Price: $749 (plus appl. tax)
           €569 (plus appl. tax)
Version: 4.1.1
Broadcast Suite for Adobe® Premiere® Pro
 

MainConcept™ MPEG Pro™ HD 4 Broadcast Suite is a full-featured editing and export Plug-In for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS3 and CS4. It offers full support for the whole Sony XDCAM camcorder and deck generation, Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra and DVCPRO camcorder series as well as full MPEG and H.264/AVC support.

MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 4 is the renowned full-featured Plug-In editing solution for Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and CS4. The brand new release now comes in five different versions that suit the demand of almost every user working with Adobe's video-editing flagship ranging from consumers up to professional content creation.

MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 4 Broadcast Suite combines all versions and features in a single plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro. It offers full support for the entire Sony XDCAM camcorder and deck portfolio as well as for the latest Panasonic P2 DVCPRO and AVC-Intra camcorder generation. It is the perfect solution for broadcast production environments that make use of high-end devices for professional content creation and editing, including 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 support:

• AVC-Intra Class 50/100
• XDCAM HD
• XDCAM EX
• XDCAM IMX
• DVCAM
• DVCPRO 25/50/HD

The MPEG Pro HD 4 Broadcast Suite offers numerous ready-to-use project, sequence as well as export presets, including MXF support and archiving to Professional Disc or similar media, in order to optimize your editing workflow. This all-in-one solution adds smart rendering for MPEG, DVCPRO as well as AVC-Intra to Premiere Pro, in order to save time while exporting your projects.

Additionally, MPEG Pro HD 4 Broadcast Suite turns MPEG-1/2 and H.264/AVC editing into a productive, high-quality workflow. It offers many HDV and HDTV project presets for high-definition video editing in its native format. Using the versatile plug-in, you have the opportunity to import as well as export videos in these formats, including presets for:

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

Moreover, 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 formats details in a wide range and to create and save 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 and CS4 (not included).

Versatile Camcorder Support

Beside Sony XDCAM HD support, the new version of MPEG Pro HD 4 Broadcast Suite now offers full support for the latest Sony XDCAM EX camcorder generation allowing import, editing, and export of such streams – including smart rendering – with Adobe Premiere Pro. The same is valid for the Panasonic P2 DVCPRO and AVC-Intra camcorder format, that additionally offers support for multichannel audio. Using MXF export for Panasonic P2 DVCPRO compliant camcorders, you can generate a P2 style folder structure (virtual P2 device) that includes MXF video/audio, XML files and thumbnail bitmaps. It is even possible to add clips to an existing P2 style folder. The MPEG Pro HD 4 Broadcast Suite Plug-In also includes the ability to capture from several JVC, Canon and Sony HD camcorders.

Availability

MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 4 Broadcast Suite is available for Microsoft Windows. It is designed to work on any PC which meets the Adobe Premiere Pro HD 4 minimum system requirements and can only be used when Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 or CS4 is installed (not included).