Codecs for authoring H.264/AVC (also known as MPEG-4 Part 10) for Reference2 video transcoding applications.

Description in English.

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H.264/AVC, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, is an exciting format which has effectively replaced 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 codec plug-in offers legendary MainConcept encoding 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.

Additionally, it includes a powerful capture engine that allows you to capture from camcorders, webcams, etc. in their native or another format if available. If the correct drivers and filters are installed Reference also can capture directly via an SDI capture card (depends on the capture card and its drivers).

Here is a list of supported formats in Reference 2 H.264/AVC Professional codec plug-in:

• Blu-ray Disc H.264/AVC
• AVCHD
• Adobe Flash F4V
• Sony PSP
• Apple iPod
• Apple iPad
• HTML5
• 3GP for Mobile Devices

It also includes AAC 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.

Reference H.264/AVC also supports Dolby Digital Professional or Dolby Digital Plus Professional. These transcoding plug-ins must be obtained separately, but they allow you to add high-quality Dolby 5.1 surround sound to your multimedia productions.

The full license codec Plug-In provides unrestricted H.264/AVC (for version details please view the comparison chart) support. When purchasing the full license Plug-In, you will receive a serial number to unlock the appropriate codec in the free MainConcept Reference 2.1 base application. The base application must be installed on your system.

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