New Spruce DVDConductor Version 2.5 Sets New Standards for DVD Authoring Features and Value.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Latest Version of Leading Mid-Range Authoring System Lowers Price While Adding WebDVD and Other Tools SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 1999 Spruce Technologies Spruce Technologies was founded in Silicon Valley in 1996 by Dr. Hiromu Soga. At the time Dr. Soga was already a veteran of video compression technology companies and was keen to develop tools for the emerging DVD and Digital Video Server markets. , Inc. today announced the immediate availability of DVDConductor(TM) Version 2.5. The latest version of the award-winning mid-range DVD authoring DVD authoring describes the process of creating a DVD video that can be played on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum group in 1995. system features a new lower price of $9,995 U.S. and valuable new capabilities including WebDVD integration. "DVDConductor was built to meet the needs of the growing core of the DVD authoring market," says Brian Lane This article is about a fictional detective. Another Brian Lane is in a band called Brand New. Brian Lane is a character in BBC TV's detective show New Tricks. He is played by Alun Armstrong. , DVDConductor Product Manager at Spruce. "That means a solution that is easy-to-use, highly productive and feature-rich, yet one that also doesn't make the customer pay for capabilities they don't need. With Version 2.5 we've actually far exceeded our goals by adding important new tools that greatly increase the producer's creative and technical flexibility while simultaneously lowering the price." DVDConductor Version 2.5 is the only professional DVD authoring system in its class that lets producers integrate live, interactive Internet content and rich 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. media using Spruce Convergence(TM). Hybrid Web-DVD titles offer many exciting opportunities to producers for creating e-commerce, education, marketing and other titles. Using Convergence tools, DVD creators can add Web connectivity to their titles without using any Web programming at all. The new version also includes Spruce's unique DVDonCD(TM) tool, which lets authors create DVD titles that can be distributed on 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). , enabling them to reach the broadest audience possible. Together, Convergence and DVDonCD provide authors with a solution for delivering web-enriched DVD titles that can be distributed and replayed on the over 100 million PCs that are ready for high quality video playback and internet access See how to access the Internet. . Many existing DVDConductor features have been significantly enhanced and expanded as well. A new motion menu feature adds moving video within menu buttons for a sophisticated look normally reserved for high-end feature film titles. Users can now also grab still-frames from video content to easily and quickly create graphic menus. The number of audio tracks has been increased from 2 to 8 and the number of subtitle tracks from 2 to 32. Other new features include multiple colors for subtitles, RealSync(TM) PCM/AC3 audio concatenation in the timeline, an expanded ability to handle up to 10,000 menus, a printable project log and support for Matrox DigiSuite DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. AVI/MPEG files, and many others. DVDConductor has been designed to work with any MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). encoder that provides standards-compliant DVD video and audio streams. For optimal performance, DVDConductor can be paired with the Spruce Technologies MPX-3000 MPEG-2/Dolby(R) Digital encoder. MPX-3000 provides premium audio and video quality and integrated control from any Spruce authoring system. When paired with Spruce's DVDEncoderPack(TM) option, users gain forced I-frame, inverse telecine, segment re-encode and multipass VBR (1) See MP3 VBR. (2) (Variable Bit Rate) Refers to a communications or computer channel that changes its transmission speed based on any number of criteria. features. DVDConductor is upgradeable in increments, based on the user's needs, up to the full feature set of Spruce's flagship DVDMaestro. In addition to the DVDEncoder Pack, the DVDPowerPack(TM) provides nine camera angles, eight audio streams, 32 subtitle streams, motion menus, and more. The DVDEntertainmentPack(TM) includes such features as CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. encryption, parental lock, Karaoke support, and more. About Spruce Technologies, Inc. Spruce Technologies develops and markets DVD authoring software and MPEG encoders for the corporate, new media, and entertainment markets. Based in San Jose, Spruce combines the best Silicon Valley software expertise with extensive DVD, MPEG and video postproduction knowledge. For more information, contact Spruce at 408/861-2200. Additional information about Spruce is also available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.spruce-tech.com. Note to Editors: Spruce Technologies, Inc., DVDMaestro, DVDStation, DVDConductor and DVDVirtuoso are trademarks of Spruce Technologies, Inc. Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. |
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