Embedding information about eob positions

An apparatus for decoding a transform block of quantized transform coefficients, the quantized transform coefficients including zero coefficients and non-zero coefficients, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
• decode, from an encoded bitstream, a predetermined number of coefficients of the quantized transform coefficients;
• determine a value for the predetermined number of coefficients;
• and
• decode, from the encoded bitstream and based on the value, a bit indicative of an EOB indicator for a subsequent quantized transform coefficient.

A method of encoding a transform block of quantized transform coefficients, the quantized transform coefficients including zero coefficients and non-zero coefficients, the method comprising:

• partitioning the quantized transform coefficients into at least a first coefficients group and a second coefficients group;
• determining a value of the first coefficients group;
• and
• encoding, in an encoded bitstream and based on the value, a bit indicative of an end-of-block (EOB) for a transform coefficient of the second coefficients group.