Method and system for encoding a video data signal, encoded video data signal, method and system for decoding a video data signal

A system for encoding a video data signal including a first signal and a second signal, the method comprising act of:

• an interleave configured to interleave the first signal and the second signal to form a combined signal;
• an encoder configured to encode the combined signal to form an encoded combined signal, wherein the encoding act encodes the first signal in a self-contained manner without using information from the second signal and encodes the second signal using information from the first signal;
• a splitter configured to split the encoded signal into separate primary bitstreams including a first bitstream including data for the first signal and a second bitstream including data for the second signal;
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• a multiplexer configured to provide the first bitstream with a first code to form a first coded bitstream, and to provide the second bitstream with a second code to form a second coded bitstream, wherein the second code is different from the first code.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform a method of encoding a video signal including a first signal and a second signal, the method comprising act of:

• interleaving the first signal and the second signal to form a combined signal;
• encoding by an encoder the combined signal to form an encoded combined signal, wherein the encoding act encodes the first signal in a self-contained manner without using information from the second signal and encodes the second signal using information from the first signal;
• splitting the encoded signal into separate primary bitstreams including a first bitstream including data for the first signal and a second bitstream including data for the second signal;
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• providing the first bitstream with a first code to form a first coded bitstream;
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• providing the second bitstream with a second code to form a second coded bitstream, wherein the second code is different from the first code.

A method of decoding a video signals, the method comprising act of:

• receiving a first bitstream having a first code and a second bitstream having a second code which is different from the first code, the first bitstream and the second bitstream having been split from a coded signal of a combined signal formed by interleaving frames of first and second signals, wherein the first signal has been encoded in a self-contained and the second signal has been encoded using the frames of the first signal;
• demultiplexing the first bitstream and the second bitstream into primary and secondary video signals;
• merging the primary and secondary video signals into a merged signal;
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• decompressing the merged signal such that in decompression of the primary video signal only data from the primary video signal is used, and in decompression of the secondary video signal, data of the primary video signal is used.

A system for decoding video signals, the system comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a first bitstream having a first code and a second bitstream having a second code which is different from the first code, the first bitstream and the second bitstream having been split from a coded signal of a combined signal formed by interleaving frames of first and second signals, wherein the first signal has been encoded in a self-contained and the second signal has been encoded using the frames of the first signal;
• a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the first bitstream and the second bitstream into primary and secondary video signals;
• a merger configured to merge the primary and secondary video signals into a merged signal;
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• a decoder configured to decompress the merged signal such that in decompression of the primary video signal only data from the primary video signal is used, and in decompression of the secondary video signal, data of the primary video signal is used.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform a method of decoding video signals, the method comprising acts of:

• receiving a first bitstream having a first code and a second bitstream having a second code which is different from the first code, the first bitstream and the second bitstream having been split from a coded signal of a combined signal formed by interleaving frames of first and second signals, wherein the first signal has been encoded in a self-contained and the second signal has been encoded using the frames of the first signal;
• demultiplexing the first bitstream and the second bitstream into primary and secondary video signals;
• merging the primary and secondary video signals into a merged signal;
• and
• decompressing the merged signal such that in decompression of the primary video signal only data from the primary video signal is used, and in decompression of the secondary video signal, data of the primary video signal is used.