MainConcept

MainConcept Integrates Zixi to Power Cutting-Edge Workflows

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
ZEN, MainConcept, Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder, DNA, Partnership, CDN, Internet, ARQ, FEC, OTT, IP, Marketing, Workload, SDK, Software, Computer data storage, Zixi County

WALTHAM, Mass., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zixi, the industry leader in enabling cost-efficient and highly scalable live broadcast-quality video over any IP network or protocol and provider of the award-winning Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP), today announced a partnership with MainConcept to integrate the Zixi SDK and the Zixi ZEN Master control plane into its Live Encoder AVC/HEVC streaming platform, an all-in-one encoding engine designed to simplify common broadcast and OTT video workflows.

Key Points: 
  • With integrated Zixi protocol support, MainConcept customers gain access to the industry leading performance, efficiency, security and reliability that the SDVP enables.
  • The MainConcept Live Encoder application handles the contribution and distribution stages, seamlessly processing the handoff of content using the Zixi protocol to CDN and archival systems.
  • "Zixi is the market leader for delivering scalable, broadcast quality live video over IP," said Frank Schoenberger, Senior Product Manager, MainConcept.
  • "With this integration, MainConcept customers will gain access to the global Zixi Enabled Network and paired with our state-of-the-art encoding engine, can deliver ultra-low latency streams anywhere."

MainConcept and Fraunhofer Collaborate on MPEG-H Audio and xHE-AAC Encoding for Video and Audio Streaming Services

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Friday, April 14, 2023
Technology, Entertainment, Audio, Video, General Entertainment, TV and Radio, Internet, Film & Motion Pictures, Licensing (Entertainment), Consumer Electronics, MainConcept, Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder, Business development, Media Technology Monitor, OTT, Fraunhofer Society, Plug-in, VVC, MPEG, FFmpeg, Fraunhofer, Encoder, Broadcasting

Many service providers around the world rely on FFmpeg for their ingest and encoding frameworks.

Key Points: 
  • Many service providers around the world rely on FFmpeg for their ingest and encoding frameworks.
  • Complementing its already existing xHE-AAC plugin, MainConcept now also provides the most flexible FFmpeg plugin for MPEG-H Audio.
  • The plugin can easily be integrated into existing workflows and seamlessly used in FFmpeg-based environments, enabling the encoding and streaming of content with personalized and immersive audio.
  • In addition to the plugin, MPEG-H Audio has also been integrated into the MainConcept Live Encoder.

Avid’s Open Workflow Solutions Demonstrated with Numerous Technology Partners at IBC2022

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Thursday, September 8, 2022
Cloud, People, RAI Amsterdam, Technology, Music, Organization, UI, Software as a service, GLOBE, ThinkPad, IP, NRCS, RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, Zixi County, Adobe Photoshop, ThinkStation, Microsoft, EVS, SRT, Nasdaq, Microsoft Windows, TVU Networks, RAI, Social media, Efficiency, UHD, RSS, AP, HP, MacOS, Exhibition, Solution, ATTO, Acceleration, MainConcept, Talon, News, ENPS, Octopus, Continuum, RTMP, ARM, Sport, Adobe Premiere Pro, REMI, Media Composer, Haivision, Life, NVIDIA GPU, Video game console, Book, Mobile phone, NVIDIA, Lenovo, Industry, AVID, Osprey, Adobe

A broad range of available integrated offerings and sneak peek technology previews will be demonstrated throughout the exhibition at IBC2022 (Sept. 9-12) at the RAI Amsterdam.

Key Points: 
  • A broad range of available integrated offerings and sneak peek technology previews will be demonstrated throughout the exhibition at IBC2022 (Sept. 9-12) at the RAI Amsterdam.
  • Avid and our partners are unified in delivering solutions to these challenges so more customers can accelerate and embrace emerging cloud and as-a-service business models.
  • Throughout IBC2022, we have a new wave of high-impact partnerships and workflow integrations to show for it.
  • ATTO (stand 7.A24) ATTO has been providing high-speed connectivity solutions for decades, and continues its innovation with solutions for UHD and 8K editing on Avid NEXIS media storage.

Global Industry Analysts Predicts the World Video Encoders Market to Reach $2.3 Million by 2026

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Friday, September 17, 2021
Video Encoded Invisible Light, Geography, DTH, MainConcept, Cisco Systems, CAGR, Marketing, GIA, Growth, SAN, Players, DTT, COVID-19, Intelligence, Cable television, Imagine Communications, Research, Forecasting, Harmonic Inc., Telestream, Animal, Video game

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --A new market study published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., (GIA) the premier market research company, today released its report titled "Video Encoders - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" .

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --A new market study published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., (GIA) the premier market research company, today released its report titled "Video Encoders - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" .
  • Previews provide deep insider access to business trends; competitive brands; domain expert profiles; and market data templates and much more.
  • Preview Registry
    Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Video Encoders estimated at US$1.9 Million in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$2.3 Million by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 2.9% over the analysis period.
  • Global Industry Analysts, Inc., ( www.strategyr.com ) is a renowned market research publisher the world`s only influencer driven market research company.

MainConcept and Blackmagic Design Collaborate on First-Ever Codec Plugin for DaVinci Resolve

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Video editing software, Technology, Application software, Software, DaVinci Resolve, MainConcept, DaVinci, Resolve

Starting with DaVinci Resolve Studio 17, the MainConcept Codec Plugin for DaVinci Resolve Studio enables rendering project timelines into the same professional camera format the video was recorded in, including formats from Sony and Panasonic, and now DPP.

