Techniques and tools for escape mode code resizing are described. For example, a video decoder receives encoded information (e.g., runs, levels) for transform coefficients of blocks. For at least some of the encoded information, the decoder decodes in an escape mode for which codes have sizes signaled...http://www.google.com/patents/US7469011?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7469011 - Escape mode code resizing for fields and slices
