MainActor
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MainActor was video editing software
Video editing software
Video editing software, is application software which handles the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a computer non-linear editing systems...

 from MainConcept
MainConcept
MainConcept GmbH is a software company developing video/audio codecs and also applications and plug-ins related to video/audio encoding.-History:...

 http://www.mainconcept.com/ for Windows and since July 15, 2004 also for
Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

. The last version was 5.5, being available for SuSE 10.1 and Ubuntu6 distributions . In the beginning the software was written on the Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...

.

The software cost EUR 167.23 / USD 199.00. A free demo version, that shows a watermark, was available.

In May 2007, MainConcept decided to discontinue the supply and development of MainActor. In November 2007, MainConcept was taken over by DivX, Inc.
DivX, Inc.
DivX, Inc. , based in San Diego, California, now part of Sonic Solutions, a division of Rovi, was the corporation behind the MPEG-4 Part 2-based codec, DivX. The company's codec has been downloaded over 240 million times since January 2003...

 The software is no longer officially available or supported.

MainActor will be re-released in 2011 by BrainDistrict GmbH. A new company by the MainConcept founder Markus Moenig.

See also

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