Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video decoding. In one method, a decoder determines a fusion scheme applied in decoder-side intra mode derivation (DIMD) mode and in template-based intra mode derivation (TIMD) mode, and the fusion scheme is applied as a weighted average of predictors in the DIMD mode and in the TIMD mode.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video decoding. In one method, a decoder receives a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS) coefficient enabled flag that indicates whether a slice header (SH) coefficient enabled flag is present in slice header syntax structure referring to the SPS. In a second method, the decoder may receive a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS) transform precision adaption enabled flag that indicates whether downshifts in a scaling process for transform coefficients and in a transformation process for scaled transform coefficients are adaptively assigned by examining coefficients values of dequantization and inverse transform.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data, including: receiving, a plurality of frames, each including a first component and a second component; determining, for a first frame, one or more classifiers for the second component respectively from one or more samples of the first component associated with a respective sample of the second component; and when a received syntax element indicates that differential pulse-code modulation (DPCM) is enabled for signalling a first group of differential sample offsets for the second component of a second frame according to the one or more classifiers: determining a second group of sample offsets for the second component of the second frame by adding the first group of differential sample offsets of the second frame to a first group of sample offsets for the second component of the first frame according to the one or more classifiers.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video decoding with template-based intra mode derivation (TIMD), decoder-side intra mode derivation (DIMD), or multi-direction intra prediction (MDIP). In one method, a decoder determines prediction sample values of one or more video blocks based on position-dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) operations for one or more intra predictions of the one or more video blocks to unify the PDPC operations in an intra prediction coding mode, and the PDPC operations modify results of the one or more intra predictions based on a combination of boundary reference samples.

Abstract: This application is directed to coding video data that includes a plurality of image samples of a video frame. Each image sample corresponds to one of a luma sample and a chroma sample. Each image sample is filtered using an adaptive in-loop filter having a filter length and a set of filter coefficients. A set of related image samples are identified in the filter length of each image sample. For each related image sample, a respective clip value index and a corresponding filter coefficient are identified. A difference of each related image sample and the respective image sample is clipped based on the respective clip value index that corresponds to a respective clipping boundary value equal to 2 to a power of a respective clipping number. The respective image sample is modified with the clipped difference of each of the related image samples based on the respective filter coefficient.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide a video decoding apparatus and method for transform coefficient sign prediction on a video decoder side. The method may include selecting a set of candidate transform coefficients from dequantized transform coefficients. The method may include applying a template-based hypothesis generation scheme to select a hypothesis from a plurality of candidate hypotheses for the set of candidate transform coefficients. The method may include determining a combination of sign candidates associated with the selected hypothesis to be a set of predicted signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients. The method may include estimating original signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients based on the set of predicted signs and a sequence of sign signaling bits received from a video encoder. The method may include updating the dequantized transform coefficients based on the estimated original signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video coding. The method includes: in response to determining that transform skip is disabled, disabling, by a decoder, a presence of a rice parameter for transform skip residual coding. The method may further include adopting a flag of transform skip, sps_transform_skip_enabled_flag, to condition a presence of sps_ts_residual_coding_rice_present_in_sh_flag.

Abstract: A method for video decoding is provided. The method may be applied in a decoder and includes: receiving a video bitstream comprising a quantization parameter and a quantized level; deriving a scale value by scaling the quantization parameter by a scale factor; determining a plurality of parameters associated with a coding unit (CU); obtaining a plurality of bit-shifts by bit-shifting the plurality of parameters; and obtaining a plurality of coefficients associated with the CU based on the quantized level, the scale value, and the plurality of bit-shifts.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide systems and methods for motion compensation prediction. The method may include performing, by a video processor, a geometry partition on a video block of a video frame from a video to obtain a first partition and a second partition. The method may further include applying, by the video processor, a first motion prediction mode to the first partition and a second motion prediction mode to the second partition. At least one of the first motion prediction mode or the second motion prediction mode is an affine motion prediction mode.

Abstract: A method of decoding a video signal, apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes obtaining a video block from the video signal, obtaining spatial neighboring blocks based on the video block, obtaining up to one left non-scaled motion vector predictor (MVP) based on the multiple left spatial neighboring blocks, obtaining up to one above non-scaled MVP based on the multiple above spatial neighboring blocks, deriving an MVP candidate list based on the coding block, the multiple left spatial neighboring blocks, and the multiple above spatial neighboring blocks by performing no motion vector scaling in all scenarios for deriving motion vectors in deriving process for spatial MVP candidates, receiving an index indicating an MVP in the MVP candidate list, and obtaining a prediction signal of the coding block based on the MVP indicated by the index.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide video processing apparatuses and methods. The method receives, by a video processor, a video block of a video for in-loop filtering. The method then performs a wavelet-domain CNN filtering on video data of at least a part of the video block, by performing, by the video processor, a wavelet transform on the video data to obtain data in a wavelet domain comprising a plurality of wavelet subbands; filtering, by the video processor, the data in the wavelet domain by applying respective CNN models on the plurality of wavelet subbands, where the CNN models for the plurality of wavelet subbands are trained in the wavelet domain; and performing, by the video processor, an inverse wavelet transform on the filtered data to obtain reconstructed video data.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video coding with multi-direction intra prediction (MDIP). In one method, a decoder determines a blending parameter for the MDIP based a size of a coding unit. In another method, the decoder may determine a size of each coding block, and in response to determining that the size of the coding block is smaller than or equal to a first preset threshold, the decoder may determine that the MDIP mode is disabled for the coding block.

