining profile strings, where multiple profiles map to a single profile idc with various constraint flag combinations
{
  NONE = 0,
  MAIN = 1,
  MAIN10 = 2,
  MAINSTILLPICTURE = 3,
  MAINREXT = 4,
  HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT = 5, // Placeholder profile for development
  // The following are RExt profiles, which would map to the MAINREXT profile idc.
  // The enumeration indicates the bit-depth constraint in the bottom 2 digits
  //                           the chroma format in the next digit
    //                           the intra constraint in the next digit
//                           If it is a RExt still picture, there is a '1' for the top digit.
#if NH_MV
  MULTIVIEWMAIN = 6,
#endif
  MONOCHROME_8      = 1008,
  MONOCHROME_12     = 1012,
  MONOCHROME_16     = 1016,
  MAIN_12           = 1112,
  MAIN_422_10       = 1210,
  MAIN_422_12       = 1212,
  MAIN_444          = 1308,
  MAIN_444_10       = 1310,
  MAIN_444_12       = 1312,
  MAIN_444_16       = 1316, // non-standard profile definition, used for development purposes
  MAIN_INTRA        = 2108,
  MAIN_10_INTRA     = 2110,
  MAIN_12_INTRA     = 2112,
  MAIN_422_10_INTRA = 2210,
  MAIN_422_12_INTRA = 2212,
  MAIN_444_INTRA    = 2308,
  MAIN_444_10_INTRA = 2310,
  MAIN_444_12_INTRA = 2312,
  MAIN_444_16_INTRA = 2316,
  MAIN_444_STILL_PICTURE = 11308,
  MAIN_444_16_STILL_PICTURE = 12316
};


//! \ingroup TAppEncoder
//! \{

// ====================================================================================================================
// Constructor / destructor / initialization / destroy
// ====================================================================================================================

TAppEncCfg::TAppEncCfg()
#if NH_MV
: m_pchBitstreamFile()
#else
: m_pchInputFile()
, m_pchBitstreamFile()
, m_pchReconFile()
#endif
, m_inputColourSpaceConvert(IPCOLOURSPACE_UNCHANGED)
, m_snrInternalColourSpace(false)
, m_outputInternalColourSpace(false)
, m_pchdQPFile()
, m_scalingListFile()
{
#if !NH_MV
  m_aidQP = NULL;
#endif
  m_startOfCodedInterval = NULL;
  m_codedPivotValue = NULL;
  m_targetPivotValue = NULL;

}

TAppEncCfg::~TAppEncCfg()
{
#if NH_MV
  for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_aidQP.size(); layer++ )
  {
    if ( m_aidQP[layer] != NULL )
    {
      delete[] m_aidQP[layer];
      m_aidQP[layer] = NULL;
    }
  }
  for(Int i = 0; i< m_pchInputFileList.size(); i++ )
  {
    if ( m_pchInputFileList[i] != NULL )
      free (m_pchInputFileList[i]);
  }
#else
  if ( m_aidQP )
  {
    delete[] m_aidQP;
  }
#endif
  if ( m_startOfCodedInterval )
  {
    delete[] m_startOfCodedInterval;
    m_startOfCodedInterval = NULL;
  }
   if ( m_codedPivotValue )
  {
    delete[] m_codedPivotValue;
    m_codedPivotValue = NULL;
  }
  if ( m_targetPivotValue )
  {
    delete[] m_targetPivotValue;
    m_targetPivotValue = NULL;
  }
#if !NH_MV
  free(m_pchInputFile);
#endif
  free(m_pchBitstreamFile);
#if NH_MV
  for(Int i = 0; i< m_pchReconFileList.size(); i++ )
  {
    if ( m_pchReconFileList[i] != NULL )
      free (m_pchReconFileList[i]);
  }
#else
  free(m_pchReconFile);
#endif
  free(m_pchdQPFile);
  free(m_scalingListFile);
#if NH_MV
  for( Int i = 0; i < m_GOPListMvc.size(); i++ )
  {
    if( m_GOPListMvc[i] )
    {
      delete[] m_GOPListMvc[i];
      m_GOPListMvc[i] = NULL;
    }
  }
#endif
}

Void TAppEncCfg::create()
{
}

Void TAppEncCfg::destroy()
{
}

std::istringstream &operator>>(std::istringstream &in, GOPEntry &entry)     //input
{
  in>>entry.m_sliceType;
  in>>entry.m_POC;
  in>>entry.m_QPOffset;
  in>>entry.m_QPFactor;
  in>>entry.m_tcOffsetDiv2;
  in>>entry.m_betaOffsetDiv2;
  in>>entry.m_temporalId;
  in>>entry.m_numRefPicsActive;
  in>>entry.m_numRefPics;
  for ( Int i = 0; i < entry.m_numRefPics; i++ )
  {
    in>>entry.m_referencePics[i];
  }
  in>>entry.m_interRPSPrediction;
  if (entry.m_interRPSPrediction==1)
  {
    in>>entry.m_deltaRPS;
    in>>entry.m_numRefIdc;
    for ( Int i = 0; i < entry.m_numRefIdc; i++ )
    {
      in>>entry.m_refIdc[i];
    }
  }
  else if (entry.m_interRPSPrediction==2)
  {
    in>>entry.m_deltaRPS;
  }
#if NH_MV
  in>>entry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics;
  for( Int i = 0; i < entry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics; i++ )
  {
    in>>entry.m_interLayerPredLayerIdc[i];
  }
  for( Int i = 0; i < entry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics; i++ )
  {
    in>>entry.m_interViewRefPosL[0][i];
  }
  for( Int i = 0; i < entry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics; i++ )
  {
    in>>entry.m_interViewRefPosL[1][i];
  }
#endif

  return in;
}

Bool confirmPara(Bool bflag, const Char* message);

static inline ChromaFormat numberToChromaFormat(const Int val)
{
  switch (val)
  {
    case 400: return CHROMA_400; break;
    case 420: return CHROMA_420; break;
    case 422: return CHROMA_422; break;
    case 444: return CHROMA_444; break;
    default:  return NUM_CHROMA_FORMAT;
  }
}

static const struct MapStrToProfile
{
  const Char* str;
  Profile::Name value;
}
strToProfile[] =
{
  {"none",                 Profile::NONE               },
  {"main",                 Profile::MAIN               },
  {"main10",               Profile::MAIN10             },
  {"main-still-picture",   Profile::MAINSTILLPICTURE   },
  {"main-RExt",            Profile::MAINREXT           },
  {"high-throughput-RExt", Profile::HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT }
#if NH_MV
  ,{"multiview-main"     , Profile::MULTIVIEWMAIN      },
#endif

};

static const struct MapStrToExtendedProfile
{
  const Char* str;
  ExtendedProfileName value;
}
strToExtendedProfile[] =
{
    {"none",               NONE             },
    {"main",               MAIN             },
    {"main10",             MAIN10           },
    {"main_still_picture",        MAINSTILLPICTURE },
    {"main-still-picture",        MAINSTILLPICTURE },
    {"main_RExt",                 MAINREXT         },
    {"main-RExt",                 MAINREXT         },
    {"main_rext",                 MAINREXT         },
    {"main-rext",                 MAINREXT         },
    {"high_throughput_RExt",      HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT },
    {"high-throughput-RExt",      HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT },
    {"high_throughput_rext",      HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT },
    {"high-throughput-rext",      HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT },
#if NH_MV
    {"multiview-main"     , MULTIVIEWMAIN   },
#endif
    {"monochrome",         MONOCHROME_8     },
    {"monochrome12",       MONOCHROME_12    },
    {"monochrome16",       MONOCHROME_16    },
    {"main12",             MAIN_12          },
    {"main_422_10",        MAIN_422_10      },
    {"main_422_12",        MAIN_422_12      },
    {"main_444",           MAIN_444         },
    {"main_444_10",        MAIN_444_10      },
    {"main_444_12",        MAIN_444_12      },
    {"main_444_16",        MAIN_444_16      },
    {"main_intra",         MAIN_INTRA       },
    {"main_10_intra",      MAIN_10_INTRA    },
    {"main_12_intra",      MAIN_12_INTRA    },
    {"main_422_10_intra",  MAIN_422_10_INTRA},
    {"main_422_12_intra",  MAIN_422_12_INTRA},
    {"main_444_intra",     MAIN_444_INTRA   },
    {"main_444_still_picture",    MAIN_444_STILL_PICTURE },
    {"main_444_10_intra",  MAIN_444_10_INTRA},
    {"main_444_12_intra",  MAIN_444_12_INTRA},
    {"main_444_16_intra",         MAIN_444_16_INTRA},
    {"main_444_16_still_picture", MAIN_444_16_STILL_PICTURE }
};

static const ExtendedProfileName validRExtProfileNames[2/* intraConstraintFlag*/][4/* bit depth constraint 8=0, 10=1, 12=2, 16=3*/][4/*chroma format*/]=
{
    {
        { MONOCHROME_8,  NONE,          NONE,              MAIN_444          }, // 8-bit  inter for 400, 420, 422 and 444
        { NONE,          NONE,          MAIN_422_10,       MAIN_444_10       }, // 10-bit inter for 400, 420, 422 and 444
        { MONOCHROME_12, MAIN_12,       MAIN_422_12,       MAIN_444_12       }, // 12-bit inter for 400, 420, 422 and 444
        { MONOCHROME_16, NONE,          NONE,              MAIN_444_16       }  // 16-bit inter for 400, 420, 422 and 444 (the latter is non standard used for development)
    },
    {
        { NONE,          MAIN_INTRA,    NONE,              MAIN_444_INTRA    }, // 8-bit  intra for 400, 420, 422 and 444
        { NONE,          MAIN_10_INTRA, MAIN_422_10_INTRA, MAIN_444_10_INTRA }, // 10-bit intra for 400, 420, 422 and 444
        { NONE,          MAIN_12_INTRA, MAIN_422_12_INTRA, MAIN_444_12_INTRA }, // 12-bit intra for 400, 420, 422 and 444
        { NONE,          NONE,          NONE,              MAIN_444_16_INTRA }  // 16-bit intra for 400, 420, 422 and 444
    }
};

static const struct MapStrToTier
{
  const Char* str;
  Level::Tier value;
}
strToTier[] =
{
  {"main", Level::MAIN},
  {"high", Level::HIGH},
};

static const struct MapStrToLevel
{
  const Char* str;
  Level::Name value;
}
strToLevel[] =
{
  {"none",Level::NONE},
  {"1",   Level::LEVEL1},
  {"2",   Level::LEVEL2},
  {"2.1", Level::LEVEL2_1},
  {"3",   Level::LEVEL3},
  {"3.1", Level::LEVEL3_1},
  {"4",   Level::LEVEL4},
  {"4.1", Level::LEVEL4_1},
  {"5",   Level::LEVEL5},
  {"5.1", Level::LEVEL5_1},
  {"5.2", Level::LEVEL5_2},
  {"6",   Level::LEVEL6},
  {"6.1", Level::LEVEL6_1},
  {"6.2", Level::LEVEL6_2},
  {"8.5", Level::LEVEL8_5},
};

static const struct MapStrToCostMode
{
  const Char* str;
  CostMode    value;
}
strToCostMode[] =
{
  {"lossy",                     COST_STANDARD_LOSSY},
  {"sequence_level_lossless",   COST_SEQUENCE_LEVEL_LOSSLESS},
  {"lossless",                  COST_LOSSLESS_CODING},
  {"mixed_lossless_lossy",      COST_MIXED_LOSSLESS_LOSSY_CODING}
};

static const struct MapStrToScalingListMode
{
  const Char* str;
  ScalingListMode value;
}
strToScalingListMode[] =
{
  {"0",       SCALING_LIST_OFF},
  {"1",       SCALING_LIST_DEFAULT},
  {"2",       SCALING_LIST_FILE_READ},
  {"off",     SCALING_LIST_OFF},
  {"default", SCALING_LIST_DEFAULT},
  {"file",    SCALING_LIST_FILE_READ}
};

template<typename T, typename P>
static std::string enumToString(P map[], UInt mapLen, const T val)
{
  for (UInt i = 0; i < mapLen; i++)
  {
    if (val == map[i].value)
    {
      return map[i].str;
    }
  }
  return std::string();
}

template<typename T, typename P>
static istream& readStrToEnum(P map[], UInt mapLen, istream &in, T &val)
{
  string str;
  in >> str;

  for (UInt i = 0; i < mapLen; i++)
  {
    if (str == map[i].str)
    {
      val = map[i].value;
      goto found;
    }
  }
  /* not found */
  in.setstate(ios::failbit);
found:
  return in;
}

//inline to prevent compiler warnings for "unused static function"

static inline istream& operator >> (istream &in, ExtendedProfileName &profile)
{
  return readStrToEnum(strToExtendedProfile, sizeof(strToExtendedProfile)/sizeof(*strToExtendedProfile), in, profile);
}

namespace Level
{
  static inline istream& operator >> (istream &in, Tier &tier)
  {
    return readStrToEnum(strToTier, sizeof(strToTier)/sizeof(*strToTier), in, tier);
  }

  static inline istream& operator >> (istream &in, Name &level)
  {
    return readStrToEnum(strToLevel, sizeof(strToLevel)/sizeof(*strToLevel), in, level);
  }
}

static inline istream& operator >> (istream &in, CostMode &mode)
{
  return readStrToEnum(strToCostMode, sizeof(strToCostMode)/sizeof(*strToCostMode), in, mode);
}

static inline istream& operator >> (istream &in, ScalingListMode &mode)
{
  return readStrToEnum(strToScalingListMode, sizeof(strToScalingListMode)/sizeof(*strToScalingListMode), in, mode);
}

template <class T>
struct SMultiValueInput
{
  const T              minValIncl;
  const T              maxValIncl; // Use 0 for unlimited
  const std::size_t    minNumValuesIncl;
  const std::size_t    maxNumValuesIncl; // Use 0 for unlimited
        std::vector<T> values;
  SMultiValueInput() : minValIncl(0), maxValIncl(0), minNumValuesIncl(0), maxNumValuesIncl(0), values() { }
  SMultiValueInput(std::vector<T> &defaults) : minValIncl(0), maxValIncl(0), minNumValuesIncl(0), maxNumValuesIncl(0), values(defaults) { }
  SMultiValueInput(const T &minValue, const T &maxValue, std::size_t minNumberValues=0, std::size_t maxNumberValues=0)
    : minValIncl(minValue), maxValIncl(maxValue), minNumValuesIncl(minNumberValues), maxNumValuesIncl(maxNumberValues), values()  { }
  SMultiValueInput(const T &minValue, const T &maxValue, std::size_t minNumberValues, std::size_t maxNumberValues, const T* defValues, const UInt numDefValues)
    : minValIncl(minValue), maxValIncl(maxValue), minNumValuesIncl(minNumberValues), maxNumValuesIncl(maxNumberValues), values(defValues, defValues+numDefValues)  { }
  SMultiValueInput<T> &operator=(const std::vector<T> &userValues) { values=userValues; return *this; }
  SMultiValueInput<T> &operator=(const SMultiValueInput<T> &userValues) { values=userValues.values; return *this; }
};

static inline istream& operator >> (istream &in, SMultiValueInput<UInt> &values)
{
  values.values.clear();
  string str;
  while (!in.eof())
  {
    string tmp; in >> tmp; str+=" " + tmp;
  }
  if (!str.empty())
  {
    const Char *pStr=str.c_str();
    // soak up any whitespace
    for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);

    while (*pStr != 0)
    {
      Char *eptr;
      UInt val=strtoul(pStr, &eptr, 0);
      if (*eptr!=0 && !isspace(*eptr) && *eptr!=',')
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }
      if (val<values.minValIncl || val>values.maxValIncl)
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }

      if (values.maxNumValuesIncl != 0 && values.values.size() >= values.maxNumValuesIncl)
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }
      values.values.push_back(val);
      // soak up any whitespace and up to 1 comma.
      pStr=eptr;
      for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);
      if (*pStr == ',')
      {
        pStr++;
      }
      for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);
    }
  }
  if (values.values.size() < values.minNumValuesIncl)
  {
    in.setstate(ios::failbit);
  }
  return in;
}

static inline istream& operator >> (istream &in, SMultiValueInput<Int> &values)
{
  values.values.clear();
  string str;
  while (!in.eof())
  {
    string tmp; in >> tmp; str+=" " + tmp;
  }
  if (!str.empty())
  {
    const Char *pStr=str.c_str();
    // soak up any whitespace
    for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);

    while (*pStr != 0)
    {
      Char *eptr;
      Int val=strtol(pStr, &eptr, 0);
      if (*eptr!=0 && !isspace(*eptr) && *eptr!=',')
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }
      if (val<values.minValIncl || val>values.maxValIncl)
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }

      if (values.maxNumValuesIncl != 0 && values.values.size() >= values.maxNumValuesIncl)
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }
      values.values.push_back(val);
      // soak up any whitespace and up to 1 comma.
      pStr=eptr;
      for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);
      if (*pStr == ',')
      {
        pStr++;
      }
      for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);
    }
  }
  if (values.values.size() < values.minNumValuesIncl)
  {
    in.setstate(ios::failbit);
  }
  return in;
}

static inline istream& operator >> (istream &in, SMultiValueInput<Bool> &values)
{
  values.values.clear();
  string str;
  while (!in.eof())
  {
    string tmp; in >> tmp; str+=" " + tmp;
  }
  if (!str.empty())
  {
    const Char *pStr=str.c_str();
    // soak up any whitespace
    for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);

    while (*pStr != 0)
    {
      Char *eptr;
      Int val=strtol(pStr, &eptr, 0);
      if (*eptr!=0 && !isspace(*eptr) && *eptr!=',')
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }
      if (val<Int(values.minValIncl) || val>Int(values.maxValIncl))
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }

      if (values.maxNumValuesIncl != 0 && values.values.size() >= values.maxNumValuesIncl)
      {
        in.setstate(ios::failbit);
        break;
      }
      values.values.push_back(val!=0);
      // soak up any whitespace and up to 1 comma.
      pStr=eptr;
      for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);
      if (*pStr == ',')
      {
        pStr++;
      }
      for(;isspace(*pStr);pStr++);
    }
  }
  if (values.values.size() < values.minNumValuesIncl)
  {
    in.setstate(ios::failbit);
  }
  return in;
}

static Void
automaticallySelectRExtProfile(const Bool bUsingGeneralRExtTools,
                               const Bool bUsingChromaQPAdjustment,
                               const Bool bUsingExtendedPrecision,
                               const Bool bIntraConstraintFlag,
                               UInt &bitDepthConstraint,
                               ChromaFormat &chromaFormatConstraint,
                               const Int  maxBitDepth,
                               const ChromaFormat chromaFormat)
{
  // Try to choose profile, according to table in Q1013.
  UInt trialBitDepthConstraint=maxBitDepth;
  if (trialBitDepthConstraint<8)
  {
    trialBitDepthConstraint=8;
  }
  else if (trialBitDepthConstraint==9 || trialBitDepthConstraint==11)
  {
    trialBitDepthConstraint++;
  }
  else if (trialBitDepthConstraint>12)
  {
    trialBitDepthConstraint=16;
  }

  // both format and bit depth constraints are unspecified
  if (bUsingExtendedPrecision || trialBitDepthConstraint==16)
  {
    bitDepthConstraint = 16;
    chromaFormatConstraint = (!bIntraConstraintFlag && chromaFormat==CHROMA_400) ? CHROMA_400 : CHROMA_444;
  }
  else if (bUsingGeneralRExtTools)
  {
    if (chromaFormat == CHROMA_400 && !bIntraConstraintFlag)
    {
      bitDepthConstraint = 16;
      chromaFormatConstraint = CHROMA_400;
    }
    else
    {
      bitDepthConstraint = trialBitDepthConstraint;
      chromaFormatConstraint = CHROMA_444;
    }
  }
  else if (chromaFormat == CHROMA_400)
  {
    if (bIntraConstraintFlag)
    {
      chromaFormatConstraint = CHROMA_420; // there is no intra 4:0:0 profile.
      bitDepthConstraint     = trialBitDepthConstraint;
    }
    else
    {
      chromaFormatConstraint = CHROMA_400;
      bitDepthConstraint     = trialBitDepthConstraint == 8 ? 8 : 12;
    }
  }
  else
  {
    bitDepthConstraint = trialBitDepthConstraint;
    chromaFormatConstraint = chromaFormat;
    if (bUsingChromaQPAdjustment && chromaFormat == CHROMA_420)
    {
      chromaFormatConstraint = CHROMA_422; // 4:2:0 cannot use the chroma qp tool.
    }
    if (chromaFormatConstraint == CHROMA_422 && bitDepthConstraint == 8)
    {
      bitDepthConstraint = 10; // there is no 8-bit 4:2:2 profile.
    }
    if (chromaFormatConstraint == CHROMA_420 && !bIntraConstraintFlag)
    {
      bitDepthConstraint = 12; // there is no 8 or 10-bit 4:2:0 inter RExt profile.
    }
  }
}
// ====================================================================================================================
// Public member functions
// ====================================================================================================================

/** \param  argc        number of arguments
    \param  argv        array of arguments
    \retval             true when success
 */
Bool TAppEncCfg::parseCfg( Int argc, Char* argv[] )
{
  Bool do_help = false;

#if !NH_MV
  string cfg_InputFile;
#endif
  string cfg_BitstreamFile;
#if !NH_MV
  string cfg_ReconFile;
#endif
#if NH_MV
  vector<Int>   cfg_dimensionLength; 
  string        cfg_profiles;
  string        cfg_levels; 
  string        cfg_tiers; 
  cfg_dimensionLength.push_back( 64 ); 
#endif
  string cfg_dQPFile;
  string cfg_ScalingListFile;

  Int tmpChromaFormat;
  Int tmpInputChromaFormat;
  Int tmpConstraintChromaFormat;
  string inputColourSpaceConvert;
#if NH_MV
  std::vector<ExtendedProfileName> extendedProfiles;
#else
  ExtendedProfileName extendedProfile;
#endif
  Int saoOffsetBitShift[MAX_NUM_CHANNEL_TYPE];

  // Multi-value input fields:                                // minval, maxval (incl), min_entries, max_entries (incl) [, default values, number of default values]
  SMultiValueInput<UInt> cfg_ColumnWidth                     (0, std::numeric_limits<UInt>::max(), 0, std::numeric_limits<UInt>::max());
  SMultiValueInput<UInt> cfg_RowHeight                       (0, std::numeric_limits<UInt>::max(), 0, std::numeric_limits<UInt>::max());
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_startOfCodedInterval            (std::numeric_limits<Int>::min(), std::numeric_limits<Int>::max(), 0, 1<<16);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_codedPivotValue                 (std::numeric_limits<Int>::min(), std::numeric_limits<Int>::max(), 0, 1<<16);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_targetPivotValue                (std::numeric_limits<Int>::min(), std::numeric_limits<Int>::max(), 0, 1<<16);

  const UInt defaultInputKneeCodes[3]  = { 600, 800, 900 };
  const UInt defaultOutputKneeCodes[3] = { 100, 250, 450 };
  SMultiValueInput<UInt> cfg_kneeSEIInputKneePointValue      (1,  999, 0, 999, defaultInputKneeCodes,  sizeof(defaultInputKneeCodes )/sizeof(UInt));
  SMultiValueInput<UInt> cfg_kneeSEIOutputKneePointValue     (0, 1000, 0, 999, defaultOutputKneeCodes, sizeof(defaultOutputKneeCodes)/sizeof(UInt));
  const Int defaultPrimaryCodes[6]     = { 0,50000, 0,0, 50000,0 };
  const Int defaultWhitePointCode[2]   = { 16667, 16667 };
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_DisplayPrimariesCode            (0, 50000, 3, 3, defaultPrimaryCodes,   sizeof(defaultPrimaryCodes  )/sizeof(Int));
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_DisplayWhitePointCode           (0, 50000, 2, 2, defaultWhitePointCode, sizeof(defaultWhitePointCode)/sizeof(Int));

