Patent ID: 7555167

Claim:
In a computing device that implements a video decoder, a method of decoding one or more video frames, the method comprising: receiving, at the computing device that implements the video decoder, compressed video information in a bit stream; and with the computing device that implements the video decoder, decoding a video frame, including: selecting a coding mode from a group of plural available coding modes; and if the selected coding mode is low latency mode, for each of plural macroblocks of the video frame, using a macroblock-layer syntax element for the macroblock to determine binary information for the macroblock; otherwise, using frame-layer encoded bit plane data to decode a bit plane according to the selected coding mode, wherein the bit plane indicates the binary information for the plural macroblocks, respectively, of the video frame, wherein the binary information represents characteristics of the plural macrobloeks of the video frame, and wherein the binary information includes one binary symbol for each of the plural macroblocks of the video frame.