Sonic Desktop DVD Software Shipments Top Two Million Units

Sales Soar as Consumers Embrace DVD Creation

Marin County, California (August 14, 2002) -- Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) announced today that sales of Sonic’s desktop DVD creation applications, Sonic MyDVD® and DVDit!®, have topped the two million unit mark. This milestone reflects dramatically expanding consumer interest in affordable, easy-touse solutions for creating DVDs at home, while further establishing Sonic as the leading provider of DVD creation applications to the retail and OEM channels.

"Retail customers are looking for the simplest way to bring video, audio and photos together to create DVDs," said Jeff Loebbaka, desktop solutions general manager at Adaptec, Sonic's exclusive channel partner. "Adaptec chose Sonic as a strategic partner based on its clear leadership in the professional DVD industry and because its software makes it fast and easy for consumers to capture and edit video and create professional quality DVDs, right on their desktop."

Sonic MyDVD and DVDit! make it easy for home users and video enthusiasts to create stunning, interactive DVD content on their PCs – simply drag-and-drop video and audio into the application, design interactive menus and record the final content to DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW. MyDVD and DVDit!, using the same technology as Sonic’s high-end Hollywood DVD production systems, empower video enthusiasts worldwide to create high-quality DVD versions of their movies and video projects, with the widest playback compatibility.

“Consumer interest in home DVD creation is helping to drive the purchase of new, high-performance PCs, and Sonic MyDVD and DVDit! are the applications that make it possible,” said Mark Ely, General Manager of the Desktop Products Group at Sonic. "We are extremely pleased to be playing the central role in the dynamic and growing market for DVD creation software.”

MyDVD and DVDit! are the consumer and prosumer DVD solutions of choice among the leading manufacturers of PCs, DVD drives and graphics cards including Adaptec, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett- Packard, Matrox, NEC, Nova, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Sony and many others.

About Sonic MyDVD
Sonic MyDVD is the first-ever DVD recording and editing application for consumers. With its ability to record analog and digital video (DV) in real-time into MPEG-2 for DVD, automatic creation of motion video menus, and advanced slideshow capabilities, MyDVD is the fastest and easiest way to share treasured video and photo memories on DVD with family and friends from wedding videos to children's birthday parties and other special events. MyDVD allows users to capture their video to a DVD or CD, just like recording onto a VCR. It also includes built-in software transcoding that automatically converts all video formats into those compatible with DVD players, freeing the user from the headaches of determining DVD file compatibility.

With true DVD Slideshow capability, MyDVD enables photo enthusiasts to store and view thousands of digital images on a single DVD, and to add a soundtrack and custom transitions between slides. MyDVD also stores the original photo files in the DVD-ROM zone of the DVD, enabling users to create a photo archive and print high-resolution images from their slideshow. Sonic MyDVD is the only application that records Direct-to-DVD™ and creates DVDs that can be re-edited right on disc. Using Sonic's advanced Editon- DVD™ technology to create and edit discs that are compatible with the new OpenDVD^® format, which allows discs to be changed after they are initially created, MyDVD enables an entirely new generation of DVD applications such as video diaries, up-to-the-minute, customized sales presentations, compilations of family events, and more.

About Sonic DVDit!
Combining a simple and straightforward user interface with Sonic's award-winning DVD formatting technology, DVDit! gives video enthusiasts, graphic designers, and videographers the power to create stunning interactive DVD content on their PC.

DVDit! is compatible with AVI and QuickTime video files, so that virtually any video content from DV to D1 can be incorporated into a DVDit! project. With an intuitive interface, building DVD titles is as easy as selecting a menu background and then dragging and dropping an AVI, QuickTime or MPEG video file. DVDit! automatically builds buttons and interactivity, multiplexes and formats content and records to CD-R or DVD-R for playback in consumer set-top DVD players or DVD-equipped PCs. DVDit! can create interactive titles in DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and cDVD formats.Sonic DVDit! has been honored with awards by many of the video industry’s leading trade publications including Millimeter magazine’s Tommy Award, Television Broadcast’s Pick of Show, DV Magazine’s Award of Excellence, a perfect score review in PC Magazine, and Authoring Product of the Year from Videomaker Magazine.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the world’s leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD creation. Sonic MyDVD® (http://www.mydvd.com) is the first DVD authoring application for consumers, and is the leading DVD solution among DVD recorder and PC manufacturers. Sonic DVDit! ® (http://www.dvdit.com) is the leading DVD authoring application for videographers and corporate video producers; more than 1 million copies of DVDit! have been sold. Sonic DVD Creator®, Sonic Scenarist®, Sonic ReelDVD®, Sonic DVD Producer™ and Sonic DVD Fusion for Mac 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. AuthorScript® , based on the same Sonic technology that has become the Hollywood standard for commercial title production, is the industry's most widely adopted set of developer tools for integrating DVD, Video CD (VCD) and Super Video CD (SVCD) creation into video applications. Sonic is a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

Sonic Solutions, Sonic, the Sonic logo, Edit-on-DVD, OpenDVD, True DVD Slideshow and ReelDVD are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. AuthorScript, DVD Creator, MyDVD, DVDit! and Scenarist are registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.