Leading the way in speed, quality and ease of use
Episode is a powerful cross-platform desktop media encoding application for Mac and Windows. It offers the highest quality and fastest desktop encoding for content repurposing for distribution to Web, DVD, mobile phones and portable devices. Includes: extensive format support in/out including superior quality Flash 8/9 encoding, presets and filters, watch folders, batch processing of 25 jobs and Compressor plug-in.

Episode 5.2 highlights:

• Adds support for pass-through of closed captioning
• Adds support for pass-through of in-band VBI data
• Enables easier creation of MXF XDCAM files compatible with Avid workflows, using pre-configured settings templates
• Enables easier encoding for delivery to Grass Valley K2, Harris Nexio and Omneon Spectrum playout servers, using pre-configured settings templates
• Improves support for transport stream and program stream import and export

Format Flexibility

• Current and emerging video & audio file format support: SD & HD, in and out
• Import virtually any file format, including broadcast/professional formats
• Encode to WM9, VC-1, Flash 8/9, H.264, MPEG-1/-2/-4, DV, 3GPP/2, M4A, MOV, QT and much more

Speed

•  Fastest encoding speeds available in a desktop encoder

Ultimate Quality

• Optimized codecs, filters extensive fine-tuning compression capabilities allow you to generate the highest-quality media files
• Superior Flash 8/9 quality included

Easy to Use

• Intuitive user interface with powerful preview window
• Predefined or customized encoding settings for beginners & pros alike
• Watch folders for automated encoding
• Batch processing of up to 25 jobs

Scalable: desktop to server solution

• Upgrade to Episode Pro to get advanced professional formats and increased capacity with unlimited batch processing
• Upgrade to scalable server-based Episode Engine with ultra-fast job processing for high-volume, time-critical workflows

Final Cut Integration for Mac OS X Users

Includes direct integration with Compressor 3. Jobs can be submitted directly from the Final Cut Pro timeline. Expands Final Cut/Compressor access to virtually every video & audio file format available. Provides extensive list of formats. Maximizes user control of the encoding process to optimize output quality. Use as a stand-alone encoder for all single-file and batch encoding needs.

Output Formats
    
Web:

• Flash 8 (VP6s, VP6e)
• Flash 9 (H.264)
• Windows Media 9 (VC-1, WMA Pro, WMV, Intellistream MBR)
• H.264
• All QuickTime formats

Streaming / Mobile:

• 3GPP, 3GPP2, MP4 (MPEG-4, H.264, AMR, AAC)
• Windows Media 9
• MP4 (HE-AAC) Pro version only

Apple TV: H.264

iPod: H.264, MPEG-4, AAC

iPhone: H.264, MPEG-4, AAC

IPTV / Video On Demand: H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1

DVD and Blu-ray: VC-1, H.264, MPEG-2

Audio only: AAC, MP3, WMA

System Requirements:

• Intel based Mac or Apple PowerPC G5 (no longer supports G4)
• Mac OS X 10.4 or later
• Minimum 1 GB RAM
• QuickTime 7 or later

Telestream announced the availability of Episode 5.0 encoding software for Apple professionals. Version 5.0 adds encode and decode support for Flash 8 VP6s, Flash 9 (H.264) and Blu-ray Disc, keep pacing with the latest new media content authoring formats. For high-end post-production workflows, Telestream's high-performance Episode Engine server software adds input support for RED camera, Cineon and DPX formats. For Apple's new Final Cut Server media asset management and workflow automation software, Episode expands format choices beyond QuickTime to virtually any format.