PRESS RELEASE June 4, 2002

Industry’s First Mainstream ISO-Compliant MPEG-4 Encoder, Player & Broadcaster

MPEG-4, the next-generation international standard for digital video, was created by the group that created MPEG-2, the “gold standard” of digital video used by every DVD player and DVD. There are hundreds of companies committed to the MPEG-4 standard, including Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Intel, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Panasonic, Phillips, Real Networks, Samsung and Sun.
  • a new ISO-compliant video codec for encoding and decoding MPEG-4 video content;
  • adherence to the Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) 1.0 specification;
  • DVC Pro (PAL) support; and
  • an updated user interface for easier access to QuickTime content.

  • live encoding with real time preview;
  • the ability to record and hint in real time to the computer’s hard disk  for quick video-on-demand posting;
  • support for QuickTime codecs as well as MPEG-4 video and AAC audio;
  • AppleScript support;
  • the ability to create custom settings;
  • support for reliable communication via TCP between Broadcaster and Server; and
  • auto configuration of connections between Broadcaster and Server.