| MainConcept GmbH | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Foundation: | Aachen, Germany, 1993 |
| Founder: | Markus Mönig, Thomas Zabel |
| Location City: | Aachen |
| Location Country: | Germany |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Industry: | video/audio encoding |
| Products: | Codecs, applications, plug-ins |
| Num Employees: | > 100 employees worldwide |
| Parent: | Endeavor Streaming |
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.
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]
| 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 |
| Network Streaming | Scalable Video Coding | |
| DV/DVCPRO 25 | Audio SDK | ShowCase |
| DV/DVCPRO 25/50 | AAC | MCE Encoder |
| DVCPRO HD | Flash |
| 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 |
| Panasonic P2 DVCPRO | |||
| DV | Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra | ||
| AVCHD | |||
| JPEG 2000 | |||
| Digital TV | |||
| XDCAM EX | HDV | ||