Cinema Craft Encoder
| Developer(s) | Custom Technology Corp (2001-2012), Silicon Philosophies (2012-) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | March 8, 2000 |
| Stable release | CCE-SP3, CCE-MP, CCE-LE, CCE-AVC, CCE-MVC |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Available in | English, Japanese |
| Type | Video encoder |
| License | proprietary |
| Website | cinemacraft.visiblelight.com Visible Light Digital, Distributor |
Cinema Craft Encoder or CCE is a family of professional video encoders for DVD, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray disk-based media development, supporting MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264, AVC and MVC formats. Currently under development, a 4K UHD Blu-ray encoder will release in 2015.
Company Developments
In 2012, Custom Technology Corp (Japan) sold exclusive rights to the Cinema Craft product line to Silicon Philosophies (Germany).[1] Visible Light Digital is the sole worldwide distribution partner for the Cinema Craft products.
Current Products
—MPEG/DVD --
- Cinema Craft Encoder SP3[2] (Windows 7 application)
- Cinema Craft Encoder MP[3] (Mac Compressor 3.5/4 plug-in)
Capable of single-pass and multi-pass Constant bitrate and Variable bitrate encoding, CCE-SP3 and CCE-MP convert from AVI and QuickTime to MPEG-2 video and mp2 audio. DVD-compliant MPEG-2 video or custom MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video streams are supported as output formats.
-- AVC/H.264 (Blu-ray) --
- Cinema Craft HD LE Encoder[4] (Version 2 - Windows 7/8.1)
- Cinema Craft HD AVC Encoder[5] (Version 2 - Windows 7/8.1)
- Cinema Craft LEMX Encoder[6] (Version 3 MX - Windows 7/8.1)
- Cinema Craft HDMX Encoder[7] (Version 3 MX - Windows 7/8.1)
CCE-HDe (full-featured) and CCE-LE (lite edition) are single-pass and multi-pass video encoders for AVC H.264. Blu-ray compliant AVC video streams are the output format. All versions accept AVI, Quicktime, HVD and Planar 420 input formats. Version 2 (2013-) introduced multi-format native ingest of Apple ProRes HQ/422, Avid DNxHD, Canopus Lossless, RAW, YUV, DPX, XDCAM and MXF. Version 3 (2014-) "MX" is a multi-instance version that enables multiple encoder sessions to exist simultaneously.
-- MVC (3D Blu-ray) --
- Cinema Craft MVC Encoder[8] (Version 2 - Windows 7/8.1)
- Cinema Craft 3DMX Encoder[9] (Version 3 MX - Windows 7/8.1)
CCE-MVC is an MVC (Multiview Video Coding) encoder for 3D stereoscopic (Base & Dependent) video content, captured from multiple cameras. MVC technology is backward-compatible with 2D devices by rejecting the second (Dependent) view. 3D Blu-ray compliant MVC video streams are the output format. All versions accept AVI, Quicktime, HVD and Planar 420 input formats. Version 2 (2013-) introduced multi-format native ingest of Apple ProRes HQ/422, Avid DNxHD, Canopus Lossless, RAW, YUV, DPX, XDCAM and MXF. Version 3 (2014-) "MX" is a multi-instance version that enables multiple encoder sessions to exist simultaneously.
-- 4K/UHD (4K Blu-ray) --
Coming 2015
Discontinued versions
- Cinema Craft Encoder Lite (2001-2003) and Basic (2003–2009)
- Cinema Craft Encoder SP and SP2 - see most recent SP3
- Cinema Craft Encoder Pro and Presto (hardware-based systems)
- Cinema Craft Encoder HD AVC/LE Version 1 (2007-2011) - final version 1.14[10]
- Cinema Craft Encoder MVC Version 1 (2010-2011) - final version 1.14[11]
Cinema Craft versions prior to 1.10, and any unauthorized releases, are not supported by the manufacturer. These products cannot be upgraded to any later or current version.
References
- ↑ Cinema Craft Purchased by Silicon Philosophies (Business Wire PR)
- ↑ Cinema Craft Encoder SP3
- ↑ Cinema Craft Encoder MP
- ↑ Cinema Craft HD LE Encoder
- ↑ Cinema Craft HD AVC Encoder
- ↑ Cinema Craft LEMX Encoder
- ↑ Cinema Craft HDMX Encoder
- ↑ Cinema Craft MVC Encoder
- ↑ Cinema Craft 3DMX Encoder
- ↑ AVC/LE Version 1 Release History
- ↑ MVC Version 1 Release History
External links
- Cinema Craft Official Developer/Corporate Website (Silicon Philosophies)
- Cinema Craft Official Worldwide Distributor Website (Visible Light Digital)