Free MPEG-4 Software Download
The evaluation software promotes the MPEG-4 standard and demonstrates the MPEG-4 technologies available at Fraunhofer IIS. The multimedia standard MPEG-4 of the Moving Pictures Expert Group MPEG allows the creation of state-of-the-art audio and video codecs or multimedia streaming technologies. The Fraunhofer IIS now issues MPEG-4 evaluation software to create and play individual MPEG-4 files. Visit our website and find white papers, demo clips and the evaluation software. The creation and streaming of MP4 files with the Simple Profile (SP) or the Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) video codec and the AAC audio codec is implemented within the Fraunhofer MPEG-4 encoder/server. Even further audio and video formats are supported by the Fraunhofer MPEG-4 player. Both Fraunhofer MPEG-4 encoder/server and Fraunhofer MPEG-4 player are pure software solutions and do not need special hardware. A standard PC with at least a 1.3 GHz processor thus is able to create, stream and play MP4 files using the Fraunhofer MPEG-4 software. The software may only be used for personal and non-commercial purposes. For other areas of application please contact us directly at e-mail: amm_info@iis.fraunhofer.de. The evaluation period will expire December 31st, 2003. After this date, selected features of the software will be disabled while still allowing basic operations. What is MPEG-4?,MPEG-4 is a multimedia toolbox developed by the Moving Pictures Expert Group MPEG for the need of a non-proprietary universal open multimedia standard. Its coding algorithms for natural sound and video, successors of the renowned codecs MPEG-2 (DVD codec) and MPEG-1 Layer-3 (MP3), are among the most effective available video and audio coding schemes. Additionally, MPEG-4 defines methods for representing artificial multimedia objects such as animated graphics or computer-generated speech and allows the free spatial and temporal arrangement of multimedia objects in so-called 'scenes'. MPEG-4 can be fitted to a wide range of transmission modes and bandwidths so it can be used for most multimedia applications on nearly all transport media.About Fraunhofer IIS,The audio and multimedia departments of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS conduct research in the field of high quality audio and video coding at low bit-rates. Fraunhofer IIS is the main developer of advanced audio coding methods like MPEG Layer-3 (MP3) and MPEG-2/4 AAC (Advanced Audio Coding). Fraunhofer IIS plays a prominent role in the standardization of MPEG-4 audio and contributes to further standards such as 3GPP, AES, DVB, DVD, ISMA, ITU-R WP6A, and ITU-R WP6Q. Founded in 1985, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, today with 485 staff members, ranks first among the other Fraunhofer Institutes. It provides research services on a contract basis and technology licensing. Research topics are: Audio and video source coding, digital radio broadcasting systems, analog and digital integrated circuits, tools for design automation, high-speed camera systems, industrial and medical vision systems, wireless, wired and optical networks, nanofocus X-ray technology, and communications technology in transport and logistics. The budget of 53 million Euro is mainly financed by projects from both the private industry and the public sector. Less than 20 % of the budget is subsidized by federal and state funds.,
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