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MainConcept™ H.264/AVC Pro
Plug-In for MainConcept Reference
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Price: $1900 (plus appl. tax) MainConcept™ H.264/AVC Pro is a full version codec Plug-In for MainConcept™ Reference. Major video standard also known as MPEG-4 Part 10. | |
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.
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.
MainConcept offers a Standard version and a Professional version for H.264/AVC including an extended set of features. Please see the table below for details.
Availability
MainConcept H.264/AVC Pro full license Plug-In is currently available for Windows, Mac/Intel and Linux.
Standard vs. Pro Version
| H.264/AVC Standard | H.264/AVC Professional |
Available Bitrates | Max bitrate 20 Mbps | Up to highest 5.1 Level (288 Mbps) |
Multi CPU Usage | Only one physical CPU (e.g. on systems with Dual Cores, the encoder will run only on one Dual Core thus utilizing 2 cores from 4 available in system) | Multi CPU usage supported |
Bitrate Control | Only ConstQ and VBR rate control modes (thus no CBR) | CBR, VBR, ConstQ; multipass encoding is enabled |
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 personal serial number to unlock the appropriate codec in the free MainConcept Reference base application. The base application must be installed on your system. Click here to get free download.