Telestream Switch 5 Pro Mac + Premium Support for Switch Pro first year (mandatory)

Telestream Switch 5 Pro Mac + Premium Support for Switch Pro First Year is a professional media playback, inspection, quality-control, correction, and encoding solution for Mac-based broadcast and post-production workflows. From the supplied source, it combines frame-accurate playback, detailed file analysis, caption verification, loudness monitoring, alternate-media comparison, external video output, and single-file transcoding in one application.

Switch Pro is built for situations where a media file needs more than a quick visual check. An operator can open the source, review its technical properties, verify captions and audio, compare it with other versions, make routine corrections, and create a new deliverable without moving the job between several separate utilities. This package also includes the mandatory first year of Premium Support for Switch Pro.

Highlights

• Professional media playback, QC, correction, and encoding software for Mac
• Frame-accurate multiformat playback with professional transport controls
• Detailed media inspection covering video, audio, captions, metadata, codecs, and loudness
• HDMI and SDI monitoring through supported AJA and Blackmagic Design hardware
• IMF, DCP, MXF, caption, Windows Media, and QuickTime workflow support
• First year of Premium Support included as a mandatory part of the package

Quick Specs & Uses

• Product type: Professional media player, inspector, QC tool, correction application, and encoder
• Platform: Mac
• Premium Support: First year included and mandatory
• Primary workflows: File playback, technical inspection, caption review, loudness checking, media comparison, correction, transcoding, and delivery
• Playback support: Web and professional media formats
• Professional media formats: MXF, IMF, DCP, GXF, MPEG-2 Program Streams, and MPEG-2 Transport Streams
• Common media formats: MOV, MP4, WMV, HEVC, 4K, DNxHD, and JPEG2000
• Playback accuracy: Frame-accurate
• Playback controls: JKL navigation, fast forward, rewind, slow motion, single-frame forward, and single-frame reverse
• Jump To navigation: Timecode, frame number, or playback time
• Caption formats: CEA-608, CEA-708, SCC, DVB, TTML, iTT, SMPTE-TT, WebVTT, SRT, and STL
• CEA-708 support: Advanced decoding functions, including Unicode character support
• Embedded caption verification: Supported in wrappers and formats including MXF and Transport Stream files
• Secondary file support: Additional audio and closed-caption files can be loaded for synchronization checks
• Video inspection: Codec, video essence, bitrate, frame rate, aspect ratio, clean aperture, and encoding format
• Audio inspection: Audio channels, speaker labels, speaker assignments, true peaks, and loudness values
• Metadata inspection: General metadata, DPP metadata, and detailed MOV metadata
• Audio meters: Channel solo, mute, true-peak inspection, and momentary loudness monitoring
• Loudness calculation: Gated BS.1770-3 and ungated BS.1770-2
• Alternate media comparison: Up to 16 additional files
• Comparison views: Full View, Split View, and Difference View
• Timeline analysis: GOP structure display with I, P, and B frame identification
• Timeline data: Video data-rate information
• External monitoring: HDMI and SDI output through supported AJA and Blackmagic Design hardware
• Supported AJA devices: Kona 4, Kona 3G, T-TAP, Io 4K, and Io XT
• Blackmagic Design support: Playback through supported hardware using the Blackmagic Design SDK
• VANC monitoring: Vertical Ancillary data can be viewed on an external monitor
• IMF/DCP playback: Supports simple and complex IMF/DCP assets loaded through a CPL file
• DPP workflow support: DPP/AMWA-certified playback with DPP AS-11 MXF metadata display
• Picture correction: Trim, crop, and scale
• Media property adjustment: File format, video codec, audio codec, and metadata settings
• Metadata editing: Available in Switch Pro
• Audio editing: Split, join, rearrange, remap, change sample rate, and downmix audio tracks
• Speaker assignment: Can be modified before export
• Downmixing: Supports workflows such as converting eight-channel audio to stereo
• Rewrapping: Audio and video pass-through export
• Audio-only export: Supported by omitting the video stream
• Export formats: Apple ProRes, Windows Media, H.264, MPEG-2 Video, MP4, MPEG-2 Program Streams, and MPEG-2 Transport Streams
• iTunes package creation: Asset-only .itmsp package generation
• iTunes package contents: Media, secondary subtitles or audio files, chapter information, and XML
• Windows Media playback on Mac: Licensed WMV and WMA playback
• Windows Media conversion: WMV content can be converted to MP4 using H.264 video and AAC audio
• Windows Media export: Supported media can be converted into Windows Media files
• QuickTime codec support: Common QuickTime codecs plus additional containers and codecs outside the QuickTime media framework
• MOV metadata inspection: QuickTime metadata display with additional technical detail

Why It Helps

Switch Pro is useful when a delivery file needs to be checked as an engineering asset rather than simply watched as content. A normal desktop player may confirm that the program opens, but it may not reveal incorrect speaker assignments, caption-timing problems, unexpected encoding settings, loudness issues, or differences between two versions of the same master.

The inspection interface keeps the information used during everyday QC in one organized workspace. Video properties, audio channels, speaker labels, codecs, bitrate, metadata, captions, subtitles, and loudness readings can be reviewed alongside frame-accurate playback, allowing the operator to move between picture review and technical analysis without losing context.

Alternate Media comparison is practical for adaptive-bitrate, multiformat, and revision-review workflows. Up to 16 related files can be opened and viewed in Full, Split, or Difference mode, making it easier to compare a master against web encodes, proxies, client revisions, or alternate compression settings.

The Mac version also provides licensed Windows Media handling. WMV and WMA files can be opened directly, converted into formats that are easier to use across current systems, or exported as Windows Media when a downstream application still requires that format.

When a problem can be corrected without returning to a full editing timeline, Switch Pro allows the operator to trim, crop, scale, remap audio, change speaker assignments, edit metadata, rewrap existing streams, or encode a new file. That keeps straightforward technical fixes from becoming larger post-production jobs.

System Characteristics

• Frame-accurate playback and navigation for close picture, caption, and synchronization review
• Deep file inspection presented in an organized interface suited to routine QC work
• Broadcast and streaming caption verification across embedded and sidecar formats
• Professional loudness monitoring with true-peak and gated or ungated measurements
• GOP and data-rate analysis through the built-in Timeline view
• Multi-file comparison for ABR, proxy, mezzanine, and delivery versions
• Broadcast monitor output through compatible AJA and Blackmagic Design devices
• IMF and DCP composition playback from CPL-based assets
• DPP AS-11 inspection for desktop playback and metadata review
• Integrated media correction for picture, audio, metadata, codec, and container changes
• Licensed Windows Media support on Mac for playback, conversion, and export workflows
• QuickTime and MOV inspection with broader technical detail than standard desktop playback

What’s In The Box

• 1 x Telestream Switch 5 Pro License for Mac
• 1 x First Year of Premium Support for Switch Pro

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