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MPEG-1/2

Flexible, feature-rich and now up to 2x faster—MPEG-1 & MPEG-2 SDKs for consumers and broadcasters

MainConcept MPEG-1/2 SDKs give you high quality, speed & unprecedented reliability

MPEG-1/2 is the reliable choice for supporting legacy camera formats and broadcast frameworks. MainConcept® MPEG-1/2 SDKs set the gold-standard for reading, writing and editing MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams in high quality, and with unprecedented reliability and speed. Our full-featured encoder includes all MPEG settings as encoder parameters, meets the highest broadcast quality standards, and gives you professional features like transport streams, 4:2:2 10-bit support, 2-pass encoding, XDCAM compatibility and more. MainConcept MPEG-1/2 video decoder can process MPEG video streams and includes a DXVA option to utilize GPU power for accelerated MPEG-2 playback on Windows systems with dedicated graphics boards.
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Pre-configured encoding profiles
The MainConcept MPEG-1/2 SDKs include many generic and ready-to-use encoding templates, including MPEG-2 based digital TV formats like DVB and ATSC, as well as professional camcorders like Ikegami GF and the Sony XDCAM format family. Real-time decoding of all consumer, professional and broadcast MPEG-1/2 formats.

Stream Types & Formats
Elementary Stream: Generic MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Elementary Streams
Transport Stream: Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD, DVB, ATSC, ATSCHI, DVHS, D10, HDV HD1, HDV HD2, HDTV
Program Stream: VCD, SVCD, DVD MPEG-1
System Stream (LL): Generic MPEG-1 System Streams
MP4: Sony XDCAM EX MXF: Sony XDCAM HD, Sony XDCAM IMX, Ikegami GFCAM, D10

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Fully compliant & feature rich

MainConcept MPEG-1/2 SDK is fully compliant and comes packed with features, including 4:2:2 10-bit pro format support and HDR support for HLG and PQ/HDR-10. That’s why MainConcept remains the top choice of professionals year after year.


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2-pass encoding & pre-configured encoding profiles

The SDK supports 2-pass encoding to generate the highest quality content along with many generic and ready-to-use encoding templates (e.g., MPEG-2 based digital TV formats like DVB and ATSC, as well as professional video recorders like Ikegami GF and the Sony XDCAM format family). It also enables real-time decoding of all consumer, professional and broadcast MPEG-1/2 formats.

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MPEG Smart Rendering

Encoder wrapper providing MPEG-2 Smart Rendering functionality for editing, cutting and smart copy at any frame position. It automatically checks input stream against output settings for smart render compatibility and switches to re-encoding if smart rendering is not allowed.

Products

MPEG-1/2 Encoder SDK
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video Encoding for DVD, Blu-ray, DVB and ATSC broadcast applications and XDCAM. Format support includes MPEG Transport Streams and MP4/MOV and MXF for compliance with the full range of XDCAM formats.
MPEG-1/2 Smart Rendering SDK
Add-on package providing MPEG-1/2 Smart Rendering functionality for frame-accurate editing, cutting and smart copy to speed up conversion of MPEG-1/2 source content. Needs to be combined with MPEG-1/2 Encoder and Decoder SDKs.
MPEG-1/2 Decoder SDK
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video Decoding for DVD, Blu-ray, DVB and ATSC broadcast applications and XDCAM. Format support includes MPEG Transport Streams and MP4/MOV and MXF for compliance with the full range of XDCAM formats.
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