4 Independent MPEG Streams From A Single PCI Board!; Visual Circuits Ships 4-ReelTime/P & Will Exhibit At Fall Comdex.MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1996--Visual Circuits Corporation announced today that it has commenced volume shipment of a MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). add-in solution for PCs that enables playback of four simultaneous, independent MPEG streams. 4-ReelTime/P is the first 4-channel MPEG-1 playback board for the PCI-Bus. The unique drivers also allow for operating multiple 4-ReelTime/P boards in the same system, thus enabling more than four simultaneous MPEG streams from one PC platform - perfect for broadcast cable and other industries requiring multiple streams from one source such as video-on-demand, karaoke and multi-user kiosks. "Our initial installations with early customers have convinced us that we're on the right track with our multi-channel design, particularly in that it is a single PCI-slot solution versus an external black box approach," stated Bill Foster, VP of Sales & Marketing for Visual Circuits. "We are actively working with customers to port drivers to other platforms beyond Windows and will be exhibiting the 4ReelTime/P at the Microsoft Partner Pavilion at Fall Comdex in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , November 18-22," he continued. Broadcast quality composite and S-video outputs are provided on the 4-ReelTime/P, along with CD-quality stereo audio. The video outputs can be genlocked to an external source for use with mixing and overlay devices. MPEG audio/video demultiplexing is performed in the hardware for guaranteed synchronization with no increase in CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. overhead. A MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. driver for Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. is included for use in application development. The Windows Medial Player can be used directly with the card. The 4-ReelTime/P is list priced at $1,395 (U.S.) Initial shipments of the 4-ReelTime/P began in June with volume being reached in September. Visual Circuits Corporation (VCC An electronics designation that refers to voltage from a power supply connected to the "collector" terminal of a bipolar transistor. In an NPN bipolar (BJT) transistor, it would be +Vcc, while in a PNP transistor, it would be -Vcc. ) is a multimedia hardware and software company that specializes in the integration of leading edge MPEG and JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. technologies with specific customer applications and the design of custom products for OEMs and private-label resellers. VCC was founded in 1989 and has produced a variety of video-related products since that time including scan converters to transform a standard VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. output into a TV-compatible signal, real-time animation playback solutions, video capture boards and MPEG/JPEG solutions. Visual Circuits is privately held with headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn. EDITOR'S NOTE: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Visual Circuits Corporation Laura Tanis 612/781-2186 or 612/789-6905 (Fax) Home Page: http://www.vcircuits.com |
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