: Import video directly from camcorders without third-party software.

: Utilizes the highly regarded x264 engine for high-quality H.264/AVC encoding used in Blu-ray and AVCHD output.

The software has been succeeded by TMPGEnc Authoring Works 7 , which adds 64-bit native support and 4K authoring.

The software excels at "Smart Rendering," which allows for ultra-fast output by only re-encoding the parts of the video that were edited (like transitions or cuts), preserving the original quality of the rest of the footage.