July 24, 2010

Try Our New H.264/AVC Video Decoder!

We have released a new product: our own, standard-compliant H.264/AVC Video Decoder DirectShow Filter. The decoder supports Baseline, Main, Extended and High profiles of the H.264/AVC specification and makes use of multi-core architectures and Hyper-Threading.

The decoder can be licensed in two versions: as a separate DirectShow filter or as an add-on to our broadcast automation of vision mixing SDKs.

To read more about the product and download an evaluation version please click here.

June 2, 2010

Try Our New Character Generator Technology!

We have just released our latest product, the Character Generator DirectShow Filter - our new solution for multi-layered titling and overlays, which is to replace the previously available Text & Graphics Overlay and Flash Overlay DirectShow filters.

The new filter is a single component that supports all overlay item types - text, graphics, images and Flash - and implements a generic set of methods to control them. In addition to that it is equipped with a set of advanced features such as support for news tickers and compositions.



New features:

- Generic interface for text, graphics, image and Flash overlay items
- Built-in support for news tickers (including crawls and rolls) with automatic file tracking
- Support for item groups & compositions
- Smooth change of item size, position, transparency, background or view area
- Item movement, acceleration, fade in/fade out and entrance/exit effects, animation sequences
- New text and image effects: Shadow, Glow, Motion Blur, Rotation, etc.
- New graphic figures: rectangle, ellipse, triangle, star, etc.
- XML-based configuration
- .SRT subtitles support

For more information about the features and editions comparison chart please see the product page.

If you are interested in pricing information or migration details, please contact our sales team.

For the official press release, click here.

April 9, 2010

DICOM Reader DirectShow Filter Released

MediaLooks DICOM Reader DirectShow Filter was developed for the needs of medical application developers and is required for DICOM MPEG-2 media files playback. DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) is a file format standard commonly used in medical imaging. MPEG-2 DICOM format is approved for use in Endoscopy, Microscopy and Surgery.

To enable MPEG-2 DICOM files playback DICOM Reader should be used together with MediaLooks MPEG-2 Video Decoder.

The filter can also be used in combination with MediaLooks SDK solutions that comprise video capture, playout automation, vision mixing and text overlay functionality.