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MainConcept Codec Suite 5, the successor to the popular MPEG Pro HD plug-in from MainConcept, is a set of full-featured, native 64-bit editing and export Plug-Ins for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5.

Codec Suite 5 offers full support for the Sony XDCAM, Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra and DVCPRO camcorder and deck generations as well as for the Ikegami GFCAM and Canon XF series. It offers full MPEG-1/2, DVCPRO and H.264/AVC encoding support, including Smart Rendering for MPEG-1/2, DVCPRO and AVC-Intra.* MainConcept Codec Suite 5 comes in two different versions and with an additional Dolby Digital Professional audio add-on as well to suit the needs of all users working with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 from the digital media enthusiast to professionals working with production level media formats:

    * Codec Suite 5.0 Professional: For CS5 users who need advanced encoding options, H.264/AVC CUDA encoding and Smart Rendering.
    * Codec Suite 5.0 Broadcast: For CS5 users who need advanced encoding options, H.264/AVC CUDA encoding, Smart Rendering and who also need to input from and output to various production level media formats.
    * Dolby Digital Professional Add-On for CodecSuite 5: For CS5 users needing to encode sequences to the Dolby Digital Pro format in stereo or 5.1 channels and also optimize their audio streams with high end options.

MainConcept Codec Suite 5 supports an even wider range of formats than previous versions and provides numerous ready-to-use sequence and export presets for consumers as well as professional users. Advanced export options allow specifying the desired stream parameters in detail. Codec Suite 5 is also the perfect software for broadcast production environments that make use of high-end devices for professional content creation and editing.

Here are the key features of the MainConcept Codec Suite 5:

    * MPEG-1/2, DVCPRO, AVC-Intra Smart Rendering to optimize the editing workflow with Premiere Pro.*
    * Dolby Digital Professional 5.1 Add-On to support Blu-ray Disc, AVCHD and DVD creation
    * MPEG-2, DVCPRO and AVC-Intra in generic MXF OP1-a and OP-Atom containers.**
    * CUDA H.264/AVC Encoding support for GPU based accelerated H.264/AVC encoding for selected presets (performance gain depends on the timeline complexity).
    * Export up to 6 channels AES-3 audio in XDCAM, P2 and generic MXF formats