MainConcept™ H.264/AVC Pro

Plug-In for MainConcept Reference 2.0

 

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Features at a glance:

  • No other encoder offers so many H.264/AVC advanced settings for optimizing the streams' picture quality.
  • Numerous ready to use presets for the most important devices and formats currently on the market.
  • H.264/AVC is the most suitable video format for streaming media content over a network in highest quality.
  • Allows easy content creation for many popular devices, such as Apple iPod, Sony PSP and various cell phones, so you are able to deliver your content to a wide audience.
  • Up to 5.1 level Baseline, Main and High profiles.
  • Available Bitrates: 20 Mbps.
  • I, P, B slices. One picture can comprise slices of one type only. Pyramid structure is enabled.
  • Resolution: Up to 5.1 Level restriction (36864 macroblocks).
  • Chroma Format: 4:2:0 (4:2:2 for AVC-Intra Class 100).
  • Intra modes: 16x16 and 4x4 for luma, 8x8 for chroma.
  • Inter modes: 16x16, 16x8, 8x16, 8x8, the Skip mode for P- and B-frames, Spatial Direct mode for B-frames.
  • CABAC/CAVLC according to profiles restriction.
  • Multi-reference Inter Prediction.
  • In-loop (deblocking filter).
  • Interlace support: Up to 5.1 level Baseline, Main and High Profiles.
  • Import and export AVC-INTRA Class 50 and 100, including 4:2:0/4:2:2 support (Broadcast version).
  • Support for Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra - Specialized Operational Pattern "Atom" SMPTE 390M (Broadcast version).
  • AVC-Intra MXF support (Broadcast version).
  • Multi-pass encoding.
  • Capturing from many different devices in their native format and H.264/AVC (Windows only).
  • Subtitle support.
  • Useful Watch Folder and Batch List Encoding features.
  • New preset structure.
  • Configurable preset shortcuts for quick access to often used transcoding profiles.
  • Improved user Interface for better handling and managing of transcoding jobs and projects.
  • New advanced Video/Audio Encoder and Multiplexer Settings dialogs with many useful options for optimizing your footage.
  • Powerful command-line interface allows preset based transcoding jobs in a convenient way, e.g. on a server (including capturing support).
  • Direct access import modules when opening streams for transcoding.
  • Many powerful video and audio filters for different production environments and occasions.
  • The Windows version also includes the MainConcept H.264 Decoder, enabling playback of H.264/AVC files in Windows Media Player and other DirectShow compatible programs.

Audio:

  • AAC
  • PCM Audio
  • Dolby Digital Professional (separate plug-in)
  • Dolby Digital Plus Pro (separate plug-in)
  • Multi-channel audio support

Stream Type:

  • H.264/AVC ES
  • MPEG-2 PS/TS
  • MP4
  • 3GP
  • MXF