The present invention relates to a video decoding apparatus and a method for decoding a multi-view video, and the video decoding apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an entropy-decoding unit for entropy-decoding a bitstream and outputting video information required for decoding a current block in a depth picture; a memory for saving pictures referenced when decoding the current block; and a prediction unit for inducing a prediction sample of the current block, by using motion information of a texture picture within the same view as motion information of the current block.