Methods and arrangements in video encoding and decoding entities. The methods and arrangements involve determining (804) the frequency of occurrence of a plurality of reference pictures associated with an obtained (802) set of blocks, which are neighbors of a block B. The methods and arrangements further involve selecting (806) a reference picture or combination of reference pictures having the highest determined frequency of occurrence to be a prediction, Cpred, of the reference picture or combination of reference pictures, C, to be used when encoding/decoding the block, B. The methods and arrangements further involve providing/obtaining (610,612, 808) an indication specifying whether the prediction, Cpred, corresponds to C, and when the prediction, Cpred, is indicated to correspond to C, the encoded block, Be, is decoded (812) based on the prediction Cpred.