An apparatus and method are provided for independently parsing fine granular scalability (FGS) layers. A video-encoding method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a frame-encoding unit which generates at least one quality layer from an input video frame, a coding-pass-selecting...http://www.google.de/patents/US20070237240?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20070237240 - Video coding method and apparatus supporting independent parsing
