Company:MainConcept

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Short description: German software company
MainConcept GmbH
TypeSubsidiary
Industryvideo/audio encoding
FoundedAachen, Germany, 1993
FounderMarkus Mönig, Thomas Zabel
Headquarters
Aachen
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsCodecs, applications, plug-ins
Number of employees
> 100 employees worldwide
ParentEndeavor Streaming
Websitewww.mainconcept.com

MainConcept GmbH is a software company founded in Germany by Markus Moenig and Thomas Zabel. They specialize in developing video/audio codecs and also applications and plug-ins related to video/audio encoding. They are a subsidiary of Endeavor Streaming, with employees in Germany, Russia, United States and Japan.

History

MainConcept is a video codec supplier founded in 1993 in Aachen, Germany and a board member of the MPEG Industry Forum.[1] The Russian video codec company Elecard discussed an opportunity to become part of the company between April 2005, and August 2006. In November 2007, MainConcept became a wholly owned subsidiary of DivX, Inc.[2] In June 2010, Sonic Solutions acquired DivX and its subsidiaries in a cash and stock deal valued at $323 million.[3][4] Rovi Corporation acquired Sonic Solutions (including the MainConcept business) in February 2011,[5] and later sold off the DivX and MainConcept businesses in April 2014. In February 2015, NeuLion, Inc. acquired DivX, LLC including the MainConcept business.[6]

The company has specialized in video codecs since 1995, with a focus on standards, e.g. H.264/AVC, MPEG, AVC-Intra etc.

MainConcept delivered its first MPEG-1/2 Codec in 2001, and its first H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Codec in 2004.

In August 2007, Adobe Systems licensed the H.264 and AAC technology developed by MainConcept for integration into its Adobe Flash Player software.[7] In April 2010, MainConcept signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AMD to accelerate digital video encode.[8] In September 2010, the company launched MainConcept Reference 2.1 for Mac/Windows providing enhanced support for Mac OS 10.5/10.6, Apple iPad, HTML5.[9][10]

On June 4, 2013, Rovi Corporation released the MainConcept HEVC SDK 1.0.[11] SDK 1.0 supports Smart Adaptive Bitrate Encoding Technology (SABET) which allows for the simultaneous encoding of up to 10 video output streams with reduced computing cost.[11] SDK 1.0 is available for Windows and SDK 1.0.1, which will be released in July 2013, will add support for Linux and Mac OS X.[11][12] SDK 1.0 supports the Main profile while SDK 2.0, which will be released in Q4 2013, will add support for the Main 10 profile.[12][13]

IP licensing and SDK products

MPEG -1/2 VC-3 Codec SDK
H.264/AVC H.265/HEVC Dolby Digital Consumer
JPEG2000 Motion JPEG Dolby Digital Pro SDK
MPEG-4 Part2/H.263 Converter & Scaler Dolby Digital Plus Pro SDK
DivX Network Streaming Scalable Video Coding
DV/DVCPRO 25 Audio SDK ShowCase
DV/DVCPRO 25/50 AAC MCE Encoder
DVCPRO HD Flash

Application and plug-in products

TotalCode Studio TotalCode Studio Broadcast Pack TotalCode Studio Audio Pack Decoder Packs
H.265/HEVC H.264/AVC (10-bit, Intra Class 50 & 100) Dolby Digital Plus Pro MPEG-1/2
H.264/AVC XAVC-Intra Dolby Digital Pro H.264/AVC
MPEG-1/2 JPEG2000 DTS H.264/AVC Broadcast
DivX, DivX Plus DVCPRO HD
MPEG-4/H.263
VC-1
Plug-Ins for Adobe Plug-Ins for Sony
Plug-In for Adobe Flash Media Encoder - AAC Encoder Plug-In for Sony XDCAM Browser & Content Browser
Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 & CS6 - TotalCode for Adobe Premiere Pro Plug-In for Sony XDCAM SDK based Apps - XDCAM Decoder Pack
Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 & CS6 - TotalCode for Adobe Premiere Pro Broadcast Pack Plug-In for Ziris Screen Cutter - AVC Encoder
Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 & CS6 - TotalCode for Adobe Premiere Pro Digital Cinema Pack
Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 & CS6 - TotalCode for Adobe Premiere Pro Audio Pack Plug-Ins for IBM
Admira Decoder Pack

