(EN) METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HIGH-LEVEL SIGNALING FOR WEIGHTED PREDICTION

(EN) The present invention provides an encoding method, wherein the method comprises: determining syntax elements to be coded, wherein the syntax elements include a reference picture list structure and at least one high-level syntax (HLS) weighted prediction parameters; coding the at least one HLS weighted prediction parameters; and coding the reference picture list structure following the coding of the at least one HLS weighted prediction parameters. The syntax elements are reordered such that coding the reference picture list structure can be based on values of the at least one HLS weighted prediction parameters.