Software - > MainConcept H.264 Encoder

Discover a new degree of excellence with the H.264 Encoder v2 for Microsoft® Windows®, based on a completely rewritten engine! The current version offers encoding and decoding in highest quality. Moreover, the MainConcept H.264 Encoder v2 features extraordinary quality improvement. H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding), also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, is poised to be a major video standard because it can replace several popular formats while offering significant advantages over them. Our encoder possesses a simple interface, which resembles that of the acclaimed MainConcept MPEG Encoder. This makes it easier for you to discover the unprecidented efficiency of the new format.

Features:

• A straightforward encoding method
• Advanced compression - a high rate-distortion efficiency which can result in significant bitrate savings over MPEG-2
• Network friendliness - a network abstraction layer designed for highly efficient transmission of header data
• Profiles for a wide variety of applications ranging from video telephony to high-end broadcasting and storage
• Baseline, Main and High Profile
• Quarter-pel motion-estimation
• Motion-search range is not limited by encoder (only by Profile/Level)
• Configurable GOP structure
• The amount of reference frames is only limited according to the chosen profile/level (e.g. 5 reference frames for Main, D1 size)
• Main Profile only: a) Interlaced (field stream) and Progressive (frame stream) video, b) Bidirectional interpolation (B-slices), c) CABAC bitstream encoding