pvAuthor Toolkit
A necessity for developers!

pvAuthor Toolkit is a set of development tools for Operators, ASPs and third party developers that enables integration of PacketVideo MPEG-4 encoding technology into third party applications, as well as commercial encoding solutions.

• Full suite of tools for developers
• Proven 3GPP and 3GPP2 standard compatibility
• pvAuthor bit-exact output including video, audio and music
• Compatible with pvServer, pvPlayer, 3GPP and 3GPP2 videophones
• Provides interfaces for easy integration into professional encoding tools.
• Encode for GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, 1XRTT, EVDO, EVDV and WiFi networks.
• Encode for Fujitsu, HP, HTC, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, Toshiba and other device manufacturers.

pvAuthor Toolkit includes the pvAuthor Command Line Encoder™, pvAuthor ActiveX Control™., and pvAuthor ComObject™.

pvAuthor COM Object allows software developers to deeply integrate pvAuthor capabilities into their professional encoding tools. It insures that the needs of a premier content or telecom partner, loyal to their current encoding tools, are met. These companies have high volumes of content to encode, and have a desire to keep personnel costs contained, while delivering the highest quality encoded video. They require an encoding solution specifically designed for them by a premier encoding tool vendor, and PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc. provides this solution via the COM Object.

The pvAuthor COM Object packages the pvAuthor core engine features into a Win32 COM Object. It provides all of the capabilities of the pvAuthor and insures that content generated is identical to that of pvAuthor.

• Multiple video file formats: MPEG-1, uncompressed and compressed AVI
• Multiple image file formats:JPG, uncompressed and compressed AVF and BMP files
• Multiple audio file formats: MP3, WAV, uncompressed and compressed AVI
• Video encode into standard MPEG-4 format using Base and Enhancement layers to support pvNS' FrameTrack. One video clip can be used at different bit rates, to different devices for optimal video quality for each customer.
• Audio encode in GSM-AMR, AAC and EVRC (limited versions) with only one encode pass. This feature lowers costs by reducing memory needs, reducing bandwidth requirements between pvServer and pvAuthor, and eliminating the arduous task of cataloging and labeling many different encoded files for one video clip.
• Output into either the MP4 and 3GP file formats for full compatibility to standards
• PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc.' pvVoice-Over-Picture transmission that allows the streaming of an error free high quality image with high quality audio, even at low bandwidths.
• Data rates from 9.6 kbps to 1 Mbps, spanning multiple networks.
• Multiple frame rates from less than 1 fps to 30 fps
• Encoding of live inputs up to 1 Mbps at 30 fps.
• Faster than real time encoding for many types of content, reducing the time to encode files.
• The ability to encode at one constant rate or at a continuous range of rates, also known as scalability, to accommodate fluctuations in the bandwidth. This feature supports PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc.' FrameTrackTM feature.
• Encoding for PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc.' FastTrackTM Download, providing reliable video transmission with low upfront delay. Content can be encoded for only FastTrack Download or both streaming and download.
• Variable bit rate vs. constant bit rate encoding choice for FastTrack Download.
• English or Japanese language
• Meta Fields are provided for the capture of metadata: Title, Copyright, Author, Rating and Description. Any information desired can be entered into these fields.
• Provides the ability to create, modify and change profiles. If the user prefers his own parameters, he can create his own profile and save it for future use.
• Ability to encode live content and store it to a local file
• The ability to add in random positioning capability or not. This capability works for off-line encoding and live encoding when saving to a file.
• The ability to set a maximum file size. This capability works for off-line encoding and live encoding when saving to a file.
• The ability to set a maximum file length in time. This capability works for off-line encoding and live encoding when saving to a file.
• The ability to allow video-only playback if the device cannot decode the audio.
• pvAuthor Improved Video Quality: PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc. added a significant improvement in video encoding quality by enhancing the rate control algorithm with rate-distortion based optimization techniques. This enhancement allows better use of bit allocation for maximal coding efficiency thus improving both subjective and objective quality of the video, while still maintaining full 3GPP standards compliance.
• H.263 Output: This feature adds the ability for pvAuthor to output H.263 encoded video tracks using MP4 file format. While not as good as MPEG-4 quality, some low-end players can only decode H.263. Specifically, pvAuthor provides standard H.263 Profile 0 level 10 video tracks according to 3GPP syntax for storing non-ISO codecs within the MP4 file format. It is available for video on demand only, not live streaming, but does work with both download and FastTrack Download. H.263 does not lend itself to scalability with FrameTrack.
• pvAuthor Image Width > Height Support: This feature extends pvAuthor's input capability by allowing the input file of an image to have a larger width than height. This feature will work across all input file formats: JPG uncompressed and compressed files, AVF and BMP files.
• Adjust the aspect ratio of the input using padding, cropping and automatic stretching.

• Ability, via the user interface to turn off fixed I Frame intervals. This can contribute to improved video quality.
• Option for putting I frames in at fixed intervals or only during scene changes.