A three-dimensional video encoder comprising: circuitry to generate a flag associated with a video block of multiview video, the video block corresponding to one of a depth component of a first view of the multiview video, a texture component of the first view of the multiview video, a depth component of a second view of the multiview video, the second view being different than the first view, or a texture component of the second view of the multiview video, the flag to indicate the video block is encoded based on inherited prediction parameters associated with a second video block of the multiview video, the second video block corresponding to another of the depth component of the first view, the texture component of the first view, the depth component of the second view, or the texture component of the second view, wherein the inherited prediction parameters comprise inter-prediction modes in response to the second video block including coding blocks encoded based on the inter-prediction modes; circuitry to encode the video block based on the inherited prediction parameters; and circuitry to insert the encoded video block, the flag, information from which the second block from which the prediction parameters were inherited is determinable, and the prediction parameters into a bitstream representing 3D video, characterized in that the inherited prediction parameters used to encode the video block and to be inserted into the bitstream further comprise intra-prediction modes in response to the second video block including coding blocks encoded based on the intra-prediction modes, and a combination of inter and intra prediction modes in response to the second video block including both coding blocks encoded based on the inter modes and coding blocks encoded based on the intra modes. circuitry to generate a flag associated with a video block of multiview video, the video block corresponding to one of a depth component of a first view of the multiview video, a texture component of the first view of the multiview video, a depth component of a second view of the multiview video, the second view being different than the first view, or a texture component of the second view of the multiview video, the flag to indicate the video block is encoded based on inherited prediction parameters associated with a second video block of the multiview video, the second video block corresponding to another of the depth component of the first view, the texture component of the first view, the depth component of the second view, or the texture component of the second view, wherein the inherited prediction parameters comprise inter-prediction modes in response to the second video block including coding blocks encoded based on the inter-prediction modes; circuitry to encode the video block based on the inherited prediction parameters; and circuitry to insert the encoded video block, the flag, information from which the second block from which the prediction parameters were inherited is determinable, and the prediction parameters into a bitstream representing 3D video, characterized in that the inherited prediction parameters used to encode the video block and to be inserted into the bitstream further comprise intra-prediction modes in response to the second video block including coding blocks encoded based on the intra-prediction modes, and a combination of inter and intra prediction modes in response to the second video block including both coding blocks encoded based on the inter modes and coding blocks encoded based on the intra modes.