Supported Formats

PSP VCD Panasonic P2 DVCPRO
iPod DV Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra
3GP DV AVI AVCHD
Flash DVCAM JPEG 2000
Blu-ray XDCAM IMX Digital TV
DVD XDCAM EX HDV
SVCD XDCAM HD

Awards

  • 2007, 2008 and 2009 – the Moscow State University ranked MainConcept's H.264 codec first in its annual H.264-codec comparison.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schwarz, Ben (2022-05-27). "MainConcept Demonstrates 8K Live in the Cloud at NAB 2022" (in en). https://8kassociation.com/industry-info/8k-news/mainconcept-demonstrates-8k-live-in-the-cloud-at-nab-2022/. 
  2. ↑ "DivX buys video technologies provider MainConcept for $22 mln". Reuters. November 14, 2007. https://www.reuters.com/article/mainconcept-acquisition-divx/divx-buys-video-technologies-provider-mainconcept-for-22-mln-idUSWNAS249320071114. 
  3. ↑ "Sonic Solutions to Acquire DivX". Forbes. June 2, 2010. https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/02/sonic-solutions-to-acquire-divx-marketnewsvideo.html. Retrieved September 22, 2010. 
  4. ↑ Robin Wauters (June 2, 2010). "Sonic Solutions To Acquire DivX In $323 Million Deal". Tech Crunch. https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/02/sonic-solutions-to-acquire-divx-in-323-million-deal/. Retrieved 26 June 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Rovi To Buy Sonic Solutions For $720 Million". Forbes. December 23, 2010. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2010/12/23/rovi-to-buy-sonic-solutions-for-720-million/. 
  6. ↑ "NeuLion Completes Acquisition of DivX". Marketwired. January 30, 2015. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/neulion-completes-acquisition-of-divx-tsx-nln-1987655.htm. 
  7. ↑ James "Dela" Delahunty (August 25, 2007). "MainConcept licenses core codec technologies to Adobe for Flash". AfterDawn. http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2007/08/25/mainconcept_licenses_core_codec_technologies_to_adobe_for_flash. Retrieved September 22, 2010. 
  8. ↑ Jai C.S. (April 12, 2010). "MainConcept and AMD Collaborate for GPU Acceleration". TMCnet. http://business-video.tmcnet.com/topics/business-video/articles/81544-mainconcept-amd-collaborate-gpu-acceleration.htm. Retrieved September 22, 2010. 
  9. ↑ "メインコンセプト、MainConcept Reference 2.1 for Mac/Windowsの日本国内販売を開始" (in Japanese). ProNews. September 6, 2010. http://www.pronews.jp/news/1009061940.html. Retrieved September 22, 2010. 
  10. ↑ "HTML5- תלת מימד ותמיכה ב- IBM בתערוכת MainConcept" (in Hebrew). September 12, 2010. http://www.av.co.il/?CategoryID=140&ArticleID=15969. Retrieved September 22, 2010. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Rovi Releases MainConcept HEVC SDK". Rovi Corporation. 2013-06-04. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. https://archive.today/20130616001915/http://www.rovicorp.com/company/news-center/pressreleases/1434_17379.htm. Retrieved 2013-06-05. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "HEVC/H.265". Rovi Corporation. http://www.mainconcept.com/products/sdks/hevc-sdk.html. Retrieved 2013-06-05. 
  13. ↑ David Fox (2013-06-07). "Rovi releases MainConcept HEVC SDK". TVBEurope. http://www.tvbeurope.com/main-content/full/rovi-releases-mainconcept-hevc-sdk. Retrieved 2013-06-08. 
  14. ↑ "Video filtering and compression by MSU Video Group". Moscow State University. http://compression.ru/video/. Retrieved September 22, 2010. 

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