MainConcept

MainConcept is a video codec supplier founded in 1993 in Aachen, Germany and a board member of the MPEG Industry Forum.{{Cite web |last=Schwarz |first=Ben |date=2022-05-27 |title=MainConcept Demonstrates 8K Live in the Cloud at NAB 2022 |url=https://8kassociation.com/industry-info/8k-news/mainconcept-demonstrates-8k-live-in-the-cloud-at-nab-2022/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=8K Association |language=en}} The Russian video codec company Elecard discussed an opportunity to become part of the company between April 2005, and August 2006. In November 2007, MainConcept became a wholly owned subsidiary of DivX, Inc.{{cite web|title=DivX buys video technologies provider MainConcept for $22 mln|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/mainconcept-acquisition-divx/divx-buys-video-technologies-provider-mainconcept-for-22-mln-idUSWNAS249320071114|publisher= Reuters|author=|date=November 14, 2007}} In June 2010, Sonic Solutions acquired DivX and its subsidiaries in a cash and stock deal valued at $323 million.{{cite web | title = Sonic Solutions to Acquire DivX | author=| work = Forbes| date = June 2, 2010 | url = https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/02/sonic-solutions-to-acquire-divx-marketnewsvideo.html | accessdate = September 22, 2010}}{{cite web|title=Sonic Solutions To Acquire DivX In $323 Million Deal|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/02/sonic-solutions-to-acquire-divx-in-323-million-deal/|publisher=Tech Crunch|accessdate=26 June 2012|author=Robin Wauters|date=June 2, 2010}} Rovi Corporation acquired Sonic Solutions (including the MainConcept business) in February 2011,{{cite web | title = Rovi To Buy Sonic Solutions For $720 Million | author=| work = Forbes| date = December 23, 2010 | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2010/12/23/rovi-to-buy-sonic-solutions-for-720-million/}} and later sold off the DivX and MainConcept businesses in April 2014. In February 2015, NeuLion, Inc. acquired DivX, LLC including the MainConcept business.{{cite web|title=NeuLion Completes Acquisition of DivX|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/neulion-completes-acquisition-of-divx-tsx-nln-1987655.htm|publisher= Marketwired|author=|date=January 30, 2015}}

The company has specialized in video codecs since 1995, with a focus on standards, e.g. H.264/AVC, MPEG, AVC-Intra etc.

MainConcept delivered its first MPEG-1/2 Codec in 2001, and its first H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Codec in 2004.

In August 2007, Adobe Systems licensed the H.264 and AAC technology developed by MainConcept for integration into its Adobe Flash Player software.{{cite web | title = MainConcept licenses core codec technologies to Adobe for Flash | author= James "Dela" Delahunty | publisher = AfterDawn | date = August 25, 2007 | url = http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2007/08/25/mainconcept_licenses_core_codec_technologies_to_adobe_for_flash | accessdate = September 22, 2010}} In April 2010, MainConcept signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AMD to accelerate digital video encode.{{cite web | title = MainConcept and AMD Collaborate for GPU Acceleration | author= Jai C.S. | publisher = TMCnet | date = April 12, 2010 | url = http://business-video.tmcnet.com/topics/business-video/articles/81544-mainconcept-amd-collaborate-gpu-acceleration.htm | accessdate = September 22, 2010}} 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.{{cite web | title = 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 | author= | publisher = ProNews | date = September 6, 2010 | language= Japanese| url = http://www.pronews.jp/news/1009061940.html | accessdate = September 22, 2010}}{{cite web | title = HTML5- תלת מימד ותמיכה ב- IBM בתערוכת MainConcept | author= | publisher = | language= Hebrew| date = September 12, 2010 | url = http://www.av.co.il/?CategoryID=140&ArticleID=15969 | accessdate = September 22, 2010}}

On June 4, 2013, Rovi Corporation released the MainConcept HEVC SDK 1.0.{{cite news |title=Rovi Releases MainConcept HEVC SDK |publisher=Rovi Corporation |url=http://www.rovicorp.com/company/news-center/pressreleases/1434_17379.htm |date=2013-06-04 |accessdate=2013-06-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130616001915/http://www.rovicorp.com/company/news-center/pressreleases/1434_17379.htm |archivedate=2013-06-16 }} SDK 1.0 supports Smart Adaptive Bitrate Encoding Technology (SABET) which allows for the simultaneous encoding of up to 10 video output streams with reduced computing cost. SDK 1.0 is available for Windows and SDK 1.0.1, which will be released in July 2013, will add support for Linux and Mac OS X.{{cite news |title=HEVC/H.265 |publisher=Rovi Corporation |url=http://www.mainconcept.com/products/sdks/hevc-sdk.html |accessdate=2013-06-05}} SDK 1.0 supports the Main profile while SDK 2.0, which will be released in Q4 2013, will add support for the Main 10 profile.{{cite news |title=Rovi releases MainConcept HEVC SDK |author=David Fox |publisher=TVBEurope |url=http://www.tvbeurope.com/main-content/full/rovi-releases-mainconcept-hevc-sdk |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616054901/http://www.tvbeurope.com/main-content/full/rovi-releases-mainconcept-hevc-sdk |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-16 |date=2013-06-07 |accessdate=2013-06-08 }}

• 2007, 2008 and 2009 – the Moscow State University ranked MainConcept's H.264 codec first in its annual H.264-codec comparison.{{cite web | title = Video filtering and compression by MSU Video Group | author= | publisher = Moscow State University | date = | url = http://compression.ru/video/ | accessdate = September 22, 2010}}

• High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)

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• [http://www.mainconcept.com mainconcept.com]

Category:Software companies established in 1999

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