MainConcept™ ShowCase

Media Decoding Application

 

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Version: 2.6
 

MainConcept™ ShowCase provides a simple and efficient way to evaluate MainConcept codecs for decoding on your Windows PC using DirectShow filters. It enables experts and developers to play back videos from numerous formats in a MainConcept controlled environment.

MainConcept ShowCase provides a simple and efficient way to evaluate MainConcept codecs for decoding on your Windows PC. It enables experts and developers to play back videos from numerous formats and streams:

  • Blu-ray Disc*
  • SVC Baseline/Main Profile
  • Adobe Flash F4V streams
  • AVC-Intra Class 50 and Class 100
  • DVD*
  • Sony XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, XDCAM DV and XDCAM IMX
  • Panasonic P2 DVCPRO and AVC-Intra
  • Sony PSP
  • Apple iPod
  • JPEG2000 DCI
  • AVCHD*
  • … and many more!

MainConcept ShowCase frees developers from integrating MainConcept’s Codec SDK decoding components into their own development for just testing the features, performance and quality. The evaluation process can now start right away by downloading our player application. MainConcept ShowCase comes for free as a 32-bit as well as 64-bit version and has all MainConcept DirectShow filters included. It is the perfect way to evaluate the MainConcept DirectShow filters, because the player includes the same filter versions as our renowned Codec SDK, and it gives an idea of their versatile functionalities.

The easy-to-use software player includes some new features that make decoding even more convenient.

ShowCase now also allows DXVA 2.0 Hardware Acceleration for H.264/AVC, MPEG-2 and VC-1 streams to enhance decoding performance on many systems.

The new ShowCase now also includes a SVC Decoder Beta version, so that you can have a first look at this exciting new format. SVC (Scalable Video Coding) is a new extension to the H.264/AVC standard that allows a video stream to be encoded with multiple quality layers.

If the DivX Decoder filter is registered on your system, you can use it for playing back DivX encoded clips in MainConcept ShowCase as well.

In case of VC-1 decoding, MainConcept ShowCase uses the WMA Audio Deocder and ASF Reader that comes with the Windows operating system.

MainConcept ShowCase comes with MeritMe! This easy-to-use tool enables users to change the usage priority of the filters, so that these will be definitely used for playing back your footage.

* If a DVD, Blu-ray or AVCHD file contains Dolby Digital (AC-3), audio cannot be played back and has to be muted, so that only video is decoded in ShowCase.

Availability

MainConcept ShowCase is currently available for Windows only (32-bit/64-bit). The 64-bit version is only available for Windows 7 and Vista. Please note that the player is only a demo version, i.e. it adds a watermark to the decoded picture and has an audio limitation of 30 seconds for AAC (Advanced Audio Coding). The available codecs are:

  • H.264 / AVC
  • SVC
  • MPEG-1/2
  • MPEG-4 Part 2
  • JPEG2000
  • VC-1
  • DV/DVCPRO 25/50/HD
  • Motion JPEG
  • MPEG Audio
  • LPCM
  • AAC

Interested parties that have evaluated MainConcept decoding products and want to license them or MainConcept ShowCase for integration into their own solution should contact their local sales representative or simply use our evaluation registration area on our web site.

Full version Decoders in ShowCase

You have the opportunity to turn some of the demo version DirectShow filters into full versions. Purchasing the new MainConcept Decoder Packs you can now play back your favorite videos in ShowCase without distracting watermark or similar restrictions.

Here are the MainConcept Decoder Packs at a glance. They are available as 32-bit and 64-bit versions as well:

The included DirectShow filters can also be used in the Windows Media Player for playback then.