Media 100 Ships CineStream; Authoring Solution for Web Developers and Professional Content Creators, Available Immediately.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 1, 2001 Media 100 CineStream Integrates "EventStream" Technology to Enable Interactive Streaming Media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. Authoring and Delivery 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 ), the leading provider of software, systems and services for streaming media on the Internet, today announced that CineStream, the industry's first software-based interactive streaming media authoring solution for web developers and professional content creators, is available immediately. Media 100 CineStream enables a broader range of customers to create and deliver superior quality, highly-interactive streaming media programs for delivery over the Internet. CineStream provides a unique, software-based approach to creating video programs specifically designed for the interactive nature of the Internet and is ideally suited for customers entering the burgeoning streaming media marketplace. "Media 100 is continually developing software innovations to solve key issues for our customers in the burgeoning digital media design and delivery space," said Stephen Manousos, vice president of sales and marketing for the Media 100 Software Division. "Our customers not only need innovative approaches to creating and delivering digital media, they also need options. CineStream is the most powerful software-based interactive streaming media authoring solution on the market today." Media 100 CineStream: One-Stop Interactive Streaming Media Authoring Available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms, Media 100 CineStream leverages several key streaming media technologies developed by Media 100 that enable users to capture video content directly from digital video (DV) sources, edit video content with speed and precision, author compelling interactive elements directly into the editing timeline and encode the final product in all major streaming media formats, including 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. , RealSystems, QuickTime and MPEG-1. EventStream Support A significant feature of Media 100 CineStream is its timeline integration of EventStream authoring tools that enable the creation of interactive streaming content. EventStream enables web designers to embed interactive instructions directly into streaming media programs to trigger highly visual, content-rich capabilities, including graphics, Flash animations, Java applications - all synchronized with the streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. on the web site. EventStream supports direct output of QuickTime interactive streaming media files and direct export to Cleaner 5 for production of interactive streaming media in RealSystems and Windows Media formats Windows Media formats are supported in many software and hardware-based players as well as Microsoft's own software-based Windows Media Player. The foundation container format for Windows Media is the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file, which holds audio, video, meta-data (titles, author, - all directly from the timeline. Special Effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and Animation Features Media 100 CineStream also includes a number of key features that enable the creation of the highest quality streaming content in the industry, including: --"Pan and Scan See pan & scan. " capability for eliminating unwanted portions of video images --Pan, zoom and rotate with true perspective --Picture-in-picture with crop --Multiple composition support --On-the-fly, editable submaster creation enables simultaneous creation of multiple versions of the same video program --Chroma and Luma The black/gray/white information in a video signal, represented as the letter "Y." Color information is transmitted as luma (brightness) and chroma (color). The luma is a weighted sum of the RGB colors. See luminance, YUV and YUV/RGB conversion formulas. keyers --Unlimited titles with backgrounds and shadows, independent control of gradient colors and transparency, rotation and fill-with-video effects --Create, save and re-use effects and transitions --Unlimited keyframes of any parameter --Unlimited video and effects layers --2D, 3D and keying effects for video layering --200+ SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, White Plains, NY, www.smpte.org) A professional society for motion picture and TV engineers with more than 9,000 members worldwide. It prepares standards and documentation for TV production. standard and user-customized transitions System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. Media 100 CineStream is available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms with the following system requirements: Windows System Requirements --200 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium-class PC with an available PCI slot (hardware) PCI slot - A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card. --128 MB of RAM
--16-bit graphics capability
--CD-ROM or DVD drive
--Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME
--Hard drive capable of sustaining 5MB/sec transfer rate
Macintosh OS System Requirements
--Macintosh with 604 processor or later and an available PCI slot
--128 MB of RAM
--16-bit graphics capability
--CD-ROM or DVD drive
--Mac OS 8.6 or later
--Hard drive capable of sustaining 5MB/sec transfer rate
Pricing and Availability
Media 100 CineStream will be available in February and will be
priced at $499. Media 100 CineStream will also be available online
from the Media 100 Online Store (www.media100.com) and will be priced
at $479. Media 100 CineStream will be available to registered users of
EditDV or MotoDV for $149.
About Media 100
Media 100 is the leading supplier of software, systems and
services for streaming media on the Internet. Media 100 develops
software and systems that simplify the creation and delivery of video
on the Internet, DVD and CD-ROM. Media 100 also provides the most
comprehensive suite of streaming media services to its customers by
offering encoding (audio and video compression) and hosting (delivery)
services for Internet broadcasters, web designers and digital media
content creators. For more information, visit www.media100.com.
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CONTACT: Media 100 Inc. Raz Public Relations
Nayla Daly Karen Raz
(508) 303-4816 (310) 450-1482
ndaly@media100.com karen@razpr.com
KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS ENTERTAINMENT INTERNET
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