Switch is a software solution for media professionals that allows users to play, inspect, quality control, and correct media files. It supports a variety of web and professional media formats, enabling users to inspect and adjust file properties before exporting new files. Switch provides features for high-quality QC, including professional audio meters with loudness monitoring, HDMI/SDI output to external monitors, and a media file comparison feature. It supports playback and verification of various caption formats, including CEA-608, CEA-708, SCC, DVB, TTML, WebVTT, SRT, and STL subtitle files. The software offers frame-accurate playback and detailed file inspection, displaying metadata, bitrate, video essence and codec, audio channels, speaker assignments, and loudness levels. Switch also supports the playback of simple and complex IMF/DCP assets, automatically stitching content together for seamless playback. Users can make changes to their media, such as trimming, scaling, or cropping, rearranging audio tracks, changing speaker assignments, and rewrapping or encoding the media. Switch Pro allows for the streamlined creation of iTunes Store packages, including media content, secondary subtitle or audio files, chapter information, and an XML file.

Features & Benefits

• High-Quality QC
  • Provides professional audio meters with loudness monitoring, HDMI/SDI output, and media file comparison.
• Caption Playback and Verification
  • Supports CEA-608, CEA-708, SCC, DVB, TTML, WebVTT, SRT, and STL subtitle files.
• Deep File Inspection
  • Offers frame-accurate playback and detailed information on metadata, bitrate, video essence, and audio channels.
• IMF/DCP Playback
  • Supports playback of simple and complex IMF/DCP assets.
• Multi-Format Playback Support
  • Plays MXF, IMF, GXF, MPEG-2, MOV, MP4, WMV, HEVC, 4K files, DNxHD, and JPEG2000.
• Audio Meters
  • Allows users to solo or mute audio channels and inspect true peaks and loudness values.
• Compare Alternate Media
  • Enables comparison of up to sixteen media files in full view, split view, or difference view.
• Timeline
  • Displays the GOP structure of a video segment, highlighting I, P, and B frames.
• Preview to External Monitors
  • Supports HDMI/SDI hardware output via AJA or Blackmagic Design devices.
• DPP/AMWA Certified Player
  • Visually QC DPP files on the desktop, displaying DPP AS-11 MXF metadata.
• Rewrap Files
  • Pass-through audio and video on export, or omit the video and export as an audio-only file.
• Powerful Audio Editing
  • Split or join audio tracks, rearrange tracks, change speaker assignments, and change the audio format and sample rate.
• Streamlined Creation of iTunes Store Packages
  • Creates asset-only iTunes package files with media content, subtitles, audio files, chapter information, and an XML file.
• Windows Media Support
  • All levels of Switch are able to decode and play back Windows Media Video and Audio (WMV and WMA).