摘要 |
A method for jointly encoding a plurality of video streams (IV1, IV2, IV3), includes the steps of - receiving said plurality of video streams (IV1, IV2, IV3) - constructing a plurality of sequences of predicted pixel blocks (PPB1,PPB2, PPB3), - processing and entropy encoding said predicted pixel blocks (PPB1,PPB2, PPB3) of said plurality of sequences of predicted pixel blocks with corresponding blocks of said plurality of video streams (IV1, IV2,IV3) for generating a plurality of sequences of encoded residual pixel data (ERPD1, ERPD2, ERPD3), wherein said plurality of sequences of predicted pixel blocks (PPB1, PPB2, PPB3) are constructed from encoding structure data (ESD, ESD1, JESD) generated from said plurality of video streams (IV1, IV2, IV3), and wherein said plurality of sequences of encoded residual pixel data (ERPD1, ERPD2, ERPD3) is provided together with reference data (IREF) comprising said encoding structure data (ESD, ESD1, JESD) as encoded data of said plurality of video streams. A method for decoding and an encoder and decoder are disclosed as well. |