Sorenson Media Announces Immediate Availability of Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL Accelerator Platform for Real-Time MPEG-2 High Definition Encoding.SALT LAKE CITY -- Resolution-Independent, 100 Percent Software-Programmable Platform Enables Maximum Flexibility and Smooth Upgrade Path to Future Advanced High Definition Video Standards Sorenson Media Sorenson Media is a software company working in the multimedia area. They are known as the creators of the Sorenson Spark video codec. (R), the global leader in video compression Encoding digital video to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. See video codec and data compression. video compression - Compression of sequences of images. technology, today announced the immediate availability of Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL(TM), a new PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. accelerator platform/plug-in board based on innovative, fully software-definable technology. The Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL encoding See encode. solution is a PC plug-in board that dramatically accelerates key processor-intensive encoding tasks such as motion estimation and image transforms. Using four highly parallel processors that total more than 16,000 parallel computing Solving a problem with multiple computers or computers made up of multiple processors. It is an umbrella term for a variety of architectures, including symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), clusters of SMP systems, massively parallel processors (MPPs) and grid computing. elements, Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL can encode MPEG-2 1920x1080 content at 30 frames per second on a properly configured system. Lower resolutions can achieve faster than real-time performance. "We developed Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL to empower our customers to quickly encode significant quantities of high definition content, while enjoying the industry-standard quality and simplicity of Sorenson Squeeze Sorenson Squeeze is a compression suite for video. It is currently in Version 4.5 for Windows (not Vista) and Mac. It allows multiple formats including QuickTime, Windows Media and Flash Video. It uses multiple codecs such as Sorenson 3 Pro, H.264, H.263, and many others. ," said Matt Cupal, president of Sorenson Media. "The resulting solution combines blazing-fast encoding speed, quality and ease of use to meet the needs of the most demanding video professionals." Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL hardware accelerates all the MPEG-2 encoding options found in Sorenson Squeeze, including resolutions (SD & HD) up to 1920 x 1080, and works effectively alongside video capture cards See video capture board. from multiple vendors to provide effective capture and encoding in a single system. Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL is fully software programmable, and contains a built-in roadmap to other HD formats as they become available. For example, planned future Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL also includes all of the features of Sorenson Squeeze PowerPack. Retailing at $599, this solution includes features such as batch mode encoding, multiple format support, Web video output, watch folders, command line control and more. Pricing and Availability Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL is available by contacting Sorenson Media at 801.313.8150 or through a variety of dealers. The base starting price starting price n (COMM) → precio inicial starting price n → prix initial starting price start n (at auction is $11,995. About Sorenson Media Sorenson Media (www.sorensonmedia.com) is the global leader in video compression technology. The company's innovative encoding applications and award-winning video delivery solutions enable users to quickly and affordably deliver high-quality digital video files over the Internet. Sorenson Media's video-streaming technology is used on more than 600 million PCs worldwide. The Sorenson Squeeze Compression Suite has garnered many major industry awards, including Macworld Best of Show, and Video Systems Vanguard Award. The firm's compression codecs are licensed by a host of Fortune 500 companies. (C) 2006 Sorenson Media. All products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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