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

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

This is the kind of upgrade that makes sense when a workflow has moved beyond basic playback and transcoding into full delivery QC. Switch Pro lets an operator inspect picture, audio, captions, metadata, GOP structure, and loudness, then make practical corrections and export a new file without leaving the same application.

Highlights

• Professional broadcast and media QC upgrade for macOS workflows
• Upgrade from Switch 5 Plus 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 Plus to Switch 5 Pro
• Primary workflows: Broadcast QC, post-production review, media 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-file comparison in a single window
• Metadata inspection: Includes 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 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 Switch Plus already covers everyday playback and transcoding, but the operator now needs proper QC tools for broadcast delivery. Loudness monitoring, deeper metadata inspection, external preview, and media comparison give the workflow more confidence before a file is approved or sent downstream.

Caption verification is a major part of that process. Switch Pro can play CEA-608 and CEA-708 captions along with several common subtitle and caption file formats, so timing, text, and presentation can be checked directly against the program picture.

The correction tools are practical for late-stage fixes. Media can be trimmed, scaled, cropped, rewrapped, encoded, or adjusted for audio track order and speaker assignment, then delivered as a corrected file without rebuilding the job in a full editing system.

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 checking multiple versions and ABR workflows
• Professional loudness monitoring with detailed audio metering
• External video preview through supported HDMI / SDI output
• IMF / DCP composition playback with automatic asset stitching 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 Plus for Mac

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