Squeeze = Professional Video Encoding.
Roll over the blooms in each section to learn more about the interface!
Presets
Presets
Encode Amazing Video
Presets are encoding recipes designed to make your videos look amazing in any format. Squeeze supports almost every popular video format and we're constantly adding more. Professionally modify your Presets down to the most minute detail with ultimate control-- or simply use the 'auto' expertise of Squeeze's defaults.
More than just formats...
Every Preset can do more than just apply video + audio codecs + encoding specifications when dragged onto files in the batch window. You can also add video Filters, Notifications and even Publishing Options to your preset for a speedy, automated workflow.
Filters
Filters
Global Filter: Auto Crop Deinterlace
All videos passed through Squeeze (Global Filter) are checked for auto-sizing (Crop) & interlaced video (Deinterlace), to eliminate size issues or jaggies, the combing effect that can occur on Web video-- which as a rule is Progressively displayed.
Tons More Professional Filters
Use any of Squeeze's 20 professional video & 6 audio filters to improve quality across your compressions. Common uses include: adjusting Gamma, Restoring Blacks, Sharpening, Reducing Noise or Watermarking video. Use Squeeze's A | B slider to preview Filters before applying.
Publishing Options
Publishing Options
FTP, HTTP, AWS, CDN, & YouTube
Drag a publishing destination onto any Preset. Then, when you apply that Preset to a source file, Squeeze will automatically publish to your destination as part of the encode job. Let Squeeze do the heavy-lifting by automating your workflow to the greatest extent possible. You can even create custom Publishing Options destinations, too!
Your Sorenson 360
Free storage with each copy of Squeeze 8.5. But wait, there's more… Customize players, real time analytics, This enables you to publish to the 360 content management system – then manage your videos online, create playlists, customize Flash players, get teal-rime analytics & and deliver high-quality video worldwide at any bit rate.
Notifications
Notifications
Set It & Forget It!
You got us… We'll admit encoding really big HD video can take a while, even with speedy Squeeze. Relief is here. Set up a Notification. When the job is done, Squeeze will send you an email or a txt on your phone. Easy.
Review & Approval
Need to get videos approved by your clients? You can reliably trust Squeeze to provide a consistent, high-quality video playback experience. Set up a Review & Approval in Notifications. On encode completion, Squeeze sends an email, which leads to a secure Sorenson 360 page, with or without password-protection, where approval & comments are made.
Preview Window
The Preview Window
Adjust, Mark, Preview
Change Aspect Ratio, Crop, Zoom, Trim or Set thumbnail images for your videos easily. Use Squeeze to seek & search through videos in the Preview Window. Use markers to identify discreet sequences within the scene (Chapters for DVD, Blu-Ray). Get your files just right before you drag a preset over and Squeeze It!
Filters
Super-useful A | B slider capabilities enable you to compare before | after application of Filters to your videos. Apply a preset to your file and preview any filters vs source.
Batch Window
The Batch Tree
Ready, Set, Action!
You've carefully crafted your x264 preset with a filter, a publishing destination in Amazon S3 and a text Notification to your phone. Now, drag it onto video files you’ve imported into the Batch Tree. Open the jobs up and customize their contents. Ready, Set, Squeeze It!
Compression Preview
Perhaps the most time-saving button on the Squeeze interface. The gray button next to each Preset provides 5 seconds of compression preview from the playhead. This enables you to see your results before starting a long job… Use it before any / every compression!
Features included in both versions of Squeeze
Import your video, create a Watch Folder.
Grab video files from your computer and they will be placed in the batch window, ready to encode.
Try creating a Watch Folder. Any files you drag into the folder are automatically encoded based on the settings you choose. Total automation.
Detail Oriented? Go Crazy with Professional Settings.
There is a reason Squeeze is the Industry leader and perennial award-winner. Tweak every conceivable encoding setting under the sun.
Gain amazing levels of control for any Preset by utilizing Squeeze's well-documented (see the Tooltips!) sliders and knobs.
The Preview Window.
View your Source files before you encode. Split the screen to preview before and after filters.
Add Markers to define a poster frame (thumbnail), key frame or video still. Deal with Aspect Ratio, Zoom and
Crop. Queue up an encode preview and check out your settings before launching a full job.
Ready, Set, Squeeze It!
Drag your Preset to the batch window and onto a source file. Apply presets either globally or to
individual source files. Drag as many additional Presets over as required--Squeeze supports multiple encodes. Add Notifications &
Publishing Options destinations to any Preset. Squeeze is designed to be flexible and powerful, so let’s Squeeze It!
Prevent Processor Liftoff! Encode huge files on Squeeze Server.
We all know how encoding a huge file can peg your processor… Which makes it difficult to use
your computer for anything else for a while. Get your workflow under control and send jobs to Squeeze Server. You
can do that right from the batch window. Contact our sales team for information on how
to purchase a Squeeze 8 + Squeeze Server package.
Fine Grain Quality Control
Be the master of your destiny. You have all the controls at your fingertips. Squeeze allows you to max your your computer to the breaking point. Afraid the power might destroy you? Don't worry, Squeeze won't let you push the self destruct button.
Faster Encoding For Single Outputs
So you like it fast do you? Squeeze has you covered. Let Squeeze divide and concur your single files to get maximum speed. MP4, MOV, MKV and WebM formats are now up to 3 times faster compared to previous versions.
Free 360 Storage for 8.5 Users
Yes, we mean free. Every Squeeze 8.5 purchase and upgrade includes a free account on Sorenson 360 that gives you 5GB of storage for free. Forever. Sorenson 360 gives Squeeze the added functionality to free your workflow.
Send a Review & Approval Request to anyone, anywhere.
Give each encoding job the full business. Let your clients, bosses and colleagues be part of the process. Sorenson 360 creates a page from which your team adds threaded comments, which are preserved with the video. New Review & Approval features include: Formatted text commenting and universal video playback.
Full Adaptive Bit Rate Support
Pick your poison. Squeeze can create all the necessary files for adaptive bit rate delivery in every format. Seriously. Encode MPEG-DASH, Adobe Flash Dynamic, Apple HLS and Microsoft Smooth Streaming in one application. Squeeze does the heavy lifting and the administration so you don’t have to.
New Features included in Squeeze Pro
Avid Edit Compatibility
Transcode into Avid DNxHD® (VC-3 Compliant Video Bitstreams) high quality, with Squeeze. Perfect for preparing media for Avid Media Composer, NewsCutter, and Symphony. Simplify your post-production workflow, with faster edits on mezzanine formats in HD using Avid DNxHD®. Supports all Avid DNxHD bit resolutions and frame ranges.
Apple ProRes decoding / encoding (OSX only)
The Apple ProRes family of codecs provide an unparalleled combination of multistream, real-time editing performance coupled with impressive image quality at reduced storage rates. Additionally, all five codecs preserve SD, HD, and 2K frame sizes at full resolution.
Supported Codecs
Apple ProRes 4444 (Up to 12bit, 330 Mbps), Apple ProRes 422 (Up to 10bit, 147 Mbps), Apple ProRes 422 HQ (Up to 10bit, 220Mbps), Apple ProRes 422 LT (Up to 10bit, 102Mbps), Apple ProRes 422 Proxy (Up to 10bit, 485 Mbps).
Dolby Pro
The Dolby® Pro AC3 codec in Squeeze supports Dolby's surround sound technology delivering high-quality digital audio for up to 5.1 discrete channels. Dolby Pro is the sound for DVD's successor Blu-ray Disc as well as for HDDVD. It offers significantly better quality in comparison to a similar bitrate than other audio compression technologies (underlying base is the ATSC A52 Revision B specification).
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