MainConcept HEVC/H.265 Decoder Plug-in for FFmpeg 3.1.0

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FFmpeg is widely used in professional content production for file-based transcoding as well as live use cases. Although FFmpeg supports most video formats natively, there is no easy way to make use of MainConcept's industry-leading and professional codec libraries within an FFmpeg workflow.

The MainConcept plug-ins for FFmpeg are a convenient way to solve this problem because they seamlessly integrate into FFmpeg.

Features

The MainConcept HEVC/H.265 Decoder plug-in for FFmpeg offers the following functionality:

  • Use MainConcept's industry leading HEVC/H.265 software decoder natively in FFmpeg
  • 4:2:0 8-bit (Main), 4:2:0 10-bit (Main 10), 4:2:0 12-bit (Main 12) and 4:2:2 8-bit (Main 4:2:2), 4:2:2 10-bit (Main 4:2:2 10) and 4:4:4 10-bit (Main 4:4:4 10), 4:4:4 12-bit (Main 4:4:4 12) profiles decoding support
  • Progressive and interlaced support, including deinterlacing
  • Hardware decoding support powered by Intel Quick Sync Video and NVIDIA NVDEC
  • Fast Preview Modes for enhanced decoding speed in video editing, surveillance and monitoring