Vanguard Software Solutions Unveils vCompress Pro at IBC2011

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vanguard Software Solutions (VSS), a tier one OEM supplier of H.264/AVC CODEC technology, launches its first professional end user encoding tool, vCompress Pro. This software is the first of its kind to unlock the advanced coding features in AVC, MVC and SVC standards while simplifying its usage with ready to use pre-defined encoding parameter sets for most popular applications. The modular design of vCompress Pro offers its users a cost effective way to select the most desired functions through a set of plug-ins, including:

“vCompress Pro is the answer to the many questions we have received over the years from the most demanding video encoding customers”

• 2D(AVC) and 3D(MVC) Blu-ray Elementary Streams fully compliant with BDA specifications and compatible with NetBlender DoStudio, Sony BluPrint and Sonic Solutions Scenarist professional authoring tools.
• Multi-bitrate Internet and Mobile VOD files applicable to Adobe Flash adaptive streaming, Microsoft Silverlight smooth-streaming, Apple HTTP adaptive streaming and Wowza Media Servers.
• AVC-Intra Elementary Streams used for Mezzanine Files useful for high value content archiving, master file for editing and transcoding. Fully compatible with Panasonic AVC-Intra hardware codec.

“vCompress Pro is the answer to the many questions we have received over the years from the most demanding video encoding customers,” said Felix Nemirovsky, Vice-President Marketing at VSS.

vCompress Pro is comprised of two parts, the console application which is used in automated production environments and a Windows User Interface version which allows real-time encoding preview, advanced H.264 feature menu and customizable presets. A 30 day free evaluation is available from VSS web site. Please stop by our both at IBC2011 to participate in a drawing for vCompress Pro full version.

About VSS

VSS provides OEMs, integrators and platform providers, dynamic, market-leading solutions for difficult technical challenges requiring in-depth software engineering. VSS serves a diverse customer base including Device and Handset Manufacturers, Mobile Platform Providers, Manufacturers of Professional Broadcast Equipment, Application Service Providers, Software and Services Integrators, Original Equipment Manufacturers and many more.