Telestream Switch 5 Pro is a multiformat media player for Windows with video and audio inspection capabilities for a variety of file formats that provides basic playback tools. You can play back files, navigate through them with tools like jump forward/reverse, play back embedded captions, audio meters, added playback file format support, access file properties, and more. The Player can export your files in the efficient MP4 file format. Switch 5 Pro has been updated with performance improvements, native support for Nvidia QuickSync, ProRes RAW playback, IMF/DCP package CPL file playback, and reduced frame decoding so UHD 4K playback is smooth on all systems.

Multiformat Media Player    Improved Performance    ProRes RAW, IMF/DCP Package Playback    H.265/HEVC, DNx, JPEG2000 Support    Native Support for Nvidia QuickSync    Reduced Frame Decoding of UHD 4K Video    Video and Audio Inspection    Basic Tools to Play, Check & Fix Files    MP4 Conversion & Export

Switch 5 Pro adds improved performance, ProRes RAW playback, IMF/DCP package CPL file playback, and Reduced Frame Decoding for UHD 4K

Switch provides frame-accurate playback of all your professional media files, including embedded captions and subtitles. Multi-format playback support includes MXF, IMF, GXF, MPEG-2 Program Streams and Transport Streams, and formats such as MOV, MP4, WMV, and more

Switch has all the playback control features you'd expect in a professional player such as JKL navigation, fast forward and rewind, slow motion, as well as single-frame forward and back. "Jump To" allows you to jump to a specific timecode, frame, or time in your video.

Switch will play back embedded CEA-608 & CEA-708 captions, as well as SCC, DVB, TTML (iTT and SMPTE-TT captions) and WebVTT, SRT and STL subtitle files. Switch is the only software player with full support for CEA-708 caption decoding, including advanced 708-only features like Unicode character support. Switch will also decode captions from virtually all wrappers and formats, so you can verify captions within your MXF or Transport Stream file.

Check video and audio properties such as audio channels, speaker labels, aspect ratio, clean aperture, bitrate, frame rate, metadata, encoding formats, and more.

You can also load secondary audio or closed caption files to check sync.

Use the Audio Meters to solo or mute audio channels, and inspect true peaks and momentarily loudness values. Switch Pro adds a loudness panel that calculates gated (BS.1770-3) or ungated (BS.1770-2) loudness levels.

Compare Alternate Media lets you open additional media files to compare with your primary media file. Up to 16 alternate media files can be opened. Great for checking your multiple adaptive bitrate files in ABR workflows or easy comparison of multiformat media.

Use the Timeline feature to view the GOP structure of a video segment, highlighting the I, P, and B frames. You can also see the data rate information associated with the video.

Preview your files on a broadcast monitor or other devices. Switch Pro supports HDMI/SDI hardware output via AJA or Blackmagic Design devices for preview and quality check. Switch supports the Blackmagic Design SDK, and AJA Kona 4, Kona 3G, T-TAP, Io 4K, and Io XT. Switch Pro also adds the ability to view Vertical Ancillary (VANC) data on an external monitor.

Switch Player lets you visually QC DPP files on the desktop, playing back the files as well as displaying DPP AS-11 MXF metadata. Switch was among the first players to achieve DPP/AMWA certification as part of the DPP (Digital Production Partnership)'s Compliance Program.

Switch displays all the relevant media information about your file in an intuitive interface.

By switching to edit mode, users can modify settings and export a new file. Switch lets you specify a new file format; a new video or audio codec; trim, scale or crop the video; add metadata (Pro only), and much more. Export to Windows Media, H264, MPEG-2 Video, MP4, MPEG-2 program streams and transport streams.

Switch includes the ability to pass-through audio and video on export, or omit the video and export as an audio only file.

In the audio tab, you can split or join different audio tracks, rearrange audio tracks, then change speaker assignments and change the audio format and sample rate. Switch also supports downmixing: take a file with eight channels and mix it down to stereo.

