Pegasys, Inc., the company that takes video to the next level, announces the release of the English version of TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5. This software is the highly anticipated successor to TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. The new software provides original video mastering and outputs in the most popular formats available. Purchasers of TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress between January 5, 2011 and February 3, 2011 can upgrade to TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 for free. The retail price is $99.95 and is now available for purchase. Other upgrade, user discount, and bundle options are available.

"Video content demand for the wide assortment of mobile devices and screen sizes has greatly expanded the software feature set required to generate quality video formats. Video creation has to be versatile and viewed in high definition, for video sharing websites or mobile devices offering video playback, and more. These types of output displays have become the main and most often targeted use of video content. We decided to release a comprehensive new mastering system to answer the increasing demands of videographers,” commented Tak Ebine, Pegasys CEO.

TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 includes improved editing or filtering functions, popular MKV or WebM format support, and other new features, which are expanding the limits of the encoder, becoming a complete encoding solution. It also supports many input and output formats, detailed parameter settings, and offers a fast and precise cut-edit function, video format conversion, compression, material creation and more.

Input related:

  • MKV container file support;
  • H.264 stream FLV file native support;
  • Dolby Digital Plus audio support;
  • Integrated HDV/DV camcorder capture function;
  • MPEG-2 TS file analyzer capable of recognizing multi-stream video with different resolutions;
  • File reader selector function when importing a file;
  • Audio only importation;
  • Select closed captions or subtitle data from MPEG-TS files, Blu-ray or DVD-Video; Import Blu-ray  or AVCHD file video by the title (VC-1 video not supported)

Editing related:

  • Layer editing in a timeline;
  • Integrated clip transition effects;
  • Set a blur or mosaic mask while playing content, vintage image filter / playback speed changer filter;
  • Multi-channel audio level meter with each preview;
  • Undo/Redo option in almost all editing windows;
  • On top of this, integrates our advanced Intuitive Draw Technology for fast preview rendering. NVIDIA CUDA decoder now available.

Output related:

  • Uses the x264 encoder;
  • Supports the Intel® Media SDK H.264 encoder;
  • Supports the NVIDIA CUDA hardware H.264 encoder;
  • Supports MKV container file output.

Other:

  • Access the Tools from any stage of the main window from the Start-up Launcher;
  • Proxy editing file creation function;
  • Batch encode tool Task tray minimization.

Visit the TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 webpage: http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tvmw5.html