  SMultiValueInput<Bool> cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeStampFlag        (0,  1, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Bool> cfg_timeCodeSeiNumUnitFieldBasedFlag(0,  1, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_timeCodeSeiCountingType         (0,  6, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Bool> cfg_timeCodeSeiFullTimeStampFlag    (0,  1, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Bool> cfg_timeCodeSeiDiscontinuityFlag    (0,  1, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Bool> cfg_timeCodeSeiCntDroppedFlag       (0,  1, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_timeCodeSeiNumberOfFrames       (0,511, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsValue         (0, 59, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesValue         (0, 59, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursValue           (0, 23, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Bool> cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsFlag          (0,  1, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Bool> cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesFlag          (0,  1, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Bool> cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursFlag            (0,  1, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetLength     (0, 31, 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  SMultiValueInput<Int>  cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetValue      (std::numeric_limits<Int>::min(), std::numeric_limits<Int>::max(), 0, MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS);
  Int warnUnknowParameter = 0;

  po::Options opts;
  opts.addOptions()
  ("help",                                            do_help,                                          false, "this help text")
  ("c",    po::parseConfigFile, "configuration file name")
  ("WarnUnknowParameter,w",                           warnUnknowParameter,                                  0, "warn for unknown configuration parameters instead of failing")

  // File, I/O and source parameters
#if NH_MV
  ("InputFile_%d,i_%d",       m_pchInputFileList,       (char *) 0 , MAX_NUM_LAYER_IDS , "original Yuv input file name %d")
#else
  ("InputFile,i",                                     cfg_InputFile,                               string(""), "Original YUV input file name")
#endif
  ("BitstreamFile,b",                                 cfg_BitstreamFile,                           string(""), "Bitstream output file name")
#if NH_MV
  ("ReconFile_%d,o_%d",       m_pchReconFileList,       (char *) 0 , MAX_NUM_LAYER_IDS , "reconstructed Yuv output file name %d")
#else
  ("ReconFile,o",                                     cfg_ReconFile,                               string(""), "Reconstructed YUV output file name")
#endif
#if NH_MV
  ("NumberOfLayers",        m_numberOfLayers     , 1,                     "Number of layers")
  ("ScalabilityMask",       m_scalabilityMask    , 2                    , "Scalability Mask: 2: Multiview, 8: Auxiliary, 10: Multiview + Auxiliary")    
  ("DimensionIdLen",        m_dimensionIdLen     , cfg_dimensionLength  , "Number of bits used to store dimensions Id")
  ("ViewOrderIndex",        m_viewOrderIndex     , std::vector<Int>(1,0), "View Order Index per layer")
  ("ViewId",                m_viewId             , std::vector<Int>(1,0), "View Id per View Order Index")
  ("AuxId",                 m_auxId              , std::vector<Int>(1,0), "AuxId per layer")
  ("TargetEncLayerIdList",  m_targetEncLayerIdList, std::vector<Int>(0,0), "LayerIds in Nuh to be encoded")  
  ("LayerIdInNuh",          m_layerIdInNuh        , std::vector<Int>(1,0), "LayerId in Nuh")  
  ("SplittingFlag",         m_splittingFlag       , false                , "Splitting Flag")    

  // Layer Sets + Output Layer Sets + Profile Tier Level
  ("VpsNumLayerSets",       m_vpsNumLayerSets    , 1                    , "Number of layer sets")    
  ("LayerIdsInSet_%d",      m_layerIdsInSets     , std::vector<Int>(1,0), MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1 ,"LayerIds of Layer set")  
  ("NumAddLayerSets"     , m_numAddLayerSets     , 0                                              , "NumAddLayerSets     ")
  ("HighestLayerIdxPlus1_%d", m_highestLayerIdxPlus1, std::vector< Int  >(0,0)  ,MAX_VPS_NUM_ADD_LAYER_SETS, "HighestLayerIdxPlus1")
  ("DefaultTargetOutputLayerIdc"     , m_defaultOutputLayerIdc     , 0, "Specifies output layers of layer sets, 0: output all layers, 1: output highest layer, 2: specified by LayerIdsInDefOutputLayerSet")
  ("OutputLayerSetIdx",     m_outputLayerSetIdx  , std::vector<Int>(0,0), "Indices of layer sets used as additional output layer sets")  

  ("LayerIdsInAddOutputLayerSet_%d", m_layerIdsInAddOutputLayerSet      , std::vector<Int>(0,0), MAX_VPS_ADD_OUTPUT_LAYER_SETS, "Indices in VPS of output layers in additional output layer set")  
  ("LayerIdsInDefOutputLayerSet_%d", m_layerIdsInDefOutputLayerSet      , std::vector<Int>(0,0), MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1, "Indices in VPS of output layers in layer set")  
  ("AltOutputLayerFlag",    m_altOutputLayerFlag , std::vector<Bool>(1,0), "Alt output layer flag")
  
  ("ProfileTierLevelIdx_%d",  m_profileTierLevelIdx, std::vector<Int>(0), MAX_NUM_LAYERS, "Indices to profile level tier for ols")
  // Layer dependencies
  ("DirectRefLayers_%d",    m_directRefLayers    , std::vector<Int>(0,0), MAX_NUM_LAYERS, "LayerIdx in VPS of direct reference layers")
  ("DependencyTypes_%d",    m_dependencyTypes    , std::vector<Int>(0,0), MAX_NUM_LAYERS, "Dependency types of direct reference layers, 0: Sample 1: Motion 2: Sample+Motion")
#endif
  ("SourceWidth,-wdt",                                m_iSourceWidth,                                       0, "Source picture width")
  ("SourceHeight,-hgt",                               m_iSourceHeight,                                      0, "Source picture height")
  ("InputBitDepth",                                   m_inputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA],                   8, "Bit-depth of input file")
  ("OutputBitDepth",                                  m_outputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA],                  0, "Bit-depth of output file (default:InternalBitDepth)")
  ("MSBExtendedBitDepth",                             m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA],             0, "bit depth of luma component after addition of MSBs of value 0 (used for synthesising High Dynamic Range source material). (default:InputBitDepth)")
  ("InternalBitDepth",                                m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA],                0, "Bit-depth the codec operates at. (default:MSBExtendedBitDepth). If different to MSBExtendedBitDepth, source data will be converted")
  ("InputBitDepthC",                                  m_inputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA],                 0, "As per InputBitDepth but for chroma component. (default:InputBitDepth)")
  ("OutputBitDepthC",                                 m_outputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA],                0, "As per OutputBitDepth but for chroma component. (default:InternalBitDepthC)")
  ("MSBExtendedBitDepthC",                            m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA],           0, "As per MSBExtendedBitDepth but for chroma component. (default:MSBExtendedBitDepth)")
  ("InternalBitDepthC",                               m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA],              0, "As per InternalBitDepth but for chroma component. (default:InternalBitDepth)")
  ("ExtendedPrecision",                               m_extendedPrecisionProcessingFlag,                false, "Increased internal accuracies to support high bit depths (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("HighPrecisionPredictionWeighting",                m_highPrecisionOffsetsEnabledFlag,                false, "Use high precision option for weighted prediction (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("InputColourSpaceConvert",                         inputColourSpaceConvert,                     string(""), "Colour space conversion to apply to input video. Permitted values are (empty string=UNCHANGED) " + getListOfColourSpaceConverts(true))
  ("SNRInternalColourSpace",                          m_snrInternalColourSpace,                         false, "If true, then no colour space conversion is applied prior to SNR, otherwise inverse of input is applied.")
  ("OutputInternalColourSpace",                       m_outputInternalColourSpace,                      false, "If true, then no colour space conversion is applied for reconstructed video, otherwise inverse of input is applied.")
  ("InputChromaFormat",                               tmpInputChromaFormat,                               420, "InputChromaFormatIDC")
  ("MSEBasedSequencePSNR",                            m_printMSEBasedSequencePSNR,                      false, "0 (default) emit sequence PSNR only as a linear average of the frame PSNRs, 1 = also emit a sequence PSNR based on an average of the frame MSEs")
  ("PrintFrameMSE",                                   m_printFrameMSE,                                  false, "0 (default) emit only bit count and PSNRs for each frame, 1 = also emit MSE values")
  ("PrintSequenceMSE",                                m_printSequenceMSE,                               false, "0 (default) emit only bit rate and PSNRs for the whole sequence, 1 = also emit MSE values")
  ("CabacZeroWordPaddingEnabled",                     m_cabacZeroWordPaddingEnabled,                     true, "0 do not add conforming cabac-zero-words to bit streams, 1 (default) = add cabac-zero-words as required")
  ("ChromaFormatIDC,-cf",                             tmpChromaFormat,                                      0, "ChromaFormatIDC (400|420|422|444 or set 0 (default) for same as InputChromaFormat)")
  ("ConformanceMode",                                 m_conformanceWindowMode,                              0, "Deprecated alias of ConformanceWindowMode")
  ("ConformanceWindowMode",                           m_conformanceWindowMode,                              0, "Window conformance mode (0: no window, 1:automatic padding, 2:padding, 3:conformance")
  ("HorizontalPadding,-pdx",                          m_aiPad[0],                                           0, "Horizontal source padding for conformance window mode 2")
  ("VerticalPadding,-pdy",                            m_aiPad[1],                                           0, "Vertical source padding for conformance window mode 2")
  ("ConfLeft",                                        m_confWinLeft,                                        0, "Deprecated alias of ConfWinLeft")
  ("ConfRight",                                       m_confWinRight,                                       0, "Deprecated alias of ConfWinRight")
  ("ConfTop",                                         m_confWinTop,                                         0, "Deprecated alias of ConfWinTop")
  ("ConfBottom",                                      m_confWinBottom,                                      0, "Deprecated alias of ConfWinBottom")
  ("ConfWinLeft",                                     m_confWinLeft,                                        0, "Left offset for window conformance mode 3")
  ("ConfWinRight",                                    m_confWinRight,                                       0, "Right offset for window conformance mode 3")
  ("ConfWinTop",                                      m_confWinTop,                                         0, "Top offset for window conformance mode 3")
  ("ConfWinBottom",                                   m_confWinBottom,                                      0, "Bottom offset for window conformance mode 3")
  ("FrameRate,-fr",                                   m_iFrameRate,                                         0, "Frame rate")
  ("FrameSkip,-fs",                                   m_FrameSkip,                                         0u, "Number of frames to skip at start of input YUV")
  ("FramesToBeEncoded,f",                             m_framesToBeEncoded,                                  0, "Number of frames to be encoded (default=all)")
  ("ClipInputVideoToRec709Range",                     m_bClipInputVideoToRec709Range,                   false, "If true then clip input video to the Rec. 709 Range on loading when InternalBitDepth is less than MSBExtendedBitDepth")
  ("ClipOutputVideoToRec709Range",                    m_bClipOutputVideoToRec709Range,                  false, "If true then clip output video to the Rec. 709 Range on saving when OutputBitDepth is less than InternalBitDepth")
  ("SummaryOutFilename",                              m_summaryOutFilename,                          string(), "Filename to use for producing summary output file. If empty, do not produce a file.")
  ("SummaryPicFilenameBase",                          m_summaryPicFilenameBase,                      string(), "Base filename to use for producing summary picture output files. The actual filenames used will have I.txt, P.txt and B.txt appended. If empty, do not produce a file.")
  ("SummaryVerboseness",                              m_summaryVerboseness,                                0u, "Specifies the level of the verboseness of the text output")

  //Field coding parameters
  ("FieldCoding",                                     m_isField,                                        false, "Signals if it's a field based coding")
  ("TopFieldFirst, Tff",                              m_isTopFieldFirst,                                false, "In case of field based coding, signals whether if it's a top field first or not")
  ("EfficientFieldIRAPEnabled",                       m_bEfficientFieldIRAPEnabled,                      true, "Enable to code fields in a specific, potentially more efficient, order.")
  ("HarmonizeGopFirstFieldCoupleEnabled",             m_bHarmonizeGopFirstFieldCoupleEnabled,            true, "Enables harmonization of Gop first field couple")

  // Profile and level
#if NH_MV
  ("Profile" ,                                        cfg_profiles,                                string(""), "Profile in VpsProfileTierLevel (Indication only)")
  ("Level"   ,                                        cfg_levels ,                                 string(""), "Level indication in VpsProfileTierLevel (Indication only)")
  ("Tier"    ,                                        cfg_tiers  ,                                 string(""), "Tier indication in VpsProfileTierLevel (Indication only)")
  ("InblFlag",                                        m_inblFlag ,                       std::vector<Bool>(0), "InblFlags in VpsProfileTierLevel (Indication only)" )
#else
  ("Profile",                                         extendedProfile,                                   NONE, "Profile name to use for encoding. Use main (for main), main10 (for main10), main-still-picture, main-RExt (for Range Extensions profile), any of the RExt specific profile names, or none")
  ("Level",                                           m_level,                                    Level::NONE, "Level limit to be used, eg 5.1, or none")
  ("Tier",                                            m_levelTier,                                Level::MAIN, "Tier to use for interpretation of --Level (main or high only)")
#endif
  ("MaxBitDepthConstraint",                           m_bitDepthConstraint,                                0u, "Bit depth to use for profile-constraint for RExt profiles. 0=automatically choose based upon other parameters")
  ("MaxChromaFormatConstraint",                       tmpConstraintChromaFormat,                            0, "Chroma-format to use for the profile-constraint for RExt profiles. 0=automatically choose based upon other parameters")
  ("IntraConstraintFlag",                             m_intraConstraintFlag,                            false, "Value of general_intra_constraint_flag to use for RExt profiles (not used if an explicit RExt sub-profile is specified)")
  ("OnePictureOnlyConstraintFlag",                    m_onePictureOnlyConstraintFlag,                   false, "Value of general_one_picture_only_constraint_flag to use for RExt profiles (not used if an explicit RExt sub-profile is specified)")
  ("LowerBitRateConstraintFlag",                      m_lowerBitRateConstraintFlag,                      true, "Value of general_lower_bit_rate_constraint_flag to use for RExt profiles")

  ("ProgressiveSource",                               m_progressiveSourceFlag,                          false, "Indicate that source is progressive")
  ("InterlacedSource",                                m_interlacedSourceFlag,                           false, "Indicate that source is interlaced")
  ("NonPackedSource",                                 m_nonPackedConstraintFlag,                        false, "Indicate that source does not contain frame packing")
  ("FrameOnly",                                       m_frameOnlyConstraintFlag,                        false, "Indicate that the bitstream contains only frames")

  // Unit definition parameters
  ("MaxCUWidth",                                      m_uiMaxCUWidth,                                     64u)
  ("MaxCUHeight",                                     m_uiMaxCUHeight,                                    64u)
  // todo: remove defaults from MaxCUSize
  ("MaxCUSize,s",                                     m_uiMaxCUWidth,                                     64u, "Maximum CU size")
  ("MaxCUSize,s",                                     m_uiMaxCUHeight,                                    64u, "Maximum CU size")
  ("MaxPartitionDepth,h",                             m_uiMaxCUDepth,                                      4u, "CU depth")

  ("QuadtreeTULog2MaxSize",                           m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MaxSize,                           6u, "Maximum TU size in logarithm base 2")
  ("QuadtreeTULog2MinSize",                           m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize,                           2u, "Minimum TU size in logarithm base 2")

  ("QuadtreeTUMaxDepthIntra",                         m_uiQuadtreeTUMaxDepthIntra,                         1u, "Depth of TU tree for intra CUs")
  ("QuadtreeTUMaxDepthInter",                         m_uiQuadtreeTUMaxDepthInter,                         2u, "Depth of TU tree for inter CUs")
#if NH_MV  
  // Coding structure parameters
  ("IntraPeriod,-ip",                                 m_iIntraPeriod,std::vector<Int>(1,-1)                  , "Intra period in frames, (-1: only first frame), per layer")
#else
  // Coding structure paramters
  ("IntraPeriod,-ip",                                 m_iIntraPeriod,                                      -1, "Intra period in frames, (-1: only first frame)")
#endif
  ("DecodingRefreshType,-dr",                         m_iDecodingRefreshType,                               0, "Intra refresh type (0:none 1:CRA 2:IDR 3:RecPointSEI)")
  ("GOPSize,g",                                       m_iGOPSize,                                           1, "GOP size of temporal structure")

  // motion search options
  ("DisableIntraInInter",                             m_bDisableIntraPUsInInterSlices,                  false, "Flag to disable intra PUs in inter slices")
  ("FastSearch",                                      m_iFastSearch,                                        1, "0:Full search  1:Diamond  2:PMVFAST")
  ("SearchRange,-sr",                                 m_iSearchRange,                                      96, "Motion search range")
#if NH_MV
  ("DispSearchRangeRestriction",  m_bUseDisparitySearchRangeRestriction, false, "restrict disparity search range")
  ("VerticalDispSearchRange",     m_iVerticalDisparitySearchRange, 56, "vertical disparity search range")
#endif
  ("BipredSearchRange",                               m_bipredSearchRange,                                  4, "Motion search range for bipred refinement")
  ("ClipForBiPredMEEnabled",                          m_bClipForBiPredMeEnabled,                        false, "Enables clipping in the Bi-Pred ME. It is disabled to reduce encoder run-time")
  ("FastMEAssumingSmootherMVEnabled",                 m_bFastMEAssumingSmootherMVEnabled,                true, "Enables fast ME assuming a smoother MV.")

  ("HadamardME",                                      m_bUseHADME,                                       true, "Hadamard ME for fractional-pel")
  ("ASR",                                             m_bUseASR,                                        false, "Adaptive motion search range")

  // Mode decision parameters
  ("LambdaModifier0,-LM0",                            m_adLambdaModifier[ 0 ],                  ( Double )1.0, "Lambda modifier for temporal layer 0")
  ("LambdaModifier1,-LM1",                            m_adLambdaModifier[ 1 ],                  ( Double )1.0, "Lambda modifier for temporal layer 1")
  ("LambdaModifier2,-LM2",                            m_adLambdaModifier[ 2 ],                  ( Double )1.0, "Lambda modifier for temporal layer 2")
  ("LambdaModifier3,-LM3",                            m_adLambdaModifier[ 3 ],                  ( Double )1.0, "Lambda modifier for temporal layer 3")
  ("LambdaModifier4,-LM4",                            m_adLambdaModifier[ 4 ],                  ( Double )1.0, "Lambda modifier for temporal layer 4")
  ("LambdaModifier5,-LM5",                            m_adLambdaModifier[ 5 ],                  ( Double )1.0, "Lambda modifier for temporal layer 5")
  ("LambdaModifier6,-LM6",                            m_adLambdaModifier[ 6 ],                  ( Double )1.0, "Lambda modifier for temporal layer 6")

  /* Quantization parameters */
#if NH_MV
  ("QP,q",          m_fQP, std::vector<double>(1,30.0), "Qp values for each layer, if value is float, QP is switched once during encoding")
#else
  ("QP,q",                                            m_fQP,                                             30.0, "Qp value, if value is float, QP is switched once during encoding")
#endif
  ("DeltaQpRD,-dqr",                                  m_uiDeltaQpRD,                                       0u, "max dQp offset for slice")
  ("MaxDeltaQP,d",                                    m_iMaxDeltaQP,                                        0, "max dQp offset for block")
  ("MaxCuDQPDepth,-dqd",                              m_iMaxCuDQPDepth,                                     0, "max depth for a minimum CuDQP")
  ("MaxCUChromaQpAdjustmentDepth",                    m_diffCuChromaQpOffsetDepth,                         -1, "Maximum depth for CU chroma Qp adjustment - set less than 0 to disable")
  ("FastDeltaQP",                                     m_bFastDeltaQP,                                   false, "Fast Delta QP Algorithm")

  ("CbQpOffset,-cbqpofs",                             m_cbQpOffset,                                         0, "Chroma Cb QP Offset")
  ("CrQpOffset,-crqpofs",                             m_crQpOffset,                                         0, "Chroma Cr QP Offset")

#if ADAPTIVE_QP_SELECTION
  ("AdaptiveQpSelection,-aqps",                       m_bUseAdaptQpSelect,                              false, "AdaptiveQpSelection")
#endif

  ("AdaptiveQP,-aq",                                  m_bUseAdaptiveQP,                                 false, "QP adaptation based on a psycho-visual model")
  ("MaxQPAdaptationRange,-aqr",                       m_iQPAdaptationRange,                                 6, "QP adaptation range")
  ("dQPFile,m",                                       cfg_dQPFile,                                 string(""), "dQP file name")
  ("RDOQ",                                            m_useRDOQ,                                         true)
  ("RDOQTS",                                          m_useRDOQTS,                                       true)
#if T0196_SELECTIVE_RDOQ
  ("SelectiveRDOQ",                                   m_useSelectiveRDOQ,                               false, "Enable selective RDOQ")
#endif
  ("RDpenalty",                                       m_rdPenalty,                                          0,  "RD-penalty for 32x32 TU for intra in non-intra slices. 0:disabled  1:RD-penalty  2:maximum RD-penalty")

  // Deblocking filter parameters
#if NH_MV
  ("LoopFilterDisable",                               m_bLoopFilterDisable,                             std::vector<Bool>(1,false), "Disable Loop Filter per Layer" )
#else
  ("LoopFilterDisable",                               m_bLoopFilterDisable,                             false)
#endif
  ("LoopFilterOffsetInPPS",                           m_loopFilterOffsetInPPS,                           true)
  ("LoopFilterBetaOffset_div2",                       m_loopFilterBetaOffsetDiv2,                           0)
  ("LoopFilterTcOffset_div2",                         m_loopFilterTcOffsetDiv2,                             0)
  ("DeblockingFilterMetric",                          m_DeblockingFilterMetric,                         false)