Export your video directly to Vimeo, YouTube, or Facebook from within Switch. Select export, choose your destination, and Switch will publish directly to your destination and save a local copy on your computer. Switch will create the appropriate files for your destination, taking the guesswork out of encoding and submitting content.

Choose the iTunes export preset to create packages ready for distribution to the iTunes store. This creates an asset-only iTunes package file (a .itmsp file) which includes the media content, secondary subtitle or audio files, chapter information, and an XML file.

All levels of Switch are able to decode and play back Windows Media Video and Audio (WMV and WMA).

Switch Player is able to convert and export Windows Media content into an MP4 file using H.264 video and AAC audio. Once converted, these files will be natively supported on all devices without the need for a 3rd party tool.

Switch Pro is able to convert and export other media formats into Windows Media files. These files will be natively supported on Windows but will require 3rd party software to be compatible with macOS computers.

Switch supports all of the commonly used QuickTime video codecs, plus adds support for additional containers and codecs not used in the QuickTime media framework.

Inspection of media properties, metadata, and encoding with greater detail than is possible in QuickTime Player X.

Full caption and subtitle support for all professional video formats.

Switch can display the same QuickTime metadata found within MOV files as QuickTime Player, plus includes greater detail and additional inspection capabilities.

Switch is able to play back all supported content through AJA and Blackmagic playback cards to external displays and monitoring equipment.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. If I were to run this connected from a mixer to an iPhone for streaming purposes, could I use phantom power from the mixer to power the iRig?

A: The iRig is not able to be powered via Phantom Power at this time. The iRig Pro I/O can however offer Phantom power to a connected Condenser Mic.

Q: 2. can this Mac software process raw format from my Nikon Z50?

A: Per their website: "Photomatix Pro and Essentials load RAW files from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Minolta, Fuji and Sigma, as well as Digital Negative (DNG). If your camera model is recent, the current version of Photomatix might not yet support its RAW files. You can check whether RAW files from your camera are supported by trying Photomatix with them. If the current version of Photomatix doesn't yet support RAW files from your camera, and your RAW files aren't mentioned earlier in this FAQ, we would appreciate it very much if you could upload one or more sample RAW files for the investigations of our engineers. You can do that by using our upload form (or by contacting our support if you prefer to upload your files to Dropbox or similar services)."

Q: 3. Is this the newest version of Wirecast Pro (14.0.4)?

A: Yes, this would be the latest version.

Q: 4. For the price 99$ do we have the 2 versions Windows and IOS?

A: This item would only be compatible with Windows 10, 7, 8, Vista, XP.

Q: 5. Is Photomatix pro 6 compatible with PS 6?

A: This software is compatible with Adobe Lightroom CS6 : A dedicated plug-in is available for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, which allows you to select photos in Lightroom and export them directly to Photomatix Pro for HDR rendering. Once the rendering is finished, the final version will be re-imported to your Lightroom library.

Q: 6. The specs say "comes with USB cable." Is that the older USB-A connector, or USB-A useable with the new MacBook Pros?

A: The included cable is a Mini-DIN to USB Type-A cable for connection to Mac/PC.If you would like to use a USB-C adapter, this will work fine. We also offer a Mini-DIN to USB-C cable here. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/?A=usb-c-to-mini-din-cable

Q: 7. Can this Mac version process raw format?

A: The Mac version of this software can process raw format. However this specific item is for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10.

Q: 8. Will this work on my MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015) and recording to garage band?

A: Hey Paul, Yes, the iRig Pro I/O will be Mac compatible and work with software like GarageBand.

Q: 9. does photomatix come with a liense #?

A: Yes, a license will be sent with the software download email.

Q: 10. Which LR Versions interface with Hdrsoft Photomatrix Pro 6.0?

A: I can only certify that it works for LightRoom (LR) CS 6.0.If the plugin interface hasn't change with earlier releases of LR, then it should were there as well.To be sure that it works, Photomatix offers a free trial download (leaves a watermark on the image), so it can be checked out.