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Sonic Introduces MyDVD 3, First Real-time DVD Recording
and Editing System
Selected as Showcase Application at Intel Developers'
Forum
Marin County, California (August 23, 2001) Sonic
Solutions introduced today MyDVD Version 3, the first application
to provide home users with a complete solution for recording,
editing and sharing personal video content on DVD recordable
and CD-R/RW media. Selected as a showcase application in
Intel's Technology Pavilion at the Intel Developers' Forum
next week in San JoseCalifornia, Sonic MyDVD is the first
application to allow consumers to transform home videos into
interactive DVDs by burning videos directly from a camcorder
or VCR to DVD recorder.
"Sonic MyDVD changes the face of Windows PC-based home
video production once and for all," said Ralph LaBarge,
a DVD industry expert and Managing Partner of Alpha DVD.
"Just as the laser printer and PostScript created the
desktop publishing revolution, so will Sonic MyDVD effect
the biggest sea change of all time in home video publishing.
Now, it is in every Windows PC user's reach to become a DVD
publisher.
Sonic MyDVD makes it easy to share home movies with family
and friends on CDs and DVDs that can be viewed on a TV or
personal computer. MyDVD captures video and audio directly
from computer-attached camcorders or VHS decks, automatically
creates menus, buttons and navigation based on user-selected
styles, and records everything to DVD or CD discs. MyDVD also
includes the unique capability to re-edit recorded discs by
changing menus and adding or deleting videos, making it easy
and convenient to archive a video library onto DVD and re-edit
the discs later.
MyDVD will begin shipping this month to Sonic's OEM partners
who are bundling the application with DVD-recordable drives,
personal computers, video capture cards and other solutions.
MyDVD will also be available on the Sonic webstore (store.sonic.com)
in October.
About MyDVD
MyDVD Video is built on Sonic's Hollywood-standard DVD formatting
engine the same technology used to produce tens of millions
of consumer DVD-Video titles. Building on this standard ensures
that DVDs produced with the application are playable on the
widest range of consumer DVD players. MyDVD provides three
ways for consumers to create their own professional-looking
DVD titles:
Direct-to-DVD™
The first solution for recording directly to the DVD,
MyDVD allows video from a camcorder or VCR to be written to
DVD-recordable discs in a single step. In this mode, the user
connects a camcorder or VCR to the PC and the application
automatically converts the video and audio into DVD-compatible
formats, creates menus and buttons for each video clip, and
burns to the DVD-recorder.
DVD Authoring™
In authoring mode, interactive DVDs can be created by
dragging and dropping different types of multimedia elements
into a DVD project video from camcorders, video files on hard
disk in AVI, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats, audio and graphics
data. MyDVD includes a built-in, faster-than-real-time1
transcoder that automatically converts all incoming video
formats into those compatible with DVD players, freeing the
user from the headaches of determining DVD file compatibility.
MyDVD includes a wide range of professionally designed styles
menu backgrounds, buttons and other features that add polish
to projects. Chapter points can be added to any video, automatically
or manually on-the-fly as video is being recorded. This means
that DVD titles created with MyDVD include all of the navigation,
buttons and menus automatically, yielding professional quality
results for the home user.
DVD Editing™
Sonic MyDVD is the first application that not only records
DVDs in real-time, but also creates DVDs that can be re-edited
right on disc. DVD Editing is an exciting new technology innovated
by Sonic which allows discs to be changed after they are initially
created, enabling an entirely new generation of DVD applications,
such as video diaries, up-to-the-minute, customized sales
presentations, compilations of family events, and more.
Pricing and Availability
Sonic MyDVD is initially available in OEM bundles from
Adaptec, Hewlett-Packard and others. Sonic MyDVD will also
be available in a retail version through Sonic's web store
beginning in October, at a suggested U.S. list price of $149.00.
About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com)
is the leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD publishing.
Sonic MyDVD (http://mydvd3.sonic.com)
is the first DVD authoring application for consumers, making
it easy to capture your life on DVD. Sonic DVDit!®
(http://www.dvdit.com)
is the first application for DVD authoring targeted at videographers
and corporate video producers, and is bundled with major video
editing, capture, encoding and media production systems. Sonic
DVD Creator®, Sonic Scenarist®, Sonic
ReelDVD and Sonic DVD Fusion® are the most widely-used
systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide
at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate
marketing departments. SonicStudio® HD is the leading
digital workstation for preparing audio for release on CD and
is the first for creating content for the new DVD-Audio format.
1 Based on performance tests conducted at Sonic
Solutions on a single-processor Pentium 4 system running at
1.5GHz, on a 1 minute, full-frame, 30fps NTSC video file in
AVI format.
© 2001 Sonic, Sonic Solutions, the Sonic logo, cDVD, DVD
Editing, MyDVD and ReelDVD are trademarks of Sonic Solutions.
AuthorScript, Sonic DVD Creator, DVDit!, Sonic DVD Fusion,
Scenarist and SonicStudio are registered trademarks of Sonic
Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks
of their respective owners. Specifications, pricing and delivery
schedules are subject to change without notice.
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