  // Coding tools
  ("AMP",                                             m_enableAMP,                                       true, "Enable asymmetric motion partitions")
  ("CrossComponentPrediction",                        m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag,            false, "Enable the use of cross-component prediction (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("ReconBasedCrossCPredictionEstimate",              m_reconBasedCrossCPredictionEstimate,             false, "When determining the alpha value for cross-component prediction, use the decoded residual rather than the pre-transform encoder-side residual")
  ("SaoLumaOffsetBitShift",                           saoOffsetBitShift[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA],                 0, "Specify the luma SAO bit-shift. If negative, automatically calculate a suitable value based upon bit depth and initial QP")
  ("SaoChromaOffsetBitShift",                         saoOffsetBitShift[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA],               0, "Specify the chroma SAO bit-shift. If negative, automatically calculate a suitable value based upon bit depth and initial QP")
  ("TransformSkip",                                   m_useTransformSkip,                               false, "Intra transform skipping")
  ("TransformSkipFast",                               m_useTransformSkipFast,                           false, "Fast intra transform skipping")
  ("TransformSkipLog2MaxSize",                        m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize,                     2U, "Specify transform-skip maximum size. Minimum 2. (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("ImplicitResidualDPCM",                            m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_IMPLICIT],        false, "Enable implicitly signalled residual DPCM for intra (also known as sample-adaptive intra predict) (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("ExplicitResidualDPCM",                            m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_EXPLICIT],        false, "Enable explicitly signalled residual DPCM for inter (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("ResidualRotation",                                m_transformSkipRotationEnabledFlag,               false, "Enable rotation of transform-skipped and transquant-bypassed TUs through 180 degrees prior to entropy coding (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("SingleSignificanceMapContext",                    m_transformSkipContextEnabledFlag,                false, "Enable, for transform-skipped and transquant-bypassed TUs, the selection of a single significance map context variable for all coefficients (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("GolombRiceParameterAdaptation",                   m_persistentRiceAdaptationEnabledFlag,            false, "Enable the adaptation of the Golomb-Rice parameter over the course of each slice")
  ("AlignCABACBeforeBypass",                          m_cabacBypassAlignmentEnabledFlag,                false, "Align the CABAC engine to a defined fraction of a bit prior to coding bypass data. Must be 1 in high bit rate profile, 0 otherwise" )
#if NH_MV
  ("SAO",                      m_bUseSAO, std::vector<Bool>(1,true), "Enable Sample Adaptive Offset per Layer")
#else
  ("SAO",                                             m_bUseSAO,                                         true, "Enable Sample Adaptive Offset")
#endif
  ("TestSAODisableAtPictureLevel",                    m_bTestSAODisableAtPictureLevel,                  false, "Enables the testing of disabling SAO at the picture level after having analysed all blocks")
  ("SaoEncodingRate",                                 m_saoEncodingRate,                                 0.75, "When >0 SAO early picture termination is enabled for luma and chroma")
  ("SaoEncodingRateChroma",                           m_saoEncodingRateChroma,                            0.5, "The SAO early picture termination rate to use for chroma (when m_SaoEncodingRate is >0). If <=0, use results for luma")
  ("MaxNumOffsetsPerPic",                             m_maxNumOffsetsPerPic,                             2048, "Max number of SAO offset per picture (Default: 2048)")
  ("SAOLcuBoundary",                                  m_saoCtuBoundary,                                 false, "0: right/bottom CTU boundary areas skipped from SAO parameter estimation, 1: non-deblocked pixels are used for those areas")
  ("SliceMode",                                       m_sliceMode,                                          0, "0: Disable all Recon slice limits, 1: Enforce max # of CTUs, 2: Enforce max # of bytes, 3:specify tiles per dependent slice")
  ("SliceArgument",                                   m_sliceArgument,                                      0, "Depending on SliceMode being:"
                                                                                                               "\t1: max number of CTUs per slice"
                                                                                                               "\t2: max number of bytes per slice"
                                                                                                               "\t3: max number of tiles per slice")
  ("SliceSegmentMode",                                m_sliceSegmentMode,                                   0, "0: Disable all slice segment limits, 1: Enforce max # of CTUs, 2: Enforce max # of bytes, 3:specify tiles per dependent slice")
  ("SliceSegmentArgument",                            m_sliceSegmentArgument,                               0, "Depending on SliceSegmentMode being:"
                                                                                                               "\t1: max number of CTUs per slice segment"
                                                                                                               "\t2: max number of bytes per slice segment"
                                                                                                               "\t3: max number of tiles per slice segment")
  ("LFCrossSliceBoundaryFlag",                        m_bLFCrossSliceBoundaryFlag,                       true)

  ("ConstrainedIntraPred",                            m_bUseConstrainedIntraPred,                       false, "Constrained Intra Prediction")
  ("FastUDIUseMPMEnabled",                            m_bFastUDIUseMPMEnabled,                           true, "If enabled, adapt intra direction search, accounting for MPM")
  ("FastMEForGenBLowDelayEnabled",                    m_bFastMEForGenBLowDelayEnabled,                   true, "If enabled use a fast ME for generalised B Low Delay slices")
  ("UseBLambdaForNonKeyLowDelayPictures",             m_bUseBLambdaForNonKeyLowDelayPictures,            true, "Enables use of B-Lambda for non-key low-delay pictures")
  ("PCMEnabledFlag",                                  m_usePCM,                                         false)
  ("PCMLog2MaxSize",                                  m_pcmLog2MaxSize,                                    5u)
  ("PCMLog2MinSize",                                  m_uiPCMLog2MinSize,                                  3u)

  ("PCMInputBitDepthFlag",                            m_bPCMInputBitDepthFlag,                           true)
  ("PCMFilterDisableFlag",                            m_bPCMFilterDisableFlag,                          false)
  ("IntraReferenceSmoothing",                         m_enableIntraReferenceSmoothing,                   true, "0: Disable use of intra reference smoothing. 1: Enable use of intra reference smoothing (not valid in V1 profiles)")
  ("WeightedPredP,-wpP",                              m_useWeightedPred,                                false, "Use weighted prediction in P slices")
  ("WeightedPredB,-wpB",                              m_useWeightedBiPred,                              false, "Use weighted (bidirectional) prediction in B slices")
  ("Log2ParallelMergeLevel",                          m_log2ParallelMergeLevel,                            2u, "Parallel merge estimation region")
    //deprecated copies of renamed tile parameters
  ("UniformSpacingIdc",                               m_tileUniformSpacingFlag,                         false,      "deprecated alias of TileUniformSpacing")
  ("ColumnWidthArray",                                cfg_ColumnWidth,                        cfg_ColumnWidth, "deprecated alias of TileColumnWidthArray")
  ("RowHeightArray",                                  cfg_RowHeight,                            cfg_RowHeight, "deprecated alias of TileRowHeightArray")

  ("TileUniformSpacing",                              m_tileUniformSpacingFlag,                         false,      "Indicates that tile columns and rows are distributed uniformly")
  ("NumTileColumnsMinus1",                            m_numTileColumnsMinus1,                               0,          "Number of tile columns in a picture minus 1")
  ("NumTileRowsMinus1",                               m_numTileRowsMinus1,                                  0,          "Number of rows in a picture minus 1")
  ("TileColumnWidthArray",                            cfg_ColumnWidth,                        cfg_ColumnWidth, "Array containing tile column width values in units of CTU")
  ("TileRowHeightArray",                              cfg_RowHeight,                            cfg_RowHeight, "Array containing tile row height values in units of CTU")
  ("LFCrossTileBoundaryFlag",                         m_bLFCrossTileBoundaryFlag,                        true, "1: cross-tile-boundary loop filtering. 0:non-cross-tile-boundary loop filtering")
  ("WaveFrontSynchro",                                m_iWaveFrontSynchro,                                  0, "0: no synchro; 1 synchro with top-right-right")
  ("ScalingList",                                     m_useScalingListId,                    SCALING_LIST_OFF, "0/off: no scaling list, 1/default: default scaling lists, 2/file: scaling lists specified in ScalingListFile")
  ("ScalingListFile",                                 cfg_ScalingListFile,                         string(""), "Scaling list file name. Use an empty string to produce help.")
  ("SignHideFlag,-SBH",                               m_signHideFlag,                                    true)
  ("MaxNumMergeCand",                                 m_maxNumMergeCand,                                   5u, "Maximum number of merge candidates")
  /* Misc. */
  ("SEIDecodedPictureHash",                           m_decodedPictureHashSEIEnabled,                       0, "Control generation of decode picture hash SEI messages\n"
                                                                                                               "\t3: checksum\n"
                                                                                                               "\t2: CRC\n"
                                                                                                               "\t1: use MD5\n"
                                                                                                               "\t0: disable")
  ("TMVPMode",                                        m_TMVPModeId,                                         1, "TMVP mode 0: TMVP disable for all slices. 1: TMVP enable for all slices (default) 2: TMVP enable for certain slices only")
  ("FEN",                                             m_bUseFastEnc,                                    false, "fast encoder setting")
  ("ECU",                                             m_bUseEarlyCU,                                    false, "Early CU setting")
  ("FDM",                                             m_useFastDecisionForMerge,                         true, "Fast decision for Merge RD Cost")
  ("CFM",                                             m_bUseCbfFastMode,                                false, "Cbf fast mode setting")
  ("ESD",                                             m_useEarlySkipDetection,                          false, "Early SKIP detection setting")
  ( "RateControl",                                    m_RCEnableRateControl,                            false, "Rate control: enable rate control" )
  ( "TargetBitrate",                                  m_RCTargetBitrate,                                    0, "Rate control: target bit-rate" )
  ( "KeepHierarchicalBit",                            m_RCKeepHierarchicalBit,                              0, "Rate control: 0: equal bit allocation; 1: fixed ratio bit allocation; 2: adaptive ratio bit allocation" )
  ( "LCULevelRateControl",                            m_RCLCULevelRC,                                    true, "Rate control: true: CTU level RC; false: picture level RC" )
  ( "RCLCUSeparateModel",                             m_RCUseLCUSeparateModel,                           true, "Rate control: use CTU level separate R-lambda model" )
  ( "InitialQP",                                      m_RCInitialQP,                                        0, "Rate control: initial QP" )
  ( "RCForceIntraQP",                                 m_RCForceIntraQP,                                 false, "Rate control: force intra QP to be equal to initial QP" )

#if NH_MV
// A lot of this stuff could should actually be derived by the encoder.
  // VPS VUI
  ("VpsVuiPresentFlag"           , m_vpsVuiPresentFlag           , false                                           , "VpsVuiPresentFlag           ")
  ("CrossLayerPicTypeAlignedFlag", m_crossLayerPicTypeAlignedFlag, false                                           , "CrossLayerPicTypeAlignedFlag")  // Could actually be derived by the encoder
  ("CrossLayerIrapAlignedFlag"   , m_crossLayerIrapAlignedFlag   , false                                           , "CrossLayerIrapAlignedFlag   ")  // Could actually be derived by the encoder
  ("AllLayersIdrAlignedFlag"     , m_allLayersIdrAlignedFlag     , false                                           , "CrossLayerIrapAlignedFlag   ")  // Could actually be derived by the encoder
  ("BitRatePresentVpsFlag"       , m_bitRatePresentVpsFlag       , false                                           , "BitRatePresentVpsFlag       ")
  ("PicRatePresentVpsFlag"       , m_picRatePresentVpsFlag       , false                                           , "PicRatePresentVpsFlag       ")
  ("BitRatePresentFlag"          , m_bitRatePresentFlag          , BoolAry1d(1,0)  ,MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1, "BitRatePresentFlag per sub layer for the N-th layer set")
  ("PicRatePresentFlag"          , m_picRatePresentFlag          , BoolAry1d(1,0)  ,MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1, "PicRatePresentFlag per sub layer for the N-th layer set")
  ("AvgBitRate"                  , m_avgBitRate                  , std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1, "AvgBitRate         per sub layer for the N-th layer set")
  ("MaxBitRate"                  , m_maxBitRate                  , std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1, "MaxBitRate         per sub layer for the N-th layer set")
  ("ConstantPicRateIdc"          , m_constantPicRateIdc          , std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1, "ConstantPicRateIdc per sub layer for the N-th layer set")
  ("AvgPicRate"                  , m_avgPicRate                  , std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1, "AvgPicRate         per sub layer for the N-th layer set")
  ("TilesNotInUseFlag"            , m_tilesNotInUseFlag            , true                                          , "TilesNotInUseFlag            ")
  ("TilesInUseFlag"               , m_tilesInUseFlag               , BoolAry1d(1,false)                   , "TilesInUseFlag               ")
  ("LoopFilterNotAcrossTilesFlag" , m_loopFilterNotAcrossTilesFlag , BoolAry1d(1,false)                  , "LoopFilterNotAcrossTilesFlag ")
  ("WppNotInUseFlag"              , m_wppNotInUseFlag              , true                                          , "WppNotInUseFlag              ")
  ("WppInUseFlag"                 , m_wppInUseFlag                 , BoolAry1d(1,0)                      , "WppInUseFlag                 ")
  ("TileBoundariesAlignedFlag"   , m_tileBoundariesAlignedFlag   , BoolAry1d(1,0)  ,MAX_NUM_LAYERS       , "TileBoundariesAlignedFlag    per direct reference for the N-th layer")
  ("IlpRestrictedRefLayersFlag"  , m_ilpRestrictedRefLayersFlag  , false                                           , "IlpRestrictedRefLayersFlag")
  ("MinSpatialSegmentOffsetPlus1", m_minSpatialSegmentOffsetPlus1, std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,MAX_NUM_LAYERS       , "MinSpatialSegmentOffsetPlus1 per direct reference for the N-th layer")
  ("CtuBasedOffsetEnabledFlag"   , m_ctuBasedOffsetEnabledFlag   , BoolAry1d(1,0)  ,MAX_NUM_LAYERS       , "CtuBasedOffsetEnabledFlag    per direct reference for the N-th layer")
  ("MinHorizontalCtuOffsetPlus1" , m_minHorizontalCtuOffsetPlus1 , std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,MAX_NUM_LAYERS       , "MinHorizontalCtuOffsetPlus1  per direct reference for the N-th layer")
  ("SingleLayerForNonIrapFlag", m_singleLayerForNonIrapFlag, false                                          , "SingleLayerForNonIrapFlag")
  ("HigherLayerIrapSkipFlag"  , m_higherLayerIrapSkipFlag  , false                                          , "HigherLayerIrapSkipFlag  ")
#endif