Abstract: A method of decoding a syntax element for a current coding unit of video data is performed by an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus identifies, for the current coding unit, an above coding unit and a coding tree unit including the current coding unit. After determining that the above coding unit is within the coding tree unit, the electronic apparatus decodes, from a video bitstream, a corresponding syntax element for the current coding unit based, at least in part, on a syntax element associated with the above coding unit retrieved from a line buffer associated with the coding tree unit; otherwise, the electronic apparatus decodes, from the video bitstream, the corresponding syntax element for the current coding unit based, at least in part, on a default value assigned to the syntax element associated with the above coding unit.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for decoding a video block in GPM. The method includes: partitioning the video block into first and second geometric partitions; receiving a first GPM with a motion vector refinement (GPM-MVR) enable flag for the first geometric partition and receiving a second GPM-MVR enable flag for the second geometric partition; receiving a joint template matching (TM) enable flag for the first and second geometric partition that jointly indicates whether a uni-directional motion of the first partition is refined by TM and whether a uni-directional motion of the second partition is refined by the TM; receiving a first merge GPM index for the first geometric partition and a second merge GPM index for the second geometric partition; constructing a uni-directional MV candidate list of the GPM; and generating a uni-directional MV for the first geometric partition and a uni-directional MV for the second geometric partition.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide video processing systems and methods. The video processing method may include receiving, by one or more processors, a video frame of a video for in-loop filtering. For a target pixel of the video frame, the video processing method may further include selecting, by the one or more processors, a bilateral filtering window to perform the in-loop filtering on the target pixel from a group of candidate filtering windows. The group of candidate filtering windows include a plurality of side filtering windows and a full filtering window. The video processing method may also include filtering, by the one or more processors, the target pixel of the video frame using the selected bilateral filtering window.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for reducing the decoding latency introduced by LMCS. In one method, one or more luma prediction sample values are selected from an output of a bilinear filter of Decoder-side Motion Vector Derivation (DMVR), the one or more selected luma prediction sample values are adjusted into luma prediction sample values with the same bit depth as an original coding bit depth of an input video, the luma prediction sample values with the same bit depth as the original coding bit depth of the input video are used to derive a scaling factor for decoding one or more chroma residual samples, the scaling factor is used to scale one or more chroma residual samples, and one or more chroma residual samples are reconstructed by adding the one or more scaled chroma residual samples and their corresponding chroma prediction samples.

Abstract: A computer system acquires a video bitstream. The video bitstream includes data associated with multiple encoded pictures. Each encoded picture includes one or more coding units (CUs). While decoding a current CU of a picture in the video bitstream, the current CU having a plurality of reference subblocks located in one or more reference pictures, in accordance with a determination that the plurality of reference subblocks satisfy a first set of predefined conditions for enabling a subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (SbTMVP) mode, the computer system retrieves, from the video bitstream, syntax elements associated with the SbTMVP mode. The computer system then decodes the current CU using the retrieved syntax elements associated with the SbTMVP mode.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for reducing the decoding latency introduced by LMCS. In one method, one or more luma prediction sample values are selected from an output of a bilinear filter of Decoder-side Motion Vector Derivation (DMVR), the one or more selected luma prediction sample values are adjusted into luma prediction sample values with the same bit depth as an original coding bit depth of an input video, the luma prediction sample values with the same bit depth as the original coding bit depth of the input video are used to derive a scaling factor for decoding one or more chroma residual samples, the scaling factor is used to scale one or more chroma residual samples, and one or more chroma residual samples are reconstructed by adding the one or more scaled chroma residual samples and their corresponding chroma prediction samples.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data. The method includes: receiving, from the video data, an Adaptation Parameter Set (APS) identifier associated with a number of previously used Cross-Component Sample Adaptive Offset (CCSAO) filter offset sets stored in APS; receiving, from the video data, a syntax in Picture Header (PH) or Slice Header (SH) that indicates the APS identifier used for a current picture or slice; decoding, for the current coding tree unit (CTU), a filter set index that indicates a particular previously used CCSAO filter offset set of the number of offset sets in the APS associated with the APS identifier; and applying the particular previously used CCSAO filter offset set to the current CTU of the video data.

Abstract: A bit-width representation method of prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF), apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes obtaining a reference picture I associated with a video block within the video signal, obtaining prediction samples I(i,j) of the video block from a reference block in the reference picture I, controlling internal bit-widths of a PROF derivation process for various representation precisions of internal PROF parameters by applying right-shifting to the internal PROF parameters based on different bit-shift values, obtaining prediction refinement values for samples in the video block based on the PROF derivation process being applied to the video block based on the prediction samples I(i,j), and obtaining prediction samples of the video block based on the combination of the prediction samples and the prediction refinement values.