MainConcept Releases DVCPro Add-On for its MPEG Pro HD Plug-In.Adds Native DVCPro Editing and Panasonic P2 Camcorder Support To Adobe([R]) Premiere([R]) Pro AACHEN, Germany -- MainConcept, a leading provider of codecs and video technology, announced today that it has released a DVCPro add-on to its existing MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). Pro HD plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro, formerly known as Adobe Premiere, is a real-time, timeline based video editing software application. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite, a suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. . The add-on enhances MainConcept's MPEG Pro[TM] HD software by adding the ability to import, edit and export DV, DVCPRO 25, DVCPro 50 and DVCPro HD video from within Adobe Premiere Pro. The add-on also adds support for the Panasonic's P2 camcorder format, including multichannel audio. "Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the most popular editing packages in the market today", said Markus Moenig, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MainConcept, "but with the popularity of DVCPro HD and the Panasonic P2 camcorder, customers have not had the ability to import, natively edit and export in the DVCPro format using Premiere Pro. We are proud to release this new technology to give video editors the flexibility to work with the DVCPro format and the Panasonic P2 camcorder directly from within their favorite editing application." The DVCPro add-on supports importing and exporting in the AVI, DIF (1) (Data Interchange Format) A standard file format for spreadsheet and other data structured in row and column form. Originally developed for VisiCalc, DIF is now under Lotus' jurisdiction. and MXF (SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, White Plains, NY, www.smpte.org) A professional society for motion picture and TV engineers with more than 9,000 members worldwide. It prepares standards and documentation for TV production. 383M - clip wrapped) file formats. The software also includes a special importer for XML files that describes the relation between video and audio MXF files (one file per channel). This function enables users to quickly import corresponding audio and video files. Using the MXF export feature, users can generate a P2 style folder structure (virtual P2 device) that includes MXF video/audio, XML files and thumbnail bitmaps. It is even possible to add clips to an existing P2 style folder. The DVCPro add-on is available in two versions. The SD version supports DV (IEC-61834), DVCPRO 25 and DVCPRO 50 (SMPTE 314M) and can be purchased for USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 379.99. The HD version adds support for DVCPRO HD (SMPTE 370M) and is available for USD 519.99. Both add-ons are available for online purchase and instant download from the MainConcept website, www.mainconcept.com. About MainConcept MainConcept is a world leader in video codec technology for film, post production, broadcasting, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , security, surveillance, communication and consumer applications. Over the years MainConcept has developed a complete range of standards-based codecs for the PC and established long term relationships with leading companies around the world. With its team of video compression experts, MainConcept has been working to enact its strategy of 'Every Codec, Every Platform' by porting its video codecs to many new platforms including DSP, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. and ARM processors and building its own hardware platform for real-time, broadcast-quality encoding. Additional information is available at www.mainconcept.com. |
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