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Introducing MainConcept Easy Video API (EVA) - control hardware and software codecs through a single API
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Rethinking Video Quality for Live and On-Demand.
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MainConcept Easy Video API (EVA)

Control hardware and software codecs through a single API.
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CMAF: Low-Latency at Scale

Watching live event is all about the moment. Delays can be frustrating. This paper introduces the options, highlighting what sets CMAF apart.
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Since 1993, MainConcept has provided best-of-breed video and audio codec solutions that fuel creativity and business globally for professional video production, multimedia, broadcast, digital signage, gaming, medical and security industries. The company’s software development kits, transcoding applications and plugins are used across industry verticals to meet an ever-expanding list of use cases MainConcept codecs are engineered to surpass the challenges of even the most demanding use cases and are used by organizations such as Adobe, AVID, Autodesk, Corel, Dalet, Endeavor Streaming, Grass Valley, MAGIX, MOG, Nikon, PlayBox Neo, Sony, Veset, and Wowza. MainConcept is a subsidiary of Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment company.

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MainConcept TeamOct 28, 20211 min read

MainConcept at Streaming Media West Connect Innovation Hour

MPEG-2, AVC, HEVC, VVC—video codec technology has evolved dramatically in the past ...
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MainConcept TeamSep 28, 20213 min read

MainConcept Expands FFmpeg Portfolio Providing More Access to their Industry-Leading Codecs

[Editor's Note: Article reprinted from InBroadcast, September 2021, Issue 9.] FFmpeg is ...
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MainConcept TeamSep 14, 20211 min read

M&E Tech Enabling Business in Turbulent Times 

Anyone else feel like they’ve been on a whitewater raft the past year and a half? ...
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MainConcept TeamAug 26, 20215 min read

Choosing a Codec: Why Free is Not Always Free

[Editor's Note: Article reprinted from InBroadcast, June 2021, Issue 6.] When it comes to ...
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MainConcept TeamJun 3, 20214 min read

From Aachen to Austin: Digital Video Technology Decoded (and Encoded)

No matter where you are in the modern world, digital video is most likely in every one of ...
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MainConcept TeamFeb 18, 20213 min read

Video Production Software on ARM Processors

Apple M1 Silicon, Windows ARM⏤environments are changing. Is your software ready? Apple ...
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