| CPC H04N 19/124 (2014.11) [H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/70 (2014.11)] | 18 Claims |

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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor, configured to perform:
quantizing at least one video block based on at least one quantization parameter that is used for chroma quantization; and,
encoding said quantized at least one video block and syntax indicative of said at least one quantization parameter, and said syntax comprises a flag to disable local chroma quantization parameter control, wherein said syntax comprises a no_chroma_qp_offset_constraint_flag.
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