Media 100 Announces `Cleaner Live'; Cleaner Live Brings Cleaner 5's Unrivalled Image Quality and Performance To Live Internet Streaming.Business/Technology Editors MARLBORO Marlboro or Marlborough (märl`bərō), city (1990 pop. 31,813), Middlesex co., E Mass.; settled on the site of a Native American village 1657, inc. as a city 1890. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2001 Media 100 Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MDEA MDEA 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-Ethylamphetamine (empathogenic/psychedelic drug closely related to MDMA) MDEA Master Data Exchange Agreement MDEA Methyl Di-Ethyl Amine ), a leading provider of digital media design and delivery solutions, today announced the launch of Cleaner Live, the first live streaming application to deliver real-time, high-quality capture and Internet streaming in both the Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. and RealSystem 8 streaming formats simultaneously. Cleaner Live is high-performance software that empowers anyone from an Internet broadcaster to an individual to quickly, affordably and at high quality broadcast a live event using the Internet. Cleaner Live is designed to work seamlessly with Media 100's suite of Internet streaming applications--CineStream, for content design and interactive video authoring, and Cleaner 5 the gold standard for on demand Internet streaming applications. First customer shipments are scheduled for April 2001. Cleaner Live is priced at $2,995. "Cleaner Live is a breakthrough. It delivers high-quality video live over the Internet, supports both the Windows Media and RealSystems formats, and it's affordable," said John Molinari, president and chief executive officer of Media 100. "We see many organizations and individuals taking the next step to live streaming. Cleaner Live lets you broadcast from where the action is. That can mean the concert floor, the factory floor, or the boardroom where the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. is rolling out the new company strategy. Cleaner Live turns a Windows 2000 personal computer into a live streaming studio." Live Webcasting with Cleaner Live Cleaner Live is bringing high-quality live streaming capability to customers in a single affordable solution on the Windows 2000 platform. Leveraging key streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. technologies from Media 100, Cleaner Live provides a host of key features to further simplify the process, including the ability to: -- Accept input directly from DV cameras using a IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 Interface PCI card and cable, included with Cleaner Live -- Encode multiple data rate streams of Windows Media and RealSystem player formats simultaneously -- Decode DV content in real time using Media 100's DV Accelerator PCI card, also included with Cleaner Live -- Save full-resolution DV input streams to disk for later editing using Media 100 CineStream -- Optimize saved content for interactive streaming using Media 100 Cleaner 5 -- Preview Windows Media and RealSystem streams before and during live webcast -- Monitor digital flow meters to assess throughput in frames, bits and bytes Bits and Bytes was the name for two Canadian television series, starring Billy Van, who teaches people the basics of how to use a computer. The first series debuted in 1983 and the second series, called Bits and Bytes 2, in 1991. -- View status of key functions instantly with Traffic Monitors with "red/yellow/green" status indicators -- Get online help during webcast using context sensitive guidelines -- Save multiple settings files and restore previous configurations instantly Minimum System Requirements To optimize the live streaming experience, Media 100 recommends the following minimum system requirements: -- Microsoft Windows 2000 -- Pentium III 733 MHz CPU - Dual processor configuration required for simultaneous Windows Media and RealSystem output -- 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended) -- Two available PCI slots -- 16 MB graphics card with DirectDraw support -- 1024 x 768, 32-bit display -- CD-ROM drive and sound card -- NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. or PAL DV camera with IEEE 1394 port -- Network connectivity to support desired streaming bandwidth Pricing and Availability Media 100 Cleaner Live will be available in April 2001 and will be priced at $2,995. Cleaner Live can be purchased from Media 100's global network of Value Added Resellers, or directly from Media 100 by visiting www.media100.com or calling 1-800-773-1770. Additionally, detailed information on 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. performance requirements and compatible cameras and graphics cards is available on the Media 100 website. About Media 100 Media 100 is a leading provider of digital media software and systems for creating and delivering high quality video and audio on the Internet, 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. , CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and broadcast media. Media 100's award-winning digital media solutions, including Cleaner 5, Cleaner Live, CineStream, iFinish 4 and Media 100 i, leverage the Company's unique Digital Media Workflow model to enable its more than 150,000 worldwide customer in entertainment, news media, corporate communications, education and the government to create compelling, interactive digital media content for broad distribution. For more information, visit www.media100.com. |
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