Processing multiview video

A method for decoding a video signal, comprising:

• receiving a bitstream comprising
• the video signal encoded according to a first profile that represents a selection from a set of profiles that includes multiple profiles for single view video signals and at least one profile for a multiview video signal, and
• profile information that identifies the first profile;
• extracting the profile information from the bitstream;
• extracting from the bitstream configuration information associated with multiple views when the determined profile corresponds to a multiview video signal, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of view-dependency information representing dependency relationships between respective views, view identification information indicating a reference view, view-number information indicating the number of views, and view level information for providing view scalability;
• and
• decoding the video signal according to the configuration information.