LSX-MPEG Player Brings MPEG-2 Video Playback to the Desktop Without Expensive Hardware.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1999--

Ligos Technology Announces Beta Release of MPEG-2 Player

With 60-Day Free Evaluation Period

Ligos Technology, the leaders in real-time MPEG software encoding solutions and technology, announces that consumers no longer need to purchase expensive hardware to view high-quality, MPEG-2 video on the desktop.

In the tradition of Ligos' other high-quality MPEG-2 video products and technologies, the LSX-MPEG Player expands the reach of digital video and delivers a higher standard for video playback on the PC. The beta release, with a 60-day free evaluation period, is available immediately via download from the Ligos Web site, with the full version available in the near future for $29.95.

"High-quality MPEG-2 video playback on the desktop has long been dominated by expensive, difficult to install hardware solutions," said Peter Forman, president and chief executive officer of Ligos Technology. "The LSX-MPEG Player gives consumers the freedom to watch MPEG-2 video at a price that they can afford, without the hassle of hardware installation."

The LSX-MPEG Player is a DirectShow compatible filter for the playback of MPEG-2 streams, providing quality playback of MPEG-2 video and audio directly through Microsoft's ubiquitous Media Player. The player makes an ideal companion to Ligos' LSX-MPEG Encoder -- combined, the two provide a complete MPEG encoding and play back solution.

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--   MPEG-2 video decode without expensive hardware
--   Capable of real-time decoding of MPEG-2 (Main Profile@ Main
     Level) video bitstreams up to 10 Mbps
--   Support for full screen playback of up to Full D-1 resolution
     files, NTSC (720x480, 30fps) or PAL (720x576, 25 fps) on a
     Pentium II 350 MHz system with a DirectX compatible video card
     supporting YUV overlay mode.
--   Half D-1 on a 233 MHz Pentium II.
--   Displays video at full-screen or in a window as a filter to
     Windows Media Player.
--   Optimized for most efficient use of processor
--   DirectShow and ActiveMovie compatible
--   Works directly with Windows Media Player as a Direct Show filter,
     giving you a fully powered media player
--   User can choose to utilize MPEG-1 video decode through our filter
     (defaults to Microsoft's MPEG-1 decoder by default)

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System Requirements

The LSX-MPEG Player requires a minimum Pentium(R) II 233 MHz (CPU speed is proportional to the video size and the amount of motion in the video), Windows 95 or greater, 32 MB RAM and a VGA video card with 4 MB VRAM (8 MB recommended, DirectX 5.0 certified with motion compensation and YUV overlay support in drivers recommended for highest performance).

Pricing and Availability

The LSX-MPEG Player Beta is available now for download with a 60-day free evaluation period from the Ligos Web site at http://www.ligos.com/downloads/. The full consumer version will be available within 60 days for $29.95.

About Ligos Technology

Headquartered in San Francisco, Ligos Technology is the leading worldwide provider of real-time software-only MPEG encoding and decoding technology. Ligos is an award-winning developer of multimedia software, dedicated to delivering the highest-quality MPEG solutions to enable the future of digital video on the desktop.

Ligos is a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Data Systems of Savannah, Ga., developers of the first software multimedia codec for standard PCs. For more information on Ligos Technology, MPEG products, or licensing, access the company Web site at http://www.ligos.com or call toll-free 888/464-8765.

Note to Editors: LSX-MPEG is a trademark of Ligos Corporation. All other trademark contained herein are the property of their respective owners.