MPEG Streamclip

 

MPEG Streamclip
Developer:	Squared 5
OS:	Windows/Mac OS X
Genre:	Video editing software
Website:	www.squared5.com

MPEG Streamclip is a freeware video editor/converter for MPEG-1/MPEG-2, and transport streams. It is created and written entirely by Squared 5 in Italy.

• It can play, edit and export a variety of formats, using a compatible QuickTime codec.

• It can convert between MPEG/MPEG-2 type formats with no loss of video quality.

• It can convert between formats compatible with quicktime.

It is available for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X

MPEG/MPEG-2 Conversion Features

The conversion features are compatible with most unprotected MPEG/MPEG-2 transport streams, and can convert them into the industry standard MPEG/MPEG-2 files without re-encoding.

MPEG-2 transport streams are used in MPEG-2 Devices such as:

• DVD Recorder
• DVD Camcorder - Allows Mac and Windows users to transfer video from a DVD Camcorder such as a DVD-Handycam.

It can convert MPEG-2 type formats such as:

• VR Mode (VRO)
• DVD-Video Mode (VOB)

Into more compatible MPEG-2 formats:

• MPEG-2
• MPEG-2 with MP2 audio
• Headed MPEG
• MPEG-TS

With:

• No loss of video quality (losslessly) - This means it does not need to be re-encoded.
• Perfect audio/video sync
• Compatibility with DVD authoring applications (Allows burning at full-quality)
• Joining of multiple VOB or TS files

It prompts/allows you to fix timecode breaks, if you recorded multiple times in the same file. This also improves compatibility. The preference "fix streams with data breaks" should be enabled.

Required/Compatible Codec

• Quicktime

or

• Quicktime Alternative

MPEG-2 Compatibility

For MPEG-2 compatibility with quicktime, the user must do either of the following:

• Buy the 'MPEG-2 Playback Component' from Apple

or

• Select "Extra QuickTime plugins" when installing QuickTime Alternative

Audio Compatibility

• MPEG layer 1/2 (MP1/MP2)
• AC3
• A52
• PCM

Editing Features

MPEG Streamclip can quickly cut and paste segments of video without re-encoding. You can remove (cut), copy and paste parts of the movie by selecting the in/out points.

Export Features

By using any Quick-Time compatible codec, it can convert (transcode) from:

• MOV, DV, MP4, AVI, DIVX, MPG, MPEG, VOB, PS, MOD, M2P, VRO, TS, DAT, M2T, MMV, REC, VID, AVR, M2V

to

• MOV, DV, MP4, AVI, DIVX,

With

• Motion-adaptive deinterlacing (Optional)
• Perfect Audio video sync

Reviews

• http://www.macupdate.com/reviews.php?id=15466
• http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/08/mpeg-streamclip-complete-video-encoding-software/

References

• http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html Streamclip for Windows
• http://www.mcs.sdsmt.edu/mcgough/public/SonyiMac.html Sony DVD & iMac
• MPEG Streamclip Guide.pdf (Included with download)
• http://www.squared5.com/ Official Site

Anthony Wiki 14:41, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

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