LaCie Selects Roxio for Latest FireWire DVD Burners

LaCie d2 DVD±RW Double Layer Drives to Feature Roxio's Industry Leading Toast 7 CD and DVD Mac Burning Suite

Santa Clara, California (October 18, 2005) - Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced that LaCie has selected Toast® 7 for inclusion with their latest FireWire DVD double layer burners. Toast 7, which became widely available earlier this month, will empower LaCie customers to extend the functionality of the Mac OS and iLife applications and copy, save, hear and see their entire digital life on CD and DVD. The compelling combination of Roxio and LaCie technology can be purchased at the LaCie Store online (www.lacie.com/shop) and will be available throughout LaCie's specialized dealer network later this month.

"We're thrilled to expand our relationship with Roxio and once again bring the very latest and greatest CD and DVD burning software to Mac users," said Salem Tirane, LaCie Product Manager. "The new innovative capabilities of Toast 7 combined with the speed and performance of LaCie's d2 DVD ±RW Double Layer is a compelling offering that offers consumers both power and value."

LaCie's 16x d2 DVD±RW Double Layer burns single layer (4.7GB) DVDs in five minutes and double layer (8.5GB) DVDs in 15 minutes. With an exterior case of aluminum alloy to protect it, this burner can be used with desktop Macs or mobile laptops. Headlining the latest version of Toast is a number of features that make previously impossible tasks a reality for Mac users. These features include multi-image high-definition slideshows with pan and zoom effects, transitions and background audio, rich audio DVDs with over 50 hours of Dolby Digital music and advanced navigation, and data spanning, which allows users to backup large files, folders and applications across multiple CDs and DVDs.

"We are excited that LaCie has selected Toast as the burning solution of choice for their state-of-the-art burners," said Adam Fingerman, director of product management, Roxio. "A new generation of LaCie customers will soon be pushing the boundaries of CD and DVD burning and discovering first-hand why Toast is the standard for burning on the Mac OS."

During a history that spans more than a decade, Toast has experienced widespread critical acclaim, garnered a loyal customer base and captured numerous top-tier industry awards. According to NPD Group figures which chart software, retail point-of-sale information in North America, Toast has been the best selling software and the leader in the Mac OS Personal Productivity category for the past five consecutive years.*

About LaCie
LaCie creates external storage solutions and color monitors that help professionals and everyday users easily manage their digital lives. Powerful technology combined with unique designs by the internationally acclaimed Philippe Starck, Neil Poulton and Porsche Design GmbH make LaCie the world leader in storage innovation. Established in France in 1989, LaCie is now headquartered in North America, Europe and Asia and listed on the Paris Nouveau Marché (code 5431). For more information, visit www.lacie.com.

About Roxio
Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, develops and markets the best-selling digital media software in the world. Roxio offers award-winning software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing and has an installed base of over 150 million users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, through leading retailers, through Internet partnerships and through direct sales at www.roxio.com.

Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC; http://www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital media software and provides a broad range of software tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home users and technology partners. Sonic's products range from professional DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies that are used to produce the majority of Hollywood movies released on DVD, to the award-winning Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup applications that have become the premiere solutions for consumers and business users worldwide. Sonic's AuthorScript® is the de facto standard for CD and DVD burning and formatting and has been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.

Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, Toast, and AuthorScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic Solutions under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.

*Data based on NPD Group point of sales figures for software sales in the Mac OS Personal Productivity category.