PICVideo M-JPEG Codec

PICVideo is perfect for rapid viewing of Motion JPEG files on Windows Media Player and for high-quality compression when video editing. PICVideo is both a Microsoft Video for Windows Codec and a Microsoft DirectShow Transform Filter Codec.

If your company delivers video viewing or editing software for Windows, you can license PICVideo codecs for distribution with your products. Please contact sales@componentsource.com for more information.

PICVideo M-JPEC Codec Tech Specs:

Technical Notes

• System Requirements - Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Server 2008
• Two codecs, separately optimized for use with 64-bit or 32-bit applications
• Designed for both novice and professional users
• Compatible with Adobe Premiere, Video for Windows, DirectShow, ActiveMovie, Ulead Media Studio applications, and more

High Speed Compression & Decompression

• Facilitates high-speed video editing through optimized compression and decompression
• Highly optimized for speed
• Adjust compression versus quality using the slider control, or specify the exact settings
• Create and view single or multi-field M-JPEG streams
• Choose interleave field order when compressing
• Automatically adjusts for most non-standard Motion JPEG streams
• Decompress all M-JPEG AVI files
• Patented, advanced deblocking available to improve quality of highly compressed video

Video Colorspaces

• Grayscale RGB8 M-JPEG streams
• Color RGB8, RGB555, RGB565, RGB24, RGB32 M-JPEG streams
• Planar YUV including IYUV/I420, and YV12 M-JPEG streams
• Packed YUV including UYVY, YUY2 M-JPEG streams
• Correctly encodes YUV
• Restores improperly encoded YUV videos during playback
• Adjust brightness & contrast during playback

Accessing Filters and Codecs
Software Developers: Integrate PICVideo MJPEG directly into your application with the PICVideo MJPEG Filter Graph SDK for Windows. C/C++ libraries supporting Linux, Mac, AIX, and Solaris are also available.