Elecard XMuxer Pro v 2.0 New Features

[BJ_M]

Elecard XMuxer Pro v 2.0 Release Notes
May 2006


Copyright information
Copyright (C) 2005-2006 MainConcept AG.
All Rights Reserved.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Supported Platforms
This release is supported on the following platforms:
· Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP.

Hardware Requirements
· SSE-enhanced CPU (Intel® Pentium III, Celeron, AMD® Athlon, Opteron etc.).
· 128 MB RAM.
· Any VGA card.
· About 10 MB of free disk space.

Installation information
Please, uninstall all previous versions of Elecard XMuxer Pro before installing a new one.

Installation
Run the delivery pack and follow the instructions of the Wizard. After you click "Finish" the program is ready to run and doesn't require rebooting your computer.
The program runs after clicking "Start"->"Programs"->"Elecard"->"Elecard XMuxer Pro"->"Elecard XMuxer Pro".
During the installation the program copies and registers DirectShow(R) filters (Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder, Elecard Audio Decoder, etc).

Uninstallation
To uninstall the program, click "Start"->"Programs"->"Elecard"->"Elecard XMuxer Pro"->"Uninstall Elecard XMuxer Pro".
During the uninstallation all the above-mentioned filters and programs are uninstalled.
Note: During the uninstallation some dialogs can be placed behind the top window that stops the process, please pay attention to this situation and switch active windows.

Product Description
Elecard XMuxer Pro is software that is designed to multiplex and demultiplex MPEG-2 Transport Streams and Program Streams. The main XMuxer functions are provided by Direct Show filters performing demultiplexing and multiplexing.

Supported Formats

Remultiplexing mode:
Supported Input formats:
· MPEG-1 video stream.
· MPEG-2 video stream.
· MPEG-1 audio stream.
· MPEG-2 audio stream.
· MPEG-1 System Stream.
· MPEG-2 Program Stream.
· MPEG-2 Transport Stream.
· AVC/H.264 video stream.
· MPEG-4 video stream.
· MP4 files.
Output formats:
· MPEG-2 Program Stream.
· MPEG-2 Transport Stream.
· MP4 files.

Demultiplexing mode:
Supported Input formats:
· MPEG-1 System Stream.
· MPEG-2 Program Stream.
· MPEG-2 Transport Stream.
· MP4 files.
Output formats:
· MPEG-1 video stream.
· MPEG-2 video stream.
· AVC/H.264 video stream.
· MPEG-4 video stream.
· MPEG-1 Audio Layer (I, II, III) (ISO/IEC 11172-3).
· MPEG-2.5 audio stream.
· MPEG-2 audio stream.
· LPCM Linear PCM (an audio standard for DVD).
· AC3 audio stream (+).
· AAC audio stream.

Multiplexing mode:
Supported Input formats:
· MPEG-1 video stream.
· MPEG-2 video stream.
· AVC/H.264 video stream.
· MPEG-4 video stream.
· MPEG-1 Audio Layer (I, II, III) (ISO/IEC 11172-3).
· MPEG-2.5 audio stream.
· MPEG-2 audio stream.
· LPCM Linear PCM (an audio standard for DVD).
· AC3 audio stream (+).
· AAC audio stream.
Output formats:
· MPEG-2 Program Stream.
· MPEG-2 Transport Stream.

A Transport Stream can consist of the following input pins:
· MPEG-1 video stream.
· MPEG-2 video stream.
· AVC/H.264 video stream.
· MPEG-4 video stream.
· MPEG-1 audio stream.
· MPEG-2.5 audio stream.
· MPEG-2 audio stream.
· MPEG-2 program stream.
· AC3 audio stream (+).
· AAC audio stream.

(+) Previewing and multiplexing AC3 audio streams is available only in the presence of AC3 decoder and parser in the system correspondingly.

Features
Previewing the selected streams.
Remultiplexing only the selected (marked) streams.
High definition video multiplexing/demultiplexing.
Seek forward and Seek backward options.
GOP-accurate MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVC/H.264 trimming.
Frame-accurate MPEG-2 trimming.
Frame-accurate AVI (DV, XviD, DivX, 3ivX, etc) trimming (++).
Stream indexing.
MP4 files support
Editing of Sony PSP and Apple iPod compatible streams.
T-STD compatible streams output support.
Program Specific Information (PSI) editing.
Ability to adjust the audio-video synchronization in the Remux and Mux modes (Initial Time Shift option).

(++) The frame-accurate trimming function is available if the AVI Trimmer Component from Solveig Multimedia is installed (see http://www.solveigmm.com/?Downloads).

Components
· Elecard MPEG-2 Video Decoder (em2vd.ax).
· Elecard MPEG-4 Video Decoder (em4vd.ax).
· Elecard AVC/H.264 Decoder DMO (h264dec_dmo.dll).
· Elecard Audio Decoder (elaudec.ax).
· Elecard AAC Decoder (eaacdec.ax).
· Elecard MPEG Demultiplexer (empgdmx.ax).
· Elecard MP4 Multiplexer (emp4mux.ax).
· Elecard MP4 Demultiplexer (emp4demux.ax).
· Elecard Multiplexer (ElMux.ax).
· Elecard SinkFilter (ESF.ax).
· Elecard Indexator (elmpgindexator.dll).
· Elecard Indexreader (elmixreader.dll).
· Elecard-SolveigMM MPEG2 Trimmer FA (mp2trimmerfa.ax).
· Elecard XMuxer Engine (exmuxengine.dll).

Feedback
Visit Elecard on WWW at http://www.elecard.com.
On technical issues contact the Technical Support Team: tsup@mainconcept.ru.

[Guest34343]

So what are the *new* features?

Can I set the PIDs in a transport multiplex? Can I set the mux rate?