Context initialization based on decoder picture buffer

1. A method for decoding a video frame of a video sequence, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a slice;

(b) receiving a flag for determining one of three initialization methods; and

(c) initializing a Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) context associated with a slice type using an initialization method; wherein

in a case that the slice type indicates a B slice type and a value of the flag is equal to a first value, a CABAC context associated with the B slice type is initialized by a first initialization method of the three initialization methods; and

in a case that the slice type indicates the B slice type and the value of the flag is equal to a second value, the CABAC context associated with the B slice type is initialized by a second initialization method of the three initialization methods, the second initialization method being used to initialize a CABAC context associated with a P slice type in a case that the slice type indicates the P slice type and the value of the flag is equal to the first value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third initialization method differs from the first initialization method and the second initialization method.

3. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving information including at least (1) first information indicating a number of first regions in a slice and (ii) second information indicating offset of an i-th first region from an (i−1)th first region in a bitstream, wherein the video frame includes one or more of the slice(s) and one or more of the first region(s).