MainConcept™ MPEG-2 is a full version codec Plug-In for MainConcept™ Reference. Powerful tool for converting video data into Video CD, Super Video CD, DVD, etc.MainConcept MPEG-2 is a powerful tool for converting video data into MPEG-1/2 for the common formats Video CD, Super Video CD, DVD and various other formats, including HD, HDV and HDTV.

The user can compress the files according to his wishes. It supports almost all features of the approved MPEG (Motion Picture Expert Group) standard. The software offers a simple as well as a professional interface. The latter enables experts to perfect both their video and audio streams by adjusting a great number of settings and parameters, including the bitrate, in order to obtain high-quality results for professional production environments.

The default settings of the software already offer the novice excellent results. It also includes many ready-to-use presets for common production environments, such as 720p, 1080i, ATSC etc. As audio formats MPEG and LMPC audio are supported.

Availability
MainConcept MPEG-2 full license Plug-In is currently available for Windows, Mac/Intel and Linux.
Base Application requiredThe full license codec Plug-In provides unrestricted MPEG 1/2 support. 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. Click here to get free download.

Features at a glance:
Support for all allowed MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 parameters
Supported Profiles: Simple, Main, High and 4:2:2 Profile
Supported Levels: Low, Main, High and High 1440 Level
Ultra-high quality, including enhanced scaling and deinterlacing
Bitrate modes: CBR, VBR and Constant Quantization
Noise filtering
Two-pass encoding
HD, HDV and HDTV support
Half Pel Search
High-quality decoder, supporting HD resolutions
XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX support
Numerous new presets for XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX etc.
MPEG-2 Encoder speed improvement of up to 30% on DualCore systems (up to 10% on a QuadCore)
The Windows version is also shipped with the MainConcept MPEG Decoder, enabling playback of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files in Windows Media Player and other DirectShow compatible programs

Audio:
MPEG Audio
PCM Audio
Multi-channel audio support

Stream Type:
MPEG-2 PS/TS
MP4

Operating systems:
Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP, Vista
(We recommend to install always the current Service Pack for the used operating system), Microsoft® DirectX 9.0® is required.
Mac/Intel OSX 10.4 or higher
Linux 32-bit (Ubuntu 8.0.4 and Centos 5.2)

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