Breeze

Breeze, Multiple Stream Media Processor, is a software tool operating with streams of video, audio and pictures. It may play, record, convert, replay back and forth video sequences, view and edit images, operates media devices within local computer, via local intra net and the Internet.

User interface of Breeze allows managing media (video / audio) streams, individual images and media devices similarly, in a simple intuitive and uniform fashion. Breeze is a unique and effective tool for a side by side, comparative analysis of video and images in the number of areas such as professional sport, security, scientific, medical, video and photo editing applications.

Breeze supports 100+ video, audio and image formats including AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,MPEG-4, VOB, WMV, ASF, FLV, SWF, MOV, DV, H.264, DivX, XviD, MNG, OOV, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, 50+ YUV / YCbCr formats.

Breeze also supports the following media devices (video, audio):
  • Webcams
  • Digital Video Camcoders (DVCAM)
  • Video cassette recorders (VCR)
  • TV tuners
  • FM radio tuners
  • Audio capture devices

There are three main editions of Breeze, shown in the Table 1.

Table 1. Breeze Editions
Edition Short Description Availabiliy
Breeze Light Edition Basic set of features

Able to processes multiple streams

Basic set of features associated with assistant channel of steaming document. 		Free
Breeze Standard Edition Full set of features

Able to processes multiple streams

Full set of features associated with assistant channel of steaming document 		Free to try for 30 days
Breeze Professional Edition Professional set of features

Processes up to 4, 8, 16, 32 steaming channels
Custom versions processes up to 1024 channels, depending on configuration

Professional set of features associated with assistant channel of steaming document. 		Free to try for 30 days

Breeze Light Edition is easier to use and learn. This edition is for the users who need a simple tool for playing video, audio and viewing pictures. Breeze Light supports main operations in the primary channel only. Breeze Light Edition is offered as freeware.

Breeze Standard Edition includes all the features of Breeze Light as well as a number of additional advanced features. It is an effective tool allowing users to manipulate, compare and analyze with ease a big number of graphical images and video sequences in a uniform and effective manner via the simple intuitive user interface. Breeze Standard can operate with up to 2 channels, primary and assistant, withing streaming document simultaneously, including synchronous viewing, reverse playing, recording and processing images and video sequences.

Breeze Professional Edition supports all the features of Breeze Standard Edition plus a set of advanced features. It is an effective tool allowing users to manipulate, compare and analyze with ease a big number of graphical images and video sequences in a uniform and effective manner via the simple intuitive user interface. Breeze Professional can operate with up to multiple channels instantly, including synchronous viewing, reverse playing, recording and processing images and video sequences. Custom versions of Breeze can operate with up to 1024 streaming channel instantly, depending of configuration and available computational power.

Multiple processor / core computer configurations are highly recommended when Breeze is used for playing two or more video sequences simultaneously. This is especially important for playing a high definition video, and when big magnification of video images (up to 10x), “Picture In Picture” or “Picture From Picture” are used.

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