In one embodiment, a method of signaling individual layers in a transport stream includes: determining a plurality of layers in a transport stream, wherein each layer includes a respective transport stream parameter setting; determining an additional layer for the plurality of layers in the transport stream, wherein the additional layer enhances one or more of the plurality of layers including a base layer and the respective layer parameter settings for the plurality of layers do not take into account the additional layer; and determining an additional transport stream parameter setting for the additional layer, the additional transport stream parameter setting specifying a relationship between the additional layer and at least a portion of the plurality of layers, wherein the additional transport stream parameter setting is used to decode the additional layer and the at least a portion of the plurality of layers.

A method includes receiving transform coefficients corresponding to a scaled video input signal, the scaled video input signal including a plurality of spatial layers that include a base layer. The method also includes determining a spatial rate factor based on a sample of frames from the scaled video input signal. The spatial rate factor defines a factor for bit rate allocation at each spatial layer of an encoded bit stream formed from the scaled video input signal. The spatial rate factor is represented by a difference between a rate of bits per transform coefficient of the base layer and an average rate of bits per transform coefficient. The method also includes reducing a distortion for the plurality of spatial layers by allocating a bit rate to each spatial layer based on the spatial rate factor and the sample of frames.

A method includes receiving transform coefficients corresponding to a scaled video input signal, the scaled video input signal including a plurality of spatial layers that include a base layer. The method also includes determining a spatial rate factor based on a sample of frames from the scaled video input signal. The spatial rate factor defines a factor for bit rate allocation at each spatial layer of an encoded bit stream formed from the scaled video input signal. The spatial rate factor is represented by a difference between a rate of bits per transform coefficient of the base layer and an average rate of bits per transform coefficient. The method also includes reducing a distortion for the plurality of spatial layers by allocating a bit rate to each spatial layer based on the spatial rate factor and the sample of frames.

This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for performing motion vector prediction. According to an aspect of an invention, a motion vector and a corresponding reference picture identifier for the motion vector are received; a reference picture corresponding to a second motion vector is determined based on the reference picture corresponding to the received motion vector and a current picture; a scaling value is determined based on the determined reference picture, the reference picture corresponding to the received motion vector, and the current picture; and the second motion vector is generated from the received motion vector by scaling with the scaling value.

This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for performing motion vector prediction. According to an aspect of an invention, a motion vector and a corresponding reference picture identifier for the motion vector are received; a reference picture corresponding to a second motion vector is determined based on the reference picture corresponding to the received motion vector and a current picture; a scaling value is determined based on the determined reference picture, the reference picture corresponding to the received motion vector, and the current picture; and the second motion vector is generated from the received motion vector by scaling with the scaling value.

Systems, methods and apparatus for encoding, decoding or transcoding digital video are described. One example method of processing video data includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule, wherein the format rule specifies that a supplemental enhancement information field included in the bitstream indicates whether the bitstream comprises one or more video layers that represent auxiliary information.

Systems, methods and apparatus for encoding, decoding or transcoding digital video are described. One example method of processing video data includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule, wherein the format rule specifies that a supplemental enhancement information field included in the bitstream indicates whether the bitstream comprises one or more video layers that represent auxiliary information.

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for video coding using object metadata are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an object separator to separate input views into layers associated with respective objects to generate object layers for geometry data and texture data of the input views, a pruner to project the first object layer of a first basic view of the at least one basic views against the first object layer of a first additional view of the at least one additional views to generate a first pruned view and a first pruning mask, a patch packer to tag a patch with an object identifier of the first object, the patch corresponding to the first pruning mask, and an atlas generator to generate at least one atlas to include in encoded video data, the atlas including the patch.

This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for signaling temporal sublayer information for coded video. According to an aspect of an invention, a flag indicating whether a syntax element specifying a maximum number of temporal sublayers that are present in each coded layer video sequence referring to a sequence parameter set is present in the sequence parameter set is signaled; and the syntax element specifying a maximum number of temporal sublayers is conditionally signaled based on the value of the flag.

This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for signaling temporal sublayer information for coded video. According to an aspect of an invention, a flag indicating whether a syntax element specifying a maximum number of temporal sublayers that are present in each coded layer video sequence referring to a sequence parameter set is present in the sequence parameter set is signaled; and the syntax element specifying a maximum number of temporal sublayers is conditionally signaled based on the value of the flag.