Construction of merge with motion vector difference candidates
A method of video processing is provided to include determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, a mode of operation of an UMVE mode; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the current video block is coded with a merge mode and motion vector differences in an UMVE mode that comprises a motion vector expression that includes a starting point of motion information, a motion magnitude and a motion direction for the current video block, and wherein one or more fields in the coded representation correspond to the mode of operation, and wherein the one or more fields include: a list size field that indicates a size of a base candidate list used by the UMVE mode, or a table field that signals a distance table or a direction table for the UMVE mode.
1. A method of video processing, comprising:
determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, that a merge mode with motion vector differences is applied into the current video block; and
performing the conversion based on the determining;
wherein the merge mode with motion vector differences comprises motion vector expression which is used to derive motion information of the current video block, wherein the motion vector expression comprises a first parameter representing a motion vector difference and a second parameter indicating a base candidate from a base candidate list, wherein the first parameter comprises a motion magnitude and a motion direction, and
the base candidate list is based on a merge candidate list for a merge mode which is constructed for the current block during the conversion, wherein a size of the base candidate list is not greater than a size of the merge candidate list for the merge mode.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second parameter comprises an index to the base candidate list.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the size of the base candidate list is set to one of 1, or 2.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a flag is present in the bitstream to indicate whether to enable the merge mode with motion vector differences.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the flag is present at a sequence parameter set level.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the size of the base candidate list is omitted from the bitstream.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion magnitude is selected from a first table comprising at least one motion magnitude, and the motion direction is selected from a second table comprising at least one motion direction, wherein at least one of the first table and the second table depends on a picture order count (POC) of two reference pictures or a POC of a current picture that includes the current video block, or a quantization parameter (QP) used for coding the current video block, a current slice, or the current picture.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing of the conversion includes decoding the current video block from the bitstream.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing of the conversion includes encoding the current video block into the bitstream.
10. An apparatus for processing video data comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein the instructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to:
determine, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, that a merge mode with motion vector differences is applied into the current video block; and
perform the conversion based on the determining;
wherein the merge mode with motion vector differences comprises motion vector expression which is used to derive motion information of the current video block, wherein the motion vector expression comprises a first parameter representing a motion vector difference and a second parameter indicating a base candidate from a base candidate list, wherein the first parameter comprises a motion magnitude and a motion direction, and
the base candidate list is based on a merge candidate list for a merge mode which is constructed for the current block during the conversion, wherein a size of the base candidate list is not greater than a size of the merge candidate list for the merge mode.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second parameter comprises an index to the base candidate list.
12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the size of the base candidate list is set to one of 1, or 2.
13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a flag is present in the coded representation to indicate whether to enable the merge mode with motion vector differences.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the flag is present at a sequence parameter set level.
15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the size of the base candidate list is omitted from the bitstream.
16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the motion magnitude is selected from a first table comprising at least one motion magnitude, and the motion direction is selected from a second table comprising at least one motion direction, wherein at least one of the first table and the second table depends on a picture order count (POC) of two reference pictures or a POC of a current picture that includes the current video block, or a quantization parameter (QP) used for coding the current video block, a current slice, or the current picture.
17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the performing of the conversion includes decoding the current video block from the bitstream.
18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the performing of the conversion includes encoding the current video block into the bitstream.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor to:
determine, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, that a merge mode with motion vector differences is applied into the current video block; and
perform the conversion based on the determining;
wherein the merge mode with motion vector differences comprises motion vector expression which is used to derive motion information of the current video block, wherein the motion vector expression comprises a first parameter representing a motion vector difference and a second parameter indicating a base candidate from a base candidate list, wherein the first parameter comprises a motion magnitude and a motion direction, and
the base candidate list is based on a merge candidate list for a merge mode which is constructed for the current block during the conversion, wherein a size of the base candidate list is not greater than a size of the merge candidate list for the merge mode.
20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a bitstream of a video which is generated by a method performed by a video processing apparatus, wherein the method comprises:
determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, that a merge mode with motion vector differences is applied into the current video block; and
generating the bitstream from the current block based on the determining;
wherein the merge mode with motion vector differences comprises motion vector expression which is used to derive motion information of the current video block, wherein the motion vector expression comprises a first parameter representing a motion vector difference and a second parameter indicating a base candidate from a base candidate list, wherein the first parameter comprises a motion magnitude and a motion direction, and
the base candidate list is based on a merge candidate list for a merge mode which is constructed for the current block during the conversion, wherein a size of the base candidate list is not greater than a size of the merge candidate list for the merge mode.