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| Type | Public |
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| Traded as | NASDAQ: DIVX |
| Industry | video/audio encoding |
| Founded | Aachen, Germany, 1993 |
| Founder(s) | Markus Mönig |
| Headquarters | Aachen, Germany |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Muzaffer Beygirci, Managing Director David J. Richter, Managing Director Dan Halvorson, Managing Director |
| Products | codecs, applications, plug-ins |
| Employees | > 100 employees worldwide |
| Parent | Since November 2007 a wholly owned subsidiary of DivX, Inc. |
| Website | www.mainconcept.com |
MainConcept GmbH is a software company developing video/audio codecs and also applications and plug-ins related to video/audio encoding.
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History [link]
MainConcept is a video codec supplier founded 1993 in Aachen, Germany and a board member of the MPEG Industry Forum. The Russian video codec company Elecard was part of the company between April 2005 and August 2006. Since November 2007 MainConcept is a wholly owned subsidiary of DivX, Inc. (which is currently being acquired by Sonic Solutions).[1]
The company is specializing in video codecs since 1995 with a focus to standards, e.g. H.264/AVC, MPEG, AVC-Intra etc.
In 2001 MainConcept delivered the first MPEG-1/2 Codec and in 2004 the first H.264/MPEG-4 AVC was delivered.
In August 2007, Adobe Systems licensed the H.264 and AAC technology developed by MainConcept for integration into its Adobe Flash Player software.[2] In April 2010 MainConcept has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AMD to accelerate digital video encode.[3] 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.[4][5]
Subsidiaries [link]
IP licensing / SDK products [link]
| MPEG -1/2 | VC-3 | Reference SDK |
| H.264/AVC | JPEG2000 | Dolby Digital Consumer |
| Flash | 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 HC |
Application & Plug-In products [link]
| Reference Transcoding | Decoder Packs Windows | Analyzing |
|---|---|---|
| Reference Blu-Ray Codec Bundle | MPEG-2 | Analyzer TS |
| Reference H.264/AVC Broadcast / H.264/AVC | H.264/AVC | |
| Reference H.264/AVC Pro | H.264/AVC Broadcast / AVC Intra | |
| Reference VC-1 Pro | MPEG-4/H.263 | |
| Reference MPEG-2 | DVCPRO HD | |
| Reference DVCPRO HD | JPEG2000 | |
| Reference JPEG2000 | ||
| Reference Dolby Digital Plus Pro | ||
| Reference Dolby Digital Pro | ||
| Reference MPEG4 | ||
| Reference MVC Beta |
| Plug-Ins for Adobe | Plug-Ins for Sony |
|---|---|
| Plug-In for Adobe Flash Media Encoder - AAC Encoder | Plug-In for Sony ClipBrowser - Conversion Pack #1 |
| Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - MPEG Pro HD4 H.264/AVC & MPEG | Plug-In for Sony ClipBrowser - Conversion Pack #2 |
| Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - MPEG Pro HD4 - XDCAM Plug-In for Adobe | Plug-In for Ziris Screen Cutter - AVC Encoder |
| Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - MPEG Pro HD4 - DVCPRO Plug-In | |
| Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - MPEG Pro HD4 - AVC-Intra Plug-In | Plug-Ins for Apple |
| Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - MPEG Pro HD4 - Broadcast Suite Plug-In | Movie Export Professional for Final Cut Pro |
| Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 - Codec Suite 5.0 Professional | Movie Export Broadcast for Final Cut Pro |
| Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 - Codec Suite 5.0 Broadcast | |
| Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 - Codec Suite 5.0 Dolby Digital Pro |
Supported Formats [link]
| 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 [link]
- 2007, 2008 and 2009 - the Moscow State University ranked MainConcept's H.264 codec first in its annual H.264-codec comparison.[6]
References [link]
- ^ "Sonic Solutions to Acquire DivX". Forbes. June 02, 2010. https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/02/sonic-solutions-to-acquire-divx-marketnewsvideo.html. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ James "Dela" Delahunty (August 25, 2007). "MainConcept licenses core codec technologies to Adobe for Flash". AfterDawn. https://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2007/08/25/mainconcept_licenses_core_codec_technologies_to_adobe_for_flash. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ Jai C.S. (April 12, 2010). "MainConcept and AMD Collaborate for GPU Acceleration". TMCnet. https://business-video.tmcnet.com/topics/business-video/articles/81544-mainconcept-amd-collaborate-gpu-acceleration.htm. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ "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 06, 2010. https://www.pronews.jp/news/1009061940.html. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ "HTML5- תלת מימד ותמיכה ב- IBM בתערוכת MainConcept" (in Hebrew). September 12, 2010. https://www.av.co.il/?CategoryID=140&ArticleID=15969. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ "Video filtering and compression by MSU Video Group". Moscow State University. https://compression.ru/video/. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
