A method of decoding a picture comprising two or more slices, the two or more slices comprising a first slice in the picture and one or more remaining slices in the picture; the method comprising: for each slice of the two or more slices: receiving a slice flag associated with the slice; based on the received slice flag associated with the slice being a first defined value which indicates that the slice is the first slice in the picture, thereby determining an associated slice start address in the picture for the first slice in the picture; based on the received slice flag associated with the slice being a second defined value which indicates that the slice is one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture, retrieving a slice address for the one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture, and, determining an associated slice start address in the picture for the one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture based on the retrieved slice address; whereby the associated slice start address allows identification of a position of a first coding unit (10B, 20B, 30B, 40B) in the slice within the picture; receiving a coded slice representation of the slice; determining, based on the received coded slice representation, pixel values of pixels for the slice; characterized in that, the slice address of the one of the one or more remaining slices is signaled with a fixed length code. the method comprising: for each slice of the two or more slices: receiving a slice flag associated with the slice; based on the received slice flag associated with the slice being a first defined value which indicates that the slice is the first slice in the picture, thereby determining an associated slice start address in the picture for the first slice in the picture; based on the received slice flag associated with the slice being a second defined value which indicates that the slice is one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture, retrieving a slice address for the one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture, and, determining an associated slice start address in the picture for the one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture based on the retrieved slice address; whereby the associated slice start address allows identification of a position of a first coding unit (10B, 20B, 30B, 40B) in the slice within the picture; receiving a coded slice representation of the slice; determining, based on the received coded slice representation, pixel values of pixels for the slice; receiving a slice flag associated with the slice; based on the received slice flag associated with the slice being a first defined value which indicates that the slice is the first slice in the picture, thereby determining an associated slice start address in the picture for the first slice in the picture; based on the received slice flag associated with the slice being a second defined value which indicates that the slice is one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture, retrieving a slice address for the one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture, and, determining an associated slice start address in the picture for the one of the one or more remaining slices in the picture based on the retrieved slice address; whereby the associated slice start address allows identification of a position of a first coding unit (10B, 20B, 30B, 40B) in the slice within the picture; receiving a coded slice representation of the slice; determining, based on the received coded slice representation, pixel values of pixels for the slice; characterized in that, the slice address of the one of the one or more remaining slices is signaled with a fixed length code.