Operation range extension for versatile video coding

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code that is stored thereon, the program code executable by one or more processing devices for performing operations comprising:

• determining a size of a decoded picture buffer (DPB) for a video based on a Video Parameter Set (VPS) syntax element vps_ols_dpb_bitdepth_minus8 included in a video bitstream of the video, wherein the video bitstream is encoded using Versatile Video Coding (VVC) and a value of the VPS syntax element vps_ols_dpb_bitdepth_minus8 is in a range of 0 to 8;
• allocating a storage space with the determined size of the DPB;
• obtaining and storing a decoded picture in the DPB by decoding the video bitstream;
• and
• outputting the decoded picture.

A system comprising:

• a processing device;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute program code stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium and thereby perform operations comprising:
• determining a size of a decoded picture buffer (DPB) for a video based on a Video Parameter Set (VPS) syntax element vps_ols_dpb_bitdepth_minus8 included in a video bitstream of the video, wherein the video bitstream is encoded using Versatile Video Coding (VVC) and a value of the VPS syntax element vps_ols_dpb_bitdepth_minus8 is in a range of 0 to 8;
• allocating a storage space with the determined size of the DPB;
• obtaining and storing a decoded picture in the DPB by decoding the video bitstream;
• and
• outputting the decoded picture.