About AuthorScript® SDKs
Sonic's AuthorScript family of SDKs provides powerful, field-proven
media-handling functionality for a broad range of application software, consumer
electronics devices, and online services. AuthorScript SDKs enable application
developers and service providers to:
- Take full advantage of today's latest media
technologies without the time and expense of extensive in-house development.
- Quickly enhance and extend products and services
with full-spectrum media capabilites: authoring, recording, burning, and
archiving.
- Leverage the same ultra-reliable authoring and burning technology used in
Sonic's own commercial products, which have been used to create
billions of commercially-released DVDs worldwide.
AuthorScript for Blu-ray and SD Video
Blu-ray Disc and DVD offer significant benefits for everyone who
creates, uses, and stores video and image content, from high-end video
professionals to image-intensive businesses and camera-toting consumers. Sonic's
AuthorScript Video SDKs offer a set of powerful components that let you build these
advantages right into your product or service:
- AuthorScript Video BD — author high definition content to fully specification-compliant Blu-ray Disc (BDMV),
including both HDMV and BD-J, as well as to AVCHD.
- AuthorScript Video SD — author standard definition content to DVD-Video, with support as well for
legacy VCD and SVCD formats.
- AuthorScript Video RT — record in real time directly to the Blu-ray Disc (BDAV), DVD+VR, and DVD-VR formats.
Learn more about the comprehensive format
support, unsurpassed authoring capabilities, and rock-solid device management of
AuthorScript Video SDKs.
AuthorScript for Data and Audio
Sonic's AuthorScript Storage and AuthorScript Audio SDKs bring the power and
reliability of Sonic's AuthorScript engine to recording and archiving
systems for BD, DVD, and CD media. With comprehensive device control and file
management capabilities, these SDKs are ideally suited to a wide range of data
management and storage applications.
AuthorScript Storage SDKs provide scalable,
real-time (streaming) and file-based transfer and copying capabilities for:
- Professional data archiving environments where high reliability and uptime
are of paramount concern.
- Settings involving high volumes of generic data.
- High-value applications such as large-scale medical imaging.
- Personal-use data transfer and burning.
AuthorScript Audio SDKs offer advanced features optimized for
audio-specific applications while also handling transfer and burning for generic data. Audio features include:
- Management of audio files and tracks.
- Audio track extraction.
- Support for Windows Media Audio features such as Playlists and Digital
Rights Management (DRM).
- Industrial-strength design for commercial applications such as online music downloads
and point-of-purchase music kiosks.
Learn more about what makes
AuthorScript Storage and AuthorScript Audio the ideal SDK solutions for data and
music.
Industry-leading Solutions
With a history of innovative products dating back to the early days of the
Compact Disc, Sonic technology is highly regarded in all areas of the optical
disc industry:
- AuthorScript SDKs have been licensed by a wide variety of companies including
industry leaders such as Microsoft, Adobe, Avid, AOL/Time Warner, and Sony.
- Sonic's AuthorScript-based DVD applications, including MyDVD®,
DVDit!™, and RecordNow!™, are bundled by major OEMs such as Adaptec,
Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Matrox, Memorex, Nova, Panasonic,
Philips, Pioneer, Sony, ViewSonic, and many others.
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