MediaCoder 2011 R2 is released. In this release, support for VP8 video format and WebM container format is added. The VPX encoder 0.9.6.1 is used for encoding VPX video stream which can be muxed into MKV and newly added WebM container formats.

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In order to further develop with Intel Media SDK, I decided to upgrade my hardware. Intel provides a 50% money back of the hardware purchase to support its Intel software partners. So I can pick up some powerful components.

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One of the significant improvements in MediaCoder 2011 RC is that Intel Media SDK Encoder is first time added to MediaCoder as an alternative accelerated H.264 encoder in addition to previous nVidia CUDA encoder. Intel’s encoder is hardware accelerated on Intel G45 and later platforms. It encodes H.264 as well as MPEG-2 off-loaded to GPU.  Benchmarks are welcomed for encoding with Intel’s encoder working in MediaCoder. For more changes, please refer to the changelog.

MediaCoder Dropbox is a simplistic user interface of MediaCoder which can be used to convert media files for a specific purpose so easily and conveniently. The appearance and transcoding parameters of a MediaCoder dropbox are defined by an XML file which can be on local disk, on remote server or embedded in any web pages. With this mechansim, users can create, publish and share their specific transcoder. Using MediaCoder dropbox is even easier. Simply load a dropbox whether local or remote, and drop media files into it and you can start transcoding. Read the rest of this entry »

After one month’s continuous efforts, I am pleased to announce the release of MediaCoder 2011 RC1. Although this is not yet the final release version of MediaCoder 2011, it has most of the new features and improvements of the new version as well as a new look.

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It was snowing the other day and I thought it was a best chance to shot a 3D video with good 3D effect and here is it. The video was shot with a Fuji W3 3D camera. MediaCoder has just got the ability to process stereoscopic file like the dual stream AVI format that the W3 camera uses. I transcoded the video to a side-by-side layout in 1080p, transfer to PS3 and play it on my Sony 3D bravia TV. The 3D effect was just awsome. It was fun!

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