Elecard MPEG-2 Video Decoder and Streaming Pack is the package of Elecard components for media data de-multiplexing and decoding as well as receiving streaming video and decoding it.

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MPEG-2 Video Decoder a.k.a. DVD decoder, streaming components, and demultiplexer comprised in the pack are Microsoft DirectShow compatible.

DXVA support in the Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder significantly decreases CPU usage and provides substantial performance gains.
Multi CPU support provides high performance for real time transcoding tasks executed on high-end PCs.

Elecard MPEG-2 Decoder can process DVD Subpicture, Closed Captions (DVD, ATSC. DVS157, C-Cube, SCTE).
Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder is Windows XP Media Center Edition compatible. Install the pack to enable dvd video playback in multimedia players built on DirectShow (e.g., Windows Media Player).

Elecard Decoder Pack Components :

- Elecard MPEG-2 Video Decoder 1.0.197.60322
DirectShow filter for real-time video decoding. Provides high resolution, full quality decoding, optimized for the most efficient CPU usage.
- Elecard MPEG Demultiplexer 1.0.000077.060823
DirectShow filter for splitting of MPEG-1 System Streams (ISO/IEC 11172-1), MPEG-2 Program and Transport Streams (ISO/IEC 13818-1) into video and audio streams.
- Elecard MPEG Push demultiplexer 1.0.000049.060828
DirectShow filter for splitting of MPEG-1 System Streams (ISO/IEC 11172-1), MPEG-2 Program and Transport Streams (ISO/IEC 13818-1) into video and audio streams in a push mode.
- Elecard NWSource-Plus 1.1.000015.060823
DirectShow filter for receiving media data from the network. It receives the RTP and UDP packets and feeds the filter graph with stream data contained in these packets.
- Elecard NWSource-Plus Engine 1.1.000015.060823
- Elecard RTSP Net Source 1.0.000025.060818
DirectShow filter that sets the connection with RTSP server sends request for starting, stopping, pausing the media broadcasting and positioning in the stream, receives media data from RTSP server.
- Elecard Audio Decoder 1.5.340.60302
The Elecard Audio Decoder filter enables the software-only decoding of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-2.5, LPCM audio streams.
- Elecard License Control 1.0.000023.060731
- Elecard Registrator 1.0.27.60609

Features of Elecard Decoder Pack 3.6 :

· Elecard MPEG-2 Video Decoder:
- Software-only MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818-2) and MPEG-1 (ISO/IEC 11172-2) stream decoding.
- High Profile @ High Level decoding - supports all MPEG-2 profiles/levels, excluding scalability extensions.
- Full-resolution, full-quality decoding/playback (high precision arithmetic, IEEE 1180-1190 compliant IDCT, half-pel motion compensation).
- Optimized for the most efficient CPU usage - takes advantage of MMX, SSE, SSE2, and 3DNow extensions when available.
- Special control interface - programmatic control of decoding quality and frame capture interface.
- Software deinterlacing.
- ATSC Streams Decoding - supports 18 ATSC formats.
- High definition video decoding.
- Optional double precision IDCT.
- High performance - supports real-time high resolution video decoding (720x480 @ 30fps for NTSC, 720x576 @ 25fps for PAL and bit rate up to 15 Mbps) on Pentium II 500 MHz with a DirectX compatible video card that supports YUV overlay.
- Optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology, dual core and SMP systems.
- DXVA hardware acceleration support.
- Visual quality improving (HQ Upsample).
- Closed Captions decoding.
· Elecard MPEG Demultiplexer
- MPEG-2 Transport Streams (ISO/IEC 13818-1) and MPEG-2 Program Streams (ISO/IEC 13818-1) support.
- MPEG-1 System Streams (ISO/IEC 11172-1) support.
- MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and H.264 Video Elementary Streams (VES) support.
- Instant frame-accurate positioning using MainConcept indexing technology.
- Subpicture stream support.
- Navigation via the IMediaSeeking Interface.

The Elecard MPEG Demultiplexer supports the following multiplexed streams:
- MPEG-1 System Stream (ISO/IEC 11172-1).
- MPEG-2 Program Stream (ISO/IEC 13818-1).
- MPEG-2 Transport Stream (ISO/IEC 13818-1).

The Elecard MPEG Demultiplexer recognizes the following formats:
- MPEG-1 Video (ISO/IEC 11172-2).
- MPEG-1 Audio (ISO/IEC 11172-3).
- MPEG-2 Video (ISO/IEC 13818-2).
- MPEG-2 Audio (ISO/IEC 13818-3).
- Dolby AC-3 (ATSC A-52).
- DVD Subpicture stream.
- H.264 video (ISO/IEC 14496-10) or H.264 packetized into Transport Stream (ISO/IEC 13818-1).
- AAC (ISO/IEC 13818-7 and ISO/IEC 14496-3).
- MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14496-2).
- VC1.
· Elecard MPEG Push demultiplexer
- Software-only splitting of MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818-1) and MPEG-1 (ISO/IEC 11172-1) streams.
- Special synchronization and time generation algorithms for the smooth playback with constant latency.

Elecard MPEG Push Demultiplexer supports the following multiplexing streams:
- MPEG-1 System Stream (ISO/IEC 11172-1).
- MPEG-2 Program Stream (ISO/IEC 13818-1).
- MPEG-2 Transport Stream (ISO/IEC 13818-1).

The Elecard MPEG Push Demultiplexer recognizes the following formats:
- MPEG-1 Video (ISO/IEC 11172-2).
- MPEG-1 Audio (ISO/IEC 11172-3).
- MPEG-2 Video (ISO/IEC 13818-2).
- MPEG-2 Audio (ISO/IEC 13818-3).
- Dolby AC-3 (ATSC A-52).
- H.264 video (ISO/IEC 14496-10).
- AAC (ISO/IEC 14496-3).
- MPEG4 (ISO/IEC 14496-10).
- VC-1 (SMPTE VC-1).
· Elecard NWSource-Plus
- Uses UDP and TCP for transferring of the media data using RTP optionally.
- Provides a push mode interface.
- Receives SAP announcements with SDP data.
- Supports multicast and unicast.
- Allows adjustment using SDP data from file or from announcement.
- Allows adjustment via formatted URL (for multiplexed streams).

MainConcept NWSource-Plus filter supports the following data formats:
- MPEG-1 Systems (ISO/IEC 11172-1).
- MPEG-2 Program Stream (ISO/IEC 13818-1).
- MPEG-2 Transport Stream (ISO/IEC 13818 -1).
- MPEG-1 Video (ISO/IEC 11172-2).
- MPEG-1 Audio (ISO/IEC 11172-3).
- MPEG-2 Video (ISO/IEC 13818-2).
- MPEG-2 Audio (ISO/IEC 13818-3).
- Dolby AC-3 (ATSC A-52).
- AVC/H.264.
- MPEG-4 Video.
- AAC Audio.
· Elecard RTSP Net Source
- Receiving and sending RTSP commands.
- Receiving media data using UDP, TCP and RTP.
- Adjustment via formatted URL.
· Elecard Audio Decoder
- Decodes MPEG-1 Layer I, II, and III audio streams.
- Supports MPEG-2 extensions to lower sampling frequencies, including the unofficial MPEG-2.5 format.
- Decodes LPCM streams (up to 7.1/24 bits/96 kHz).
- Supports output sample quantization of 16/32 bits.

Changes in Elecard MPEG-2 Video Decoder Pack 3.4 :

• Fixed bugs:
- Elecard License Control: Problem with components registration on East Asia localized Windows (Korean, Japan, China etc.).
• New components:
- Elecard Audio Decoder