MainConcept

MainConcept GmbH
Company 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

See also

References

  1. ^ Schwarz, Ben (2022-05-27). "MainConcept Demonstrates 8K Live in the Cloud at NAB 2022". 8K Association. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  2. ^ "DivX buys video technologies provider MainConcept for $22 mln". Reuters. November 14, 2007.
  3. ^ "Sonic Solutions to Acquire DivX". Forbes. June 2, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  4. ^ Robin Wauters (June 2, 2010). "Sonic Solutions To Acquire DivX In $323 Million Deal". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Rovi To Buy Sonic Solutions For $720 Million". Forbes. December 23, 2010.
  6. ^ "NeuLion Completes Acquisition of DivX". Marketwired. January 30, 2015.
  7. ^ James "Dela" Delahunty (August 25, 2007). "MainConcept licenses core codec technologies to Adobe for Flash". AfterDawn. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  8. ^ Jai C.S. (April 12, 2010). "MainConcept and AMD Collaborate for GPU Acceleration". TMCnet. 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. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  10. ^ "HTML5- תלת מימד ותמיכה ב- IBM בתערוכת MainConcept" (in Hebrew). September 12, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  11. ^ a b c "Rovi Releases MainConcept HEVC SDK". Rovi Corporation. 2013-06-04. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  12. ^ a b "HEVC/H.265". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  13. ^ David Fox (2013-06-07). "Rovi releases MainConcept HEVC SDK". TVBEurope. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  14. ^ "Video filtering and compression by MSU Video Group". Moscow State University. Retrieved September 22, 2010.