Encoding and decoding video content using prediction-aware flexible skip coding

In an example method, a decoder obtains a data stream representing video content. The video content is partitioned into one or more logical units, and each of the logical units is partitioned into one or more respective logical sub-units. The decoder determines that the data stream includes first data indicating that a first logical unit has been encoded according to a flexible skip coding scheme. In response, the decoder determines a first, set of decoding parameters based on the first data, and decodes each of the logical sub-units of the first logical unit according to the first set of decoding parameters.