| Category | Examples | Who Uses It? | |----------|----------|---------------| | | H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9, MPEG-2, AAC, MP3 | Adobe, Grass Valley, Avid | | File Format SDKs | MXF, MP4, MOV, AS-11, DPP | Broadcasters (BBC, NBC) | | Hardware Acceleration | Intel QSV, NVIDIA NVENC, AMD VCE | Cloud transcoding services | | Professional Tools | RAW Studio, Live Encoder, Analyzer | Post-production houses | | Specialty Codecs | DVCPRO, HDV, XDCAM, DNxHD | Legacy broadcast workflows | 3. Why Are They Important? (The "Hidden Standard") Most developers don't realize how many products rely on MainConcept because it's white-labeled – the end user sees "Export H.264" but not the engine behind it.