Media 100 today announced the immediate availability of Cleaner MPEG Charger, a software-only MPEG solution for Cleaner 5 users with comprehensive control over MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 content creation for DVD, Video CD, CD-ROM and digital broadcasting.

Cleaner MPEG Charger works seamlessly with Cleaner 5, allowing users to create professional-quality MPEG content from all popular video, audio and animation file formats, even Macromedia Flash--with all of the power and ease-of-use of the award-winning Cleaner 5.
Cleaner MPEG Charger supports:

· CBR (constant bitrate), single-pass VBR (variable bitrate) and two-pass VBR encoding for best possible
· Elementary Program stream creation
· All standard MPEG frame rates and frame sizes
· NTSC and PAL encoding
· Choice of open or closed GOPs (group of pictures)
· Custom GOP sizes
· User-selectable video buffering verifier sizes
· Frame- and field-based encoding
· User-selectable sequence header frequency
· DirectExport from many popular video editing systems
· Support for 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 chromas

Pricing and Availability
Cleaner MPEG Charger is available immediately as an add-on option for Cleaner 5 directly through the Media 100 Software division, and through selected resellers worldwide. Cleaner MPEG Charger is priced at $499.00 U.S.