The MainConcept Decoder Pack MPEG-4/H.263 for Windows 32-bit & 64-bit platforms is a powerful set of DirectShow filters that enables playback of MPEG-4 Part 2 and H.263 compliant streams in the Windows Media Player or similar media players that support DirectShow. It allows you to decode the common MPEG-4 Part 2 and H.263 formats, such as Sony PSP, Apple iPod, others streams for mobile devices such as mobile phone in highest quality using the renowned MainConcept audio, video and demuxer filters. The Decoder Pack MPEG-4 Part 2 / H.263 supports HE AAC v1 and HE AAC v2 as audio formats.

Supported Formats:

• Sony PSP
• Apple iPod
• Streams for mobile phones that support MPEG-4/H.263 video and AAC audio

Note: If you want to evaluate MainConcept’s Decoder Packs, please download our free player application MainConcept ShowCase. It includes all the decoders in demo mode, adding a watermark to your video stream during playback and has an audio limitation of 30 seconds for some audio decoders.

• Software-only MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14496-2) and H.263 (ITU-T Recommendation H.263) decoding.
• Simple and Advanced Simple profiles support.
• Full-resolution, full-quality decoding/playback (high precision arithmetic, quarter-pel motion compensation, post-process).
• Optimized for the most efficient CPU usage – takes advantage of MMX™ and SSE™ extensions when available.
• DirectShow® Multimedia Streaming support.
• High definition video decoding.

Audio:

• AAC Audio (MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818-7) and MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14496-3 including Amd.1:2003 – HE AAC v1 and Amd.2:2004 – HE AAC v2))

Stream Type:

• MPEG-4 Part 2 Elementary Streams
• MP4
• 3GP

Included Components:

• MPEG-4 Part 2 / H.263 Video Decoder Filter
• AAC Decoder Filter
• MP4 Demultiplexer Filter
• MPEG Push Demultiplexer Filter
• Network Source Filter

High-Resolution Manuals:
In order to keep the file size reasonable, the MainConcept Decoder Packs include a user guide with low-resolution graphics only. However, we make high-resolution manuals available for free download separately below, in zipped Adobe® Acrobat® format (Currently only available in English).

English manual for MainConcept Decoder Packs
(739 KB)

Microsoft® Windows® 7, XP, Vista, 32-bit and Windows Vista, Windows 7 64-bit
(We recommend to install always the current Service Pack for the used operating system) // Microsoft® DirectX 9.0® is required.