Sorenson Video 3 Pro is the professional's choice for delivering high-quality video compression for QuickTime media. It can be used with many popular editing tools including Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro and iMovie, and Avid Xpress DV.

Sorenson Video 3 interfaces with Sorenson Squeeze, Apple QuickTime Pro, or Discreet Cleaner compression applications.

Note: SV3 Will not currently work on Intel-based Mac's

Features

Improved performance
With Sorenson Video 3, you can get better video quality than Sorenson Video 2 at less than half of the bit rate. Sorenson Video 3 delivers twice the compression speed as Sorenson Video 2 and three times the speed when using Variable Bit Rate (VBR) compression.

Support for alpha channel/chroma key
Sorenson Video supports chroma key effects, which allow you to remove a specified color from a video clip so that other video can be inserted in the deleted area.

Color watermarks
Watermarks, such as still images and logos, can be added to a video clip to show identity or to protect content. If a watermark created with Sorenson Video is removed from the compressed video, the video will not play.

Automatic keyframes through scene change detection
Automatic scene change detection enables the encoder to sense a scene change, produce a key frame, and allocate more resources (bits) to maximize video quality.

Bidirectional Prediction
The Sorenson Video compressor analyzes frames before and after the bi-directional frame and then creates and inserts a frame based on the average quality of both. This improves quality and coding efficiency.

Support for One-Pass and Two-Pass VBR compression
Two-Pass VBR compression produces much higher-quality video by distributing bits in an optimized method. The first pass analyzes the data; the second pass compresses the data for maximum performance based on the first-pass data profile.

Block refresh for packet loss correction
Block refresh minimizes and cleans up propagated video errors when lost network packets cause dropped video frames.

Media key support through secure encryption
Media key support through secure encryption provides very strong protection for your content.

Compression time packetization for error resiliency to packet loss
This feature minimizes quality degradation due to lost packets by inserting recognizable patterns into the bit stream. If a packet is lost, the decoder automatically picks up at another point. Thus, the decoder doesn't have to drop a frame.

Multi-processor and Mac OS X support
Sorenson Video 3 Professional takes advantage of all processors in a multi-processor machine.

Encoder optimization
Sorenson Video 3 is optimized for Macintosh G4 and Intel Pentium II/III (optimized for MMX).

 

System Requirements

Encoder

• Sorenson Video 2 Developer Edition
• QuickTime 5 or later
• Power PC with G3 processor or greater
• Mac OS 8.6 or later (Installer will not work on Intel based Macs)
• Pentium II-based PC or greater
• MS Windows 98, 2000, ME or XP
• 128 MB RAM

 

Play Back

• QuickTime 5 or later
• Mac OS 7.5.5 or later
• MS Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT 4.0, or XP
• Sound Blaster or compatible card and speakers
• 32 MB RAM