InterVideo Ships Four New Components in WinCinema Suite; WinRip, WinDVR, WinCoder and MyDVD for CD Now Available on InterVideo Website.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

TAIPEI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001

InterVideo, the leading developer of digital video and audio software for the PC, announced today the availability of four new products in the WinCinema(TM) Suite of fully integrated multimedia software components for PC users.

Since March of this year, InterVideo has shipped WinRip(TM), an MP3 player/encoder containing InterVideo's patent-pending InterVideo Data Injection (IDI) technology; WinDVR(TM), InterVideo's software-only digital VCR; WinCoder(TM), InterVideo's real-time MPEG-1 & 2 capture software; and MyDVD for CD(TM), InterVideo's DVD authoring software for CD-R/RW drives.

"While it's been a great ride to the top with our flagship WinDVD(R) software, it was never our intention to be a one-horse software company," noted Joe Monastiero, InterVideo's Sr. VP of worldwide sales and marketing. "With the addition of the four new products to the WinCinema line-up, our customers now have available to them an integrated suite of advanced digital video and audio tools to satisfy the majority of their needs both today and into the future."

WinRip Creates Enhanced MP3s

WinRip offers a complete audio and visual music experience by providing users the ability to playback their favorite MP3s enhanced with InterVideo's Data Injection technology. With IDI, artists and users have the ability to enter text and lyrics manually or import them from other sources. WinRip Studio, the version designed exclusively for artists and other music content owners, adds the ability to inject web links which can display data such as artist biographies, tour schedules, CD information, contest information, photos, merchandise offers and much more.

For music enthusiasts, WinRip offers rapid CD-to-MP3 file transfer, user-defined music file management, smart search capability (artist, genre, etc.), and DSP effects such as echo, surround, karaoke and tone control. In compact mode WinRip also lets users change the look and feel of the product with a number of downloadable "skins", and supports `plug-in' applications that enhance the playback environment with colorful graphics that respond to music tempo and dynamics.

"There are now over 800,000 WinRip Enhanced MP3s available for download on MP3.com, and artists are creating more every day. We're very excited to be able to deliver this new audio/visual experience to consumers through digital music files, and to be able to connect artists with their fans through our IDI technology," said Tom White, senior director of Audio Marketing for InterVideo.

PC Personal Video Recorder 

WinDVR works with both internal PC tuner cards and external USB tuners providing recording and playback features similar to those of hardware-based, consumer living room personal video recorders. By exploiting the convergence of MPEG video compression with plummeting prices for PC data storage, WinDVR brings the full benefits of tape-free television recording and playback to the home computer user. Viewers can choose to encode their video using MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 compression at various resolutions, from DVD-quality to space-saving VCR quality.

Registered WinDVR users can access InterVideoTV.com -- a U.S. Web-based cable and satellite programming guide -- and easily integrate the information with WinDVR's WinScheduler module. InterVideoTV.com, in partnership with TVGrid.com, provides an electronic programming guide, instantly compiled according to the viewer's postal code and satellite/cable service provider information. WinScheduler monitors programming activity and automatically launches WinDVR for scheduled recordings. Recorded programs are available for playback at the user's convenience.

Time-shifted recording and playback is built into WinDVR, allowing viewers to simultaneously record and watch programs, with the freedom to pause at any time and to skip the commercials that they've seen over and over again. Time shifting works by allowing the viewer to pause the decoded video playback while continuing to record the incoming video stream. The viewer can then resume playback from the saved video file, with the convenience of being able to skip through recorded station breaks and commercials. WinDVR also allows instant replay of incoming video streams or recorded programs.

Capture DVD Quality Videos

With InterVideo's WinCoder, the suite's MPEG-1 & MPEG-2 software-only encoder, users can take video and audio from all popular sources (including analog and digital camcorders, VCRs, analog cameras, USB cameras, and other A/V sources) and encode it in real time into compact MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 files. With dramatically reduced file sizes that retain high video quality, WinCoder makes capturing and storing high quality video and audio practical for almost any PC user. WinCoder's compressed video files occupy up to 20 times less disk space than the DV-AVI format commonly used today.

