The method includes obtaining identification information representing a multi-view video data stream, obtaining initialization information of a reference picture list for a random access slice based on the identification information, initializing the reference picture list using the initialization information, obtaining modification information for the initialized reference picture list, determining an assignment modification value for modifying an inter-view reference index in the initialized reference picture list according to the modification information, and modifying the initialized reference picture list for inter-view prediction using the determined assignment modification value.