MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 4 H.264/MPEG for Windows turns MPEG-1/2 and H.264/AVC editing into a productive, high-quality workflow. The Plug-In offers numerous ready-to-use project and export presets for various H.264/MPEG devices ranging from consumer to high-end professional usage. It offers many HDV and HDTV project presets for high-definition video editing in its native format, plus versatile camcorder ingest support. Using the versatile plug-in, you have the opportunity to import as well as export videos in these formats:

• VCD
• SVCD
• DVD
• HDV
• HDTV
• Cable Labs
• Blu-ray Disc
• AVCHD
• Sony PSP
• Apple iPod
• and many more!

Additionally, it offers AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) as well as Dolby® Digital 5.1 import and export. It includes ultra-fast smart rendering to speed up export time, and many other powerful features, such as fast AVCHD editing support to optimize your workflow. Moreover, MPEG Pro HD 4 offers advanced export settings that give the user full flexibility to specify the target format details and even create and save their own custom presets.

The performance will depend on the PC's capabilities, and a free demo version is available to help users evaluate performance on their own systems. MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 4 can only be used with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3/CS4.

• MPEG smart rendering in both Premiere Pro CS3 and CS4.
• Native MPEG-1/2 and H.264/AVC editing.
• Many ready-to-use project presets for many different occasions.
• Many ready-to-use export presets, such as Blu-ray, Sony PSP, Apple iPod, AVCHD, DVD etc.
• AAC, PCM, MPEG Audio and Dolby Digital support.
• Fast AVCHD editing support to optimize your workflow.
• Native support for the latest HDV camcorders from Sony, JVC or Canon.
• Real-time capture to MPEG.
• Direct export to HDV tape.
• IEEE 1394 output during editing and scrubbing.
• More editable encoding options and a wider range of parameter values.
• Improved timeline and source video playback performance with up to 20% less CPU load.
• Full screen playback on a secondary monitor in a dual view setup.

High-Resolution Manuals:
In order to keep the file size reasonable, the MPEG Pro™ HD 4 Plug-In includes a user guide with low-resolution graphics. However, we are making high-resolution manuals available for free downloading separately below, in zipped Adobe® Acrobat® format.

English (high-resolution) manual for MPEG Pro HD 4
(5.14 MB)

• MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 4 is available for Microsoft Windows. It is designed to work on any PC which meets Adobe Premiere Pro CS 3 and CS4 minimum system requirements.
• Requires Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 or CS4 (does not work with any version below CS3)
• For HDV editing, the recommended minimum requirements are an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 3.06 GHz or faster with Hyper Threading Technology, and 1 GB of RAM.
• For HD and AVCHD editing, the recommended minimum requirements are an Intel® DualCore processor 2.4 GHz or faster, and 2 GB of RAM.
• For AVC-Intra Class 50 and 100 editing, a Core2Quad 2.4 GHz CPU is recommended as minimum system requirement.
• In addition to these requirements, video editing requires that your system is operating smoothly.

Attention:

• Before you start to install the new version of the MPEG Pro HD 4 Plug-In, please uninstall the current one. Additionally, make sure that no other MainConcept or Adobe Creative Suite program is running during uninstalling or installing new MainConcept software.