  ("TransquantBypassEnableFlag",                      m_TransquantBypassEnableFlag,                     false, "transquant_bypass_enable_flag indicator in PPS")
  ("CUTransquantBypassFlagForce",                     m_CUTransquantBypassFlagForce,                    false, "Force transquant bypass mode, when transquant_bypass_enable_flag is enabled")
  ("CostMode",                                        m_costMode,                         COST_STANDARD_LOSSY, "Use alternative cost functions: choose between 'lossy', 'sequence_level_lossless', 'lossless' (which forces QP to " MACRO_TO_STRING(LOSSLESS_AND_MIXED_LOSSLESS_RD_COST_TEST_QP) ") and 'mixed_lossless_lossy' (which used QP'=" MACRO_TO_STRING(LOSSLESS_AND_MIXED_LOSSLESS_RD_COST_TEST_QP_PRIME) " for pre-estimates of transquant-bypass blocks).")
  ("RecalculateQPAccordingToLambda",                  m_recalculateQPAccordingToLambda,                 false, "Recalculate QP values according to lambda values. Do not suggest to be enabled in all intra case")
  ("StrongIntraSmoothing,-sis",                       m_useStrongIntraSmoothing,                         true, "Enable strong intra smoothing for 32x32 blocks")
  ("SEIActiveParameterSets",                          m_activeParameterSetsSEIEnabled,                      0, "Enable generation of active parameter sets SEI messages")
  ("VuiParametersPresent,-vui",                       m_vuiParametersPresentFlag,                       false, "Enable generation of vui_parameters()")
  ("AspectRatioInfoPresent",                          m_aspectRatioInfoPresentFlag,                     false, "Signals whether aspect_ratio_idc is present")
  ("AspectRatioIdc",                                  m_aspectRatioIdc,                                     0, "aspect_ratio_idc")
  ("SarWidth",                                        m_sarWidth,                                           0, "horizontal size of the sample aspect ratio")
  ("SarHeight",                                       m_sarHeight,                                          0, "vertical size of the sample aspect ratio")
  ("OverscanInfoPresent",                             m_overscanInfoPresentFlag,                        false, "Indicates whether conformant decoded pictures are suitable for display using overscan\n")
  ("OverscanAppropriate",                             m_overscanAppropriateFlag,                        false, "Indicates whether conformant decoded pictures are suitable for display using overscan\n")
  ("VideoSignalTypePresent",                          m_videoSignalTypePresentFlag,                     false, "Signals whether video_format, video_full_range_flag, and colour_description_present_flag are present")
  ("VideoFormat",                                     m_videoFormat,                                        5, "Indicates representation of pictures")
  ("VideoFullRange",                                  m_videoFullRangeFlag,                             false, "Indicates the black level and range of luma and chroma signals")
  ("ColourDescriptionPresent",                        m_colourDescriptionPresentFlag,                   false, "Signals whether colour_primaries, transfer_characteristics and matrix_coefficients are present")
  ("ColourPrimaries",                                 m_colourPrimaries,                                    2, "Indicates chromaticity coordinates of the source primaries")
  ("TransferCharacteristics",                         m_transferCharacteristics,                            2, "Indicates the opto-electronic transfer characteristics of the source")
  ("MatrixCoefficients",                              m_matrixCoefficients,                                 2, "Describes the matrix coefficients used in deriving luma and chroma from RGB primaries")
  ("ChromaLocInfoPresent",                            m_chromaLocInfoPresentFlag,                       false, "Signals whether chroma_sample_loc_type_top_field and chroma_sample_loc_type_bottom_field are present")
  ("ChromaSampleLocTypeTopField",                     m_chromaSampleLocTypeTopField,                        0, "Specifies the location of chroma samples for top field")
  ("ChromaSampleLocTypeBottomField",                  m_chromaSampleLocTypeBottomField,                     0, "Specifies the location of chroma samples for bottom field")
  ("NeutralChromaIndication",                         m_neutralChromaIndicationFlag,                    false, "Indicates that the value of all decoded chroma samples is equal to 1<<(BitDepthCr-1)")
  ("DefaultDisplayWindowFlag",                        m_defaultDisplayWindowFlag,                       false, "Indicates the presence of the Default Window parameters")
  ("DefDispWinLeftOffset",                            m_defDispWinLeftOffset,                               0, "Specifies the left offset of the default display window from the conformance window")
  ("DefDispWinRightOffset",                           m_defDispWinRightOffset,                              0, "Specifies the right offset of the default display window from the conformance window")
  ("DefDispWinTopOffset",                             m_defDispWinTopOffset,                                0, "Specifies the top offset of the default display window from the conformance window")
  ("DefDispWinBottomOffset",                          m_defDispWinBottomOffset,                             0, "Specifies the bottom offset of the default display window from the conformance window")
  ("FrameFieldInfoPresentFlag",                       m_frameFieldInfoPresentFlag,                      false, "Indicates that pic_struct and field coding related values are present in picture timing SEI messages")
  ("PocProportionalToTimingFlag",                     m_pocProportionalToTimingFlag,                    false, "Indicates that the POC value is proportional to the output time w.r.t. first picture in CVS")
  ("NumTicksPocDiffOneMinus1",                        m_numTicksPocDiffOneMinus1,                           0, "Number of ticks minus 1 that for a POC difference of one")
  ("BitstreamRestriction",                            m_bitstreamRestrictionFlag,                       false, "Signals whether bitstream restriction parameters are present")
  ("TilesFixedStructure",                             m_tilesFixedStructureFlag,                        false, "Indicates that each active picture parameter set has the same values of the syntax elements related to tiles")
  ("MotionVectorsOverPicBoundaries",                  m_motionVectorsOverPicBoundariesFlag,             false, "Indicates that no samples outside the picture boundaries are used for inter prediction")
  ("MaxBytesPerPicDenom",                             m_maxBytesPerPicDenom,                                2, "Indicates a number of bytes not exceeded by the sum of the sizes of the VCL NAL units associated with any coded picture")
  ("MaxBitsPerMinCuDenom",                            m_maxBitsPerMinCuDenom,                               1, "Indicates an upper bound for the number of bits of coding_unit() data")
  ("Log2MaxMvLengthHorizontal",                       m_log2MaxMvLengthHorizontal,                         15, "Indicate the maximum absolute value of a decoded horizontal MV component in quarter-pel luma units")
  ("Log2MaxMvLengthVertical",                         m_log2MaxMvLengthVertical,                           15, "Indicate the maximum absolute value of a decoded vertical MV component in quarter-pel luma units")
  ("SEIRecoveryPoint",                                m_recoveryPointSEIEnabled,                            0, "Control generation of recovery point SEI messages")
  ("SEIBufferingPeriod",                              m_bufferingPeriodSEIEnabled,                          0, "Control generation of buffering period SEI messages")
  ("SEIPictureTiming",                                m_pictureTimingSEIEnabled,                            0, "Control generation of picture timing SEI messages")
  ("SEIToneMappingInfo",                              m_toneMappingInfoSEIEnabled,                      false, "Control generation of Tone Mapping SEI messages")
  ("SEIToneMapId",                                    m_toneMapId,                                          0, "Specifies Id of Tone Mapping SEI message for a given session")
  ("SEIToneMapCancelFlag",                            m_toneMapCancelFlag,                              false, "Indicates that Tone Mapping SEI message cancels the persistence or follows")
  ("SEIToneMapPersistenceFlag",                       m_toneMapPersistenceFlag,                          true, "Specifies the persistence of the Tone Mapping SEI message")
  ("SEIToneMapCodedDataBitDepth",                     m_toneMapCodedDataBitDepth,                           8, "Specifies Coded Data BitDepth of Tone Mapping SEI messages")
  ("SEIToneMapTargetBitDepth",                        m_toneMapTargetBitDepth,                              8, "Specifies Output BitDepth of Tone mapping function")
  ("SEIToneMapModelId",                               m_toneMapModelId,                                     0, "Specifies Model utilized for mapping coded data into target_bit_depth range\n"
                                                                                                               "\t0:  linear mapping with clipping\n"
                                                                                                               "\t1:  sigmoidal mapping\n"
                                                                                                               "\t2:  user-defined table mapping\n"
                                                                                                               "\t3:  piece-wise linear mapping\n"
                                                                                                               "\t4:  luminance dynamic range information ")
  ("SEIToneMapMinValue",                              m_toneMapMinValue,                                    0, "Specifies the minimum value in mode 0")
  ("SEIToneMapMaxValue",                              m_toneMapMaxValue,                                 1023, "Specifies the maximum value in mode 0")
  ("SEIToneMapSigmoidMidpoint",                       m_sigmoidMidpoint,                                  512, "Specifies the centre point in mode 1")
  ("SEIToneMapSigmoidWidth",                          m_sigmoidWidth,                                     960, "Specifies the distance between 5% and 95% values of the target_bit_depth in mode 1")
  ("SEIToneMapStartOfCodedInterval",                  cfg_startOfCodedInterval,      cfg_startOfCodedInterval, "Array of user-defined mapping table")
  ("SEIToneMapNumPivots",                             m_numPivots,                                          0, "Specifies the number of pivot points in mode 3")
  ("SEIToneMapCodedPivotValue",                       cfg_codedPivotValue,                cfg_codedPivotValue, "Array of pivot point")
  ("SEIToneMapTargetPivotValue",                      cfg_targetPivotValue,              cfg_targetPivotValue, "Array of pivot point")
  ("SEIToneMapCameraIsoSpeedIdc",                     m_cameraIsoSpeedIdc,                                  0, "Indicates the camera ISO speed for daylight illumination")
  ("SEIToneMapCameraIsoSpeedValue",                   m_cameraIsoSpeedValue,                              400, "Specifies the camera ISO speed for daylight illumination of Extended_ISO")
  ("SEIToneMapExposureIndexIdc",                      m_exposureIndexIdc,                                   0, "Indicates the exposure index setting of the camera")
  ("SEIToneMapExposureIndexValue",                    m_exposureIndexValue,                               400, "Specifies the exposure index setting of the camera of Extended_ISO")
  ("SEIToneMapExposureCompensationValueSignFlag",     m_exposureCompensationValueSignFlag,               false, "Specifies the sign of ExposureCompensationValue")
  ("SEIToneMapExposureCompensationValueNumerator",    m_exposureCompensationValueNumerator,                 0, "Specifies the numerator of ExposureCompensationValue")
  ("SEIToneMapExposureCompensationValueDenomIdc",     m_exposureCompensationValueDenomIdc,                  2, "Specifies the denominator of ExposureCompensationValue")
  ("SEIToneMapRefScreenLuminanceWhite",               m_refScreenLuminanceWhite,                          350, "Specifies reference screen brightness setting in units of candela per square metre")
  ("SEIToneMapExtendedRangeWhiteLevel",               m_extendedRangeWhiteLevel,                          800, "Indicates the luminance dynamic range")
  ("SEIToneMapNominalBlackLevelLumaCodeValue",        m_nominalBlackLevelLumaCodeValue,                    16, "Specifies luma sample value of the nominal black level assigned decoded pictures")
  ("SEIToneMapNominalWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue",        m_nominalWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue,                   235, "Specifies luma sample value of the nominal white level assigned decoded pictures")
  ("SEIToneMapExtendedWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue",       m_extendedWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue,                  300, "Specifies luma sample value of the extended dynamic range assigned decoded pictures")
  ("SEIChromaSamplingFilterHint",                     m_chromaSamplingFilterSEIenabled,                 false, "Control generation of the chroma sampling filter hint SEI message")
  ("SEIChromaSamplingHorizontalFilterType",           m_chromaSamplingHorFilterIdc,                         2, "Defines the Index of the chroma sampling horizontal filter\n"
                                                                                                               "\t0: unspecified  - Chroma filter is unknown or is determined by the application"
                                                                                                               "\t1: User-defined - Filter coefficients are specified in the chroma sampling filter hint SEI message"
                                                                                                               "\t2: Standards-defined - ITU-T Rec. T.800 | ISO/IEC15444-1, 5/3 filter")
  ("SEIChromaSamplingVerticalFilterType",             m_chromaSamplingVerFilterIdc,                         2, "Defines the Index of the chroma sampling vertical filter\n"
                                                                                                               "\t0: unspecified  - Chroma filter is unknown or is determined by the application"
                                                                                                               "\t1: User-defined - Filter coefficients are specified in the chroma sampling filter hint SEI message"
                                                                                                               "\t2: Standards-defined - ITU-T Rec. T.800 | ISO/IEC15444-1, 5/3 filter")
  ("SEIFramePacking",                                 m_framePackingSEIEnabled,                             0, "Control generation of frame packing SEI messages")
  ("SEIFramePackingType",                             m_framePackingSEIType,                                0, "Define frame packing arrangement\n"
                                                                                                               "\t3: side by side - frames are displayed horizontally\n"
                                                                                                               "\t4: top bottom - frames are displayed vertically\n"
                                                                                                               "\t5: frame alternation - one frame is alternated with the other")
  ("SEIFramePackingId",                               m_framePackingSEIId,                                  0, "Id of frame packing SEI message for a given session")
  ("SEIFramePackingQuincunx",                         m_framePackingSEIQuincunx,                            0, "Indicate the presence of a Quincunx type video frame")
  ("SEIFramePackingInterpretation",                   m_framePackingSEIInterpretation,                      0, "Indicate the interpretation of the frame pair\n"
                                                                                                               "\t0: unspecified\n"
                                                                                                               "\t1: stereo pair, frame0 represents left view\n"
                                                                                                               "\t2: stereo pair, frame0 represents right view")
  ("SEISegmentedRectFramePacking",                    m_segmentedRectFramePackingSEIEnabled,                0, "Controls generation of segmented rectangular frame packing SEI messages")
  ("SEISegmentedRectFramePackingCancel",              m_segmentedRectFramePackingSEICancel,             false, "If equal to 1, cancels the persistence of any previous SRFPA SEI message")
  ("SEISegmentedRectFramePackingType",                m_segmentedRectFramePackingSEIType,                   0, "Specifies the arrangement of the frames in the reconstructed picture")
  ("SEISegmentedRectFramePackingPersistence",         m_segmentedRectFramePackingSEIPersistence,        false, "If equal to 0, the SEI applies to the current frame only")
  ("SEIDisplayOrientation",                           m_displayOrientationSEIAngle,                         0, "Control generation of display orientation SEI messages\n"
                                                                                                               "\tN: 0 < N < (2^16 - 1) enable display orientation SEI message with anticlockwise_rotation = N and display_orientation_repetition_period = 1\n"
                                                                                                               "\t0: disable")
  ("SEITemporalLevel0Index",                          m_temporalLevel0IndexSEIEnabled,                      0, "Control generation of temporal level 0 index SEI messages")
  ("SEIGradualDecodingRefreshInfo",                   m_gradualDecodingRefreshInfoEnabled,                  0, "Control generation of gradual decoding refresh information SEI message")
  ("SEINoDisplay",                                    m_noDisplaySEITLayer,                                 0, "Control generation of no display SEI message\n"
                                                                                                               "\tN: 0 < N enable no display SEI message for temporal layer N or higher\n"
                                                                                                               "\t0: disable")
  ("SEIDecodingUnitInfo",                             m_decodingUnitInfoSEIEnabled,                         0, "Control generation of decoding unit information SEI message.")
  ("SEISOPDescription",                               m_SOPDescriptionSEIEnabled,                           0, "Control generation of SOP description SEI messages")
  ("SEIScalableNesting",                              m_scalableNestingSEIEnabled,                          0, "Control generation of scalable nesting SEI messages")
  ("SEITempMotionConstrainedTileSets",                m_tmctsSEIEnabled,                                false, "Control generation of temporal motion constrained tile sets SEI message")
  ("SEITimeCodeEnabled",                              m_timeCodeSEIEnabled,                             false, "Control generation of time code information SEI message")
  ("SEITimeCodeNumClockTs",                           m_timeCodeSEINumTs,                                   0, "Number of clock time sets [0..3]")
  ("SEITimeCodeTimeStampFlag",                        cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeStampFlag,          cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeStampFlag,         "Time stamp flag associated to each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeFieldBasedFlag",                       cfg_timeCodeSeiNumUnitFieldBasedFlag,  cfg_timeCodeSeiNumUnitFieldBasedFlag, "Field based flag associated to each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeCountingType",                         cfg_timeCodeSeiCountingType,           cfg_timeCodeSeiCountingType,          "Counting type associated to each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeFullTsFlag",                           cfg_timeCodeSeiFullTimeStampFlag,      cfg_timeCodeSeiFullTimeStampFlag,     "Full time stamp flag associated to each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeDiscontinuityFlag",                    cfg_timeCodeSeiDiscontinuityFlag,      cfg_timeCodeSeiDiscontinuityFlag,     "Discontinuity flag associated to each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeCntDroppedFlag",                       cfg_timeCodeSeiCntDroppedFlag,         cfg_timeCodeSeiCntDroppedFlag,        "Counter dropped flag associated to each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeNumFrames",                            cfg_timeCodeSeiNumberOfFrames,         cfg_timeCodeSeiNumberOfFrames,        "Number of frames associated to each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeSecondsValue",                         cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsValue,           cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsValue,          "Seconds value for each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeMinutesValue",                         cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesValue,           cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesValue,          "Minutes value for each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeHoursValue",                           cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursValue,             cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursValue,            "Hours value for each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeSecondsFlag",                          cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsFlag,            cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsFlag,           "Flag to signal seconds value presence in each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeMinutesFlag",                          cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesFlag,            cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesFlag,           "Flag to signal minutes value presence in each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeHoursFlag",                            cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursFlag,              cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursFlag,             "Flag to signal hours value presence in each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeOffsetLength",                         cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetLength,       cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetLength,      "Time offset length associated to each time set")
  ("SEITimeCodeTimeOffset",                           cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetValue,        cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetValue,       "Time offset associated to each time set")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionInfo",                             m_kneeSEIEnabled,                                 false, "Control generation of Knee function SEI messages")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionId",                               m_kneeSEIId,                                          0, "Specifies Id of Knee function SEI message for a given session")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionCancelFlag",                       m_kneeSEICancelFlag,                              false, "Indicates that Knee function SEI message cancels the persistence or follows")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionPersistenceFlag",                  m_kneeSEIPersistenceFlag,                          true, "Specifies the persistence of the Knee function SEI message")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionInputDrange",                      m_kneeSEIInputDrange,                              1000, "Specifies the peak luminance level for the input picture of Knee function SEI messages")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionInputDispLuminance",               m_kneeSEIInputDispLuminance,                        100, "Specifies the expected display brightness for the input picture of Knee function SEI messages")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionOutputDrange",                     m_kneeSEIOutputDrange,                             4000, "Specifies the peak luminance level for the output picture of Knee function SEI messages")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionOutputDispLuminance",              m_kneeSEIOutputDispLuminance,                       800, "Specifies the expected display brightness for the output picture of Knee function SEI messages")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionNumKneePointsMinus1",              m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1,                         2, "Specifies the number of knee points - 1")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionInputKneePointValue",              cfg_kneeSEIInputKneePointValue,   cfg_kneeSEIInputKneePointValue, "Array of input knee point")
  ("SEIKneeFunctionOutputKneePointValue",             cfg_kneeSEIOutputKneePointValue, cfg_kneeSEIOutputKneePointValue, "Array of output knee point")
  ("SEIMasteringDisplayColourVolume",                 m_masteringDisplay.colourVolumeSEIEnabled,         false, "Control generation of mastering display colour volume SEI messages")
  ("SEIMasteringDisplayMaxLuminance",                 m_masteringDisplay.maxLuminance,                  10000u, "Specifies the mastering display maximum luminance value in units of 1/10000 candela per square metre (32-bit code value)")
  ("SEIMasteringDisplayMinLuminance",                 m_masteringDisplay.minLuminance,                      0u, "Specifies the mastering display minimum luminance value in units of 1/10000 candela per square metre (32-bit code value)")
  ("SEIMasteringDisplayPrimaries",                    cfg_DisplayPrimariesCode,       cfg_DisplayPrimariesCode, "Mastering display primaries for all three colour planes in CIE xy coordinates in increments of 1/50000 (results in the ranges 0 to 50000 inclusive)")
  ("SEIMasteringDisplayWhitePoint",                   cfg_DisplayWhitePointCode,     cfg_DisplayWhitePointCode, "Mastering display white point CIE xy coordinates in normalised increments of 1/50000 (e.g. 0.333 = 16667)")
#if NH_MV
  ("SubBitstreamPropSEIEnabled",                      m_subBistreamPropSEIEnabled,    false                     ,"Enable signaling of sub-bitstream property SEI message")
  ("SEISubBitstreamNumAdditionalSubStreams",          m_sbPropNumAdditionalSubStreams,0                         ,"Number of substreams for which additional information is signalled")
  ("SEISubBitstreamSubBitstreamMode",                 m_sbPropSubBitstreamMode,       std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,"Specifies mode of generation of the i-th sub-bitstream (0 or 1)")
  ("SEISubBitstreamOutputLayerSetIdxToVps",           m_sbPropOutputLayerSetIdxToVps, std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,"Specifies output layer set index of the i-th sub-bitstream ")
  ("SEISubBitstreamHighestSublayerId",                m_sbPropHighestSublayerId,      std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,"Specifies highest TemporalId of the i-th sub-bitstream")
  ("SEISubBitstreamAvgBitRate",                       m_sbPropAvgBitRate,             std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,"Specifies average bit rate of the i-th sub-bitstream")
  ("SEISubBitstreamMaxBitRate",                       m_sbPropMaxBitRate,             std::vector< Int  >(1,0)  ,"Specifies maximum bit rate of the i-th sub-bitstream")

  ("OutputVpsInfo",                                   m_outputVpsInfo,                false                     ,"Output information about the layer dependencies and layer sets")
#endif
    
  ;

#if NH_MV
  // parse coding structure
  for( Int k = 0; k < MAX_NUM_LAYERS; k++ )
  {
    m_GOPListMvc.push_back( new GOPEntry[MAX_GOP + 1] );
    if( k == 0 )
    {
      m_GOPListMvc[0][0].m_sliceType = 'I'; 
      for( Int i = 1; i < MAX_GOP + 1; i++ ) 
      {
        std::ostringstream cOSS;
        cOSS<<"Frame"<<i;
        opts.addOptions()( cOSS.str(), m_GOPListMvc[k][i-1], GOPEntry() );
        if ( i != 1 )
        {
          opts.opt_list.back()->opt->opt_duplicate = true; 
        }        
      }
    }
    else
    {
      std::ostringstream cOSS1;
      cOSS1<<"FrameI"<<"_l"<<k;

      opts.addOptions()(cOSS1.str(), m_GOPListMvc[k][MAX_GOP], GOPEntry());
      if ( k > 1 )
      {
        opts.opt_list.back()->opt->opt_duplicate = true; 
      }        


  for(Int i=1; i<MAX_GOP+1; i++)
  {
        std::ostringstream cOSS2;
        cOSS2<<"Frame"<<i<<"_l"<<k;
        opts.addOptions()(cOSS2.str(), m_GOPListMvc[k][i-1], GOPEntry());
        if ( i != 1 || k > 0 )
        {
          opts.opt_list.back()->opt->opt_duplicate = true; 
        }        
      }
    }
  }
#else
  for(Int i=1; i<MAX_GOP+1; i++)
  {
    std::ostringstream cOSS;
    cOSS<<"Frame"<<i;
    opts.addOptions()(cOSS.str(), m_GOPList[i-1], GOPEntry());
  }
#endif
  po::setDefaults(opts);
  po::ErrorReporter err;
  const list<const Char*>& argv_unhandled = po::scanArgv(opts, argc, (const Char**) argv, err);

  for (list<const Char*>::const_iterator it = argv_unhandled.begin(); it != argv_unhandled.end(); it++)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "Unhandled argument ignored: `%s'\n", *it);
  }

  if (argc == 1 || do_help)
  {
    /* argc == 1: no options have been specified */
    po::doHelp(cout, opts);
    return false;
  }

  if (err.is_errored)
  {
    if (!warnUnknowParameter)
    {
      /* error report has already been printed on stderr */
      return false;
    }
  }

  /*
   * Set any derived parameters
   */
  /* convert std::string to c string for compatability */
#if !NH_MV
  m_pchInputFile = cfg_InputFile.empty() ? NULL : strdup(cfg_InputFile.c_str());
#endif
  m_pchBitstreamFile = cfg_BitstreamFile.empty() ? NULL : strdup(cfg_BitstreamFile.c_str());
#if !NH_MV
  m_pchReconFile = cfg_ReconFile.empty() ? NULL : strdup(cfg_ReconFile.c_str());
#endif
  m_pchdQPFile = cfg_dQPFile.empty() ? NULL : strdup(cfg_dQPFile.c_str());

  if(m_isField)
  {
    //Frame height
    m_iSourceHeightOrg = m_iSourceHeight;
    //Field height
    m_iSourceHeight = m_iSourceHeight >> 1;
    //number of fields to encode
    m_framesToBeEncoded *= 2;
  }

  if( !m_tileUniformSpacingFlag && m_numTileColumnsMinus1 > 0 )
  {
    if (cfg_ColumnWidth.values.size() > m_numTileColumnsMinus1)
    {
      printf( "The number of columns whose width are defined is larger than the allowed number of columns.\n" );
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
    }
    else if (cfg_ColumnWidth.values.size() < m_numTileColumnsMinus1)
    {
      printf( "The width of some columns is not defined.\n" );
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
    }
    else
    {
      m_tileColumnWidth.resize(m_numTileColumnsMinus1);
      for(UInt i=0; i<cfg_ColumnWidth.values.size(); i++)
      {
        m_tileColumnWidth[i]=cfg_ColumnWidth.values[i];
      }
    }
  }
  else
  {
    m_tileColumnWidth.clear();
  }

  if( !m_tileUniformSpacingFlag && m_numTileRowsMinus1 > 0 )
  {
    if (cfg_RowHeight.values.size() > m_numTileRowsMinus1)
    {
      printf( "The number of rows whose height are defined is larger than the allowed number of rows.\n" );
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
    }
    else if (cfg_RowHeight.values.size() < m_numTileRowsMinus1)
    {
      printf( "The height of some rows is not defined.\n" );
      exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
    }
    else
    {
      m_tileRowHeight.resize(m_numTileRowsMinus1);
      for(UInt i=0; i<cfg_RowHeight.values.size(); i++)
      {
        m_tileRowHeight[i]=cfg_RowHeight.values[i];
      }
    }
  }
  else
  {
    m_tileRowHeight.clear();
  }

  m_scalingListFile = cfg_ScalingListFile.empty() ? NULL : strdup(cfg_ScalingListFile.c_str());

  /* rules for input, output and internal bitdepths as per help text */
  if (m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ] == 0)
  {
    m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ] = m_inputBitDepth      [CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ];
  }
  if (m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] == 0)
  {
    m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] = m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ];
  }
  if (m_internalBitDepth   [CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ] == 0)
  {
    m_internalBitDepth   [CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ] = m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ];
  }
  if (m_internalBitDepth   [CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] == 0)
  {
    m_internalBitDepth   [CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] = m_internalBitDepth   [CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ];
  }
  if (m_inputBitDepth      [CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] == 0)
  {
    m_inputBitDepth      [CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] = m_inputBitDepth      [CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ];
  }
  if (m_outputBitDepth     [CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ] == 0)
  {
    m_outputBitDepth     [CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ] = m_internalBitDepth   [CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ];
  }
  if (m_outputBitDepth     [CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] == 0)
  {
    m_outputBitDepth     [CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] = m_internalBitDepth   [CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA];
  }

  m_InputChromaFormatIDC = numberToChromaFormat(tmpInputChromaFormat);
  m_chromaFormatIDC      = ((tmpChromaFormat == 0) ? (m_InputChromaFormatIDC) : (numberToChromaFormat(tmpChromaFormat)));

#if NH_MV
  // parse PTL
  Bool anyEmpty = false; 
  if( cfg_profiles.empty() )
  {
    cfg_profiles = string("main main multiview-main");    
    fprintf(stderr, "\nWarning: No profiles given, using defaults: %s", cfg_profiles.c_str() );
    anyEmpty = true; 
  }

  if( cfg_levels.empty() )
  {
    cfg_levels = string("5.1 5.1 5.1");
    fprintf(stderr, "\nWarning: No levels given, using defaults: %s", cfg_levels.c_str() );
    anyEmpty = true; 
  }

  if( cfg_tiers.empty() )
  {
    cfg_tiers = string("main main main");
    fprintf(stderr, "\nWarning: No tiers given, using defaults: %s", cfg_tiers.c_str());
    anyEmpty = true; 
  }

  if( m_inblFlag.empty() )
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "\nWarning: No inblFlags given, using defaults:");
    for( Int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
    {
      m_inblFlag.push_back( false );
      fprintf(stderr," %d", (Int) m_inblFlag[i]);
    }
    anyEmpty = true; 
  }   

  if ( anyEmpty )
  {
    fprintf( stderr, "\n" );
  }

  xReadStrToEnum( cfg_profiles, extendedProfiles  ); 
  xReadStrToEnum( cfg_levels,   m_level     ); 
  xReadStrToEnum( cfg_tiers ,   m_levelTier ); 


#if NH_MV
  m_profiles.resize( extendedProfiles.size()); 

  for (Int i = 0; i < m_profiles.size(); i++)
  {
    Profile::Name& m_profile             = m_profiles      [i];  
    ExtendedProfileName& extendedProfile = extendedProfiles[i];  
#endif
#endif

  if (extendedProfile >= 1000 && extendedProfile <= 12316)
    {
      m_profile = Profile::MAINREXT;
      if (m_bitDepthConstraint != 0 || tmpConstraintChromaFormat != 0)
      {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error: The bit depth and chroma format constraints are not used when an explicit RExt profile is specified\n");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
      }
      m_bitDepthConstraint     = (extendedProfile%100);
    m_intraConstraintFlag          = ((extendedProfile%10000)>=2000);
    m_onePictureOnlyConstraintFlag = (extendedProfile >= 10000);
      switch ((extendedProfile/100)%10)
      {
      case 0:  tmpConstraintChromaFormat=400; break;
      case 1:  tmpConstraintChromaFormat=420; break;
      case 2:  tmpConstraintChromaFormat=422; break;
      default: tmpConstraintChromaFormat=444; break;
      }
    }
    else
    {
      m_profile = Profile::Name(extendedProfile);
    }

    if (m_profile == Profile::HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT )
    {
      if (m_bitDepthConstraint == 0)
      {
        m_bitDepthConstraint = 16;
      }
      m_chromaFormatConstraint = (tmpConstraintChromaFormat == 0) ? CHROMA_444 : numberToChromaFormat(tmpConstraintChromaFormat);
    }
    else if (m_profile == Profile::MAINREXT)
    {
      if (m_bitDepthConstraint == 0 && tmpConstraintChromaFormat == 0)
      {
        // produce a valid combination, if possible.
      const Bool bUsingGeneralRExtTools  = m_transformSkipRotationEnabledFlag        ||
                                           m_transformSkipContextEnabledFlag         ||
                                           m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_IMPLICIT] ||
                                           m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_EXPLICIT] ||
          !m_enableIntraReferenceSmoothing         ||
                                           m_persistentRiceAdaptationEnabledFlag     ||
                                           m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize!=2;
      const Bool bUsingChromaQPAdjustment= m_diffCuChromaQpOffsetDepth >= 0;
      const Bool bUsingExtendedPrecision = m_extendedPrecisionProcessingFlag;
      if (m_onePictureOnlyConstraintFlag)
      {
        m_chromaFormatConstraint = CHROMA_444;
        if (m_intraConstraintFlag != true)
        {
          fprintf(stderr, "Error: Intra constraint flag must be true when one_picture_only_constraint_flag is true\n");
          exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        const Int maxBitDepth = m_chromaFormatIDC==CHROMA_400 ? m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA] : std::max(m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA], m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]);
        m_bitDepthConstraint = maxBitDepth>8 ? 16:8;
      }
      else
      {
        m_chromaFormatConstraint = NUM_CHROMA_FORMAT;
        automaticallySelectRExtProfile(bUsingGeneralRExtTools,
          bUsingChromaQPAdjustment,
          bUsingExtendedPrecision,
          m_intraConstraintFlag,
          m_bitDepthConstraint,
          m_chromaFormatConstraint,
          m_chromaFormatIDC==CHROMA_400 ? m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA] : std::max(m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA], m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]),
          m_chromaFormatIDC);
      }
    }
      else if (m_bitDepthConstraint == 0 || tmpConstraintChromaFormat == 0)
      {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error: The bit depth and chroma format constraints must either both be specified or both be configured automatically\n");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
      }
      else
      {
        m_chromaFormatConstraint = numberToChromaFormat(tmpConstraintChromaFormat);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      m_chromaFormatConstraint = (tmpConstraintChromaFormat == 0) ? m_chromaFormatIDC : numberToChromaFormat(tmpConstraintChromaFormat);
      m_bitDepthConstraint = (m_profile == Profile::MAIN10?10:8);
    }
#if NH_MV
  }

  if ( m_numberOfLayers != 0 && ( m_profiles[0] != Profile::MAIN || m_profiles[1] != Profile::MAIN )  )
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "Error: The base layer must conform to the Main profile for Multilayer coding.\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }
#endif


  m_inputColourSpaceConvert = stringToInputColourSpaceConvert(inputColourSpaceConvert, true);

  switch (m_conformanceWindowMode)
  {
  case 0:
    {
      // no conformance or padding
      m_confWinLeft = m_confWinRight = m_confWinTop = m_confWinBottom = 0;
      m_aiPad[1] = m_aiPad[0] = 0;
      break;
    }
  case 1:
    {
      // automatic padding to minimum CU size
      Int minCuSize = m_uiMaxCUHeight >> (m_uiMaxCUDepth - 1);
      if (m_iSourceWidth % minCuSize)
      {
        m_aiPad[0] = m_confWinRight  = ((m_iSourceWidth / minCuSize) + 1) * minCuSize - m_iSourceWidth;
        m_iSourceWidth  += m_confWinRight;
      }
      if (m_iSourceHeight % minCuSize)
      {
        m_aiPad[1] = m_confWinBottom = ((m_iSourceHeight / minCuSize) + 1) * minCuSize - m_iSourceHeight;
        m_iSourceHeight += m_confWinBottom;
        if ( m_isField )
        {
          m_iSourceHeightOrg += m_confWinBottom << 1;
          m_aiPad[1] = m_confWinBottom << 1;
        }
      }
      if (m_aiPad[0] % TComSPS::getWinUnitX(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0)
      {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error: picture width is not an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling\n");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
      }
      if (m_aiPad[1] % TComSPS::getWinUnitY(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0)
      {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error: picture height is not an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling\n");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
      }
      break;
    }
  case 2:
    {
      //padding
      m_iSourceWidth  += m_aiPad[0];
      m_iSourceHeight += m_aiPad[1];
      m_confWinRight  = m_aiPad[0];
      m_confWinBottom = m_aiPad[1];
      break;
    }
  case 3:
    {
      // conformance
      if ((m_confWinLeft == 0) && (m_confWinRight == 0) && (m_confWinTop == 0) && (m_confWinBottom == 0))
      {
        fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Conformance window enabled, but all conformance window parameters set to zero\n");
      }
      if ((m_aiPad[1] != 0) || (m_aiPad[0]!=0))
      {
        fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Conformance window enabled, padding parameters will be ignored\n");
      }
      m_aiPad[1] = m_aiPad[0] = 0;
      break;
    }
  }

