Episode’s Major Features:
Telestream Episode is an all-in-one, multi-format, cross-platform video and audio encoding application for post-production and new media workflows. The following list summarizes the most essential Episode features:
• Transcodes many compressed and HD formats:
- AVC-Intra
- Blackmagic
- D-10/IMX
- Discard
- DNxHD
- DNxHR
- DV
- DVCProHD
- H.263
- H.264 (MainConcept)
- H.264 (x264)
- HDV
- HEVC
- Image Sequences (DPX/JPEG/TGA/TIFF)
- JPEG2000
- MJPEG-1/2/4
- Pass Through
- RGB Levels
- Targa
- Cine YUV
- VP9
- Windows RGB
- WMA
- WMV
- XAVC
- XDCAM HD
- YCbCr Codec,
... and many other formats
• Now includes 2K and 4K image resizing.
• Both Mac and Windows support 64-bit processing.
• Allows advanced conversions such as NTSC-PAL standards conversion and telecine insertion and removal.
• Includes full 4:4:4:4 pro format support for optimum picture quality.
• Provides an easy-to-use graphical workflow builder with pre-made templates that monitors Watch Folders, automatically transcodes files as they are dropped in, and delivers them to specified output folders.
• Supports Adobe Premiere Pro with a plug-in panel that allows you to import and select Episode encode and deployment tasks from within Premiere.
• Includes one-click clustering with built-in file sharing and parallel batch processing so you can assign multiple Episode instances on networked computers to work on transcoding tasks simultaneously, enhancing transcoding speed.
• Provides Split-and-Stitch distributed and segmented encoding that you can use to split up a large video file into smaller, segmented encoding tasks that operate in parallel. The video segments can be worked on by several nodes in a cluster and then stitched back together to more quickly provide finished output.
• Includes fully configurable advanced preprocessing filters, such as black and white
restoration, HSV and gamma correction, noise removal, image sharpening, as well
as audio normalization, balance, fade in/out, and others.
• Allows previewing a brief sample of the video output with current settings.
• Allows adding bumper and trailer intro and outro movies to content.
• Permits adding picture-in-picture animation or movie watermarks.
• Greatly improved audio channel mapping with automatic and preconfigured selections. Supports 5.1 and 7.1 channel surround sound encoding and easy up/down conversion.
• Optional, licensed Pro Audio option adds support for Dolby AC-3.
• AAC (HE and LC) audio codec is supported in Episode without Pro Audio.
• Improved closed caption support.
Minimum System Requirements (Windows):
- Windows 10, 8.1, 7 (64-bit, 1.5 GHz), Windows Server 2012 (Episode 7 does not support Windows Server 2008)
- Minimum 8 GB RAM
- 256 GB hard disk space, with 300 MB minimum for product installation
- Bonjour Print Services for Windows v2.0.2
- .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
- .NET Framework 4.5.2
The following components are required:
• Episode 7.1 (any version) for Windows or Mac
• Episode Exporter 2.0 for Premiere Pro CC
• Adobe Premiere Pro Creative Cloud 2015 (version 9.2.0)
Episode 7.1 Release Notes:
• Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where banding appeared in MXF AS-11 AVC-Intra 1080i
- Fixed a problem where Episode picks up files before they are done copying into a FTP folder
- Fixed a problem where EDLs create output that is too long
- Fixed an issue where all JPEG 2000 outputs are Progressive - add support for Interlaced JPEG 2000
- Fixed a problem where AVI Decode couldn’t find the importer
- Fixed a problem where duplicating System Encoder and Deployment does not create duplicate in User Encoders or Deployments
- Fixed an issue where AAC does not work below 44.1 kHz
- Fixed an issue where HEVC and AVC-Intra Progressive outputs have unknown field-order to Episode's API
- Fixed an issue where anamorphic h.264 in .ts is broken
- Fixed the problem where an IMX30 source had corrupt audio in the output
- Fixed a memory leak when decoding 'AVC1' .mov file
- Fixed an issue where there was a memory allocation error with ProRes 720p 59.94 fps.
- Fixed a problem where MP4 anamorphic files were not playing back as anamorphic in QT 7 player
- Fixed an audio sync issue with encoded MOV H264 files
- Fixed a problem where QT Timecode reel name doesn't work for reference files
- Fixed a problem where AC-3 audio in a MPEG-TS container always encoding to 5.1
- Fixed an audio error when MOV ProRes is encoded to MP4 H264 with High Complexity AAC
- Fixed an issue where video is black when source is MOV AVC created by a Panasonic GH4 and encoded to MOV ProRes
- Fixed audio errors when encoding MOV ProRes to MXF XDCAM HD 422
- Fixed a problem where encoding MPEG-TS to MOV XDCAM distorts audio and changes channel order
- Fixed an issue where MP4 H264 files fail to encode to MPEG-TS MPEG2
- Fixed an A/V sync issue with XDCAM
- Re-added support for AVI input
- Fixed a crash where MOV H264 iPhone videos crash immediately
- Fixed an issue where transfer fails to folder name with Cyrillic characters on Windows
- Fixed an issue with incorrect headers in AVC-I output that caused banding in certain players
• Feature Requests:
- Added 16 channel audio output option in UI
• Improvements:
- Now support for Apple ProRes 4444 XQ decode
- Added support for 10-bit Lanczos resize filter
- WMV output has been re-added to Episode
• Improvements for Episode Exporter for Adobe Premiere Pro CC Bug Fixes:
- Added support for newer version of Premiere Pro
- Removed need for rendering large cache files from Premiere Pro before transcoding in Episode
- Added support for using Named Storage in Premiere Pro
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