Method for predicting an image

A method for a decoding device to predict a bi-predictive block of a current picture, the method comprising:

• deriving, by the decoding device, a first picture order count allocated to a first picture wherein the first picture is a reference picture of the current picture;
• deriving, by the decoding device, a second picture order count allocated to the current picture;
• deriving, by the decoding device, a third picture order count allocated to a second picture;
• deriving, by the decoding device, a fourth picture order count allocated to a third picture,
• wherein the second picture is a reference picture of the third picture;
• scaling, by the decoding device, a motion vector of a block in the third picture based on the first, second, third and fourth picture order counts to calculate a first motion vector for the bi-predictive block;
• determining, by the decoding device, a first motion-compensated block in the first picture by using the first motion vector;
• obtaining, by the decoding device, a first variable weight factor for the first motion-compensated block;
• and
• predicting, by the decoding device, the bi-predictive block by applying the first variable weight factor to the first motion-compensated block,
• wherein the first picture order count, the second picture order count, the third picture order count, and the fourth picture order count are values counted in display order.