MainConcept xHE-AAC Encoder 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 xHE-AAC Encoder plug-in for FFmpeg offers the following functionality:

  • Use Fraunhofer's industry-leading xHE-AAC software encoder natively in FFmpeg by using a MainConcept plug-in
  • Support for xHE-AAC as well as legacy Low Complexity AAC, High-Efficiency AAC v1 and High-Efficiency AAC v2 audio formats
  • Support for on-demand (file-to-file) and live xHE-AAC encoding workflows
  • Support for on-demand (file-to-file) and live legacy AAC encoding workflows
  • Best-in-class audio featuring bitrates of 12-500 kb/s for stereo
  • Encoding for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS compliant streaming use-cases
  • Includes the latest generation of the AAC codec family, xHE-AAC:
  • Seamless audio bitrate switching for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS over a wide bitrate range
  • Mandatory loudness and dynamic range control for consistent playback loudness
  • Improved quality at lower bitrates on speech content and improved stereo imaging
  • Seamless audio bitrate switching for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS
  • xHE-AAC Decoding supported in the latest Apple, Android, Amazon, and Microsoft operating systems
  • Seamlessly works with other MainConcept Video Encoder plug-ins for FFmpeg and FFmpeg's built-in video encoders
  • Fully compliant with FFmpeg's built-in MP4 multiplexer, incl. fragmented MP4