  // allocate slice-based dQP values
#if NH_MV
  for (Int i = (Int)m_layerIdInNuh.size(); i < m_numberOfLayers; i++ )
  {
    m_layerIdInNuh.push_back( i == 0 ? 0 : m_layerIdInNuh[ i - 1 ] + 1 ); 
  }
  xResizeVector( m_layerIdInNuh ); 

  xResizeVector( m_viewOrderIndex    ); 

  std::vector<Int> uniqueViewOrderIndices; 
  for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++ )
  {    
    Bool isIn = false; 
    for ( Int i = 0 ; i < uniqueViewOrderIndices.size(); i++ )
    {
      isIn = isIn || ( m_viewOrderIndex[ layer ] == uniqueViewOrderIndices[ i ] ); 
    }
    if ( !isIn ) 
    {
      uniqueViewOrderIndices.push_back( m_viewOrderIndex[ layer ] ); 
    } 
  }
  m_iNumberOfViews = (Int) uniqueViewOrderIndices.size(); 
  xResizeVector( m_auxId );

  xResizeVector( m_fQP ); 

  for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++ )
  {
    m_aidQP.push_back( new Int[ m_framesToBeEncoded + m_iGOPSize + 1 ] );
    ::memset( m_aidQP[layer], 0, sizeof(Int)*( m_framesToBeEncoded + m_iGOPSize + 1 ) );

    // handling of floating-point QP values
    // if QP is not integer, sequence is split into two sections having QP and QP+1
    m_iQP.push_back((Int)( m_fQP[layer] ));
    if ( m_iQP[layer] < m_fQP[layer] )
    {
      Int iSwitchPOC = (Int)( m_framesToBeEncoded - (m_fQP[layer] - m_iQP[layer])*m_framesToBeEncoded + 0.5 );

      iSwitchPOC = (Int)( (Double)iSwitchPOC / m_iGOPSize + 0.5 )*m_iGOPSize;
      for ( Int i=iSwitchPOC; i<m_framesToBeEncoded + m_iGOPSize + 1; i++ )
      {
        m_aidQP[layer][i] = 1;
      }
    }

    for(UInt ch=0; ch<MAX_NUM_CHANNEL_TYPE; ch++)
    {
      if (saoOffsetBitShift[ch]<0)
      {
        if (m_internalBitDepth[ch]>10)
        {
          m_log2SaoOffsetScale[layer][ch]=UInt(Clip3<Int>(0, m_internalBitDepth[ch]-10, Int(m_internalBitDepth[ch]-10 + 0.165*m_iQP[layer] - 3.22 + 0.5) ) );
        }
        else
        {
          m_log2SaoOffsetScale[layer][ch]=0;
        }
      }
      else
      {
        m_log2SaoOffsetScale[layer][ch]=UInt(saoOffsetBitShift[ch]);
      }
    }
  }

  xResizeVector( m_bLoopFilterDisable ); 
  xResizeVector( m_bUseSAO ); 
  xResizeVector( m_iIntraPeriod ); 
  xResizeVector( m_tilesInUseFlag ); 
  xResizeVector( m_loopFilterNotAcrossTilesFlag ); 
  xResizeVector( m_wppInUseFlag ); 

  for (Int olsIdx = 0; olsIdx < m_vpsNumLayerSets + m_numAddLayerSets + (Int) m_outputLayerSetIdx.size(); olsIdx++)
  {    
    m_altOutputLayerFlag.push_back( false );      
  }
#else
  m_aidQP = new Int[ m_framesToBeEncoded + m_iGOPSize + 1 ];
  ::memset( m_aidQP, 0, sizeof(Int)*( m_framesToBeEncoded + m_iGOPSize + 1 ) );

  // handling of floating-point QP values
  // if QP is not integer, sequence is split into two sections having QP and QP+1
  m_iQP = (Int)( m_fQP );
  if ( m_iQP < m_fQP )
  {
    Int iSwitchPOC = (Int)( m_framesToBeEncoded - (m_fQP - m_iQP)*m_framesToBeEncoded + 0.5 );

    iSwitchPOC = (Int)( (Double)iSwitchPOC / m_iGOPSize + 0.5 )*m_iGOPSize;
    for ( Int i=iSwitchPOC; i<m_framesToBeEncoded + m_iGOPSize + 1; i++ )
    {
      m_aidQP[i] = 1;
    }
  }

  for(UInt ch=0; ch<MAX_NUM_CHANNEL_TYPE; ch++)
  {
    if (saoOffsetBitShift[ch]<0)
    {
      if (m_internalBitDepth[ch]>10)
      {
        m_log2SaoOffsetScale[ch]=UInt(Clip3<Int>(0, m_internalBitDepth[ch]-10, Int(m_internalBitDepth[ch]-10 + 0.165*m_iQP - 3.22 + 0.5) ) );
      }
      else
      {
        m_log2SaoOffsetScale[ch]=0;
      }
    }
    else
    {
      m_log2SaoOffsetScale[ch]=UInt(saoOffsetBitShift[ch]);
    }
  }

#endif

  // reading external dQP description from file
  if ( m_pchdQPFile )
  {
    FILE* fpt=fopen( m_pchdQPFile, "r" );
    if ( fpt )
    {
#if NH_MV
      for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++ )
      {
#endif
      Int iValue;
      Int iPOC = 0;
      while ( iPOC < m_framesToBeEncoded )
      {
        if ( fscanf(fpt, "%d", &iValue ) == EOF )
        {
          break;
        }
#if NH_MV
        m_aidQP[layer][ iPOC ] = iValue;
        iPOC++;
      }
#else
        m_aidQP[ iPOC ] = iValue;
        iPOC++;
#endif
      }
      fclose(fpt);
    }
  }

  if( m_masteringDisplay.colourVolumeSEIEnabled )
  {
    for(UInt idx=0; idx<6; idx++)
    {
      m_masteringDisplay.primaries[idx/2][idx%2] = UShort((cfg_DisplayPrimariesCode.values.size() > idx) ? cfg_DisplayPrimariesCode.values[idx] : 0);
    }
    for(UInt idx=0; idx<2; idx++)
    {
      m_masteringDisplay.whitePoint[idx] = UShort((cfg_DisplayWhitePointCode.values.size() > idx) ? cfg_DisplayWhitePointCode.values[idx] : 0);
    }
  }
    
  if( m_toneMappingInfoSEIEnabled && !m_toneMapCancelFlag )
  {
    if( m_toneMapModelId == 2 && !cfg_startOfCodedInterval.values.empty() )
    {
      const UInt num = 1u<< m_toneMapTargetBitDepth;
      m_startOfCodedInterval = new Int[num];
      for(UInt i=0; i<num; i++)
      {
        m_startOfCodedInterval[i] = cfg_startOfCodedInterval.values.size() > i ? cfg_startOfCodedInterval.values[i] : 0;
      }
    }
    else
    {
      m_startOfCodedInterval = NULL;
    }
    if( ( m_toneMapModelId == 3 ) && ( m_numPivots > 0 ) )
    {
      if( !cfg_codedPivotValue.values.empty() && !cfg_targetPivotValue.values.empty() )
      {
        m_codedPivotValue  = new Int[m_numPivots];
        m_targetPivotValue = new Int[m_numPivots];
        for(UInt i=0; i<m_numPivots; i++)
        {
          m_codedPivotValue[i]  = cfg_codedPivotValue.values.size()  > i ? cfg_codedPivotValue.values [i] : 0;
          m_targetPivotValue[i] = cfg_targetPivotValue.values.size() > i ? cfg_targetPivotValue.values[i] : 0;
        }
      }
    }
    else
    {
      m_codedPivotValue = NULL;
      m_targetPivotValue = NULL;
    }
  }

  if( m_kneeSEIEnabled && !m_kneeSEICancelFlag )
  {
    assert ( m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1 >= 0 && m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1 < 999 );
    m_kneeSEIInputKneePoint  = new Int[m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1+1];
    m_kneeSEIOutputKneePoint = new Int[m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1+1];
    for(Int i=0; i<(m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1+1); i++)
    {
      m_kneeSEIInputKneePoint[i]  = cfg_kneeSEIInputKneePointValue.values.size()  > i ? cfg_kneeSEIInputKneePointValue.values[i]  : 1;
      m_kneeSEIOutputKneePoint[i] = cfg_kneeSEIOutputKneePointValue.values.size() > i ? cfg_kneeSEIOutputKneePointValue.values[i] : 0;
    }
  }

  if(m_timeCodeSEIEnabled)
  {
    for(Int i = 0; i < m_timeCodeSEINumTs && i < MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS; i++)
    {
      m_timeSetArray[i].clockTimeStampFlag    = cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeStampFlag        .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeStampFlag        .values [i] : false;
      m_timeSetArray[i].numUnitFieldBasedFlag = cfg_timeCodeSeiNumUnitFieldBasedFlag.values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiNumUnitFieldBasedFlag.values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].countingType          = cfg_timeCodeSeiCountingType         .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiCountingType         .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].fullTimeStampFlag     = cfg_timeCodeSeiFullTimeStampFlag    .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiFullTimeStampFlag    .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].discontinuityFlag     = cfg_timeCodeSeiDiscontinuityFlag    .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiDiscontinuityFlag    .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].cntDroppedFlag        = cfg_timeCodeSeiCntDroppedFlag       .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiCntDroppedFlag       .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].numberOfFrames        = cfg_timeCodeSeiNumberOfFrames       .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiNumberOfFrames       .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].secondsValue          = cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsValue         .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsValue         .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].minutesValue          = cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesValue         .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesValue         .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].hoursValue            = cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursValue           .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursValue           .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].secondsFlag           = cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsFlag          .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiSecondsFlag          .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].minutesFlag           = cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesFlag          .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiMinutesFlag          .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].hoursFlag             = cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursFlag            .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiHoursFlag            .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].timeOffsetLength      = cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetLength     .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetLength     .values [i] : 0;
      m_timeSetArray[i].timeOffsetValue       = cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetValue      .values.size()>i ? cfg_timeCodeSeiTimeOffsetValue      .values [i] : 0;
    }
  }


  // check validity of input parameters
  xCheckParameter();

  // compute actual CU depth with respect to config depth and max transform size
  UInt uiAddCUDepth  = 0;
  while( (m_uiMaxCUWidth>>m_uiMaxCUDepth) > ( 1 << ( m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize + uiAddCUDepth )  ) )
  {
    uiAddCUDepth++;
  }

  m_uiMaxTotalCUDepth = m_uiMaxCUDepth + uiAddCUDepth + getMaxCUDepthOffset(m_chromaFormatIDC, m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize); // if minimum TU larger than 4x4, allow for additional part indices for 4:2:2 SubTUs.
  m_uiLog2DiffMaxMinCodingBlockSize = m_uiMaxCUDepth - 1;

  // print-out parameters
  xPrintParameter();

  return true;
}


// ====================================================================================================================
// Private member functions
// ====================================================================================================================

Void TAppEncCfg::xCheckParameter()
{
  if (!m_decodedPictureHashSEIEnabled)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "******************************************************************\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "** WARNING: --SEIDecodedPictureHash is now disabled by default. **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "**          Automatic verification of decoded pictures by a     **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "**          decoder requires this option to be enabled.         **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "******************************************************************\n");
  }


#if !NH_MV
  if( m_profile==Profile::NONE )
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "***************************************************************************\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "** WARNING: For conforming bitstreams a valid Profile value must be set! **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "***************************************************************************\n");
  }
  if( m_level==Level::NONE )
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "***************************************************************************\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "** WARNING: For conforming bitstreams a valid Level value must be set!   **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "***************************************************************************\n");
  }
#endif

  Bool check_failed = false; /* abort if there is a fatal configuration problem */
#define xConfirmPara(a,b) check_failed |= confirmPara(a,b)

  xConfirmPara(m_pchBitstreamFile==NULL, "A bitstream file name must be specified (BitstreamFile)");
  const UInt maxBitDepth=(m_chromaFormatIDC==CHROMA_400) ? m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA] : std::max(m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA], m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]);
  xConfirmPara(m_bitDepthConstraint<maxBitDepth, "The internalBitDepth must not be greater than the bitDepthConstraint value");
  xConfirmPara(m_chromaFormatConstraint<m_chromaFormatIDC, "The chroma format used must not be greater than the chromaFormatConstraint value");
#if NH_MV
  Profile::Name & m_profile = m_profiles[0];
#endif

  if (m_profile==Profile::MAINREXT || m_profile==Profile::HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT)
  {
    xConfirmPara(m_lowerBitRateConstraintFlag==false && m_intraConstraintFlag==false, "The lowerBitRateConstraint flag cannot be false when intraConstraintFlag is false");
    xConfirmPara(m_cabacBypassAlignmentEnabledFlag && m_profile!=Profile::HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT, "AlignCABACBeforeBypass must not be enabled unless the high throughput profile is being used.");
    if (m_profile == Profile::MAINREXT)
    {
      const UInt intraIdx = m_intraConstraintFlag ? 1:0;
      const UInt bitDepthIdx = (m_bitDepthConstraint == 8 ? 0 : (m_bitDepthConstraint ==10 ? 1 : (m_bitDepthConstraint == 12 ? 2 : (m_bitDepthConstraint == 16 ? 3 : 4 ))));
      const UInt chromaFormatIdx = UInt(m_chromaFormatConstraint);
      const Bool bValidProfile = (bitDepthIdx > 3 || chromaFormatIdx>3) ? false : (validRExtProfileNames[intraIdx][bitDepthIdx][chromaFormatIdx] != NONE);
      xConfirmPara(!bValidProfile, "Invalid intra constraint flag, bit depth constraint flag and chroma format constraint flag combination for a RExt profile");
      const Bool bUsingGeneralRExtTools  = m_transformSkipRotationEnabledFlag        ||
                                           m_transformSkipContextEnabledFlag         ||
                                           m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_IMPLICIT] ||
                                           m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_EXPLICIT] ||
                                           !m_enableIntraReferenceSmoothing         ||
                                           m_persistentRiceAdaptationEnabledFlag     ||
                                           m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize!=2;
      const Bool bUsingChromaQPTool      = m_diffCuChromaQpOffsetDepth >= 0;
      const Bool bUsingExtendedPrecision = m_extendedPrecisionProcessingFlag;

      xConfirmPara((m_chromaFormatConstraint==CHROMA_420 || m_chromaFormatConstraint==CHROMA_400) && bUsingChromaQPTool, "CU Chroma QP adjustment cannot be used for 4:0:0 or 4:2:0 RExt profiles");
      xConfirmPara(m_bitDepthConstraint != 16 && bUsingExtendedPrecision, "Extended precision can only be used in 16-bit RExt profiles");
      if (!(m_chromaFormatConstraint == CHROMA_400 && m_bitDepthConstraint == 16) && m_chromaFormatConstraint!=CHROMA_444)
      {
        xConfirmPara(bUsingGeneralRExtTools, "Combination of tools and profiles are not possible in the specified RExt profile.");
      }
      xConfirmPara( m_onePictureOnlyConstraintFlag && m_chromaFormatConstraint!=CHROMA_444, "chroma format constraint must be 4:4:4 when one-picture-only constraint flag is 1");
      xConfirmPara( m_onePictureOnlyConstraintFlag && m_bitDepthConstraint != 8 && m_bitDepthConstraint != 16, "bit depth constraint must be 8 or 16 when one-picture-only constraint flag is 1");
      xConfirmPara( m_onePictureOnlyConstraintFlag && m_framesToBeEncoded > 1, "Number of frames to be encoded must be 1 when one-picture-only constraint flag is 1.");

      if (!m_intraConstraintFlag && m_bitDepthConstraint==16 && m_chromaFormatConstraint==CHROMA_444)
      {
        fprintf(stderr, "********************************************************************************************************\n");
        fprintf(stderr, "** WARNING: The RExt constraint flags describe a non standard combination (used for development only) **\n");
        fprintf(stderr, "********************************************************************************************************\n");
      }
    }
    else
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_chromaFormatConstraint != CHROMA_444, "chroma format constraint must be 4:4:4 in the High Throughput 4:4:4 16-bit Intra profile.");
      xConfirmPara( m_bitDepthConstraint     != 16,         "bit depth constraint must be 4:4:4 in the High Throughput 4:4:4 16-bit Intra profile.");
      xConfirmPara( m_intraConstraintFlag    != 1,          "intra constraint flag must be 1 in the High Throughput 4:4:4 16-bit Intra profile.");
    }
  }
  else
  {
    xConfirmPara(m_bitDepthConstraint!=((m_profile==Profile::MAIN10)?10:8), "BitDepthConstraint must be 8 for MAIN profile and 10 for MAIN10 profile.");
    xConfirmPara(m_chromaFormatConstraint!=CHROMA_420, "ChromaFormatConstraint must be 420 for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_intraConstraintFlag==true, "IntraConstraintFlag must be false for non main_RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_lowerBitRateConstraintFlag==false, "LowerBitrateConstraintFlag must be true for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_profile == Profile::MAINSTILLPICTURE && m_framesToBeEncoded > 1, "Number of frames to be encoded must be 1 when main still picture profile is used.");

    xConfirmPara(m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag==true, "CrossComponentPrediction must not be used for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize!=2, "Transform Skip Log2 Max Size must be 2 for V1 profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_transformSkipRotationEnabledFlag==true, "UseResidualRotation must not be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_transformSkipContextEnabledFlag==true, "UseSingleSignificanceMapContext must not be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_IMPLICIT]==true, "ImplicitResidualDPCM must not be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_EXPLICIT]==true, "ExplicitResidualDPCM must not be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_persistentRiceAdaptationEnabledFlag==true, "GolombRiceParameterAdaption must not be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_extendedPrecisionProcessingFlag==true, "UseExtendedPrecision must not be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_highPrecisionOffsetsEnabledFlag==true, "UseHighPrecisionPredictionWeighting must not be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_enableIntraReferenceSmoothing==false, "EnableIntraReferenceSmoothing must be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
    xConfirmPara(m_cabacBypassAlignmentEnabledFlag, "AlignCABACBeforeBypass cannot be enabled for non main-RExt profiles.");
  }

  // check range of parameters
  xConfirmPara( m_inputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ] < 8,                                   "InputBitDepth must be at least 8" );
  xConfirmPara( m_inputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] < 8,                                   "InputBitDepthC must be at least 8" );

#if !RExt__HIGH_BIT_DEPTH_SUPPORT
  if (m_extendedPrecisionProcessingFlag)
  {
    for (UInt channelType = 0; channelType < MAX_NUM_CHANNEL_TYPE; channelType++)
    {
      xConfirmPara((m_internalBitDepth[channelType] > 8) , "Model is not configured to support high enough internal accuracies - enable RExt__HIGH_BIT_DEPTH_SUPPORT to use increased precision internal data types etc...");
    }
  }
  else
  {
    for (UInt channelType = 0; channelType < MAX_NUM_CHANNEL_TYPE; channelType++)
    {
      xConfirmPara((m_internalBitDepth[channelType] > 12) , "Model is not configured to support high enough internal accuracies - enable RExt__HIGH_BIT_DEPTH_SUPPORT to use increased precision internal data types etc...");
    }
  }
#endif

  xConfirmPara( (m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ] < m_inputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ]), "MSB-extended bit depth for luma channel (--MSBExtendedBitDepth) must be greater than or equal to input bit depth for luma channel (--InputBitDepth)" );
  xConfirmPara( (m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] < m_inputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]), "MSB-extended bit depth for chroma channel (--MSBExtendedBitDepthC) must be greater than or equal to input bit depth for chroma channel (--InputBitDepthC)" );

