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HEVC/H.265

Bigger impact, better compression than AVC, and faster encoding with GPU acceleration—on your choice of hardware
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Unmatched HEVC/H.265 encoding and decoding quality and performance

With 4K available on billions of devices and 8K hot on its heels, HEVC/H.265 has quickly become the next-generation video codec of choice (offering better compression than its predecessor, AVC/H.264). The MainConcept® HEVC SDK, used today by many top companies in the industry to power their software offerings, delivers on the promise of higher performance with up to 30% greater bitrate efficiency than open source and it continually ranks at the top for overall codec quality. Widely deployed across streaming and broadcast use cases with plentiful features and powerful options, the MainConcept HEVC SDK offers unmatched reliability. Create better, faster and smarter videos with our patented SABET™ Technology.
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ENCODING EFFICIENCY
30% more efficient than open source¹

performance

PERFORMANCE INCREASE
2.5x with GPU acceleration²

integration

SMARTER ENCODING
with SABET Technology³

30%-more-efficiency

New heights for high-efficiency video encoding

MainConcept takes video encoding to new heights! With the MainConcept HEVC/H.265 SDK, compression is improved over AVC and you can operate using less bandwidth than with open source. In fact, the most recent codec performance comparison by the Moscow State University (MSU) proved MainConcept’s HEVC encoding superiority and showed 30% greater bitrate efficiency than open source for fixed resolution video encoding.

Accelerated hybrid GPU HEVC encoding

The Hybrid HEVC Encoder combines MainConcept’s market-leading algorithms for bitrate control and encoding with the unrivaled GPU performance of NVIDIA RTX technology, delivering up to 2.5x faster processing.1 This allows for more live channels per server with less demand for CPU resources when encoding, reducing overall hardware investments.


1 Compared to MainConcept HEVC encoder without hybrid GPU acceleration
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Smarter encoding with SABET Technology

Our patented Smart Adaptive Bitrate Encoding Technology (SABET™) gives you intelligent adaptive bitrate (ABR) encoding in a single instance by sharing processing data across up to 12 different profiles, reducing the total encoding time by over 30%.2


2 Optional feature. Compared to MainConcept HEVC encoder without SABET.
U.S Patent #s 9,357,210; 9,532,080; 10,178,399

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Seamless integration with NVIDIA & Intel hardware
The SDK supports hardware encoding via Intel® Quick Sync Video and NVIDIA NVENC. Both hardware options are enabled by a simple interface that lets you realize improved processing speed or an increased number of live channels per server. The hardware choice is yours. The benefit comes from the integration.

Coding profiles
MainConcept HEVC now offers extended HDR signaling support for DVB Video encoding. There is also support for multiple natively progressive or interlaced decoder profiles from Main profile to 4:4:4 12-bit, and DVB-T2. Seamless hardware decoding support of H.265 video for improved CPU consumption with capable NVIDIA GPUs.

HDR processing & conversion
With the MainConcept HEVC/H.265 SDK, you can not only output in SDR or two HDR formats, you can also convert between the formats in real-time. PQ/HDR-10 to HLG, HLG to PQ/HDR-10, PQ/HDR-10 to SDR conversion as well as full support for SMPTE-2086 metadata complete the decoder’s feature set.

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SDKs: OTT Content Creation, Transcoding SDK
Technologies: ARM, GStreamer, Hybrid GPU Encoder, Hardware Encoding with IQSV
Applications: Blackmagic Design Plugin, FFmpeg Plugins, Live Encoder, MainConcept 2GO, TotalCode Studio

Products

HEVC/H.265 Encoder SDK
HEVC Encoder SDK with supported multiplexers and audio encoders.
Encoder Addons
4:2:2 support for HEVC Encoder Add-on feature enabling 4:2:2 support in the HEVC/H.265 encoder
Hybrid GPU accelerated Encoding Add-on feature to enable GPU Accelerated Encoding on NVIDIA RTX boards
SABET for HEVC Encoder Optionally enables our Smart Adaptive Bitrate Encoding Technology
HEVC/H.265 Decoder SDK
HEVC Decoder SDK, including hardware decoding support on NVIDIA NVDEC or Intel QSV capable GPUs and HDR conversion, with supported demultiplexers and audio decoders.
Decoder Addons
WebASM HEVC Decoder SDK Stand-alone HEVC/H.265 decoder for WASM, including ready-to-use JS sample for quick integration
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