MainConcept GmbH is a software company founded in Germany by Markus Moenig and Thomas Zabel.

They are a subsidiary of Endeavor Streaming, with employees in Germany, Russia, United States and Japan.

MainConcept is a video codec supplier founded in 1993 in Aachen, Germany and a board member of the MPEG Industry Forum.

[7] In April 2010, MainConcept signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AMD to accelerate digital video encode.

[8] In September 2010, the company launched MainConcept Reference 2.1 for Mac/Windows providing enhanced support for Mac OS 10.5/10.6, Apple iPad, HTML5.