#if NH_MV
  for (Int i = 0; i < m_numberOfLayers; i++)
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_log2SaoOffsetScale[i][CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA]   > (m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ]<10?0:(m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ]-10)), "SaoLumaOffsetBitShift must be in the range of 0 to InternalBitDepth-10, inclusive");
    xConfirmPara( m_log2SaoOffsetScale[i][CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] > (m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]<10?0:(m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]-10)), "SaoChromaOffsetBitShift must be in the range of 0 to InternalBitDepthC-10, inclusive");
  }
#else
  xConfirmPara( m_log2SaoOffsetScale[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA]   > (m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ]<10?0:(m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA  ]-10)), "SaoLumaOffsetBitShift must be in the range of 0 to InternalBitDepth-10, inclusive");
  xConfirmPara( m_log2SaoOffsetScale[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] > (m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]<10?0:(m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]-10)), "SaoChromaOffsetBitShift must be in the range of 0 to InternalBitDepthC-10, inclusive");
#endif

  xConfirmPara( m_chromaFormatIDC >= NUM_CHROMA_FORMAT,                                     "ChromaFormatIDC must be either 400, 420, 422 or 444" );
  std::string sTempIPCSC="InputColourSpaceConvert must be empty, "+getListOfColourSpaceConverts(true);
  xConfirmPara( m_inputColourSpaceConvert >= NUMBER_INPUT_COLOUR_SPACE_CONVERSIONS,         sTempIPCSC.c_str() );
  xConfirmPara( m_InputChromaFormatIDC >= NUM_CHROMA_FORMAT,                                "InputChromaFormatIDC must be either 400, 420, 422 or 444" );
  xConfirmPara( m_iFrameRate <= 0,                                                          "Frame rate must be more than 1" );
  xConfirmPara( m_framesToBeEncoded <= 0,                                                   "Total Number Of Frames encoded must be more than 0" );
#if NH_MV
  xConfirmPara( m_numberOfLayers > MAX_NUM_LAYER_IDS ,                                      "NumberOfLayers must be less than or equal to MAX_NUM_LAYER_IDS");


  xConfirmPara( m_layerIdInNuh[0] != 0      , "LayerIdInNuh must be 0 for the first layer. ");
  xConfirmPara( (m_layerIdInNuh.size()!=1) && (m_layerIdInNuh.size() < m_numberOfLayers) , "LayerIdInNuh must be given for all layers. ");

  xConfirmPara( m_scalabilityMask != 2 && m_scalabilityMask != 8 && m_scalabilityMask != 10, "Scalability Mask must be equal to 2, 8 or 10");


  m_dimIds.push_back( m_viewOrderIndex );   
  for (Int i = 0; i < m_auxId.size(); i++)
  {
    xConfirmPara( !( ( m_auxId[i] >= 0 && m_auxId[i] <= 2 ) || ( m_auxId[i] >= 128 && m_auxId[i] <= 159 ) ) , "AuxId shall be in the range of 0 to 2, inclusive, or 128 to 159, inclusive");
  }
  if ( m_scalabilityMask & ( 1 << AUX_ID ) )
  {
    m_dimIds.push_back ( m_auxId );
  }
  xConfirmPara(  m_dimensionIdLen.size() < m_dimIds.size(), "DimensionIdLen must be given for all dimensions. "   );
  Int dimBitOffset[MAX_NUM_SCALABILITY_TYPES+1]; 

  dimBitOffset[ 0 ] = 0; 
  for (Int j = 1; j <= (((Int) m_dimIds.size() - m_splittingFlag) ? 1 : 0); j++ )
  {
    dimBitOffset[ j ] = dimBitOffset[ j - 1 ] + m_dimensionIdLen[ j - 1]; 
  }

  if ( m_splittingFlag )
  {
    dimBitOffset[ (Int) m_dimIds.size() ] = 6; 
  }

  for( Int j = 0; j < m_dimIds.size(); j++ )
  {    
    xConfirmPara( m_dimIds[j].size() < m_numberOfLayers,  "DimensionId must be given for all layers and all dimensions. ");   
    xConfirmPara( (m_dimIds[j][0] != 0)                 , "DimensionId of layer 0 must be 0. " );
    xConfirmPara( m_dimensionIdLen[j] < 1 || m_dimensionIdLen[j] > 8, "DimensionIdLen must be greater than 0 and less than 9 in all dimensions. " ); 


    for( Int i = 1; i < m_numberOfLayers; i++ )
    {     
      xConfirmPara(  ( m_dimIds[j][i] < 0 ) || ( m_dimIds[j][i] > ( ( 1 << m_dimensionIdLen[j] ) - 1 ) )   , "DimensionId shall be in the range of 0 to 2^DimensionIdLen - 1. " );
      if ( m_splittingFlag )
      {
        Int layerIdInNuh = (m_layerIdInNuh.size()!=1) ? m_layerIdInNuh[i] :  i; 
        xConfirmPara( ( ( layerIdInNuh & ( (1 << dimBitOffset[ j + 1 ] ) - 1) ) >> dimBitOffset[ j ] )  != m_dimIds[j][ i ]  , "When Splitting Flag is equal to 1 dimension ids shall match values derived from layer ids. "); 
      }
    }
  }

  for( Int i = 0; i < m_numberOfLayers; i++ )
  {
    for( Int j = 0; j < i; j++ )
    {     
      Int numDiff  = 0; 
      Int lastDiff = -1; 
      for( Int dim = 0; dim < m_dimIds.size(); dim++ )
      {
        if ( m_dimIds[dim][i] != m_dimIds[dim][j] )
        {
          numDiff ++; 
          lastDiff = dim; 
        }
      }

      Bool allEqual = ( numDiff == 0 ); 

      if ( allEqual ) 
      {
        printf( "\nError: Positions of Layers %d and %d are identical in scalability space\n", i, j);
      }

      xConfirmPara( allEqual , "Each layer shall have a different position in scalability space." );

      if ( numDiff  == 1 ) 
      {
        Bool inc = m_dimIds[ lastDiff ][ i ] > m_dimIds[ lastDiff ][ j ]; 
        Bool shallBeButIsNotIncreasing = ( !inc  ) ; 
        if ( shallBeButIsNotIncreasing )
        {       
          printf( "\nError: Positions of Layers %d and %d is not increasing in dimension %d \n", i, j, lastDiff);        
        }
        xConfirmPara( shallBeButIsNotIncreasing,  "DimensionIds shall be increasing within one dimension. " );
      }
    }
  }

  /// ViewId 
  xConfirmPara( m_viewId.size() != m_iNumberOfViews, "The number of ViewIds must be equal to the number of views." ); 

  /// Layer sets
  xConfirmPara( m_vpsNumLayerSets < 0 || m_vpsNumLayerSets > 1024, "VpsNumLayerSets must be greater than 0 and less than 1025. ") ; 
  for( Int lsIdx = 0; lsIdx < m_vpsNumLayerSets; lsIdx++ )
  {
    if (lsIdx == 0)
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_layerIdsInSets[lsIdx].size() != 1 || m_layerIdsInSets[lsIdx][0] != 0 , "0-th layer shall only include layer 0. ");
    }
    for ( Int i = 0; i < m_layerIdsInSets[lsIdx].size(); i++ )
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_layerIdsInSets[lsIdx][i] < 0 || m_layerIdsInSets[lsIdx][i] >= MAX_NUM_LAYER_IDS, "LayerIdsInSet must be greater than 0 and less than MAX_NUM_LAYER_IDS" ); 
    }
  }

  // Output layer sets
  xConfirmPara( m_outputLayerSetIdx.size() > 1024, "The number of output layer set indices must be less than 1025.") ;
  for (Int lsIdx = 0; lsIdx < m_outputLayerSetIdx.size(); lsIdx++)
  {   
    Int refLayerSetIdx = m_outputLayerSetIdx[ lsIdx ]; 
    xConfirmPara(  refLayerSetIdx < 0 || refLayerSetIdx >= m_vpsNumLayerSets + m_numAddLayerSets, "Output layer set idx must be greater or equal to 0 and less than the VpsNumLayerSets plus NumAddLayerSets." );
  }

  xConfirmPara( m_defaultOutputLayerIdc < 0 || m_defaultOutputLayerIdc > 2, "Default target output layer idc must greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2." );  

  if( m_defaultOutputLayerIdc != 2 )
  {
    Bool anyDefaultOutputFlag = false;   
    for (Int lsIdx = 0; lsIdx < m_vpsNumLayerSets; lsIdx++)
    { 
      anyDefaultOutputFlag = anyDefaultOutputFlag || ( m_layerIdsInDefOutputLayerSet[lsIdx].size() != 0 );
    }    
    if ( anyDefaultOutputFlag )
    {    
      printf( "\nWarning: Ignoring LayerIdsInDefOutputLayerSet parameters, since defaultTargetOuputLayerIdc is not equal 2.\n" );    
    }
  }
  else  
  {  
    for (Int lsIdx = 0; lsIdx < m_vpsNumLayerSets; lsIdx++)
    { 
      for (Int i = 0; i < m_layerIdsInDefOutputLayerSet[ lsIdx ].size(); i++)
      {
        Bool inLayerSetFlag = false; 
        for (Int j = 0; j < m_layerIdsInSets[ lsIdx].size(); j++ )
        {
          if ( m_layerIdsInSets[ lsIdx ][ j ] == m_layerIdsInDefOutputLayerSet[ lsIdx ][ i ] )
          {
            inLayerSetFlag = true; 
            break; 
          }        
        }
        xConfirmPara( !inLayerSetFlag, "All output layers of a output layer set must be included in corresponding layer set.");
      }
    }
  }

  xConfirmPara( m_altOutputLayerFlag.size() < m_vpsNumLayerSets + m_numAddLayerSets + m_outputLayerSetIdx.size(), "The number of alt output layer flags must be equal to the number of layer set additional output layer sets plus the number of output layer set indices" );

  // PTL
  xConfirmPara( ( m_profiles.size() != m_inblFlag.size() || m_profiles.size() != m_level.size()  ||  m_profiles.size() != m_levelTier.size() ), "The number of Profiles, Levels, Tiers and InblFlags must be equal." ); 

  if ( m_numberOfLayers > 1)
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_profiles.size() <= 1, "The number of profiles, tiers, levels, and inblFlags must be greater than 1.");
    xConfirmPara( m_inblFlag[0], "VpsProfileTierLevel[0] must have inblFlag equal to 0");
    if (m_profiles.size() > 1 )
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_profiles[0]  != m_profiles[1], "The profile in VpsProfileTierLevel[1] must be equal to the profile in VpsProfileTierLevel[0].");
      xConfirmPara( m_inblFlag[0] != m_inblFlag[1], "inblFlag in VpsProfileTierLevel[1] must be equal to the inblFlag in VpsProfileTierLevel[0].");
    }
  }

  // Layer Dependencies  
  for (Int i = 0; i < m_numberOfLayers; i++ )
  {
    xConfirmPara( (i == 0)  && m_directRefLayers[0].size() != 0, "Layer 0 shall not have reference layers." ); 
    xConfirmPara( m_directRefLayers[i].size() != m_dependencyTypes[ i ].size(), "Each reference layer shall have a reference type." ); 
    for (Int j = 0; j < m_directRefLayers[i].size(); j++)
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_directRefLayers[i][j] < 0 || m_directRefLayers[i][j] >= i , "Reference layer id shall be greater than or equal to 0 and less than dependent layer id"); 
      xConfirmPara( m_dependencyTypes[i][j] < 0 || m_dependencyTypes[i][j] >  6 , "Dependency type shall be greater than or equal to 0 and less than 7");
    }        
  }  
#endif

  xConfirmPara( m_iGOPSize < 1 ,                                                            "GOP Size must be greater or equal to 1" );
  xConfirmPara( m_iGOPSize > 1 &&  m_iGOPSize % 2,                                          "GOP Size must be a multiple of 2, if GOP Size is greater than 1" );
#if NH_MV
  for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++ )
  {
    xConfirmPara( (m_iIntraPeriod[layer] > 0 && m_iIntraPeriod[layer] < m_iGOPSize) || m_iIntraPeriod[layer] == 0, "Intra period must be more than GOP size, or -1 , not 0" );
  }
#else
  xConfirmPara( (m_iIntraPeriod > 0 && m_iIntraPeriod < m_iGOPSize) || m_iIntraPeriod == 0, "Intra period must be more than GOP size, or -1 , not 0" );
#endif
  xConfirmPara( m_iDecodingRefreshType < 0 || m_iDecodingRefreshType > 3,                   "Decoding Refresh Type must be comprised between 0 and 3 included" );
  if(m_iDecodingRefreshType == 3)
  {
    xConfirmPara( !m_recoveryPointSEIEnabled,                                               "When using RecoveryPointSEI messages as RA points, recoveryPointSEI must be enabled" );
  }

  if (m_isField)
  {
    if (!m_pictureTimingSEIEnabled)
    {
      fprintf(stderr, "****************************************************************************\n");
      fprintf(stderr, "** WARNING: Picture Timing SEI should be enabled for field coding!        **\n");
      fprintf(stderr, "****************************************************************************\n");
    }
  }

  if(m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag && (m_chromaFormatIDC != CHROMA_444))
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "****************************************************************************\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "** WARNING: Cross-component prediction is specified for 4:4:4 format only **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "****************************************************************************\n");

    m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag = false;
  }

  if ( m_CUTransquantBypassFlagForce && m_bUseHADME )
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "****************************************************************************\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "** WARNING: --HadamardME has been disabled due to the enabling of         **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "**          --CUTransquantBypassFlagForce                                 **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "****************************************************************************\n");

    m_bUseHADME = false; // this has been disabled so that the lambda is calculated slightly differently for lossless modes (as a result of JCTVC-R0104).
  }

  xConfirmPara (m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize < 2, "Transform Skip Log2 Max Size must be at least 2 (4x4)");

  if (m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize!=2 && m_useTransformSkipFast)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "***************************************************************************\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "** WARNING: Transform skip fast is enabled (which only tests NxN splits),**\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "**          but transform skip log2 max size is not 2 (4x4)              **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "**          It may be better to disable transform skip fast mode         **\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "***************************************************************************\n");
  }
#if NH_MV
  for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++ )
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_iQP[layer] <  -6 * (m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA] - 8) || m_iQP[layer] > 51,      "QP exceeds supported range (-QpBDOffsety to 51)" );
    xConfirmPara( m_DeblockingFilterMetric && (m_bLoopFilterDisable[layer] || m_loopFilterOffsetInPPS), "If DeblockingFilterMetric is true then both LoopFilterDisable and LoopFilterOffsetInPPS must be 0");
  }
#else
  xConfirmPara( m_iQP <  -6 * (m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA] - 8) || m_iQP > 51,    "QP exceeds supported range (-QpBDOffsety to 51)" );
  xConfirmPara( m_DeblockingFilterMetric && (m_bLoopFilterDisable || m_loopFilterOffsetInPPS), "If DeblockingFilterMetric is true then both LoopFilterDisable and LoopFilterOffsetInPPS must be 0");
#endif
  
  xConfirmPara( m_loopFilterBetaOffsetDiv2 < -6 || m_loopFilterBetaOffsetDiv2 > 6,        "Loop Filter Beta Offset div. 2 exceeds supported range (-6 to 6)");
  xConfirmPara( m_loopFilterTcOffsetDiv2 < -6 || m_loopFilterTcOffsetDiv2 > 6,            "Loop Filter Tc Offset div. 2 exceeds supported range (-6 to 6)");
  xConfirmPara( m_iFastSearch < 0 || m_iFastSearch > 2,                                     "Fast Search Mode is not supported value (0:Full search  1:Diamond  2:PMVFAST)" );
  xConfirmPara( m_iSearchRange < 0 ,                                                        "Search Range must be more than 0" );
  xConfirmPara( m_bipredSearchRange < 0 ,                                                   "Search Range must be more than 0" );
#if NH_MV
  xConfirmPara( m_iVerticalDisparitySearchRange <= 0 ,                                      "Vertical Disparity Search Range must be more than 0" );
#endif
  xConfirmPara( m_iMaxDeltaQP > 7,                                                          "Absolute Delta QP exceeds supported range (0 to 7)" );
  xConfirmPara( m_iMaxCuDQPDepth > m_uiMaxCUDepth - 1,                                          "Absolute depth for a minimum CuDQP exceeds maximum coding unit depth" );

  xConfirmPara( m_cbQpOffset < -12,   "Min. Chroma Cb QP Offset is -12" );
  xConfirmPara( m_cbQpOffset >  12,   "Max. Chroma Cb QP Offset is  12" );
  xConfirmPara( m_crQpOffset < -12,   "Min. Chroma Cr QP Offset is -12" );
  xConfirmPara( m_crQpOffset >  12,   "Max. Chroma Cr QP Offset is  12" );

  xConfirmPara( m_iQPAdaptationRange <= 0,                                                  "QP Adaptation Range must be more than 0" );
  if (m_iDecodingRefreshType == 2)
  {
#if NH_MV
    for (Int i = 0; i < m_numberOfLayers; i++ )
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_iIntraPeriod[i] > 0 && m_iIntraPeriod[i] <= m_iGOPSize ,                      "Intra period must be larger than GOP size for periodic IDR pictures");
    }
#else
    xConfirmPara( m_iIntraPeriod > 0 && m_iIntraPeriod <= m_iGOPSize ,                      "Intra period must be larger than GOP size for periodic IDR pictures");
#endif
  }
  xConfirmPara( m_uiMaxCUDepth < 1,                                                         "MaxPartitionDepth must be greater than zero");
  xConfirmPara( (m_uiMaxCUWidth  >> m_uiMaxCUDepth) < 4,                                    "Minimum partition width size should be larger than or equal to 8");
  xConfirmPara( (m_uiMaxCUHeight >> m_uiMaxCUDepth) < 4,                                    "Minimum partition height size should be larger than or equal to 8");
  xConfirmPara( m_uiMaxCUWidth < 16,                                                        "Maximum partition width size should be larger than or equal to 16");
  xConfirmPara( m_uiMaxCUHeight < 16,                                                       "Maximum partition height size should be larger than or equal to 16");
  xConfirmPara( (m_iSourceWidth  % (m_uiMaxCUWidth  >> (m_uiMaxCUDepth-1)))!=0,             "Resulting coded frame width must be a multiple of the minimum CU size");
  xConfirmPara( (m_iSourceHeight % (m_uiMaxCUHeight >> (m_uiMaxCUDepth-1)))!=0,             "Resulting coded frame height must be a multiple of the minimum CU size");

  xConfirmPara( m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize < 2,                                        "QuadtreeTULog2MinSize must be 2 or greater.");
  xConfirmPara( m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MaxSize > 5,                                        "QuadtreeTULog2MaxSize must be 5 or smaller.");
  xConfirmPara( m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MaxSize < m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize,                "QuadtreeTULog2MaxSize must be greater than or equal to m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize.");
  xConfirmPara( (1<<m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MaxSize) > m_uiMaxCUWidth,                      "QuadtreeTULog2MaxSize must be log2(maxCUSize) or smaller.");
  xConfirmPara( ( 1 << m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize ) >= ( m_uiMaxCUWidth  >> (m_uiMaxCUDepth-1)), "QuadtreeTULog2MinSize must not be greater than or equal to minimum CU size" );
  xConfirmPara( ( 1 << m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize ) >= ( m_uiMaxCUHeight >> (m_uiMaxCUDepth-1)), "QuadtreeTULog2MinSize must not be greater than or equal to minimum CU size" );
  xConfirmPara( m_uiQuadtreeTUMaxDepthInter < 1,                                                         "QuadtreeTUMaxDepthInter must be greater than or equal to 1" );
  xConfirmPara( m_uiMaxCUWidth < ( 1 << (m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize + m_uiQuadtreeTUMaxDepthInter - 1) ), "QuadtreeTUMaxDepthInter must be less than or equal to the difference between log2(maxCUSize) and QuadtreeTULog2MinSize plus 1" );
  xConfirmPara( m_uiQuadtreeTUMaxDepthIntra < 1,                                                         "QuadtreeTUMaxDepthIntra must be greater than or equal to 1" );
  xConfirmPara( m_uiMaxCUWidth < ( 1 << (m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize + m_uiQuadtreeTUMaxDepthIntra - 1) ), "QuadtreeTUMaxDepthInter must be less than or equal to the difference between log2(maxCUSize) and QuadtreeTULog2MinSize plus 1" );

  xConfirmPara(  m_maxNumMergeCand < 1,  "MaxNumMergeCand must be 1 or greater.");
  xConfirmPara(  m_maxNumMergeCand > 5,  "MaxNumMergeCand must be 5 or smaller.");
#if ADAPTIVE_QP_SELECTION
#if NH_MV
  for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++ )
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_bUseAdaptQpSelect == true && m_iQP[layer] < 0,                                     "AdaptiveQpSelection must be disabled when QP < 0.");
  }
#else
  xConfirmPara( m_bUseAdaptQpSelect == true && m_iQP < 0,                                              "AdaptiveQpSelection must be disabled when QP < 0.");
#endif
  xConfirmPara( m_bUseAdaptQpSelect == true && (m_cbQpOffset !=0 || m_crQpOffset != 0 ),               "AdaptiveQpSelection must be disabled when ChromaQpOffset is not equal to 0.");
#endif

  if( m_usePCM)
  {
    for (UInt channelType = 0; channelType < MAX_NUM_CHANNEL_TYPE; channelType++)
    {
      xConfirmPara(((m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[channelType] > m_internalBitDepth[channelType]) && m_bPCMInputBitDepthFlag), "PCM bit depth cannot be greater than internal bit depth (PCMInputBitDepthFlag cannot be used when InputBitDepth or MSBExtendedBitDepth > InternalBitDepth)");
    }
    xConfirmPara(  m_uiPCMLog2MinSize < 3,                                      "PCMLog2MinSize must be 3 or greater.");
    xConfirmPara(  m_uiPCMLog2MinSize > 5,                                      "PCMLog2MinSize must be 5 or smaller.");
    xConfirmPara(  m_pcmLog2MaxSize > 5,                                        "PCMLog2MaxSize must be 5 or smaller.");
    xConfirmPara(  m_pcmLog2MaxSize < m_uiPCMLog2MinSize,                       "PCMLog2MaxSize must be equal to or greater than m_uiPCMLog2MinSize.");
  }

  xConfirmPara( m_sliceMode < 0 || m_sliceMode > 3, "SliceMode exceeds supported range (0 to 3)" );
  if (m_sliceMode!=0)
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_sliceArgument < 1 ,         "SliceArgument should be larger than or equal to 1" );
  }
  xConfirmPara( m_sliceSegmentMode < 0 || m_sliceSegmentMode > 3, "SliceSegmentMode exceeds supported range (0 to 3)" );
  if (m_sliceSegmentMode!=0)
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_sliceSegmentArgument < 1 ,         "SliceSegmentArgument should be larger than or equal to 1" );
  }

  Bool tileFlag = (m_numTileColumnsMinus1 > 0 || m_numTileRowsMinus1 > 0 );
  if (m_profile!=Profile::HIGHTHROUGHPUTREXT)
  {
    xConfirmPara( tileFlag && m_iWaveFrontSynchro,            "Tile and Wavefront can not be applied together, except in the High Throughput Intra 4:4:4 16 profile");
  }

  xConfirmPara( m_iSourceWidth  % TComSPS::getWinUnitX(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Picture width must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
  xConfirmPara( m_iSourceHeight % TComSPS::getWinUnitY(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Picture height must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");

  xConfirmPara( m_aiPad[0] % TComSPS::getWinUnitX(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Horizontal padding must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
  xConfirmPara( m_aiPad[1] % TComSPS::getWinUnitY(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Vertical padding must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");

  xConfirmPara( m_confWinLeft   % TComSPS::getWinUnitX(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Left conformance window offset must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
  xConfirmPara( m_confWinRight  % TComSPS::getWinUnitX(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Right conformance window offset must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
  xConfirmPara( m_confWinTop    % TComSPS::getWinUnitY(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Top conformance window offset must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
  xConfirmPara( m_confWinBottom % TComSPS::getWinUnitY(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Bottom conformance window offset must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");

  xConfirmPara( m_defaultDisplayWindowFlag && !m_vuiParametersPresentFlag, "VUI needs to be enabled for default display window");

  if (m_defaultDisplayWindowFlag)
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_defDispWinLeftOffset   % TComSPS::getWinUnitX(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Left default display window offset must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
    xConfirmPara( m_defDispWinRightOffset  % TComSPS::getWinUnitX(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Right default display window offset must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
    xConfirmPara( m_defDispWinTopOffset    % TComSPS::getWinUnitY(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Top default display window offset must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
    xConfirmPara( m_defDispWinBottomOffset % TComSPS::getWinUnitY(m_chromaFormatIDC) != 0, "Bottom default display window offset must be an integer multiple of the specified chroma subsampling");
  }

  // max CU width and height should be power of 2
  UInt ui = m_uiMaxCUWidth;
  while(ui)
  {
    ui >>= 1;
    if( (ui & 1) == 1)
    {
      xConfirmPara( ui != 1 , "Width should be 2^n");
    }
  }
  ui = m_uiMaxCUHeight;
  while(ui)
  {
    ui >>= 1;
    if( (ui & 1) == 1)
    {
      xConfirmPara( ui != 1 , "Height should be 2^n");
    }
  }

