Sorenson Media Announces New Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL Accelerator Platform for Real-Time MPEG-2 HD Encoding.SALT LAKE CITY -- Resolution-Independent, 100 Percent Software-Programmable Platform Enables Maximum Flexibility and Smooth Upgrade Path to Future Advanced HD 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 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. Sorenson Media's HD encoding See encode. solution is a PC plug-in board that uses four highly parallel processors, totaling 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, to dramatically accelerate key processor-intensive encoding tasks such as motion estimation and image transforms. 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. "Our customers love the quality, simplicity and workflow 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. but have struggled to encode high quantities of HD content in a reasonable amount of time," said Matt Cupal, president of Sorenson Media. "With Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL we've combined our renowned quality and simplicity with blazing fast encoding speed. The result is a no-compromise solution that will please even our most demanding customers." Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL hardware accelerates all of the MPEG-2 encoding options in Sorenson Squeeze, including resolutions (SD & HD) up to 1920 x 1080, and works effectively alongside video capture cards See video capture board. from several vendors to provide capture and encoding in a single system. Because it is fully software-programmable, Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL has a roadmap to other HD formats as they become available. Planned future 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. This solution, retailing at $599, has 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 will be 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. Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL is anticipated to ship in Q2 2006. 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 2004 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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