The functionality of PixelTools GUI software tools is available as Expert Workshop Software Development Kit (SDK). Expert Workshop SDK provides an API for high quality/high speed MPEG encoding, captioning, multiplexing, decoding and stream repair.

Benefits

• Highly optimized native libraries for 64bit and 32bit operating systems. Utilizes native SSE3 instructions, multi-threading and multi-processor support
• Complete control of encoding parameters
• Closed captioning insertion during or after encoding.
• Closed captioning extraction, analysis, repair and removing.
• Stream header update operation.
• Compliant CEA-708 and 608 closed captioning decoder.
• Libraries for Windows, Mac and Linux
• Integrates with PixelTools’ HEVC and AVC encoder and multiplexer.
• Accepts configuration files from PixelTools’ associated GUI products for rapid prototyping.

Encoding Performance

Encoding times for 1 hour of video

HD (1920x1080)         15 minutes

HD (1280x720)            8 minutes

SD (720x480)             5  minutes

Video is encoded with IPB frames (long GOP) on an Intel i7 processor at 3.6 ghz

Sample Usage  

• MPEG Editor - Encoding/Decoding engine for most editing functions
• Closed captioning repair, insertion and extraction
• CEA-708 and 608 closed captioning display
  
• Remote monitoring - Real-time processing on Mac or PC including camera grab and scene change detection
  
• Video Post Production Processing - Integrate encoding into your Post Production
  System
• Transcoding - Change Bit-rate; frame rate, aspect ratio, encoding flags
•  Video On Demand - Encode Video, Graphics, or Web content
  
• Logo Insertion - Add your personal logo to video content on the fly
  
• Video Streaming - Add compressed video to your web server
  
• Repurposing - Convert bit-rate; frame size; Profile of MPEG streams
  
• Video Library- Report video properties, encode to thumbnails, decode xxx frame, slow motion

General

Identical functionality in Mac and PC versions.
Fully optimized for PC SSE3 enhanced processors
Optimized for multi-threaded/multiprocessing systems with up to 64 processors.

Feature Overview

MPEG Workshop SDK is a full featured set of MPEG functions that are accessed by a simple to use interface

MPEG Encoding

• Ultra High Definition MPEG through thumbnail MPEG1 profiles
• Bit rates from 500mbs through 16kbps
• Access extensive static and dynamic parameters
• Accepts a wide variety of input formats including QuickTime and AVI Inputs directly from Fire-Wire or USB video sources
• Inserts Closed Captions defined in text or .SCC file Inserts Open Captions defined in text or .SCC file Inserts
• Analog Captions into video
• Converts single frame into MPEG
• Includes preprocessing frame and sub-frame filtering.
• Easily integrates with PixelTools HEVC and AVC encoders

MPEG Decoding

• Decode of transport, program, VOB, MXF and elementary MPEG streams.
• Split multiplexed streams into video, MPEG audio, AC3, PCM, and user streams.
• Decode of all or selected scenes of streams into BMP, TGA or YUV frames.
• Insert Closed Captions into stream without encoding
• Transcodes, removes, repairs and updates close captioning
• Extracts caption track from MXF file.
• Displays compliant CEA-708 and CEA-608 captions over decoded video
• Output extensive static analysis of MPEG stream properties.
• Output dynamic text, graphic, and video stream data during decoding.
• Provide frame accurate decoding suitable for editing functions.
• Decode audio component into PCM or WAV format MPEG
  Outputs stream analysis

Audio Encoding

High quality encoding into MPEG layer 1 or 2 or A52
Output bit-rates from 32kbps to 384kbps

Multiplexing

• Multiplexe elementary video, audio, AAC or AC3 into Transport, MPEG2 Program or
  MPEG1 System stream
• Multiplexe 8 channel PCM audio into SMPTE transport stream
• Access to an extensive set of multiplexing parameters
• Accepts HEVC plug-in to accomplish HEVC and AVC transport multiplexing.

What’s in the box:

64 and 32 bit executables for Windows, Mac, or Linux Operating systems

C header files

Sample application with source code

Sample frames that work with the sample application

Programming manual

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