VITEC Multimedia Announces the World's First Integrated "MPEG Toolbox-2" to be Launched at COMDEX '98.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1998-- Encode and Edit in MPEG-2 With Software Only for $249 The VITEC VITEC Visual Information Technologies Toolbox-2 is the first software kit to provide a combination of complete AVI (Audio Video Interleave (multimedia) Audio Video Interleave - (AVI) An audio-video standard designed by Microsoft. Apparently proprietary and Microsoft Windows-specific. http://www2.echo.lu/oii/en/video.html#AVI. -- the most common format for audio/video data on the PC) file format encoding into true 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). 1 and 2 digital video. It also provides the extensive MPEG-2 editing capabilities of the award-winning VITEC Multimedia Video Clip MPEG-2 "SE" Editor. "The revolutionary VITEC Toolbox-2 will allow users to convert a large gigabyte AVI file into a smaller MPEG-2 file taking up only megabytes of storage space," according to Lionel Zajde, Sales and Marketing Manager for VITEC Multimedia. "The new MPEG-2 file will fit one hour of video onto a CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. and is a small enough file to be saved or stored on a standard PC computer," Zajde added. Toolbox-2 can turn any AVI capture board into true MPEG-2 digital video and will convert AVI files and still image list into MPEG-2 audio, video and system files. Featuring Windows software on '95, '98 and NT, Toolbox-2 is fully compatible with all MPEG-2 decoders on the market. The unprecedented MPEG-2 SE editing software will edit MPEG-2 in a native format, with no dedicated hardware required. Also featured: copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. editing or pre-editing of video clips and the ability to clean up the end points of existing clips without re-encoding the entire file. Applications include: marketing presentations, kiosks presentations, training applications, MPEG-2 archival, etc. The new encoder/editor package will allow low cost encoding of MPEG-2 sequences along with copy-n-paste of the MPEG-2 sequence. The VITEC Toolbox-2 is available as a complete product and is priced at $249. Toolbox-2 is also available in OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and versions as well. In business since 1988, VITEC provides sales and tech support services for U.S. and Canadian customers from its U.S. headquarters located in Sunnyvale. Products are also available from Paris and from distributors and resellers throughout the world. Other VITEC products include: MCM (MultiChip Module or MicroChip Module) A chip package that contains several bare chips mounted close together on a substrate (base) of some kind. (MPEG-Cut Machine) -- "the ultimate turnkey solution for multimedia presentation and creation of Video CD 2.0 and interactive 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). ." VIDEO Clip MPEG 1 and 2 are the world's first frame accurate MPEG editing software. First to present MPEG-1 editing in 1995, with VIDEO Clip, VITEC has also developed a wide variety of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 tools and utilities for the professional world as well as for the military and space industries. VITEC Multimedia can be reached in the United States at: 556 Weddell Drive, Suite 3, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94089; Phone: 408/752-8483; Fax: 408/752-8486. Web site: http://www.vitecmm.com and e-mail: info@vitecmm.com. Note to Editors: Lionel Zajde is available for interviews. |
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