Dazzle Adds One-Button Webcasting to MovieStar Video Editing Publishing Software.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000

Automatically Converts Personal or Business Videos Into Streaming

Media for Public/Private Viewing on Video-Sharing Web Site

Well-known for delivering feature-rich desktop and notebook digital video editing systems that are easy to use and affordably priced, Dazzle Multimedia, Inc., announced today that it has added Webcast Theater(TM) to its MovieStar(TM) Rev 4.2 software for Digital Video Creator (DVC and DVC II) systesms. Webcast Theater, the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective way to share videos on the Web, provides the Dazzle DVC products with unprecedented video streaming capabilities. With the click of a mouse, DVC users can automatically create streaming videos that can be posted on business or personal web sites for public or private viewing.

Dazzle Webcast Theater Features:

-- Simple 3-step process -- Select video, Click Webcast, Click Upload

-- Users can specify "Public" or "Private" viewing

-- Invited viewers can post comments and rate the videos

-- Videos are encoded to suit a variety of Internet connection speeds

-- To save bandwidth, only the links (URLs) are e-mailed, not the entire video
file

-- Webcasters get first 10MB of storage and 1GB of bandwidth free. Additional
capacity can be purchased for a fee. Admission for viewing is free.

Dazzle Webcast Theater is powered by MediaOke', a self-publish, self-serve personal media ASP service offered by MightyEyes Inc., a Sunnyvale, California-based Application Service Provider (ASP) for "personal" video infrastructure and web-based applications. "We are very pleased that Dazzle chose our MediaOke' technology to power Webcast Theater," said Deepak Srinivasan, chief executive officer of MightyEyes. "With MediaOke', users can automatically convert their videos to a streaming media format and instantly publish to a powerful web-based platform that we'll use for on-demand delivery to the URL or viewer specified. It's a complete video publish and content management system that eliminates having to deal with complex setup and delivery issues."

Consumers will use Webcast Theater to share videos of special events with their families and friends. Advertising agencies will use them to test market commercials and obtain client feedback. Real estate agencies will be able to offer their customers tours of homes that are for sale. Businesses will use them to showcase products/services, provide training and share videos of corporate messages with offisite facilities. Schools can offer courses on videos to remote locations. The possibilities are virtually unlimited. And best of all, these capabilities will be available anywhere in the world, 24x7 from the viewer's desktop.

"Previously, applications like these were only available to large corporations with professional content developers and unlimited bandwidth," explained Prem Talreja, Dazzle Vice President of Marketing. "Webcast Theater levels the playing field for small businesses and consumers, giving them all of the tools they need to quickly and easily create professional-looking videos that can be shared."

With Dazzle's fully integrated DVC systems, users can capture audio and video from a VCR, camcorder, or any other video-output source. The video can then be edited, spliced and enhanced with professional-looking effects such as fades and wipes. The finalized video can be converted to streaming video for webcasting or published as TV-quality MPEG titles on CD discs when DVC is used, and as MPEG-2 files with output to DVD discs with DVC-II. Videos created on Dazzle DVC systems can be played back on any Windows(R) PC.

Webcast Theater is launched from the MovieStar editing software included with Dazzle DVC systems. By clicking on Webcast, users can store, manage and organize all of their multimedia files from their personal "My Shelf" page at the Dazzle Webcast Theater. Once a video is loaded on Dazzle Webcast Theater, users can specify that viewing is limited to invited guests only or available to the general public. Users can also create a URL for each video which can easily be added to a website or personalized e-mails inviting friends or business partners to view the video.

Pricing, Availability

Offered with support for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, and Windows Millennium Edition, Webcast Theater will be bundled with Dazzle DVC and DVC-II systems shipping in October. The suggested retail prices for the enhanced DVC and DVC-II digital video editing solutions will remain at $249 for DVC and $299 for DVC-II.

The DVC systems include Dazzle MovieStar editing software, Sonic Solutions DVDit!(TM), Mediamatics Software DVD Player, Sonic Desktop SmartSound(TM), Microsoft Media Player, Microsoft Internet Explorer(TM), and sample MPEG video clips.

Existing owners of DVC and DVC II will have options for upgrading their software via Dazzle's web site at www.dazzle.com. An active demonstration of MovieStar software may be seen at the Dazzle web site: http://www.dazzle.com/demo/demo.html.

Dazzle products are available from a nationwide network of retailers and resellers including CompUSA, Best Buy, WalMart, Fry's Electronics, Micro Center, OfficeMax, Office Depot, Staples and Sears. The products are also available online at www.dazzle.com.

About Dazzle Multimedia

Dazzle Multimedia, Inc., headquartered in Fremont, Calif., designs, builds and markets innovative, easy-to-use, Internet-ready products for digital video editing and publishing. With the acquisition of FAST Multimedia Personal Video Division, Dazzle Europe was formed in July of 2000, and will bring Dazzle's award-winning product line to the rest of the world.

A majority of Dazzle is held by SCM Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq:SCMM)(Neuer Markt:SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World by enabling people to conveniently access secure digital content and services. Interested parties can learn more about Dazzle Multimedia by calling 510/360-2300 or by visiting the company's Website at www.dazzle.com.

The Dazzle Product Line

Dazzle's family of award-winning products include the Digital Video Creator, Digital Photo & Video Maker, and plug-and-play devices for novice to advanced PC users, which focus on applications for using TV-quality digital video. Dazzle also offers DV-Editor, a companion for the DV camcorder, which includes a FireWire(TM)/IEEE 1394 PCI adapter card and powerful editing software suite.

Dazzle recently introduced the Digital Video Creator II, with MPEG-2 compression technology and MovieStar Software which provides users with more editing and special effects capabilities; and the DV-Editor for Notebook Computers, a mobile editing system for DV camcorder owners.

EDITOR'S NOTE: For product photos, additional information or to review Dazzle products, contact Andy Marken, 408/986-0100 or [e-mail].