MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 3 is the renowned full-featured MPEG and H.264/AVC Plug-In editing solution for Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and CS3. The latest version now offers also support for XDCAM HD 4:2:0 as well as 4:2:2 in 1920×1080 and 1280×720. Additionally, it includes significant speed improvements for H.264/AVC decoding and MPEG-2 encoding, in order to optimize your editing workflow.

The Plug-In turns MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 editing into a productive, high-quality workflow. It offers many HDV and HDTV project presets for high-definition video editing in its native format. MPEG Pro HD 3 supports the H.264 standard, i.e. you have the opportunity to import as well as export videos in the H.264 format, including presets for AVCHD, Sony PSP and Apple iPod. Moreover, it offers AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) as well as Dolby® Digital 5.1 import and export. It also includes realtime capture to MPEG (depending on your system’s capabilities), smart rendering to save time, and many other powerful features.

Versatile Camcorder Support

Beside Sony XDCAM HD support, the new version of MPEG Pro HD 3 now offers full support for the latest Sony XDCAM EX camcorder generation allowing import, editing, and export of such streams – including smart rendering – with Adobe Premiere Pro. The Plug-In includes the ability to capture from several JVC, Canon and Sony HD camcorders. In addition, the also available Plug-Ins for DVCPRO provide support for Panasonic camcorders too. Click here to learn for on Panasonic support.

The performance will depend on the PC’s capabilities, and a free demo version is available to help users evaluate performance on their own systems. MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 3 can only be used with Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and CS3 (not included).

Why to choose MPEG PRO HD 3?

While Premiere Pro offers native HDV editing, it is a cumbersome and time-consuming process where every frame of your footage is re-rendered regardless of whether or not any editing has been done. MainConcept, the MPEG experts, have streamlined the process for efficient, frame-accurate rendering with extraordinary quality. MPEG Pro HD’s Smart Rendering only re-renders frames that have been changed, saving you valuable time and preserving the quality of the original MPEG or HDV movie. Add advanced features and new formats, like H.264, AVCHD, AAC or Dolby® Digital and revitalize your workflow with help of MainConcept MPEG Pro HD3 - Plug-In for Adobe Premiere Pro.

READ before download: I installed as a plugin for Premiere Pro CS3 and it works wonderfully. There are versions of MainConcept Mpeg Pro HD3 floating around but none of them work since I tested them all. Those demo version is around ~30MB but mine is just 14MB. I don’t know the different but may be it just the plugin for PP CS3 only.