#if NH_MV
  // validate that POC of same frame is identical across multiple layers
  Bool bErrorMvePoc = false;
  if( m_numberOfLayers > 1 )
  {
    for( Int k = 1; k < m_numberOfLayers; k++ )
    {
      for( Int i = 0; i < MAX_GOP; i++ )
      {
        if( m_GOPListMvc[k][i].m_POC != m_GOPListMvc[0][i].m_POC )
        {
          printf( "\nError: Frame%d_l%d POC %d is not identical to Frame%d POC\n", i, k, m_GOPListMvc[k][i].m_POC, i );
          bErrorMvePoc = true;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  xConfirmPara( bErrorMvePoc,  "Invalid inter-layer POC structure given" );

  // validate that baseview has no inter-view refs 
  Bool bErrorIvpBase = false;
  for( Int i = 0; i < MAX_GOP; i++ )
  {
    if( m_GOPListMvc[0][i].m_numActiveRefLayerPics != 0 )
    {
      printf( "\nError: Frame%d inter_layer refs not available in layer 0\n", i );
      bErrorIvpBase = true;
    }
  }
  xConfirmPara( bErrorIvpBase, "Inter-layer refs not possible in base layer" );

  // validate inter-view refs
  Bool bErrorIvpEnhV = false;
  if( m_numberOfLayers > 1 )
  {
    for( Int layer = 1; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++ )
    {
      for( Int i = 0; i < MAX_GOP+1; i++ )
      {
        GOPEntry gopEntry = m_GOPListMvc[layer][i];  
        for( Int j = 0; j < gopEntry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics; j++ )
        {
          Int ilPredLayerIdc = gopEntry.m_interLayerPredLayerIdc[j];
          if( ilPredLayerIdc < 0 || ilPredLayerIdc >= m_directRefLayers[layer].size() )
          {
            printf( "\nError: inter-layer ref idc %d is not available for Frame%d_l%d\n", gopEntry.m_interLayerPredLayerIdc[j], i, layer );
            bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
          }
          if( gopEntry.m_interViewRefPosL[0][j] < -1 || gopEntry.m_interViewRefPosL[0][j] > gopEntry.m_numRefPicsActive )
          {
            printf( "\nError: inter-layer ref pos %d on L0 is not available for Frame%d_l%d\n", gopEntry.m_interViewRefPosL[0][j], i, layer );
            bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
          }
          if( gopEntry.m_interViewRefPosL[1][j] < -1  || gopEntry.m_interViewRefPosL[1][j] > gopEntry.m_numRefPicsActive )
          {
            printf( "\nError: inter-layer ref pos %d on L1 is not available for Frame%d_l%d\n", gopEntry.m_interViewRefPosL[1][j], i, layer );
            bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
          }
        }
        if( i == MAX_GOP ) // inter-view refs at I pic position in base view
        {
          if( gopEntry.m_sliceType != 'B' && gopEntry.m_sliceType != 'P' && gopEntry.m_sliceType != 'I' )
          {
            printf( "\nError: slice type of FrameI_l%d must be equal to B or P or I\n", layer );
            bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
          }

          if( gopEntry.m_POC != 0 )
          {
            printf( "\nError: POC %d not possible for FrameI_l%d, must be 0\n", gopEntry.m_POC, layer );
            bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
          }

          if( gopEntry.m_temporalId != 0 )
          {
            printf( "\nWarning: Temporal id of FrameI_l%d must be 0 (cp. I-frame in base layer)\n", layer );
            gopEntry.m_temporalId = 0;
          }

          if( gopEntry.m_numRefPics != 0 )
          {
            printf( "\nWarning: temporal references not possible for FrameI_l%d\n", layer );
            for( Int j = 0; j < m_GOPListMvc[layer][MAX_GOP].m_numRefPics; j++ )
            {
              gopEntry.m_referencePics[j] = 0;
            }
            gopEntry.m_numRefPics = 0;
          }

          if( gopEntry.m_interRPSPrediction )
          {
            printf( "\nError: inter RPS prediction not possible for FrameI_l%d, must be 0\n", layer );
            bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
          }

          if( gopEntry.m_sliceType == 'I' && gopEntry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics != 0 )
          {
            printf( "\nError: inter-layer prediction not possible for FrameI_l%d with slice type I, #IL_ref_pics must be 0\n", layer );
            bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
          }

          if( gopEntry.m_numRefPicsActive > gopEntry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics )
          {
            gopEntry.m_numRefPicsActive = gopEntry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics;
          }

          if( gopEntry.m_sliceType == 'P' )
          {
            if( gopEntry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics < 1 )
            {
              printf( "\nError: #IL_ref_pics must be at least one for FrameI_l%d with slice type P\n", layer );
              bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
            }
            else
            {
              for( Int j = 0; j < gopEntry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics; j++ )
              {
                if( gopEntry.m_interViewRefPosL[1][j] != -1 )
                {
                  printf( "\nError: inter-layer ref pos %d on L1 not possible for FrameI_l%d with slice type P\n", gopEntry.m_interViewRefPosL[1][j], layer );
                  bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
                }
              }
            }
          }

          if( gopEntry.m_sliceType == 'B' && gopEntry.m_numActiveRefLayerPics < 1 )
          {
            printf( "\nError: #IL_ref_pics must be at least one for FrameI_l%d with slice type B\n", layer );
            bErrorIvpEnhV = true;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  xConfirmPara( bErrorIvpEnhV, "Invalid inter-layer coding structure for enhancement layers given" );

  // validate temporal coding structure
  if( !bErrorMvePoc && !bErrorIvpBase && !bErrorIvpEnhV )
  {
    for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++ )
    {
      GOPEntry* m_GOPList            = m_GOPListMvc           [layer]; // It is not a member, but this name helps avoiding code duplication !!!
      Int&      m_extraRPSs          = m_extraRPSsMvc         [layer]; // It is not a member, but this name helps avoiding code duplication !!!
      Int&      m_maxTempLayer       = m_maxTempLayerMvc      [layer]; // It is not a member, but this name helps avoiding code duplication !!!
      Int*      m_maxDecPicBuffering = m_maxDecPicBufferingMvc[layer]; // It is not a member, but this name helps avoiding code duplication !!!
      Int*      m_numReorderPics     = m_numReorderPicsMvc    [layer]; // It is not a member, but this name helps avoiding code duplication !!!
#endif

  /* if this is an intra-only sequence, ie IntraPeriod=1, don't verify the GOP structure
   * This permits the ability to omit a GOP structure specification */
#if NH_MV
  if (m_iIntraPeriod[layer] == 1 && m_GOPList[0].m_POC == -1)
#else
  if (m_iIntraPeriod == 1 && m_GOPList[0].m_POC == -1)
#endif
  {
    m_GOPList[0] = GOPEntry();
    m_GOPList[0].m_QPFactor = 1;
    m_GOPList[0].m_betaOffsetDiv2 = 0;
    m_GOPList[0].m_tcOffsetDiv2 = 0;
    m_GOPList[0].m_POC = 1;
    m_GOPList[0].m_numRefPicsActive = 4;
  }
  else
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_intraConstraintFlag, "IntraConstraintFlag cannot be 1 for inter sequences");
  }

  Bool verifiedGOP=false;
  Bool errorGOP=false;
  Int checkGOP=1;
  Int numRefs = m_isField ? 2 : 1;
  Int refList[MAX_NUM_REF_PICS+1];
  refList[0]=0;
  if(m_isField)
  {
    refList[1] = 1;
  }
  Bool isOK[MAX_GOP];
  for(Int i=0; i<MAX_GOP; i++)
  {
    isOK[i]=false;
  }
  Int numOK=0;
#if NH_MV
  xConfirmPara( m_iIntraPeriod[layer] >=0&&(m_iIntraPeriod[layer]%m_iGOPSize!=0), "Intra period must be a multiple of GOPSize, or -1" ); 
#else
  xConfirmPara( m_iIntraPeriod >=0&&(m_iIntraPeriod%m_iGOPSize!=0), "Intra period must be a multiple of GOPSize, or -1" );
#endif

  for(Int i=0; i<m_iGOPSize; i++)
  {
    if(m_GOPList[i].m_POC==m_iGOPSize)
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_GOPList[i].m_temporalId!=0 , "The last frame in each GOP must have temporal ID = 0 " );
    }
  }

#if NH_MV
  if ( (m_iIntraPeriod[layer] != 1) && !m_loopFilterOffsetInPPS && (!m_bLoopFilterDisable[layer]) )
#else
  if ( (m_iIntraPeriod != 1) && !m_loopFilterOffsetInPPS && (!m_bLoopFilterDisable) )
#endif
  {
    for(Int i=0; i<m_iGOPSize; i++)
    {
      xConfirmPara( (m_GOPList[i].m_betaOffsetDiv2 + m_loopFilterBetaOffsetDiv2) < -6 || (m_GOPList[i].m_betaOffsetDiv2 + m_loopFilterBetaOffsetDiv2) > 6, "Loop Filter Beta Offset div. 2 for one of the GOP entries exceeds supported range (-6 to 6)" );
      xConfirmPara( (m_GOPList[i].m_tcOffsetDiv2 + m_loopFilterTcOffsetDiv2) < -6 || (m_GOPList[i].m_tcOffsetDiv2 + m_loopFilterTcOffsetDiv2) > 6, "Loop Filter Tc Offset div. 2 for one of the GOP entries exceeds supported range (-6 to 6)" );
    }
  }

  m_extraRPSs=0;
  //start looping through frames in coding order until we can verify that the GOP structure is correct.
  while(!verifiedGOP&&!errorGOP)
  {
    Int curGOP = (checkGOP-1)%m_iGOPSize;
    Int curPOC = ((checkGOP-1)/m_iGOPSize)*m_iGOPSize + m_GOPList[curGOP].m_POC;
    if(m_GOPList[curGOP].m_POC<0)
    {
#if NH_MV
      printf("\nError: found fewer Reference Picture Sets than GOPSize for layer %d\n", layer );
#else
      printf("\nError: found fewer Reference Picture Sets than GOPSize\n");
#endif
      errorGOP=true;
    }
    else
    {
      //check that all reference pictures are available, or have a POC < 0 meaning they might be available in the next GOP.
      Bool beforeI = false;
      for(Int i = 0; i< m_GOPList[curGOP].m_numRefPics; i++)
      {
        Int absPOC = curPOC+m_GOPList[curGOP].m_referencePics[i];
        if(absPOC < 0)
        {
          beforeI=true;
        }
        else
        {
          Bool found=false;
          for(Int j=0; j<numRefs; j++)
          {
            if(refList[j]==absPOC)
            {
              found=true;
              for(Int k=0; k<m_iGOPSize; k++)
              {
                if(absPOC%m_iGOPSize == m_GOPList[k].m_POC%m_iGOPSize)
                {
                  if(m_GOPList[k].m_temporalId==m_GOPList[curGOP].m_temporalId)
                  {
                    m_GOPList[k].m_refPic = true;
                  }
                  m_GOPList[curGOP].m_usedByCurrPic[i]=m_GOPList[k].m_temporalId<=m_GOPList[curGOP].m_temporalId;
                }
              }
            }
          }
          if(!found)
          {
#if NH_MV
            printf("\nError: ref pic %d is not available for GOP frame %d of layer %d\n", m_GOPList[curGOP].m_referencePics[i], curGOP+1, layer);
#else
            printf("\nError: ref pic %d is not available for GOP frame %d\n",m_GOPList[curGOP].m_referencePics[i],curGOP+1);
#endif
            errorGOP=true;
          }
        }
      }
      if(!beforeI&&!errorGOP)
      {
        //all ref frames were present
        if(!isOK[curGOP])
        {
          numOK++;
          isOK[curGOP]=true;
          if(numOK==m_iGOPSize)
          {
            verifiedGOP=true;
          }
        }
      }
      else
      {
        //create a new GOPEntry for this frame containing all the reference pictures that were available (POC > 0)
        m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs]=m_GOPList[curGOP];
        Int newRefs=0;
        for(Int i = 0; i< m_GOPList[curGOP].m_numRefPics; i++)
        {
          Int absPOC = curPOC+m_GOPList[curGOP].m_referencePics[i];
          if(absPOC>=0)
          {
            m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_referencePics[newRefs]=m_GOPList[curGOP].m_referencePics[i];
            m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_usedByCurrPic[newRefs]=m_GOPList[curGOP].m_usedByCurrPic[i];
            newRefs++;
          }
        }
        Int numPrefRefs = m_GOPList[curGOP].m_numRefPicsActive;

        for(Int offset = -1; offset>-checkGOP; offset--)
        {
          //step backwards in coding order and include any extra available pictures we might find useful to replace the ones with POC < 0.
          Int offGOP = (checkGOP-1+offset)%m_iGOPSize;
          Int offPOC = ((checkGOP-1+offset)/m_iGOPSize)*m_iGOPSize + m_GOPList[offGOP].m_POC;
          if(offPOC>=0&&m_GOPList[offGOP].m_temporalId<=m_GOPList[curGOP].m_temporalId)
          {
            Bool newRef=false;
            for(Int i=0; i<numRefs; i++)
            {
              if(refList[i]==offPOC)
              {
                newRef=true;
              }
            }
            for(Int i=0; i<newRefs; i++)
            {
              if(m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_referencePics[i]==offPOC-curPOC)
              {
                newRef=false;
              }
            }
            if(newRef)
            {
              Int insertPoint=newRefs;
              //this picture can be added, find appropriate place in list and insert it.
              if(m_GOPList[offGOP].m_temporalId==m_GOPList[curGOP].m_temporalId)
              {
                m_GOPList[offGOP].m_refPic = true;
              }
              for(Int j=0; j<newRefs; j++)
              {
                if(m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_referencePics[j]<offPOC-curPOC||m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_referencePics[j]>0)
                {
                  insertPoint = j;
                  break;
                }
              }
              Int prev = offPOC-curPOC;
              Int prevUsed = m_GOPList[offGOP].m_temporalId<=m_GOPList[curGOP].m_temporalId;
              for(Int j=insertPoint; j<newRefs+1; j++)
              {
                Int newPrev = m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_referencePics[j];
                Int newUsed = m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_usedByCurrPic[j];
                m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_referencePics[j]=prev;
                m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_usedByCurrPic[j]=prevUsed;
                prevUsed=newUsed;
                prev=newPrev;
              }
              newRefs++;
            }
          }
          if(newRefs>=numPrefRefs)
          {
            break;
          }
        }
        m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_numRefPics=newRefs;
        m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_POC = curPOC;
        if (m_extraRPSs == 0)
        {
          m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_interRPSPrediction = 0;
          m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_numRefIdc = 0;
        }
        else
        {
          Int rIdx =  m_iGOPSize + m_extraRPSs - 1;
          Int refPOC = m_GOPList[rIdx].m_POC;
          Int refPics = m_GOPList[rIdx].m_numRefPics;
          Int newIdc=0;
          for(Int i = 0; i<= refPics; i++)
          {
            Int deltaPOC = ((i != refPics)? m_GOPList[rIdx].m_referencePics[i] : 0);  // check if the reference abs POC is >= 0
            Int absPOCref = refPOC+deltaPOC;
            Int refIdc = 0;
            for (Int j = 0; j < m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_numRefPics; j++)
            {
              if ( (absPOCref - curPOC) == m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_referencePics[j])
              {
                if (m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_usedByCurrPic[j])
                {
                  refIdc = 1;
                }
                else
                {
                  refIdc = 2;
                }
              }
            }
            m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_refIdc[newIdc]=refIdc;
            newIdc++;
          }
          m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_interRPSPrediction = 1;
          m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_numRefIdc = newIdc;
          m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_deltaRPS = refPOC - m_GOPList[m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs].m_POC;
        }
        curGOP=m_iGOPSize+m_extraRPSs;
        m_extraRPSs++;
      }
      numRefs=0;
      for(Int i = 0; i< m_GOPList[curGOP].m_numRefPics; i++)
      {
        Int absPOC = curPOC+m_GOPList[curGOP].m_referencePics[i];
        if(absPOC >= 0)
        {
          refList[numRefs]=absPOC;
          numRefs++;
        }
      }
      refList[numRefs]=curPOC;
      numRefs++;
    }
    checkGOP++;
  }
  xConfirmPara(errorGOP,"Invalid GOP structure given");
  m_maxTempLayer = 1;
  for(Int i=0; i<m_iGOPSize; i++)
  {
    if(m_GOPList[i].m_temporalId >= m_maxTempLayer)
    {
      m_maxTempLayer = m_GOPList[i].m_temporalId+1;
    }
    xConfirmPara(m_GOPList[i].m_sliceType!='B' && m_GOPList[i].m_sliceType!='P' && m_GOPList[i].m_sliceType!='I', "Slice type must be equal to B or P or I");
  }
  for(Int i=0; i<MAX_TLAYER; i++)
  {
    m_numReorderPics[i] = 0;
    m_maxDecPicBuffering[i] = 1;
  }
  for(Int i=0; i<m_iGOPSize; i++)
  {
    if(m_GOPList[i].m_numRefPics+1 > m_maxDecPicBuffering[m_GOPList[i].m_temporalId])
    {
      m_maxDecPicBuffering[m_GOPList[i].m_temporalId] = m_GOPList[i].m_numRefPics + 1;
    }
    Int highestDecodingNumberWithLowerPOC = 0;
    for(Int j=0; j<m_iGOPSize; j++)
    {
      if(m_GOPList[j].m_POC <= m_GOPList[i].m_POC)
      {
        highestDecodingNumberWithLowerPOC = j;
      }
    }
    Int numReorder = 0;
    for(Int j=0; j<highestDecodingNumberWithLowerPOC; j++)
    {
      if(m_GOPList[j].m_temporalId <= m_GOPList[i].m_temporalId &&
        m_GOPList[j].m_POC > m_GOPList[i].m_POC)
      {
        numReorder++;
      }
    }
    if(numReorder > m_numReorderPics[m_GOPList[i].m_temporalId])
    {
      m_numReorderPics[m_GOPList[i].m_temporalId] = numReorder;
    }
  }
  for(Int i=0; i<MAX_TLAYER-1; i++)
  {
    // a lower layer can not have higher value of m_numReorderPics than a higher layer
    if(m_numReorderPics[i+1] < m_numReorderPics[i])
    {
      m_numReorderPics[i+1] = m_numReorderPics[i];
    }
    // the value of num_reorder_pics[ i ] shall be in the range of 0 to max_dec_pic_buffering[ i ] - 1, inclusive
    if(m_numReorderPics[i] > m_maxDecPicBuffering[i] - 1)
    {
      m_maxDecPicBuffering[i] = m_numReorderPics[i] + 1;
    }
    // a lower layer can not have higher value of m_uiMaxDecPicBuffering than a higher layer
    if(m_maxDecPicBuffering[i+1] < m_maxDecPicBuffering[i])
    {
      m_maxDecPicBuffering[i+1] = m_maxDecPicBuffering[i];
    }
  }

  // the value of num_reorder_pics[ i ] shall be in the range of 0 to max_dec_pic_buffering[ i ] -  1, inclusive
  if(m_numReorderPics[MAX_TLAYER-1] > m_maxDecPicBuffering[MAX_TLAYER-1] - 1)
  {
    m_maxDecPicBuffering[MAX_TLAYER-1] = m_numReorderPics[MAX_TLAYER-1] + 1;
  }

  if(m_vuiParametersPresentFlag && m_bitstreamRestrictionFlag)
  {
    Int PicSizeInSamplesY =  m_iSourceWidth * m_iSourceHeight;
    if(tileFlag)
    {
      Int maxTileWidth = 0;
      Int maxTileHeight = 0;
      Int widthInCU = (m_iSourceWidth % m_uiMaxCUWidth) ? m_iSourceWidth/m_uiMaxCUWidth + 1: m_iSourceWidth/m_uiMaxCUWidth;
      Int heightInCU = (m_iSourceHeight % m_uiMaxCUHeight) ? m_iSourceHeight/m_uiMaxCUHeight + 1: m_iSourceHeight/m_uiMaxCUHeight;
      if(m_tileUniformSpacingFlag)
      {
        maxTileWidth = m_uiMaxCUWidth*((widthInCU+m_numTileColumnsMinus1)/(m_numTileColumnsMinus1+1));
        maxTileHeight = m_uiMaxCUHeight*((heightInCU+m_numTileRowsMinus1)/(m_numTileRowsMinus1+1));
        // if only the last tile-row is one treeblock higher than the others
        // the maxTileHeight becomes smaller if the last row of treeblocks has lower height than the others
        if(!((heightInCU-1)%(m_numTileRowsMinus1+1)))
        {
          maxTileHeight = maxTileHeight - m_uiMaxCUHeight + (m_iSourceHeight % m_uiMaxCUHeight);
        }
        // if only the last tile-column is one treeblock wider than the others
        // the maxTileWidth becomes smaller if the last column of treeblocks has lower width than the others
        if(!((widthInCU-1)%(m_numTileColumnsMinus1+1)))
        {
          maxTileWidth = maxTileWidth - m_uiMaxCUWidth + (m_iSourceWidth % m_uiMaxCUWidth);
        }
      }
      else // not uniform spacing
      {
        if(m_numTileColumnsMinus1<1)
        {
          maxTileWidth = m_iSourceWidth;
        }
        else
        {
          Int accColumnWidth = 0;
          for(Int col=0; col<(m_numTileColumnsMinus1); col++)
          {
            maxTileWidth = m_tileColumnWidth[col]>maxTileWidth ? m_tileColumnWidth[col]:maxTileWidth;
            accColumnWidth += m_tileColumnWidth[col];
          }
          maxTileWidth = (widthInCU-accColumnWidth)>maxTileWidth ? m_uiMaxCUWidth*(widthInCU-accColumnWidth):m_uiMaxCUWidth*maxTileWidth;
        }
        if(m_numTileRowsMinus1<1)
        {
          maxTileHeight = m_iSourceHeight;
        }
        else
        {
          Int accRowHeight = 0;
          for(Int row=0; row<(m_numTileRowsMinus1); row++)
          {
            maxTileHeight = m_tileRowHeight[row]>maxTileHeight ? m_tileRowHeight[row]:maxTileHeight;
            accRowHeight += m_tileRowHeight[row];
          }
          maxTileHeight = (heightInCU-accRowHeight)>maxTileHeight ? m_uiMaxCUHeight*(heightInCU-accRowHeight):m_uiMaxCUHeight*maxTileHeight;
        }
      }
      Int maxSizeInSamplesY = maxTileWidth*maxTileHeight;
      m_minSpatialSegmentationIdc = 4*PicSizeInSamplesY/maxSizeInSamplesY-4;
    }
    else if(m_iWaveFrontSynchro)
    {
      m_minSpatialSegmentationIdc = 4*PicSizeInSamplesY/((2*m_iSourceHeight+m_iSourceWidth)*m_uiMaxCUHeight)-4;
    }
    else if(m_sliceMode == FIXED_NUMBER_OF_CTU)
    {
      m_minSpatialSegmentationIdc = 4*PicSizeInSamplesY/(m_sliceArgument*m_uiMaxCUWidth*m_uiMaxCUHeight)-4;
    }
    else
    {
      m_minSpatialSegmentationIdc = 0;
    }
  }

  xConfirmPara( m_iWaveFrontSynchro < 0, "WaveFrontSynchro cannot be negative" );

  xConfirmPara( m_decodedPictureHashSEIEnabled<0 || m_decodedPictureHashSEIEnabled>3, "this hash type is not correct!\n");

