Multi-view coding with exploitation of renderable portions

An encoder for encoding a multi-view signal representing a video into a data stream, the encoder comprising:

• a determinator configured for rendering, using a processor, a renderable portion of a first view of the multi-view signal, by view synthesis based on a reconstructed signal of a second view of the multi-view signal to generate a rendered reference signal;
• a view predictor configured for performing, using the processor, a block-based prediction based on a reference signal from a plurality of reference signals, which includes the rendered reference signal and the reconstructed signal of the second view, to obtain a prediction signal;
• a residual generator configured for determining, using the processor, a residual signal based on the prediction signal and the multi-view signal;
• and
• a data stream generator configured for inserting, using the processor, the residual signal into the data stream.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having data recorded thereon for encoding a multi-view signal representing a video into a data stream, wherein the data, when read by the computer, cause the computer to perform:

• rendering a renderable portion of a first view of the multi-view signal, by view synthesis based on a reconstructed signal of a second view of the multi-view signal to generate a rendered reference signal;
• performing block-based prediction based on a reference signal from a plurality of reference signals, which includes the rendered reference signal and the reconstructed signal of the second view, to obtain a prediction signal;
• determining a residual signal based on the prediction signal and the multi-view signal;
• and
• inserting the residual signal into the data stream.