MULTIPLE PASS VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE

The present invention relates to a video decoder (DEC) for decoding a bit stream (BS) corresponding to pictures (P) of a video signal, coded pictures being likely to include macroblocks coded in a progressive and in an interlaced way, said decoder including a decoding unit (DEU) for decoding macroblocks coded in a progressive way. A video decoder according to the invention includes a decoding configuration unit (DCU) for activating said decoding unit several times for decoding a single picture and for configuring the read and/or write stride at each pass of said picture in said decoding unit.