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MainConcept™ VC-1 Pro
Plug-In for MainConcept Reference
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Price: MainConcept™ VC-1 Pro is a full version codec Plug-In for MainConcept™ Reference. VC-1 is a mandatory video format for Blu-ray. |
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The SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers) has been adopted VC-1 (SMPTE 421M-2006) as a mandatory video format for HD DVD and Blu-ray®.
MainConcept VC-1 Pro as Plug-In for the MainConcept Reference application offers fast encoding and decoding speeds. It supports the Simple, Main as well as Advanced Profiles, and all levels. In addition, the plug-in features MainConcept's extraordinary quality. The software offers configurable bit rate control, editable GOP structure as well as configurable motion estimation. The Plug-In offers a simple as well as a professional interface. The latter enables experts to perfect video streams by adjusting a great number of settings and parameters.
Additionally, MainConcept offers a Standard version Plug-In for VC-1 including a limited set of features. Please see the table below for details.
Availability
MainConcept VC-1 full license Plug-In is currently available for Windows.
Standard vs. Pro Version:
| VC-1 Standard | VC-1 Professional |
Available Bit Rates | Max bit-rate 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 |
Bit Rate Control | Only ConstQ and VBR rate control modes (thus no CBR) | CBR, VBR, ConstQ multipass encoding is enabled |
Base Application required
The full license Plug-In provides unrestricted VC-1 support (for version differences see table above) for the free MainConcept Reference application. To install and use this full version, the MainConcept Reference base application must be installed on your system. Click here to get free download.