METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING OF SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET INFORMATION

摘要

A method and apparatus for sharing context among different SAO syntax elements for a video coder are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention applying SAO processing to the block of processed-reconstructed pixels based on SAO information including the SAO type index, wherein the coded SAO type index corresponds to the SAO type index being encoded according to truncated unary binarization, being encoded by CABAC (context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding) with one context, or being encoded by CABAC using a context mode for a first bin associated with the SAO type index and using a bypass mode for any remaining bin associated with the SAO type index.