Deliver H.264 video up to 5 times faster without sacrificing quality for Avid Media Composer
If you're delivering H.264 content for the web, mobile devices, Apple TV, and Blu-ray discs, you know how painful it can be to wait for the long encoding times needed to create high-quality video files using software only. You might even be tempted to sacrifice quality for speed.
With Matrox MAX technology, you no longer need to even consider making that trade off. You quickly and easily create your H.264 files from a variety of video sources including SD, HD, and RED proxy files up to 2K. There is no need for you to learn a new application or utility to take advantage of this game-changing technology. On the Mac, the Matrox Max H.264 encoder is accessible directly within Avid Media Composer. On the PC, you can speed up deliveries of H.264 files using Adobe Media Encoder, which you already own if you are using Adobe After Effects or Photoshop.
Matrox MAX for Avid Media Composer on the Mac
On the Mac, you can deliver H.264 files for the web and mobile devices directly from Media Composer up to five times faster than software alone, without sacrificing quality. Matrox MAX even lets you deliver directly from Media Composer up to three times faster than if you used Sorenson Squeeze to encode the files.
Avid Media Composer recognizes the Matrox MAX H.264 encoder as a QuickTime codec. There are two ways to capture QuickTime files – at a constant bit rate so quality varies depending on the complexity of each frame or at a constant quality so that quality is maintained while the bit rate varies. You can generate .mov files using Matrox MAX presets or you can create your own customized settings.
Adjustable parameters
Noise filtering saves bits by reducing high frequencies in the video.
Hardware deinterlacing ensures high-quality encodes of interlaced SD and 1080i source material
Frame sizes let you choose even resolutions ranging from 64x64 to 1920 x 1088.
Bit rates from 100 Kb/s to 50 Mb/s are supported.
Frame rates of 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94 and 60 are supported.
GOP structure controls are provided.
Profiles let you choose Baseline (CAVLC) and main (CABAC).
Levels are selectable: 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2.
Quality slider lets you select and maintain your desired quality level, bit rate varies depending on the complexity of the content
Matrox MAX performance for Avid Media Composer on the Mac
Working with Avid Media Composer and Matrox MAX for PC
On the PC, you can speed up deliveries of H.264 files for the web, mobile devices, and Blu-ray using Adobe Media Encoder, which you already own if you are using Adobe After Effects or Photoshop. Using Matrox MAX with Adobe Media Encoder lets you deliver H.264 files up to five times faster than if you export from Sorenson Squeeze software.
Matrox MAX performance comparison for Avid Media Composer users on the PC
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