MainConcept™ H.264/AVC Broadcast

Plug-In for MainConcept Reference 2.0

 

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Price: $1900 (plus appl. tax)
           €1190 (plus appl. tax)
Version: 2.0
 

MainConcept™ H.264/AVC is a full version codec Plug-In for MainConcept™ Reference 2.0. Available as Professional and Broadcast solution supporting numerous formats and devices, such as AVC-Intra, Blu-ray, AVCHD, etc.


H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding), also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, is an exciting format which is poised to be the major video standard because it can replace several popular formats while offering significant advantages over them. H.264 offers quality which can rival that of MPEG-2 with as little as half the bitrate and file size.

MainConcept Reference H.264/AVC offers a superior quality. It supports all standard and advanced features of the H.264 specifications including Baseline, Main and High Profiles as well as CABAC and CAVLC.

Additionally, it includes a powerful capture engine* that allows you to capture from camcorders, webcams, etc. in their native or another format if available.

Here is a list of supported formats in Reference H.264/AVC Broadcast:

  • Blu-ray Disc H.264/AVC
  • AVCHD
  • Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra
  • Adobe Flash F4V
  • Sony PSP
  • Apple iPod
  • 3GP for Mobile Devices

It also includes AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) encoding and decoding. The software is ideal for a wide variety of applications ranging from video telephony to high-end broadcasting and storage. It offers presets for Apple iPod, Sony PSP, AVCHD and many more professional formats.

Reference H.264/AVC also supports Dolby Digital Professional or Dolby Digital Plus Professional. These transcoding plug-ins must be obtained separately, but they allow you to add high-quality Dolby 5.1 surround sound to your multimedia productions.

Many powerful audio and video filters, such as color correction, timecode insertion, audio normalization, etc. make Reference 2.0 the perfect transcoding tool for every production environment that requires professional quality and performance.

*Capturing is only available in Reference for Windows.

Availability

MainConcept offers a Professional version and a Broadcast version for H.264/AVC including an extended set of features. Please see the table below for details.

MainConcept H.264/AVC Pro and MainConcept H.264/AVC Broadcast full license Plug-Ins are currently available for Windows.

When you want to use MainConcept Reference within a network, please contact your local sales representative at sales(at)mainconcept.com.

Professional vs. Broadcast Version

H.264/AVC Professional

H.264/AVC Broadcast

Several instances at the time.

AVC-Intra Class 50 and Class 100 support

Multi-CPU support

10-bit support

No bitrate limitation (except for the specs' limitation).



 

Base Application required

The full license codec Plug-In provides unrestricted H.264/AVC support (for version differences see table above). When purchasing the full license Plug-In, you will receive a link to unlock the appropriate codec in the free MainConcept Reference 2.0 base application, so an internet connection is required. The base application must be installed on your system. Click here to get free download.