Amnis Systems Enhances Network Video Solution With Improved Desktop Player.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2002 Company's LivePlayer(TM) 2.0 Delivers Improved MPEG-2 Video Quality and User Interface for Enterprise Video Applications Amnis Systems Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :AMNM AMNM Airman's Medal ), a leading global provider of networked streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. products, has announced LivePlayer(TM) 2.0 as the latest enhancement to its enterprise class network video solution. LivePlayer is a software-only playback system for desktop application access to high quality live streaming video content from Amnis network attached video appliances. LivePlayer enables enterprise users to receive, play and record live, multicast and stored video content that meets both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 industry standards, without adding desktop PC hardware. This new software version greatly improves video quality while employing a more intuitive and easy to use graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . MPEG-2 is the digital video standard used for satellite television, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , digital cable TV and other broadcast-quality video content. LivePlayer is capable of receiving 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). over IP networks and supports both multicast and unicast MPEG-2 video content directly to high performance PCs. Additionally, LivePlayer has the ability to capture and record streaming video on a local hard disk or a networked server as it is being played live. "LivePlayer 2.0 offers enterprise customers a significant enhancement over competitive multicast MPEG players available today," said Thomas Rayas, director of Strategic Alliances of Amnis Systems. "This new LivePlayer software version when used with our network attached appliances provides a best of breed solution for enterprise applications." The LivePlayer software is interoperable with Amnis Systems' industry leading network-attached, streaming video products to receive and play live or stored broadcast-quality video on a Windows-compatible desktop PC. LivePlayer supports live multicast streaming playback, minimizing network bandwidth consumption during simultaneous viewing of video content by multiple users. "Currently, enterprise applications require higher quality video while maintaining ease of use and a minimal learning curve," says Rich Falcone, Amnis Systems' vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. "In this regard, Amnis' award winning LivePlayer 2.0 delivers the highest quality live or stored MPEG video that is a critical requirement for distance training and video surveillance applications." Because LivePlayer is a software-only solution, it is easy to install and quick to deploy. Installation requires no accelerator cards or other hardware add-ons, which reduce the overall cost of ownership and provides enterprises with a cost-effective system for playing back real network streaming MPEG-2 video on the desktop. Practical Details LivePlayer 2.0 is compatible with all Amnis streaming products. LivePlayer 2.0 requires Windows 98, NT, 2000 or XP with at least a Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). 650 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. 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. and 64 MB of RAM. For information on pricing and availability, contact Amnis Systems at 800/239-0600 or http://www.amnisinc.com. About Amnis Systems Inc. Amnis Systems Inc. (OTCBB:AMNM), which acquired Optivision Inc. in 2001, is the market leader in the networked streaming video market. The company develops, manufactures and delivers MPEG network video products for high-quality video creation, management and distribution worldwide both directly and through leading industry partners. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Amnis products are used in diverse applications such as such as surveillance, distance learning, content distribution, corporate training, telemedicine, video-on-demand and high-quality video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. . For more information about Amnis Systems Inc., visit www.amnisinc.com or phone 800/239-0600. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. 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