Features Overview	Episode	Episode Pro
	$495	$995
Extensive format support up to HD resolutions (in & out): MPEG-1/-2/-4, WM9, VC-1, DV, 3GPP/3GPP2, M4A, ATSC a/52 (equivalent to AC3), MOV, other QuickTime codecs, and more
Optimized Flash 8+9 support
Watch folders
Plug-in for Apple's Compressor*
Ingest through Telestream's Pipeline*
Full 4:2:2 and 4:2:0 support, 10 bit 4:4:4 for pro formats
Choose from many professional templates or flexible custom settings
Extensive filter tools with powerful preview
Scalable to Episode Engine server-based solution*
Professional format support such as: MXF, GXF, IMX, H.264 High Profile, MPEG-2/-4 Transport Streams, and more
Support for surround sound encoding 5.1, 7.1
Unlimited batch processing
*Available in Mac version only

Feature List

• Batch - process in the background; prioritize encoding and add files and settings to the batch while running; edit jobs; create MBR jobs; set CPU priority and memory usage; create bookmarks to source folders; copy and paste settings onto multiple sources. Limited to 25 jobs. (unlimited in Pro)
• Watch folder support - drop a file into a specified folder for automated encoding
• Preview - A/B comparison, auto-update, dynamic frame preview, bitrate analysis*, play functionality
• More than 500 professional settings templates
• Settings manager
• Scalable to Episode Engine* server-based solution
• Bumpers and trailers - add intro and outro movies to your content
• Picture-in-Picture - add a watermark to your content as a picture, animation or even as a movie
• Closed captions - Pass-through of EIA-608 and EIA-708 in ATSC A/53, SCTE- 20 and VBI in-band Closed Captions when encoding MPEG-2 video; conversion of NTSC-CC types including VBI in-band to EIA-608 or SCTE-20
• Support for alpha channels
• Advanced deinterlace filters - produce the best possible progressive output even when the source material has been edited and cut
• 2-pass encoding - (H.264, WMV, MPEG2/4, H.263) for maximum quality
• Hinting (streaming) - according to IETF, ISMA and 3GPP
• Resizing and resampling algorithms - give the best quality for small-screen, low-bandwidth display devices and when upscaling from SD to HD
• Automatic input format detection - video codec, audio codec, color sampling, frame rate, pixel aspect, audio sampling
• Frame-rate conversion - NTSC to/from PAL: 3:2 pulldown, 2:3 pulldown
• Inverse telecine - even when the source material has been edited and cut
• Fully configurable advanced color preprocessing filters - (black and white restoration, HSV and gamma correction, noise removal, image sharpening
• Pipeline integration* - capture video directly to your encoding batch
• Advanced audio filtering - including normalize, balance, fade in/out...

Pro Adds:

• Unlimited batch processing
• High-end professional formats
• Support for Flip4Mac MXF import components*