  if (m_toneMappingInfoSEIEnabled)
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_toneMapCodedDataBitDepth < 8 || m_toneMapCodedDataBitDepth > 14 , "SEIToneMapCodedDataBitDepth must be in rage 8 to 14");
    xConfirmPara( m_toneMapTargetBitDepth < 1 || (m_toneMapTargetBitDepth > 16 && m_toneMapTargetBitDepth < 255) , "SEIToneMapTargetBitDepth must be in rage 1 to 16 or equal to 255");
    xConfirmPara( m_toneMapModelId < 0 || m_toneMapModelId > 4 , "SEIToneMapModelId must be in rage 0 to 4");
    xConfirmPara( m_cameraIsoSpeedValue == 0, "SEIToneMapCameraIsoSpeedValue shall not be equal to 0");
    xConfirmPara( m_exposureIndexValue  == 0, "SEIToneMapExposureIndexValue shall not be equal to 0");
    xConfirmPara( m_extendedRangeWhiteLevel < 100, "SEIToneMapExtendedRangeWhiteLevel should be greater than or equal to 100");
    xConfirmPara( m_nominalBlackLevelLumaCodeValue >= m_nominalWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue, "SEIToneMapNominalWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue shall be greater than SEIToneMapNominalBlackLevelLumaCodeValue");
    xConfirmPara( m_extendedWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue < m_nominalWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue, "SEIToneMapExtendedWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue shall be greater than or equal to SEIToneMapNominalWhiteLevelLumaCodeValue");
  }

  if (m_kneeSEIEnabled && !m_kneeSEICancelFlag)
  {
    xConfirmPara( m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1 < 0 || m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1 > 998, "SEIKneeFunctionNumKneePointsMinus1 must be in the range of 0 to 998");
    for ( UInt i=0; i<=m_kneeSEINumKneePointsMinus1; i++ )
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_kneeSEIInputKneePoint[i] < 1 || m_kneeSEIInputKneePoint[i] > 999, "SEIKneeFunctionInputKneePointValue must be in the range of 1 to 999");
      xConfirmPara( m_kneeSEIOutputKneePoint[i] < 0 || m_kneeSEIOutputKneePoint[i] > 1000, "SEIKneeFunctionInputKneePointValue must be in the range of 0 to 1000");
      if ( i > 0 )
      {
        xConfirmPara( m_kneeSEIInputKneePoint[i-1] >= m_kneeSEIInputKneePoint[i],  "The i-th SEIKneeFunctionInputKneePointValue must be greater than the (i-1)-th value");
        xConfirmPara( m_kneeSEIOutputKneePoint[i-1] > m_kneeSEIOutputKneePoint[i],  "The i-th SEIKneeFunctionOutputKneePointValue must be greater than or equal to the (i-1)-th value");
      }
    }
  }

  if ( m_RCEnableRateControl )
  {
    if ( m_RCForceIntraQP )
    {
      if ( m_RCInitialQP == 0 )
      {
        printf( "\nInitial QP for rate control is not specified. Reset not to use force intra QP!" );
        m_RCForceIntraQP = false;
      }
    }
    xConfirmPara( m_uiDeltaQpRD > 0, "Rate control cannot be used together with slice level multiple-QP optimization!\n" );
  }
#if NH_MV
  // VPS VUI
  for(Int i = 0; i < MAX_VPS_OP_SETS_PLUS1; i++ )
  { 
    for (Int j = 0; j < MAX_TLAYER; j++)
    {    
      if ( j < m_avgBitRate        [i].size() ) xConfirmPara( m_avgBitRate[i][j]         <  0 || m_avgBitRate[i][j]         > 65535, "avg_bit_rate            must be more than or equal to     0 and less than 65536" );
      if ( j < m_maxBitRate        [i].size() ) xConfirmPara( m_maxBitRate[i][j]         <  0 || m_maxBitRate[i][j]         > 65535, "max_bit_rate            must be more than or equal to     0 and less than 65536" );
      if ( j < m_constantPicRateIdc[i].size() ) xConfirmPara( m_constantPicRateIdc[i][j] <  0 || m_constantPicRateIdc[i][j] >     3, "constant_pic_rate_idc   must be more than or equal to     0 and less than     4" );
      if ( j < m_avgPicRate        [i].size() ) xConfirmPara( m_avgPicRate[i][j]         <  0 || m_avgPicRate[i][j]         > 65535, "avg_pic_rate            must be more than or equal to     0 and less than 65536" );
    }
  }
  // todo: replace value of 100 with requirement in spec
  for(Int i = 0; i < MAX_NUM_LAYERS; i++ )
  { 
    for (Int j = 0; j < MAX_NUM_LAYERS; j++)
    {    
      if ( j < m_minSpatialSegmentOffsetPlus1[i].size() ) xConfirmPara( m_minSpatialSegmentOffsetPlus1[i][j] < 0 || m_minSpatialSegmentOffsetPlus1[i][j] >   100, "min_spatial_segment_offset_plus1 must be more than or equal to     0 and less than   101" );
      if ( j < m_minHorizontalCtuOffsetPlus1[i] .size() ) xConfirmPara( m_minHorizontalCtuOffsetPlus1[i][j]  < 0 || m_minHorizontalCtuOffsetPlus1[i][j]  >   100, "min_horizontal_ctu_offset_plus1  must be more than or equal to     0 and less than   101" );
    }
  }
#endif

  xConfirmPara(!m_TransquantBypassEnableFlag && m_CUTransquantBypassFlagForce, "CUTransquantBypassFlagForce cannot be 1 when TransquantBypassEnableFlag is 0");

  xConfirmPara(m_log2ParallelMergeLevel < 2, "Log2ParallelMergeLevel should be larger than or equal to 2");

  if (m_framePackingSEIEnabled)
  {
    xConfirmPara(m_framePackingSEIType < 3 || m_framePackingSEIType > 5 , "SEIFramePackingType must be in rage 3 to 5");
  }
#if NH_MV
  }
  }
  // Check input parameters for Sub-bitstream property SEI message
  if( m_subBistreamPropSEIEnabled )
  {
    xConfirmPara( 
      (this->m_sbPropNumAdditionalSubStreams != m_sbPropAvgBitRate.size() )
      || (this->m_sbPropNumAdditionalSubStreams != m_sbPropHighestSublayerId.size() )
      || (this->m_sbPropNumAdditionalSubStreams != m_sbPropMaxBitRate.size() )
      || (this->m_sbPropNumAdditionalSubStreams != m_sbPropOutputLayerSetIdxToVps.size() )
      || (this->m_sbPropNumAdditionalSubStreams != m_sbPropSubBitstreamMode.size()), "Some parameters of some sub-bitstream not defined");

    for( Int i = 0; i < m_sbPropNumAdditionalSubStreams; i++ )
    {
      xConfirmPara( m_sbPropSubBitstreamMode[i] < 0 || m_sbPropSubBitstreamMode[i] > 1, "Mode value should be 0 or 1" );
      xConfirmPara( m_sbPropHighestSublayerId[i] < 0 || m_sbPropHighestSublayerId[i] > MAX_TLAYER-1, "Maximum sub-layer ID out of range" );
      xConfirmPara( m_sbPropOutputLayerSetIdxToVps[i] < 0 || m_sbPropOutputLayerSetIdxToVps[i] >= MAX_VPS_OUTPUTLAYER_SETS, "OutputLayerSetIdxToVps should be within allowed range" );
    }
  }
#endif

  if (m_segmentedRectFramePackingSEIEnabled)
  {
    xConfirmPara(m_framePackingSEIEnabled > 0 , "SEISegmentedRectFramePacking must be 0 when SEIFramePacking is 1");
  }

  if((m_numTileColumnsMinus1 <= 0) && (m_numTileRowsMinus1 <= 0) && m_tmctsSEIEnabled)
  {
    printf("Warning: SEITempMotionConstrainedTileSets is set to false to disable temporal motion-constrained tile sets SEI message because there are no tiles enabled.\n");
    m_tmctsSEIEnabled = false;
  }

  if(m_timeCodeSEIEnabled)
  {
    xConfirmPara(m_timeCodeSEINumTs > MAX_TIMECODE_SEI_SETS, "Number of time sets cannot exceed 3");
  }

#undef xConfirmPara
  if (check_failed)
  {
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }
}

const Char *profileToString(const Profile::Name profile)
{
  static const UInt numberOfProfiles = sizeof(strToProfile)/sizeof(*strToProfile);

  for (UInt profileIndex = 0; profileIndex < numberOfProfiles; profileIndex++)
  {
    if (strToProfile[profileIndex].value == profile)
    {
      return strToProfile[profileIndex].str;
    }
  }

  //if we get here, we didn't find this profile in the list - so there is an error
  std::cerr << "ERROR: Unknown profile \"" << profile << "\" in profileToString" << std::endl;
  assert(false);
  exit(1);
  return "";
}

Void TAppEncCfg::xPrintParameter()
{
  printf("\n");
#if NH_MV
  for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++)
  {
    printf("Input File %i                     : %s\n", layer, m_pchInputFileList[layer]);
  }
#else
  printf("Input          File               : %s\n", m_pchInputFile          );
#endif
  printf("Bitstream      File               : %s\n", m_pchBitstreamFile      );
#if NH_MV
  for( Int layer = 0; layer < m_numberOfLayers; layer++)
  {
    printf("Reconstruction File %i            : %s\n", layer, m_pchReconFileList[layer]);
  }
#else
  printf("Reconstruction File               : %s\n", m_pchReconFile          );
#endif
#if NH_MV
  xPrintParaVector( "NuhLayerId"     , m_layerIdInNuh ); 
  if ( m_targetEncLayerIdList.size() > 0)
  {
    xPrintParaVector( "TargetEncLayerIdList"     , m_targetEncLayerIdList ); 
  }
  xPrintParaVector( "ViewIdVal"     , m_viewId ); 
  xPrintParaVector( "ViewOrderIdx"  , m_viewOrderIndex ); 
  xPrintParaVector( "AuxId", m_auxId );
#endif
#if NH_MV  
  xPrintParaVector( "QP"               , m_fQP                ); 
  xPrintParaVector( "LoopFilterDisable", m_bLoopFilterDisable ); 
  xPrintParaVector( "SAO"              , m_bUseSAO            ); 
#endif

  printf("Real     Format                   : %dx%d %dHz\n", m_iSourceWidth - m_confWinLeft - m_confWinRight, m_iSourceHeight - m_confWinTop - m_confWinBottom, m_iFrameRate );
  printf("Internal Format                   : %dx%d %dHz\n", m_iSourceWidth, m_iSourceHeight, m_iFrameRate );
  printf("Sequence PSNR output              : %s\n", (m_printMSEBasedSequencePSNR ? "Linear average, MSE-based" : "Linear average only") );
  printf("Sequence MSE output               : %s\n", (m_printSequenceMSE ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("Frame MSE output                  : %s\n", (m_printFrameMSE    ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("Cabac-zero-word-padding           : %s\n", (m_cabacZeroWordPaddingEnabled? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  if (m_isField)
  {
    printf("Frame/Field                       : Field based coding\n");
    printf("Field index                       : %u - %d (%d fields)\n", m_FrameSkip, m_FrameSkip+m_framesToBeEncoded-1, m_framesToBeEncoded );
    printf("Field Order                       : %s field first\n", m_isTopFieldFirst?"Top":"Bottom");

  }
  else
  {
    printf("Frame/Field                       : Frame based coding\n");
    printf("Frame index                       : %u - %d (%d frames)\n", m_FrameSkip, m_FrameSkip+m_framesToBeEncoded-1, m_framesToBeEncoded );
  }
#if NH_MV
  printf("Profile                           :");
  for (Int i = 0; i < m_profiles.size(); i++)
  {
    Profile::Name m_profile = m_profiles[i];

#endif
    if (m_profile == Profile::MAINREXT)
    {
    ExtendedProfileName validProfileName;
    if (m_onePictureOnlyConstraintFlag)
    {
      validProfileName = m_bitDepthConstraint == 8 ? MAIN_444_STILL_PICTURE : (m_bitDepthConstraint == 16 ? MAIN_444_16_STILL_PICTURE : NONE);
    }
    else
    {
      const UInt intraIdx = m_intraConstraintFlag ? 1:0;
      const UInt bitDepthIdx = (m_bitDepthConstraint == 8 ? 0 : (m_bitDepthConstraint ==10 ? 1 : (m_bitDepthConstraint == 12 ? 2 : (m_bitDepthConstraint == 16 ? 3 : 4 ))));
      const UInt chromaFormatIdx = UInt(m_chromaFormatConstraint);
      validProfileName = (bitDepthIdx > 3 || chromaFormatIdx>3) ? NONE : validRExtProfileNames[intraIdx][bitDepthIdx][chromaFormatIdx];
    }
      std::string rextSubProfile;
      if (validProfileName!=NONE)
      {
        rextSubProfile=enumToString(strToExtendedProfile, sizeof(strToExtendedProfile)/sizeof(*strToExtendedProfile), validProfileName);
      }
      if (rextSubProfile == "main_444_16")
      {
        rextSubProfile="main_444_16 [NON STANDARD]";
      }
#if NH_MV
      printf(" %s (%s) ", profileToString(m_profile), (rextSubProfile.empty())?"INVALID REXT PROFILE":rextSubProfile.c_str() );
#else
      printf("Profile                           : %s (%s)\n", profileToString(m_profile), (rextSubProfile.empty())?"INVALID REXT PROFILE":rextSubProfile.c_str() );
#endif
    }
    else
    {
#if NH_MV
      printf(" %s ", profileToString(m_profile) );
#else
      printf("Profile                           : %s\n", profileToString(m_profile) );
#endif
    }
#if NH_MV    
  }
  printf("\n");
#endif

  printf("CU size / depth / total-depth     : %d / %d / %d\n", m_uiMaxCUWidth, m_uiMaxCUDepth, m_uiMaxTotalCUDepth );
  printf("RQT trans. size (min / max)       : %d / %d\n", 1 << m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MinSize, 1 << m_uiQuadtreeTULog2MaxSize );
  printf("Max RQT depth inter               : %d\n", m_uiQuadtreeTUMaxDepthInter);
  printf("Max RQT depth intra               : %d\n", m_uiQuadtreeTUMaxDepthIntra);
  printf("Min PCM size                      : %d\n", 1 << m_uiPCMLog2MinSize);
  printf("Motion search range               : %d\n", m_iSearchRange );
#if NH_MV
  printf("Disp search range restriction     : %d\n", m_bUseDisparitySearchRangeRestriction );
  printf("Vertical disp search range        : %d\n", m_iVerticalDisparitySearchRange );
#endif
#if NH_MV
  xPrintParaVector( "Intra period", m_iIntraPeriod );
#else
  printf("Intra period                      : %d\n", m_iIntraPeriod );
#endif
  printf("Decoding refresh type             : %d\n", m_iDecodingRefreshType );
#if !NH_MV
  printf("QP                                : %5.2f\n", m_fQP );
#endif
  printf("Max dQP signaling depth           : %d\n", m_iMaxCuDQPDepth);

  printf("Cb QP Offset                      : %d\n", m_cbQpOffset   );
  printf("Cr QP Offset                      : %d\n", m_crQpOffset);
  printf("QP adaptation                     : %d (range=%d)\n", m_bUseAdaptiveQP, (m_bUseAdaptiveQP ? m_iQPAdaptationRange : 0) );
  printf("GOP size                          : %d\n", m_iGOPSize );
  printf("Input bit depth                   : (Y:%d, C:%d)\n", m_inputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA], m_inputBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] );
  printf("MSB-extended bit depth            : (Y:%d, C:%d)\n", m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA], m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] );
  printf("Internal bit depth                : (Y:%d, C:%d)\n", m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA], m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] );
  printf("PCM sample bit depth              : (Y:%d, C:%d)\n", m_bPCMInputBitDepthFlag ? m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA] : m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA],
                                                               m_bPCMInputBitDepthFlag ? m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] : m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] );
  printf("Intra reference smoothing         : %s\n", (m_enableIntraReferenceSmoothing          ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("diff_cu_chroma_qp_offset_depth         : %d\n", m_diffCuChromaQpOffsetDepth);
  printf("extended_precision_processing_flag     : %s\n", (m_extendedPrecisionProcessingFlag         ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("implicit_rdpcm_enabled_flag            : %s\n", (m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_IMPLICIT] ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("explicit_rdpcm_enabled_flag            : %s\n", (m_rdpcmEnabledFlag[RDPCM_SIGNAL_EXPLICIT] ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("transform_skip_rotation_enabled_flag   : %s\n", (m_transformSkipRotationEnabledFlag        ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("transform_skip_context_enabled_flag    : %s\n", (m_transformSkipContextEnabledFlag         ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("cross_component_prediction_enabled_flag: %s\n", (m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag     ? (m_reconBasedCrossCPredictionEstimate ? "Enabled (reconstructed-residual-based estimate)" : "Enabled (encoder-side-residual-based estimate)") : "Disabled") );
  printf("high_precision_offsets_enabled_flag    : %s\n", (m_highPrecisionOffsetsEnabledFlag         ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("persistent_rice_adaptation_enabled_flag: %s\n", (m_persistentRiceAdaptationEnabledFlag     ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
  printf("cabac_bypass_alignment_enabled_flag    : %s\n", (m_cabacBypassAlignmentEnabledFlag         ? "Enabled" : "Disabled") );
#if NH_MV
  Bool anySAO = false; 
  IntAry1d saoOffBitShiftL;
  IntAry1d saoOffBitShiftC;

  for (Int i = 0; i < m_numberOfLayers; i++)
  {
    if ( m_bUseSAO[i] )
    {
      anySAO = true; 
      saoOffBitShiftL.push_back( m_log2SaoOffsetScale[i][CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA] );
      saoOffBitShiftC.push_back( m_log2SaoOffsetScale[i][CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] );
    }
    else
    {
      saoOffBitShiftL.push_back( -1 );
      saoOffBitShiftC.push_back( -1 );
    }
  }
  if (anySAO)
  {
    xPrintParaVector( "Sao Luma Offset bit shifts"  , saoOffBitShiftL );
    xPrintParaVector( "Sao Chroma Offset bit shifts", saoOffBitShiftC );
  }
#else
  if (m_bUseSAO)
  {
    printf("log2_sao_offset_scale_luma             : %d\n", m_log2SaoOffsetScale[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA]);
    printf("log2_sao_offset_scale_chroma           : %d\n", m_log2SaoOffsetScale[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA]);
  }
#endif

  switch (m_costMode)
  {
    case COST_STANDARD_LOSSY:               printf("Cost function:                    : Lossy coding (default)\n"); break;
    case COST_SEQUENCE_LEVEL_LOSSLESS:      printf("Cost function:                    : Sequence_level_lossless coding\n"); break;
    case COST_LOSSLESS_CODING:              printf("Cost function:                    : Lossless coding with fixed QP of %d\n", LOSSLESS_AND_MIXED_LOSSLESS_RD_COST_TEST_QP); break;
    case COST_MIXED_LOSSLESS_LOSSY_CODING:  printf("Cost function:                    : Mixed_lossless_lossy coding with QP'=%d for lossless evaluation\n", LOSSLESS_AND_MIXED_LOSSLESS_RD_COST_TEST_QP_PRIME); break;
    default:                                printf("Cost function:                    : Unknown\n"); break;
  }

  printf("RateControl                       : %d\n", m_RCEnableRateControl );

  if(m_RCEnableRateControl)
  {
    printf("TargetBitrate                     : %d\n", m_RCTargetBitrate );
    printf("KeepHierarchicalBit               : %d\n", m_RCKeepHierarchicalBit );
    printf("LCULevelRC                        : %d\n", m_RCLCULevelRC );
    printf("UseLCUSeparateModel               : %d\n", m_RCUseLCUSeparateModel );
    printf("InitialQP                         : %d\n", m_RCInitialQP );
    printf("ForceIntraQP                      : %d\n", m_RCForceIntraQP );


  }

  printf("Max Num Merge Candidates          : %d\n", m_maxNumMergeCand);
  printf("\n");
#if NH_MV
  printf("TOOL CFG General: ");
#else
  printf("TOOL CFG: ");
#endif
  printf("IBD:%d ", ((m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA] > m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA]) || (m_internalBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA] > m_MSBExtendedBitDepth[CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA])));
  printf("HAD:%d ", m_bUseHADME           );
  printf("RDQ:%d ", m_useRDOQ            );
  printf("RDQTS:%d ", m_useRDOQTS        );
  printf("RDpenalty:%d ", m_rdPenalty  );
  printf("SQP:%d ", m_uiDeltaQpRD         );
  printf("ASR:%d ", m_bUseASR             );
  printf("FEN:%d ", m_bUseFastEnc         );
  printf("ECU:%d ", m_bUseEarlyCU         );
  printf("FDM:%d ", m_useFastDecisionForMerge );
  printf("CFM:%d ", m_bUseCbfFastMode         );
  printf("ESD:%d ", m_useEarlySkipDetection  );
  printf("RQT:%d ", 1     );
  printf("TransformSkip:%d ",     m_useTransformSkip              );
  printf("TransformSkipFast:%d ", m_useTransformSkipFast       );
  printf("TransformSkipLog2MaxSize:%d ", m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize);
  printf("Slice: M=%d ", m_sliceMode);
  if (m_sliceMode!=NO_SLICES)
  {
    printf("A=%d ", m_sliceArgument);
  }
  printf("SliceSegment: M=%d ",m_sliceSegmentMode);
  if (m_sliceSegmentMode!=NO_SLICES)
  {
    printf("A=%d ", m_sliceSegmentArgument);
  }
  printf("CIP:%d ", m_bUseConstrainedIntraPred);
#if !NH_MV
  printf("SAO:%d ", (m_bUseSAO)?(1):(0));
#endif
  printf("PCM:%d ", (m_usePCM && (1<<m_uiPCMLog2MinSize) <= m_uiMaxCUWidth)? 1 : 0);

  if (m_TransquantBypassEnableFlag && m_CUTransquantBypassFlagForce)
  {
    printf("TransQuantBypassEnabled: =1");
  }
  else
  {
    printf("TransQuantBypassEnabled:%d ", (m_TransquantBypassEnableFlag)? 1:0 );
  }

  printf("WPP:%d ", (Int)m_useWeightedPred);
  printf("WPB:%d ", (Int)m_useWeightedBiPred);
  printf("PME:%d ", m_log2ParallelMergeLevel);
  const Int iWaveFrontSubstreams = m_iWaveFrontSynchro ? (m_iSourceHeight + m_uiMaxCUHeight - 1) / m_uiMaxCUHeight : 1;
  printf(" WaveFrontSynchro:%d WaveFrontSubstreams:%d",
          m_iWaveFrontSynchro, iWaveFrontSubstreams);
  printf(" ScalingList:%d ", m_useScalingListId );
  printf("TMVPMode:%d ", m_TMVPModeId     );
#if ADAPTIVE_QP_SELECTION
  printf("AQpS:%d", m_bUseAdaptQpSelect   );
#endif

  printf(" SignBitHidingFlag:%d ", m_signHideFlag);
  printf("RecalQP:%d", m_recalculateQPAccordingToLambda ? 1 : 0 );

  printf("\n\n");

  fflush(stdout);
}

Bool confirmPara(Bool bflag, const Char* message)
{
  if (!bflag)
  {
    return false;
  }

  printf("Error: %s\n",message);
  return true;
}

//! \}