Comprehensive Suite of MPEG Analysis and Verification Tools for Digital Video and Broadcast Applications.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1998-- Pricing and Capability Structure of Family Facilitates Use At All Levels of 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). Development A new suite of MPEG bitstream test and analysis software tools for digital video and broadcast product and system developers, is now available from Interra, Inc. Called MProbe(TM), this new family provides the full range of MPEG bitstream analysis and verification including MPEG2 transport, embedded PES pes (pes) pl. pe´des [L.] 1. foot. 2. any footlike part. pes n. pl. pe·des 1. The foot. 2. , program and elementary audio and video streams, and MPEG1 system and elementary streams. MProbe is intentionally offered as a family of products to accommodate specific needs and price points of developers, from large studio to small shop. For instance, digital broadcast solutions providers can use MProbe 200 with its full range of MPEG video stream analysis, report capabilities and compliance checking. The small shops, with tight budgets or project-based demands, can purchase MProbe P6, a streamlined version that offers analysis of MPEG2 streams but with smaller file sizes and a six-month license. "We are offering a tiered product structure based on capability and price including an entry level product for small production houses," said Paul Collins Paul Collins is the name of:
MProbe has been used by Spruce Technologies Spruce Technologies was founded in Silicon Valley in 1996 by Dr. Hiromu Soga. At the time Dr. Soga was already a veteran of video compression technology companies and was keen to develop tools for the emerging DVD and Digital Video Server markets. (Cupertino, CA) in the development of their DVD authoring DVD authoring describes the process of creating a DVD video that can be played on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum group in 1995. software called DVDMaestro(TM). "We were especially impressed with the speed and accuracy of the MPEG compliance checker, which contributed to an overall faster time to market with our product," said Greg Wallace, vice president of engineering. LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic has standardized on MProbe to support its Integra set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. development, announced last December. The company has deployed MProbe in all field design centers to assist its customers in debugging hardware designs and software applications and to ensure video/audio stream compliance with MPEG1 and MPEG2 standards. All products in the MProbe line allow the user to browse through stream analysis information under full interactive control. The product family's GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. (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 ) supports quick navigation through any MPEG stream and random access to any part of the stream under analysis. MProbe provides three operating modes consisting of interactive, run-through and regression, designed to accommodate user preferences. All members of the product family have a built-in decoder and video viewer (the MProbe 100T does not have a video viewer) allowing the user to overlay macroblock, slice and motion-vector graphics over video frames. Enhanced report filtering allows for the selection of any and all information in a report. Combining precise report definition with the batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. capabilities in regression mode, the user can automate the MPEG stream compliance checking operation, saving time. MProbe product family will be shipping in April and is available on Windows 95 and NT platforms. A demo version of MProbe is available at www.interrainc.com. -0-
MProbe 200 - $14,995
MProbe 100T - $4,995 (video and audio elementary stream option,
$5,995 extra)
MProbe 100E - $7,995 (program and system option, $3,995 extra)
MProbe P6 - $1,495 for a six-month license (available only in
North America and Europe)
Interra, Inc., designs, develops and markets MPEG and 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. analysis and verification tools targeting digital video broadcast and publishing applications. The company was founded in 1995 by Dr. Ajoy Bose and is privately held. CONTACT: Interra, Inc. Paul Collins, 408/467-4211 pcollins@interrainc.com www.interrainc.com or Gelphman Associates Rob Gelphman, 408/451-8420 robert@gelphman.com |
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