Telestream Switch 5 Pro (Upgrade from 5 Player) - Mac

Telestream Switch 5 Pro (Upgrade from 5 Player) - Mac is a professional media playback, inspection, and quality-control upgrade for broadcast, post-production, and media operations teams working on macOS. From the supplied source, this product upgrades an existing Switch 5 Player license to Switch 5 Pro, adding broader playback support, loudness monitoring, advanced metadata display, media comparison, external monitoring, and iTunes package export.

This is the kind of upgrade that makes sense when a basic media player is no longer enough for the delivery workflow. Switch Pro gives the operator one place to play the file, inspect picture and audio properties, verify captions, check loudness and metadata, make practical corrections, and export a replacement file.

Highlights

• Professional broadcast and media QC upgrade for macOS workflows
• Upgrade from Switch 5 Player to Switch 5 Pro
• Loudness monitoring, advanced metadata, and media comparison
• ProRes RAW and IMF/DCP package playback
• External HDMI / SDI preview and iTunes package export

Quick Specs & Uses

• Product type: Professional media player, inspector, QC, correction, and transcoding software
• Platform: Mac
• License type: Upgrade from Telestream Switch 5 Player to Switch 5 Pro
• Primary workflows: Broadcast QC, post-production review, file inspection, correction, transcoding, and delivery
• Playback support: Web and professional media formats
• Frame-accurate playback: Supported
• External preview: HDMI / SDI output support
• Audio monitoring: Professional audio meters with loudness monitoring
• Media comparison: Multiple files can be compared in one window
• Metadata inspection: DPP metadata, bitrate, video essence, codec, audio channels, speaker assignments, and loudness levels
• Timeline inspection: Displays video GOP structure
• Caption playback: CEA-608 and CEA-708
• Caption and subtitle formats: SCC, DVB, TTML, iTT, SMPTE-TT, WebVTT, SRT, and STL
• CEA-708 decoding: Supports advanced 708-only features, including Unicode characters
• IMF / DCP support: Playback of simple and complex packages from a CPL file
• ProRes RAW support: Playback supported in Switch Pro
• Windows Media playback on Mac: Fully licensed support
• Windows Media conversion: Convert Windows Media content into other supported formats
• Windows Media export: Convert supported media into Windows Media files
• Media correction tools: Trim, scale, crop, rearrange audio tracks, and change speaker assignments
• Output processing: Rewrap or encode corrected media
• Publishing support: Vimeo, YouTube, and Facebook
• Additional export support: iTunes package export
• macOS playback acceleration: Native Metal support
• Reduced Frame Decoding: Designed for smoother 4K / UHD playback on lower-powered systems

Why It Helps

This upgrade is useful when an operator starts with Switch Player but needs deeper control over incoming and outgoing media. Broadcast delivery files often need more than simple playback, and Switch Pro adds the inspection, audio, caption, metadata, and correction tools required for a proper technical check.

Caption verification is especially useful during final QC. CEA-608, CEA-708, and several subtitle file formats can be played against the program image, giving the operator a direct way to check timing, text, and presentation before delivery.

The correction tools also cover common late-stage changes. A file can be trimmed, scaled, cropped, rewrapped, encoded, or adjusted for audio track order and speaker assignment, then exported again without rebuilding the entire program in a full editing application.

System Characteristics

• Frame-accurate playback for professional media inspection and QC
• Advanced metadata view for codec, essence, bitrate, audio, DPP, and loudness information
• Caption and subtitle verification across broadcast and web delivery formats
• Compare Media function for reviewing multiple versions and ABR outputs
• Professional loudness monitoring with detailed audio metering
• External video preview through supported HDMI / SDI output
• IMF / DCP package playback with automatic asset assembly from the CPL
• ProRes RAW playback for supported professional media workflows
• Reduced Frame Decoding for improved 4K / UHD playback performance
• Native Metal support for enhanced playback performance on macOS

What’s In The Box

• 1 x Telestream Switch 5 Pro Upgrade from Switch 5 Player for Mac

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