Elecard
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Elecard is a technology company that provides software products for video and audio encoding, decoding, processing, receiving and transmission.
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
.
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. 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.
Elecard was recognized as the “Russian Innovation Leader” at the "New Electronics in Russia" forum in 2009.
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
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
in Tomsk
Tomsk
Tomsk is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River. One of the oldest towns in Siberia, Tomsk celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2004...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, and an office in Foster City, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Group Divisions
- Software codecs and SDK’sSoftware development kitA software development kit is typically a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.It may be something as simple...
- End-userEnd-userEconomics and commerce define an end user as the person who uses a product. The end user or consumer may differ from the person who purchases the product...
software - Professional video analyzers
- DVBDVBDigital Video Broadcasting is a suite of internationally accepted open standards for digital television. DVB standards are maintained by the , an international industry consortium with more than 270 members, and they are published by a Joint Technical Committee of European Telecommunications...
/IPTVIPTVInternet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
/WebTVMSN TVMSN TV is the name of both a thin client which uses a television for display , and the online service that supports it....
servers - Hardware designsCPU designCPU design is the design engineering task of creating a central processing unit , a component of computer hardware. It is a subfield of electronics engineering and computer engineering.- Overview :CPU design focuses on these areas:...
for consumer market
Elecard offices
- TomskTomskTomsk is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River. One of the oldest towns in Siberia, Tomsk celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2004...
(RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) – Headquarters - MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) - San Francisco (USAUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
)
Notable customers and partners
- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
- Innotech
- Momentum Data Systems
- Prog DVB
- Teracue
- GDT
- NVIDIANVIDIANvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
- NXP Semiconductors
- Texas InstrumentsTexas InstrumentsTexas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
- Wowza Media SystemsWowza Media SystemsWowza Media Systems, Inc. is a media server software company headquartered in Evergreen, Colorado, USA. The company was founded in 2005 by two former Adobe Systems employees, David Stubenvoll and Charlie Good, to focus on creating media server software optimized for streaming of live and on-demand...
- Verimatrix
- SecureMedia
Products
| Digital TV products | Professional products | Development | End-user software |
| Software servers | Video analysis | SDKs | Editing |
| CodecWorks Encoder | StreamEye Studio | Codec SDK G4 | XMuxer Lite |
| V-Cinema VoD | StreamEye Studio Pro | Codec .NET SDK G4 | AVC HD Suite |
| V-Cinema SVoD/NVoD | StreamEye | Video Transform SDK | AVC HD Editor |
| V-Cinema Stream Switcher | StreamEye Pro | DSP Codec SDK for Nexperia | Conversion |
| V-Cinema NPVR | StreamEye Slim | ARM Codec SDK | Converter Studio |
| V-Cinema TimeShift | Buffer Analyzer | SRDs | Converter Studio AVC HD Edition |
| Capture cards | Stream Analyzer | IPTV Player SRD | Converter Studio Mobile |
| HDAccess 2 | Video QuEst | XMuxer SRD | Playback |
| Consumer devices | YUV Viewer | IP cores | MPEG Player |
| iTelec STB 820-10 | Stream Inspector | DFE IP Core | AVC HD Player |
| iTelec STB 830 | DTV Quality Analyzer | ASI RX IP Core | MPEG-2 PlugIn for WMP |
| Conversion | Hardware Reference Designs | AVC PlugIn for WMP | |
| Converter Studio Pro | iTelec STB 6xx RD | AVC PlugIn for ProgDVB | |
| Editing | iTelec STB 82x RD | ||
| XMuxer Pro | DSP reference design SC-1500 | ||
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. 2 (ISO/IEC 14496-2) / H.263 All profiles/levels supported up to Advanced Simple Profile @ 5 Level (8 Mbps restriction) |
+ | + |
| 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 | + | - |
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) | ||
| RAW, 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),including Sony PSP, Apple iPod, ISMA, 3GPP, and FLV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPEG–1 Video (ISO/IEC 11172-2) | + | - | - | - |
| MPEG–2 Video (ISO/IEC 13818-2) | + | + | + | + |
| MPEG–1 Video (ISO/IEC 11172-2) | + | - | - | - |
| MPEG–4 Video p. 2 (ISO/IEC 14496-2) / H.263 | - | - | - | + |
| MPEG–4 Video p. 10 (ISO/IEC 14496-10), aka H.264/AVC | - | + | + | + |
| 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 UniversityMoscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
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. However, next year, in the same comparison of 2011, Elecard AVC Encoder made it to the third place behind x264
X264
x264 is a free software library for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.-History:...
and DivX Plus HD
DivX Plus HD
DivX Plus HD was launched in 2009 and is the brand name for the file type that DivX, Inc. has chosen for their high definition video format. DivX Plus HD files consist of high definition H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video with surround sound Advanced Audio Coding audio, wrapped up in the open-standard...
in the overall rating of software video codecs.
Elecard was recognized as the “Russian Innovation Leader” at the "New Electronics in Russia" forum in 2009.