Sonic Releases RecordNow!T 6

Newest RecordNow! Launches With New Features and Broad Distribution across OEM and Retail Channels

Marin County , California ( September 23 , 2003 ) - Sonic Solutions [NASDAQ: SNIC] released today the newest version of its award-winning RecordNow! line of disc burning software. RecordNow! 6 allows users to easily burn music, photos and video to CD, as well as create backup archives and exact disc copies of CDs and DVDs. The RecordNow! product line is available through a variety of channels; it is bundled by major PC and aftermarket DVD drive manufacturers worldwide; it is published through a partnership between Adaptec and Sonic and distributed in major North American retailers; and it is available on Sonic's expanded e-store at www.sonic.com.

"Burning and sharing data on optical discs is now central to PC users everywhere," said Rob Halligan, vice president marketing, Desktop Products Group at Sonic, "and RecordNow! 6 makes it easy for both novice and expert users to quickly create CDs and DVDs of their personal data, music, video and photos. T he strength of RecordNow! 6 is evident by the solid distribution that the product has attracted from large PC manufacturers and retailers such as Hewlett-Packard and CompUSA."

RecordNow! allows users to create exact copies of CDs and DVDs, easily burn high-quality music CDs using noise reduction and auto-volume leveling tools, and provides unlimited MP3 ripping. Advanced users can create compilation audio CDs from multiple source CDs, use the included CD lookup functionality to add track, album or artist information and save favorite jobs for quick and easy replication. With drag and drop ease, users can automatically or manually back up and archive files to CD and DVD. RecordNow! also includes an integrated disc labeler, allowing users to easily personalize any disc.

RecordNow! Deluxe 6 includes expanded features for creating photo slideshows and videos on CD complete with Hollywood-style DVD menus and buttons. It also enables users to set backup reminders for archiving important data, and even automate the backup process with an auto-archive function. The file spanning feature makes archiving easier by automatically prompting the user to add another disc, ensuring that all data is fully backed-up.

Version 6 of RecordNow! is available in two product options. RecordNow! Deluxe retails at an estimated street price of $49.99 and RecordNow! is available at an estimated street price of $29.99.

About Sonic RecordNow!
With an installed-base of over 20 million users, Sonic RecordNow! provides users the ability to burn high-quality, high-integrity discs of their music, photos and data. Designed with ease-of-use in mind, RecordNow! combines an award-winning user interface with a powerful and robust disc burning engine, making it easy and approachable for first-time users, but powerful enough for DVD and CD burning pros. With RecordNow! any burning task, from creating music CDs to backing up photos and mission-critical data to making copies of CDs and DVDs, can be easily accomplished.

Sonic RecordNow! includes support for all mainstream disc formats, full functionality in sixteen languages, and extensive operating system support including Windows 98SE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows XP (Home, Professional, and Media Center Edition).

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County , California , Sonic Solutions (http://www.sonic.com) is the world's leading supplier of DVD creation software for professional, industrial and consumer applications. The majority of major film releases on DVD have been produced on Sonic's professional DVD authoring systems in studios around the world. Sonic's MyDVD ® and DVDit! ® are the most widely used DVD creation applications by consumers and video enthusiasts and are the solutions of choice among the key PC and after-market drive suppliers. Sonic's AuthorScript ® , the DVD and CD formatting and burning engine that underlies Sonic's applications, is the most widely deployed DVD software engine and has been licensed by Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, and many others.

Sonic , the Sonic logo, Backup MyPC, CinePlayer, DVD Producer, Edit-on-DVD, NoNOISE, OpenDVD, Sonic PrimeTime, RecordNow! and Simple Backup are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. AuthorScript, AutoDVD, DVDit!, DVD Fusion, MyDVD, PrePlay, ReelDVD, Scenarist, Sonic DVD Creator and Sonic Solutions 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.