Linux Now Available For Velaís CineView MPEG Decoders

31-Mar-00

Responding to the growing popularity of the Linux operating system for its customersí applications, Vela L.P. announced that it is now shipping its MPEG-2 video decoding solutions with Linux drivers. ""Vela is very attentive to the feedback we get from our users, and Linux drivers are a feature that many users have asked for,"" said Sunil Arora, Vice President and General Manager of Velaís OEM Products Division. The new Linux MPEG-2 decoder drivers will give additional functionality to Velaís CineView, CineView Pro, and CineView Pro LE family of MPEG-2 decoders. Later this year Vela also plans to add Linux support for its Argus encoding systems. These popular video compression and decompression solutions are used in ad insertion, cable headends, video-on-demand, IP multicasting, and many other digital video applications requiring broadcast-quality 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 encoding and decoding. Vela will be demonstrating its Linux MPEG-2 decoder software at NAB 2000 in April. Linux is a Unix-like operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Linux, properly known as GNU/Linux, is a free operating system, developed originally for home PCís, but now runs on a variety of platforms including PowerPC, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari, DEC Alpha, Sun Sparc, ARM, and many others. Linux aims for POSIX compliance to maintain maximum compatibility with other UNIX-like systems. With millions of users worldwide, Linux is probably the most popular UNIX-like OS in the world and is available from a number of sources including the Internet. About Vela L.P. Vela LP is a leader in video compression products for the broadcast and cable industries. Velaís OEM Products Division offers a complete range of broadcast quality MPEG-2 video encoders and decoders. The companyís Broadcast Products Division applies the core technologies developed by Vela to design and manufacture end user products, including advanced video servers and distribution solutions for digital television applications. The company is based in Clearwater, Florida and Salt Lake City, Utah. Additional information may be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.vela.com.

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