MainConcept Releases MPEG Encoder for Mac; Standalone Product Includes MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Support

Business Wire, May 20, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

AACHEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2004

MainConcept, a world leader in codec and video editing technology, today announced the immediate availability of its MPEG Encoder Mac. The new product is a QuickTime-to-MPEG converter featuring speed and quality comparable to that of MainConcept's MPEG Encoder for Windows.

Key features include:

-- Easy user interface

-- Ultra-fast, professional-quality encoding -- faster than

realtime in many cases (depending on system capabilities)

-- Convenient presets for popular formats such as DVD, Video CD

and Super Video CD

-- Two-pass encoding

-- Batch processing

-- And many more features

"We are proud to introduce our MPEG encoder for Macintosh," said Markus Moenig, founder and CEO of MainConcept. "The Mac platform is very popular for content creation, with a very loyal user base. We are happy to offer our high-quality encoder to the Mac market."

MainConcept MPEG Encoder Mac is now available for purchase and immediate download at http://www.mainconcept.com/mpeg_macencoder.shtml for US$249. A free demo version is available. The product is also available for OEM bundling.

About MainConcept

MainConcept is a worldwide leader in codecs and video editing technologies for personal computers, set-top boxes and other devices. The company's Motion JPEG, DV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 codecs are used in products from Microsoft TV, Adobe Systems, Sony Pictures Digital, Discreet, Sonic Solutions, Sorenson Media, Ulead Systems and many more leading companies. An H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) codec will be released soon. MainConcept offers SDKs which make it easy for companies to implement codecs and other multimedia features with minimal research and development. The company also has a line of innovative end-user video editing and compositing software which is also available for OEM bundling.

MainConcept AG is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, where it was founded and has operated for more than 10 years. The U.S. subsidiary, MainConcept LLC, was established in 2001 in Beachwood, Ohio.

Additional information is available from MainConcept's general site at http://www.mainconcept.com/ and from the developers' site at http://developer.mainconcept.com/.

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