Key Points: 
  • Starting with DaVinci Resolve Studio 17, the MainConcept Codec Plugin for DaVinci Resolve Studio enables rendering project timelines into the same professional camera format the video was recorded in, including formats from Sony and Panasonic, and now DPP.
  • The plugin allows you to remain in the same broadcast format, enabling full control for video creation and allowing for filming, capturing, editing and playout within DaVinci Resolve Studio.
  • The plugin integrates directly into the DaVinci Resolve Studio interface with easy-to-navigate menus, letting an editor maintain a seamless experience throughout their project flow.
  • The MainConcept Codec Plugin for DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 is now available to evaluate and purchase.

MainConcept's Industry-Leading Video Codecs Used in Top Video Production Software to Facilitate Transition to ARM-Powered Chipsets

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Thursday, February 18, 2021
Companies, Technology, Acorn Computers, Computing, Videotelephony, Audio codecs, MPEG, MainConcept, Arm Ltd., ARM architecture, Samsung Electronics, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC products and implementations

The MainConcept ARM Desktop SDK includes award-winning codecs custom-built for the new processors used by major computer hardware manufacturers including Apple, Microsoft and Samsung.

Key Points: 
  • The MainConcept ARM Desktop SDK includes award-winning codecs custom-built for the new processors used by major computer hardware manufacturers including Apple, Microsoft and Samsung.
  • Video production workflows face unique challenges, often demanding immense processing power and the flexibility to operate across a variety of devices and formats.
  • With the introduction of ARM-powered devices, video software providers need to think critically about how they re-architect their applications to provide a consistent user experience.
  • "Early in the transition to ARM, MainConcept recognized the need to support our partners as they worked to move their video production software to the new architecture.

MainConcept Brings Fast, Efficient AV1 Encoding to More Video Platforms

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020
MPEG, Computer files, Information and communications technology, Data compression, Video compression, Videotelephony, Audio codecs, Computer file formats, MainConcept, AV1, Video on demand, Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP

This move will allow content producers to better leverage the increased compression capacity of AV1 and bring high-performance, scalable and efficient encoding for video-on-demand (VOD) streaming to the ever-growing video delivery marketplace.

Key Points: 
  • This move will allow content producers to better leverage the increased compression capacity of AV1 and bring high-performance, scalable and efficient encoding for video-on-demand (VOD) streaming to the ever-growing video delivery marketplace.
  • Bringing the SVT-AV1 encoder into the extensive MainConcept codec portfolio enables customers to seamlessly combine AV1 encoding with MainConcept's proven MPEG-DASH multiplexing and formatting technology, thereby enhancing their VOD streaming offerings.
  • By collaborating with Intel on SVT technology, MainConcept brings further improvements to the version of AV1 being used by some of the world's most popular content streaming platforms," said JP Jones, General Manager, MainConcept.
  • "We are pleased to continue our more than 10 years of collaboration with MainConcept across a variety of video production technologies.

MainConcept 2GO Now Available in AWS Marketplace

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Computing, Digital technology, Cloud infrastructure, IT infrastructure, MPEG, MainConcept, Amazon Web Services, Cloud computing, Amazon

AACHEN, Germany and SAN DIEGO, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --MainConcept, a leading provider of codec and streaming technology, today announced that itsNAB award-winning 2GO product line of cloud transcode solutions is now available in AWS Marketplace.

Key Points: 
  • AACHEN, Germany and SAN DIEGO, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --MainConcept, a leading provider of codec and streaming technology, today announced that itsNAB award-winning 2GO product line of cloud transcode solutions is now available in AWS Marketplace.
  • MainConcept 2GO video, audio, and gaming applications offer fast integration and flexible deployment that is scalable and ready-to-use in any process.
  • AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Launching 2GO in AWS Marketplace with one click brings our technology to a wider audience while maintaining the quality and reliability MainConcept has long been known for."

MainConcept Licenses Several SDKs to Data Dock for Their New High-Speed Transcoding Services

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Data compression, Transcoding, Video, MainConcept, Television technology, Codec, Encoder

Various MainConcept encoder packages are used within Data Dock's new high-speed transcoding service, allowing users to upload and process content into different formats for both the broadcast and OTT market.

Key Points: 
  • Various MainConcept encoder packages are used within Data Dock's new high-speed transcoding service, allowing users to upload and process content into different formats for both the broadcast and OTT market.
  • "It's fascinating how Data Dock integrated both Codec and Transcoding SDK libraries into their service to perform ultra-fast encoding performance.
  • By splitting and distributing the streams to different nodes, they achieve 15x times faster transcoding compared to a single transcoding server."
  • For more information about MainConcept Transcoding and Codec SDKs, as well as free trials, please visit www.mainconcept.com/eu/products/for-developers .

MainConcept Officially Releases 2GO Product Line, Solving Typical Production Workflow Challenges

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Audio codecs, MPEG, MainConcept, Microservices, 2go, 2go, Application software, Software, Computing

AACHEN, Germany, June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --MainConcept, a leading provider of codec and streaming technology, today announced that they have officially released their new state-of-the-art product line 2GO.

Key Points: 
  • AACHEN, Germany, June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --MainConcept, a leading provider of codec and streaming technology, today announced that they have officially released their new state-of-the-art product line 2GO.
  • Each MainConcept 2GO module is a single, ready-to-use product within a Docker container that allows fast integration, high scalability and flexible deployment for self-managed broadcast workflows or OTT services on-premise or in the cloud.
  • MainConcept 2GO's containerized microservice modules are building blocks with the perfect balance between flexible usage and fast integration in your broadcast production environment or service.
  • Bundled in an isolated container each 2GO product is safe to run, easy to deploy, scale and ready-to-use.