MainConcept Reference 2 is a powerful yet easy to use application that enables video professionals to transcode video & audio streams into various delivery formats required for Apple iPod®, Sony PSP, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, AVCHD, HDV, XDCAM, Adobe Flash, and others. MainConcept Reference contains “pre-sets” for many popular formats to take the guess-work out of picking the proper output format, and can even capture and encode video live from various sources.

MainConcept’s Reference application is unique in that it creates an ecosystem for MainConcept codec plug-ins. The Reference application is provided as a free download and contains all the available MainConcept codec plug-ins, fully functional, in demo mode (demo rendered output video contains a watermark). Users can purchase full versions of codec plug-ins that suit their needs from the MainConcept web store, providing maximum flexibility and affordability.