mpegable X4 live

A new dimension in video coding has come, mpegable X4 live ... easy to use, fast, maximum quality and at a reasonable price.

Create MPEG-4 videos from your existing media library -- produced with your favourite video editing software -- or directly capturing from your �

• digital video camera
• web-cam
• analogue video camera
• video tape player
• TV receiver card �

(DV camera requires firewire device; AV camera and video tape player require analogue capture card, such as Osprey�s 200 series)

With mpegable X4 live you will be �recording� your favourite TV show directly onto your PC or be having all your holiday adventures in your media library - without the worry of being stuck with a complicated piece of software.

mpegable X4 live ...

... is easy to use - just a few clicks to set your desired parameters, that�s it.

... is fast - real-time MPEG-4 video encoding at its best, why wait longer?

... delivers maximum quality - brilliant MPEG-4 videos,

... is reasonably priced -- Euro 25

Using mpegable X4 live you will also experience magnificent space savings in your media library on your hard-drive and will be able to fit a two-hour movie on a regular CD.

Watch your videos created with mpegable X4 live as usual -- in the player of your preference ...

• Apples QuickTime 6 Player
• Microsoft�s Windows Media Player*
• Real Network�s RealOne Player

And, of course, you can also watch them in any other ISO MPEG-4 compliant player, like mpegable Player. MPEG-4 is an open standard and widely supported by many technology vendors being the true standard of today�s multimedia experience offering you the freedom of choice.

mpegable X4 live is available to be purchased on our website, www.mpegable.com

Technical Characteristics

Input

• Live Capture from analog sources (VfW/DirectShow compatible capture devices)
• Live Capture DV (using DirectShow DV driver)
• AVI files
• MPEG-1 files
• Any media file supported by DirectShow (MPEG-2, �)

Output

• 
  
• ISO MP4 file (incl. object descriptor track and scene description track)
  

Video Encoding

• MPEG-4 Simple Profile, Advanced Simple Profile all levels (I-VOP, B-VOP, P-VOP, AC/DC Prediction, 4-Motion Vector, Unrestricted Motion Vector, Quatization, Method 1, Method 2)
• All frame rates from 0.1 fps up to 60 fps
• All image resolutions from 16x16 up to 352x288
• All bitrates from 5 kBps up to 1.5 MBps
• Free adjustable key-frame period including I-frame only
• Arbitrary number of b-frames
• Quarter pixel motion estimation
• Automatic scene cut detection
• Choice between real-time and high quality encoding mode
• Adjustable motion smoothness vs. image quality
• Constant bitrate (CBR), variable bit-rate (VBR) and near variable bitrate mode
• Adjustable video buffer size
• De-interlacing
• Frame-rate conversion
• Image down-sampling and cropping

Audio Encoding

• MPEG-4 AAC Low Complexity
• Bitrate from 8 kBps up to 128 kBps
• Mono or stereo
• Sample rates from 8 kHz up to 48 kHz
• Sample rate conversion
• Bit depth 8 Bit or 16 bit

User Interface

• Clearly laid out settings window incl. advanced parameters for pre-processing, encoding, audio, interoperability and streaming
• Batch processing with job list
• Preview window

System Performance

• Real-time encoding of video with a resolution of 352x288 at 30fps

System Requirements

• Processor: Pentium III or Athlon processor or above
• Operating System: Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 or XP

* Through our mpegable DS decoder filter, which we deliver with mpegable X4 Live at no extra cost.