[[Broadcast]] professionals prefer to use [[computer hardware|hardware]] [[rack-mounted|rackdrack mountable]] ProcAmps that helps them make video [[broadcast safe]] by correcting video inconsistencies. They may also be chip-based, as part of other larger multi-purpose devices in professional environments.
[[Software]] ProcAmps are also available as [[Source code|code]] embedded in [[Media player (application software)|media players]] like [[Windows Media Player]], [[VLC media player|VLC]], or in [[encodersKMPlayer]], andor in [[Codec|decoderscodec]]s like [[ffdshow]]. Software ProcAmps can process media either on the [[Central processing unit|CPU]] or [[Graphics processing unit|GPU]].<ref>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff569188.aspx Microsoft MSDN - Windows Driver Kit: Display Devices - ProcAmp Control Processing]</ref>
==Video ProcAmp==
[[File:WMP PROCAMP.png|thumb|A Software Video ProcAmp.]]
Video ProcAmps can be used for processing [[standard-definition]] 525/30 ([[NTSC]]) 625/25 ([[PAL]]) or [[high-definition video|high definition]] video signals.<ref>[http://www.videouniversity.com/engineer.htm VideoUniversity.com - Engineering Primer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190049/http://www.videouniversity.com/engineer.htm |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> ProcAmps can process video signals ranging from [[Analog television|analog]] [[Composite video|composite]] to [[Serial Digitaldigital Interfaceinterface|SDI]] video signals.
