RAVISENT Receives Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs Certification.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001

RAVISENT Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:RVST), a software and intellectual property licensing company, today announced that its latest edition of CinePlayer(TM) DVD 4.0 application officially received Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification on Windows 98SE/ME/2K/XP utilizing DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA).

DXVA certification allows PC OEM's a time to market advantage compared to non-DXVA certified DVD solutions.

Targeted at PC manufacturers seeking a Windows compliant DVD solution, RAVISENT's CinePlayer applications, deliver state of the art DVD playback and optimized functionality to meet all industry standard DVD requirements. CinePlayer offers a unique solution for decoding DVD, Video CD and MPEG-2 video streams, as well as CD audio, Dolby Digital AC-3, LPCM, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 digital audio formats, offering a completely new digital video and audio playback experience.

CinePlayer DVD 4.0 includes an expandable control panel and Aspect/Anamorphic Zooms, which add to the quality of the DVD experience. What's more, it incorporates full support for Matrox's DualHead(R) DVDMax feature, which allows full screen playback of DVD and video on the secondary display while maintaining a full Windows(R) desktop on the main display.

CinePlayer DVD received WHQL certification on a Gateway PIII PC powered by an 800 MHz Intel Pentium(R) III processor, combined with nVidia's GeForce2 GTS VGA chip. The GTS chip is an integrated high-performance 3D processor delivering paramount graphics quality and performance, enabling playback of theater-quality video from DVDs on Windows-based PCs.

"We are pleased with our most recent accomplishment in our long-standing commitment to deliver products to PC OEMs that meet Microsoft WHQL guidelines to ensure maximum compatibility and usability," said Sebastian Pistritto, Vice President of Marketing for RAVISENT. "This achievement means that PC OEMs have a proven DVD solution for Windows XP."

About CinePlayer(TM) DVD 4.0

Software CinePlayer(TM) 4.0 is RAVISENT's latest generation software DVD playback solution. This application shares the software core of RAVISENT's Software CineMaster(R) DVD solutions currently shipping with several PC OEMs nationwide.

RAVISENT's Software CinePlayer is a high-performance software DVD and MPEG-2 decoding solution designed to decode and playback DVD-Video, MPEG Video and Broadcast MPEG Video content on PCs.

About RAVISENT Technologies Inc.

RAVISENT is a software and intellectual property licensing company. RAVISENT's solutions are incorporated in products from leading personal computer and consumer electronics manufacturers, including Compaq, Dell Computer, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Elsa, Matrox, ATI Technologies and STMicroelectronics.

Founded in 1994, RAVISENT is a global company, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with offices in Silicon Valley and Japan. On June 28, 2001, RAVISENT announced that it has offered to purchase all of the outstanding shares of eMation, Ltd. in exchange for 8 million shares of RAVISENT common stock and the assumption by RAVISENT of $5 million of eMation indebtedness.

The acquisition of eMation is subject to a number of closing conditions including, but not limited to, the approval by RAVISENT stockholders. More information about RAVISENT is available at www.ravisent.com.

All companies and product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that relate to RAVISENT's future business and financial performance. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual events of future results to differ from those discussed herein.

Such factors include, among others: RAVISENT's ability to consummate the acquisition of eMation and to achieve any benefits from the acquisition, the possibility that the closing conditions to the acquisition of eMation may not be satisfied and that the acquisition may not occur, the viability of DRM technology, the potential for growth in the pervasive computing market; RAVISENT's recent change in its business model, its limited operating history, fluctuating quarterly operating results, expectation of future losses, anticipated price declines in products, dependence on its current product lines, dependence on a small number of customers, lack of long-term commitments with customers, dependence on manufacturers and strategic relationships, product delays, the difficulty of protecting proprietary rights, the ability to manage growth and attract and retain additional personnel, the potential for defects in its products, risks from international operations, its ability to raise capital in the future, its dependence on the personal computer and consumer electronics industries, competition, its ability to manage technological change and respond to evolving industry standards, and government regulation.

Investors are advised to read RAVISENT's Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Forms 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those sections entitled "Factors Affecting Operating Results," for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.

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