A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a video signal partitioned into a chroma block and a first neighboring luma block. The mechanism also includes encoding prediction information for chroma samples of the chroma block into a bitstream. The prediction information for the chroma samples is determined via intra-prediction based on down-sampled neighboring luma samples. The down-sampled neighboring luma samples are generated from a single row of luma samples from the first neighboring luma block. A bitstream including the prediction information for the chroma samples is transmitted to support decoding and display of the chroma samples.