Sorenson Squeeze 5 Released

Squeeze 5 Pro is the latest release of Sorenson Media’s professional media encoding software. The new release is a major upgrade in features and usability compared to earlier versions. Improved audio and video quality, faster multithreaded encoding, and smoother workflow are just a few reasons Squeeze 5 should be in your arsenal of multimedia tools.

New Features

• Variety of audience & device preset bundles
• 3 new H.264 MPEG4 codecs including support for Flash H.264 video
• Enhanced filters for deinterlacing and other video & audio preprocessing
• Surround Sound 5.1 and 7.1 encoding
• Vast input codec support
• Watermarking for all output formats

Squeeze 5 Pro encodes to many popular formats including MPEG 1/2, MP3, MPEG 4 and H.264, Real, QuickTime, Windows Media, Flash FLV (Spark Pro and On2 VP6) and supports the advanced encoding settings which are not available in other encoding software. This is one of the main reasons that makes Squeeze a natural choice for video professionals looking to deliver the highest quality at the lowest filesize.

Unfortunately, all of that power does not come cheap. The pro version of Squeeze 5 is $599 for Windows and $779 for Mac. Both versions include the On2 VP6 codec for high quality FLV encoding. If you don’t need all the features of the regular pro version (eg – Windows Media, QuickTime, MPEG 1/2, Real encoding) the Squeeze 5 for Flash Pro might be a better option for only $299. A product comparison is available on the Squeeze 5 product page to help you find out which version is best for your needs.

Squeeze has come a long way over the years and Squeeze 5 raises the bar considerably. I think it is probably the all around best video encoding software available today.

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