Abstract: Apparatus for encoding a video having a sequence of frames using rate control, configured to determine a global quantization parameter for the sequence of frames based on a target bit-rate, and to perform a coding pass, coding the sequence of frames, using the global quantization parameter by determining a frame quantization parameter per frame of the sequence of frames on the basis of the global quantization parameter, and subjecting the sequence of frames to R/D optimizing encoding by using, for each frame, the frame quantization parameter determined for the respective frame so as to obtain an encoded version of an associated coding size for the respective frame.

Abstract: An encoder for hybrid video coding, the encoder for providing an encoded representation of a video sequence on the basis of an input video content, and the encoder configured to: determine one or more syntax elements related to a portion of the video sequence; select a processing scheme to be applied to the portion of the video sequence based a property described by on the one or more syntax elements, the processing scheme for acquiring a sample for a motion-compensated prediction at an integer and/or fractional location within the portion of the video sequence; encode an index indicating the selected processing scheme such that a given encoded index value represents different processing schemes depending on the property described by the one or more syntax elements; and provide, as the encoded representation of the video sequence, a bit stream including the one or more syntax elements and the encoded index.