"Until now, real-time MPEG-2 capture has required expensive compression hardware, which was beyond the budget of most casual video users," said Michael Demeyer, senior director of Video Product Marketing for InterVideo. "With the cost of analog and 1394 capture boards approaching $50, WinCoder makes high-quality video both practical and affordable for everyone."

Using predefined capture settings, users can encode video from DVD-quality to highly compressed, compact VCR quality as well as to Video CD (VCD) format. This video can be edited on the PC then published on inexpensive CD-R media for distribution. The compact MPEG format is ideal for CD-R distribution, with a CD-R holding up to an hour of VCR-quality video.

Create Video Postcards on CDs

InterVideo's MyDVD for CD lets users share their videos with their friends, family, and colleagues easily and affordably. Combining DVD-style navigation with low-cost CD-R media, multiple videos up to DVD quality can be combined in a video postcard style for viewing on any Windows PC with a CD-ROM drive.

Developed in cooperation with Sonic Solutions, the leading professional DVD authoring company, MyDVD for CD uses a simple drag-and-drop interface to assemble pictures, video, text and audio into high-quality and entertaining video storybooks. Direct recording to popular CD-R burners is supported, and a special free run-time version of InterVideo's WinDVD can be included on the discs so they will play on any PC equipped with a CD-ROM drive without the need for any additional software downloads or purchases.

With applications ranging from sending captioned birthday movies to Grandma to distributing training materials in a corporate setting, MyDVD for CD is an ideal solution for the rapidly growing base of CD recordable equipped PCs.

WinCinema Integration

As WinCinema modules are added to a user's desktop, they tightly integrate with each other, in much the same fashion as Microsoft's Office suite of products. Users can easily toggle between apps from each product's embedded WinCinema Manager component.

InterVideo has three additional components in the WinCinema suite that it anticipates releasing this year -- WinProducer, the suite's video editing module scheduled for release in the next 60 days; WinDTV/DVB, the digital television viewing modules; and InterVideo's home networking plug-ins, which will combine the functionality of the viewing and listening components in a networked-home environment.

Pricing and Availability

WinRip, WinDVR, and WinCoder are currently available for trial download at www.intervideo.com. WinRip is priced at $19.95 and compatible with Windows 98, NT, 2000, and Millennium Edition. WinDVR, WinCoder and MyDVD are priced at $49.95 for Windows 98 SE, 2000, and Me. Currently, WinRip Studio is offered for trial download to registered artists at MP3.com and can be purchased for a limited time for only $99.

About InterVideo, Inc. (IVI)

InterVideo is the number one distributor of software DVD solutions worldwide. The company produces and markets the award-winning WinDVD player-decoder for Windows, as well as other advanced audio and video software products. Customers include Compaq, Creative Labs, Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens, Gateway, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Micron, Panasonic, Sharp, Sony, Tiny and Toshiba.

InterVideo's executive team is comprised of PC veterans instrumental in the formation of the PC multimedia industry, coming from industry pioneering companies such as NexGen, LuxSonor, Sigma Designs, Chromatic Research, Conexant, Zoran, MetaCreations, ST Microelectronics and E4. InterVideo's popular DVD playback software, WinDVD, has won a number of awards worldwide. InterVideo is privately held, with headquarters in Fremont, Calif., and with regional offices in China, Europe, Taiwan, Los Angeles, Redmond, Wash., and Japan. For more information about IVI, contact InterVideo at 510/651-0888 or visit the Web site at www.intervideo.com.

Note to Editors: WinDVD, WinRip, WinDVR, WinDTV, and WinCinema are trademarks of InterVideo, Inc. Windows, Windows 95, Windows98, Windows NT, Windows2000, Windows Millennium Edition and Office are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.