LEADTOOLS MPEG-2 Transport SDK with Support for MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and H264 Data

With LEADTOOLS MPEG-2 Transport Stream SDK technology, developers can add complete support for one of the most popular multimedia formats today. MPEG-2 transport stream technology is used in digital television, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), BluRay media and more, and supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and H264 encoded video.

Overview of LEADTOOLS MPEG-2 Transport SDK Technology

Compatible with all MPEG-2 Transport encoded data including MPEG2, MPEG4, H264, AAC, AC3,
and MPEG Audio.
Handles corrupt data often found in some MPEG-2 transport streams with no interruption.
Stream data from RTSP servers with play and pause capabilities.
Create and parse any KLV data to create implementations of specifications such as:
- UAV Datalink Local Metadata Set (EG 0601 12 Jan 2006)
- Predator UAV Basic Universal Metadata Set (MISB EG 0104.4 25 August 2005)
Add KLV metadata in synchronous or asynchronous modes (MISB Standard 0604.1).
Seek in byte mode to provide more control over the seeking process especially in files with bad
or corrupted timestamps.
Set threshold to control playback drift or lag of live streams. Important for applications such
as remote UAV control that require the end user to be sure that what is seen is in real time.
Create and receive live MPEG-2 Transport compliant streams.
Create MPEG-2 Transport streams compatible with the TV broadcast requirements.
Built-in DVR functionality.
32 and 64 bit binaries.

MPEG-2 Transport and Related DirectShow Filters

LEAD MPEG-2 Transport Multiplexer
- Create MPEG-2 transport streams and MPEG-2 program files.
- Add private data such as KLV data to a stream.
- Supports all compressions supported by MPEG-2 transport format (ISO/IEC 13818-1).
  - Video
    - MPEG-2
    - MPEG-4
    - H.264
  - Audio
    - MPEG1 Layer 1, 2, 3
    - AAC
    - AC3
    - LPCM (Requires an LPCM audio encoder)
LEAD MPEG-2 Transport Demultiplexer
- AutoLive – automatically jump ahead if it drifts behind the live stream.
- Play MPEG-2 transport streams and MPEG-2 program files without using the Microsoft demuxers.
- Receive streaming MPEG-2 data through UDP ports.
- Parse the private data such as KLV data from a stream.
- Seek in byte mode.
- Seek in files with incorrect timestamps.
- Play all compressions supported by MPEG-2 transport format (ISO/IEC 13818-1).
  - Video
    - MPEG-2
    - MPEG-4
    - H.264
  - Audio
    - MPEG1 Layer 1, 2, 3
    - AAC
    - AC3 (Requires an AC3 audio decoder)
    - LPCM (Requires an LPCM audio decoder)
LEAD MPEG-2 Transport UDP Source
- Built-in DVR support.
- Automatically detects and handles RTP packets.
- Unicast and multicast IP support.
- Configurable listening port.
- Network interface card (NIC) selection.
LEAD MPEG-2 Transport UDP Sink
- Unicast or Multicast IP support.
- Configurable listening port.
- Network interface card (NIC) selection.
LEAD MPEG-2 Transport RTSP Source
- Support for H264, JPEG and AAC compression
- Automatically detects and handles RTP packets
- Configurable listening port
- Can configure the server compression and other parameters
LEAD MPEG-2 Encoder and Decoder
- Easily create 1080 and 720 HDTV video.
- MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams.
- Low, main & high profiles implementation.
- Inter-prediction accuracy of 1/2 pixel.
- Preprocessing frame-rate adjustment.
- Fixed and variable bit rate compression options with a wide range of quality factors.
- Preset compression options for VCD, SVCD and DVD.
LEAD MPEG-4 Encoder and Decoder
- Supports linear and nonlinear quantization.
- Supports frame rate adjustment.
- Delivers 3 output formats: MP4V (standard), LMP4, and XVID. LMP4 is LEAD’s proprietary MPEG-4 video and includes options to achieve better compression performance.
- Configurable motion estimation.
LEAD H264 Encoder and Decoder
- Mechanism for smoother playback of corrupted video data.
- LEAD’s super compression option uses H.264 standard compression in an innovative way to produce super small streams using less resources when compared to other H.264 encoders. With this “super” performance it is possible to stream H.264 compatible videos in real time without additional hardware or excessive CPU usage making the super compression option ideal for video conference applications.
- Play high definition formats (720p and 1080i) in real time.
- User definable motion estimation settings controls the balance between encoder speed and quality.
- Multiple reference frames of any combination of past and future frames, providing precise interprediction as well as improved robustness during packet loss while streaming over the network or Internet.
- Unrestricted motion search uses reference frames that may be partly outside the frame improving network performance by predicting missing data.
- Only the difference between motion vectors is saved, increasing the compression ratio.
- Intraprediction may be performed either on 4x4 blocks or 16x16.
- Motion vector prediction is performed before the frame is prepared for compression (pre-DCT) improving prediction and compression performance.
- A context-sensitive deblocking filter smoothes out internal edges, significantly improving the visual quality of the video.
- Employs Context-Adaptive Variable Length Coding (CAVLC) to encode transform coefficients.
- The Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) method continually updates frequency statistics of the incoming data and adaptively adjusts the algorithm, improving compression performance.
- Control of the number of frame types encoded into the video stream.
LEAD MCMP/MJPEG Decoder
LEAD DVR Sink
The LEADTOOLS DVR Sink filter uses LEAD's intelligent time-shifting algorithm to write live video/audio streams to disk for playback. Developers have complete control of the buffer size including support to have the buffer span more than one disk.
LEAD DVR Source
The LEADTOOLS DVR Source filter reads video and audio streams from files created by the LEADTOOLS DVR Sink filter. With the DVR Source filter, the LEADTOOLS Player control can play, pause, rewind and fast forward live streams.
LEAD Screen Capture Encoder and Decoder
- Advanced delta optimizations for encoding and decoding captured screen data.
- Perfect for whiteboard, remote control and video conferencing applications.
LEAD MPEG Audio Encoder
- Compress audio data using the MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio compression standard (ISO/IEC 11172-3).
- Can be multiplexed into an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file.
- Create MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 DVD files.
LEAD AAC Encoder and Decoder
- Supports both variable and constant bitrates.
- Output channels selection.
- Surround feature.
- Supports both versions of AAC, MPEG-4 and MPEG-2.
- Supports Low Complexity, Main, and Long Term Prediction profiles.
- Supports 2 stream formats; Raw and ADTS.
- Output sample frequency selection.
- Cut-off frequency option.
- Optionally force stereo output.
LEAD AC3 Encoder
- Supports Mono, Stereo and 5.1 Surround sound
- Supports bitrates from 32kbps to 640kbps

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