Elecard
Elecard is a technology company that provides software products for video and audio encoding, decoding, processing, receiving and transmission.[1]
Type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Codecs, IPTV, OTT Computer software Video analysis Video monitoring Video transcoding |
Founded | April 22, 1988 |
Founder | Andrey Posdnyakov Peter Gubanov Vladimir Kalchikhin |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Chairman: Andrey Posdnyakov CEO: Nikolay Milovanov |
Subsidiaries | Triaxes Vision Elecard-Med Solveig Multimedia |
Website | www.elecard.com |
Its line of products includes commercial and professional encoders and decoders for most video and audio standards, including H.264 video compression.
Elecard, founded in 1988, has its headquarters in Tomsk, Russia, and an office in Foster City, California.
Organizational structure and customers
Group Divisions
- Software codecs and SDK’s
- End-user software
- Professional video analyzers
- DVB/IPTV/WebTV servers
- Hardware designs for consumer market
Notable customers and partners
- Intel Corporation
- Netflix
- Huawei
- Cisco Systems
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- ERICSSON
- Siemens Schweiz AG
- The Walt Disney Company
- FranceTV
- Aupera Technologies Inc.
- Ostankino Telecom
- ReadyTV
- MTS
- Telemedia (PTY) LTD
- Telefonica
- SIM International
- Sisvel
- Swisscom
Products
Video analysis | Quality control | Transcoding platforms | Monitoring |
StreamEye | Boro | CodecWorks | Multistream Player |
StreamEye Studio | |||
StreamEye Basic | SDKs | Playback | Conversion |
YUV Viewer | DirectShow Codec SDK | MPEG Player | Converter Studio VOD |
Stream Analyzer | GStreamer Codec SDK | MPEG-2 PlugIn | |
Video Quality Estimator | AVC PlugIn for ProgDVB | ||
Misha Codec Benchmark | AVC PlugIn for WMP |
Supported formats
Video formats
Formats | Decoding | Encoding |
---|---|---|
MPEG–1 Video (ISO/IEC 11172-2) | + | + |
MPEG–2 Video (ISO/IEC 13818-2)
All profiles/levels up to HighProfile/HighLevel are supported excluding scalability extensions |
+ | + |
MPEG–4 Video p. 10 (ISO/IEC 14496-10), aka H.264/AVC
Baseline, Main, High, and High422 profiles supported up to 5.1 Level |
+ | + |
DV 25 (SMPTE 314M-1999) | + | + |
DV 50 | + | - |
DV 100 | + | - |
H.264\HEVC | + | + |
Audio formats
Formats | Decoding | Encoding |
---|---|---|
MPEG–1/2 Audio (ISO/IEC 11172-3, ISO/IEC 13818-3) | ||
Layer I | + | + |
Layer II | + | + |
Layer III | + | - |
MPEG-4 Audio (ISO/IEC 13818-7) | ||
LC | + | + |
LTP | + | + |
Main, SSR profiles support | + | - |
HE-AAC v1 (SBR) | + | + |
HE-AAC v2 (PS) | + | + |
LATM AAC | + | - |
LPCM (including AES 3 decoding) | + | + |
Multiplexing / Demultiplexing
Formats | MPEG-1 System Stream
(ISO/IEC 13818-1) |
MPEG-2 Program Stream
(ISO/IEC 13818-1) |
MPEG-2 Transport Stream
(ISO/IEC 13818-1), including AVCHD(r) |
MP4 ISO compatible files
(ISO/IEC 14496-14) |
MKV | MXF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MPEG–1 Video (ISO/IEC 11172-2) | + | - | - | - | - | - |
MPEG–2 Video (ISO/IEC 13818-2) | + | + | + | + | + | + |
MPEG–4 Video p. 2 (ISO/IEC 14496-2) / H.263 | - | - | - | + | + | - |
MPEG–4 Video p. 10 (ISO/IEC 14496-10), aka H.264/AVC | - | + | + | + | + | + |
H.265/HEVC | - | + | + | + | + | - |
AV1 | - | - | - | - | + | - |
MPEG–1/2 audio
(ISO/IEC 11172-3, ISO/IEC 13818-3) |
+ | + | + | + | + | - |
MPEG-4 Audio (ISO/IEC 13818-7)
LATM AAC (demultiplexing only) |
- | + | + | + | + | - |
LPCM (including AES 3 demultiplexing) | - | + | + | + | + | + |
Dolby Digital audio (AC-3, ATSC A/52) | - | + | + | + | + | - |
Awards
According to the results of 2010 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison carried out through Moscow State University Compression Project, Elecard AVC Encoder demonstrated the fastest encoding speed and high picture quality, ranking 5th (and last among the tested H.264 encoders) in the overall codecs comparison results.[2] However, next year, in the same comparison of 2011, Elecard AVC Encoder made it to the third place behind x264 and DivX Plus HD in the overall rating of software video codecs.[3]
Elecard was recognized as the “Russian Innovation Leader” at the "New Electronics in Russia" forum in 2009.[4]
References
- "Elecard - Company Overview and History". Retrieved Jul 12, 2011.
- "Sixth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codecs Comparison-Short Version". Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- "Seventh MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codecs Comparison-Standard Version". Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- "Томская компания Elecard стала Лауреатом премии "Новая электроника России" за 2009 год". Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2009.