And when, oh when for VV?
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2004--MainConcept, a leader
in video codecs and editing technology, today released its MPEG Pro
editing plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro at the NAB04 show. The plug-in
adds powerful MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 capturing, editing and exporting
capabilities to the popular video editing application.
Although Premiere Pro can import MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files, for
effective editing the material must be transcoded to the project's
format, such as DV. But if the project needs to be output to an MPEG
format such as DVD, it has to be transcoded back to MPEG. Unnecessary
transcoding can result in quality loss and lost productivity.
MainConcept MPEG Pro adds native MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 editing to
Premiere Pro, using smart rendering and requantizing to eliminate
unnecessary rendering. The plug-in also offers realtime MPEG capturing
at up to DVD quality from a variety of analog and digital sources
including DV camcorders, Sony MICROMV(TM) camcorders, TV tuner cards,
video cards with analog inputs, and various other devices. Expensive
hardware encoders are no longer necessary for realtime capture.
(Capture performance depends on system capabilities.) Also included is
a powerful MPEG Encoder which can export directly from the Timeline to
a wide variety of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats.
"We are proud to release MPEG Pro," said Markus Moenig, founder
and CEO of MainConcept. "This plug-in makes it easy to capture, edit
and export MPEG material in Premiere Pro."
The standard version of MPEG Pro supports resolutions up to
720x480 (NTSC) and 720x576 (PAL). It is available for online
purchasing and instant downloading for US$249 at
http://www.mainconcept.com/mpeg_pro.shtml. The HD version adds support
for various popular high-definition formats, including the ability to
capture directly into Premiere Pro from JVC's JY-HD10U camcorder. MPEG
Pro does not offer HD acceleration, because such acceleration
generally requires transcoding to another format for editing. With
MPEG Pro, the goal is to keep MPEG material in its native format. The
high-definition performance depends on system capabilities, and a free
demo version is available for pre-purchase testing.
About MainConcept
MainConcept is a worldwide leader in codecs and video editing
technologies for personal computers, set-top boxes and other devices.
The company's Motion JPEG, DV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 codecs are used in
popular products from many leading companies. An H.264 (MPEG-4 Part
10) codec will be released soon. MainConcept offers SDKs which make it
easy for companies to implement codecs and other multimedia features
with minimal research and development. The company also has a line of
innovative end-user video editing and compositing software which is
also available for OEM bundling.
MainConcept AG is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, where it was
founded and has operated for more than 10 years. The U.S. subsidiary,
MainConcept LLC, was established in 2001 in Beachwood, Ohio.
Additional information is available from MainConcept's general
site at http://www.mainconcept.com/ and from the developers site at
http://developer.mainconcept.com/.
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2004--MainConcept, a leader
in video codecs and editing technology, today released its MPEG Pro
editing plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro at the NAB04 show. The plug-in
adds powerful MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 capturing, editing and exporting
capabilities to the popular video editing application.
Although Premiere Pro can import MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files, for
effective editing the material must be transcoded to the project's
format, such as DV. But if the project needs to be output to an MPEG
format such as DVD, it has to be transcoded back to MPEG. Unnecessary
transcoding can result in quality loss and lost productivity.
MainConcept MPEG Pro adds native MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 editing to
Premiere Pro, using smart rendering and requantizing to eliminate
unnecessary rendering. The plug-in also offers realtime MPEG capturing
at up to DVD quality from a variety of analog and digital sources
including DV camcorders, Sony MICROMV(TM) camcorders, TV tuner cards,
video cards with analog inputs, and various other devices. Expensive
hardware encoders are no longer necessary for realtime capture.
(Capture performance depends on system capabilities.) Also included is
a powerful MPEG Encoder which can export directly from the Timeline to
a wide variety of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats.
"We are proud to release MPEG Pro," said Markus Moenig, founder
and CEO of MainConcept. "This plug-in makes it easy to capture, edit
and export MPEG material in Premiere Pro."
The standard version of MPEG Pro supports resolutions up to
720x480 (NTSC) and 720x576 (PAL). It is available for online
purchasing and instant downloading for US$249 at
http://www.mainconcept.com/mpeg_pro.shtml. The HD version adds support
for various popular high-definition formats, including the ability to
capture directly into Premiere Pro from JVC's JY-HD10U camcorder. MPEG
Pro does not offer HD acceleration, because such acceleration
generally requires transcoding to another format for editing. With
MPEG Pro, the goal is to keep MPEG material in its native format. The
high-definition performance depends on system capabilities, and a free
demo version is available for pre-purchase testing.
About MainConcept
MainConcept is a worldwide leader in codecs and video editing
technologies for personal computers, set-top boxes and other devices.
The company's Motion JPEG, DV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 codecs are used in
popular products from many leading companies. An H.264 (MPEG-4 Part
10) codec will be released soon. MainConcept offers SDKs which make it
easy for companies to implement codecs and other multimedia features
with minimal research and development. The company also has a line of
innovative end-user video editing and compositing software which is
also available for OEM bundling.
MainConcept AG is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, where it was
founded and has operated for more than 10 years. The U.S. subsidiary,
MainConcept LLC, was established in 2001 in Beachwood, Ohio.
Additional information is available from MainConcept's general
site at http://www.mainconcept.com/ and from the developers site at
http://developer.mainconcept.com/.