Episode Series Version 5.0 is the latest update for Episode and Episode Pro media encoding software applications. This is a free update which adds new features, formats and enhancements in response to your feedback and evolving market needs.

Episode and Episode Pro are powerful desktop media encoding applications for the Mac. They offer the highest quality and fastest desktop encoding for content repurposing and distribution for Web, DVD, mobile phones and portable devices. Includes extensive format support, presets and filters, batch processing of 25 jobs, Compressor plug-in and Dashboard Widget, plus advanced professional formats in the Episode Pro version: MXF, GXF, H.264, High Profile DVCPRO HD, surround sound 5.7, 7.1 and more, with unlimited batch processing.

Episode 5.0 Highlights include:

• Encode to new Flash 8 VP6s, Flash 9 (H.264) and Blu-ray (MPEG-2) formats for content authoring and repurposing
• Import and export support for ProRes HQ (with corresponding QT component installed)
• Log and capture video from tape or live sources with Telestream's Pipeline network video capture device (available with Pipeline v1.2 in May)
• Support for Flip4Mac MXF plug-ins in Episode and Episode Pro enables browsing and importing of content from Grass Valley K2, Profile and 360 Systems servers, plus Sony XDCAM, Ikegami Editcam and Grass Valley Infinity disk-based cameras
• High-quality NTSC/PAL video standards conversion, plus other new video and audio filters

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