Dolby® Media Encoder combines powerful mastering features with comprehensive project and file management capabilities. It is a professional non-real-time software encoder that encodes Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and MLP Lossless™ formats. The encoder includes five Media Encoder Clients, enabling multiple operators to set up and submit jobs locally or over a network to a centralized server. The intuitive Mac OS® X interface simplifies preparation of encoding jobs through the local clients. Administrative control includes job status visibility and job scheduling. The encoder can be accessed via a standard browser from any networked computer within a facility. Additional Media Encoder Clients can be purchased to allow additional operators in a facility to set up and submit jobs.

The encoder supports standard audio source files for encoding in any or all of the supported Dolby formats. It works with existing timecode or permits embedding new, user-definable code. The encoder can generate metadata for all the selected formats. Source and encoded files can be previewed using the preview playback feature. Previously encoded content in either the Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus formats can also be updated using the punch-in feature. Dolby Digital Plus secondary audio encoding supports the importing of AAF files for embedding dynamic mix metadata.

The Dolby Media Encoder (network version) is available only as part of the Dolby Media Producer Suite.

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