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Sonic to Provide MyDVD ™ for HP

DVD-writers Exclusive Supplier for DVD-Video Recording Software

Marin County, CA (June 26, 2001) -- Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) announced today that it will provide Hewlett-Packard Company with Sonic’s MyDVD software for recording and authoring DVD-Videos. Under an agreement between the two companies, Sonic will be the exclusive supplier of DVD-video authoring software to be bundled with HP’s DVD+RW drive, which is expected to ship later this summer.

“HP’s DVD-writer, along with Sonic’s MyDVD software, will allow consumers to create their own custom DVD-Video discs with unprecedented speed and ease of use,” said Robert J. Doris, President of Sonic Solutions. “HP is the clear market leader in recordable CD drives, and we are delighted to be collaborating with them to deliver a breakthrough video solution with their upcoming DVD+RW drives.”

“Our experience and success with CD-writers has allowed HP to become very close to the digital entertainment consumer and their emerging needs to do more with video and music,” said John Spofford, vice president and general manager of HP's Colorado Personal Storage Solutions division. “With Sonic’s help, we can offer customers an easy-to-use video creation solution that will allow them to enhance and share their home videos.”

About DVD+RW
Jointly promoted by HP, MCC/Verbatim, Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG), Sony Corporation, Ricoh Company Ltd., Thomson Multimedia, and Yamaha Corporation, the DVD+RW format provides a universally compatible, rewritable DVD format that enables true convergence between personal computing and consumer electronics products. DVD+RW discs written on a DVD+RW recorder can be read and played on the majority of existing and future DVD-Video players and DVD-ROM drives.

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://www.mydvd.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.

© 2001 Sonic, Sonic Solutions, the Sonic logo, MyDVD, ReelDVD and DVDit! are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. DVD Creator, 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.