Video encoding method, video encoding apparatus, video decoding method and video decoding apparatus

A video encoding apparatus for encoding a video into a bitstream, the video encoding apparatus comprising one or more processors and storage coupled to the one or more processors,

• wherein the one or more processors is configured to:
• write a reference picture set into a header of the bit stream, the reference picture set including a reference identifier of reference pictures, a time identifier, a usage identifier and at least one parameter representing at least one of scale and view;
• construct a reference picture list having one or more of the reference pictures;
• encode a block of the bit stream from a reference picture associated with a reference index in the reference picture list;
• and
• write the reference index into the bit stream.

A video decoding method for decoding a video from a bitstream, the video decoding method comprising:

• parsing a reference picture set from the bit stream, the reference picture set including a reference identifier of reference pictures, a time identifier, a usage identifier and at least one parameter representing at least one of scale and view;
• constructing a reference picture list having one or more of the reference pictures;
• parsing a reference index from the video bit stream to select a reference picture associated with the reference index in the reference picture list;
• and
• decoding a block of the video from the selected reference picture.

A video decoding apparatus for decoding a video from a bitstream, the video decoding apparatus comprising one ore more processors and storage coupled to the one or more processors,

• wherein the one or more processors is configured to:
• parse a reference picture set from the bit stream, the reference picture set including a reference identifier of reference pictures, a time identifier, a usage identifier and at least one parameter representing at least one of scale and view;
• construct a reference picture list having one or more of the reference pictures;
• parse a reference index from the video bit stream to select a reference picture associated with the reference index in the reference picture list;
• and
• decode a block of the video from the selected reference picture.