M Lab MPEG-2 HDTV Decoder 3.6
 

Product Description New Release!

M Lab MPEG-2 HDTV Decoder 3.6 software package is Microsoft DirectShow-compliant components for real-time decoding high quality, full resolution MPEG-2 and HDTV on Microsoft Windows based PC. All the components can be invoked automatically by Windows Media Player, or seamlessly integrated into DirectShow filter graph based application through DirectShow COM Interface.

DXVA enabled M Lab MPEG-2 HDTV Decoder is the most CPU efficient, high-performance decoder with superior picture quality and broadest format support in the software MPEG-2/HD decoder market. In addition to the standard features, it also incorporates the important streaming features such as Enhanced Error Resilient, Auto Resynchronization, and thus provides high reliability for the HDTV broadcast and satellite environment.
 

Standard Features

1. Software only real-time MPEG-2 (bit-rate up to 80 Mbps) playback without special hardware;
2. DXVA hardware acceleration support: providing significant performance gain;
3. Microsoft DirectShow compliance: proving the standard way to integrate into application or being invoked automatically by Windows Media Player.
4. High definition video playback/decoding;
5. Non-square pixel aspect ratio display: 4:3 for narrow screen and 16:9 for wide screen;
6. Frame accuracy seeking;
7. 2:3 pull-down: the technique used to convert 24 pictures/s movies to 30 frame/s video. It is widely used in DVD video content.
    

Exclusive Feature

1. Auto adoptive de-interlace algorithm: analyzing individual frame to choose the best de-interlace algorithm to provide the smooth image without losing the sharpness.
2. Line21 output: providing the closed caption data for video application, i.e. DVD, HDTV;
3. Color control for brightness, contrast, color saturation and color degree;
4. De-blocking process: eliminate the edge artifacts;
5. SSE2 optimized full resolution double precision IDCT: for verifying the reference IDCT algorithm.
6. COM interface accessible for OEM developer for fine control.
    

Streaming Features

1. Both pull and push mode support;
2. Dynamic stream format change support: used by HDTV application during channel switch;
3. Enhanced error resilience: recover playback from corrupted stream;
4. Automatic resynchronization of the out of sync stream.
    

Support Format

1. System Level:
   • MPEG system stream;
   • MPEG2 program stream;
   • MPEG2 transport stream;
   • MPEG2 Video only stream;
2. Video:
   • MPEG-1;
   • MPEG-2: MP@ML, SP@ML
   • MPEG-2 HDTV: MP@HL, MP@1440HL, SP@HL, SP@1440HL;
   • Chroma format supported: 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4;
   • Special non-I frame MPEG-2 video;
3. Audio:
   • Dolby AC-3;
   • AAC (MP2 and MP4);
   • MPEG-1 Audio Layer (I, II III);
   • MPEG-2 Audio.

System Requirements

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For licensing information, please click on the Licensing link. Source code license is available.

To contact M Lab, please call (650) 948-5168.