Sonic eDVD Debuts With InterActual Player 2.0

Seamlessly Integrates Web And DVD On PC, Macintosh And Set-Top Platforms

17-Jul-00

Sonic Solutions announced at the DVD Pro 2000 conference that its eDVD technology, which seamlessly connects DVD and the Web, will use InterActual Technologies Inc.'s new 2.0 player and engine technologies. The new eDVD player application will be included as an output option in all Sonic DVD authoring applications. InterActual's player is the only multi-platform solution that seamlessly combines the high-bandwidth video of DVD with the immediacy of the Internet in a single browser. ""InterActual's cross-platform technology will give our users tremendous flexibility in delivering fully-compatible eDVD content,"" said Giles Baker, Product Manager for DVD Creator at Sonic Solutions. ""This is the only solution that ensures that DVD developers can create Web-enabled titles that will play in any environment: Mac, PC or Internet-connected set-top."" About eDVD Sonic eDVD implements the Hollywood standard for linking Web content with the DVD format. It gives authoring facilities the power to create compelling Web-connected DVD content without having to code in HTML or Java. By simply adding a URL to a DVD menu button or within motion video, eDVD authors can enable Web-connected viewers to easily jump to a Web site. Using an integrated XML engine, Sonic's DVD authoring applications automatically convert URLs and other Web events into XML code that is compiled by the integrated InterActual DVD engine into the runtime software required for the PC and Mac platforms. This runtime, automatically included in each eDVD title made, ensures Web-connected playback on all platforms. About The InterActual 2.0 Player The new InterActual 2.0 player is the only enabling software application to bridge the worlds of DVD-Video and the Internet in a single, cross-platform environment. The player, which automatically loads and runs from eDVD enabled DVD titles on the Mac and PC, directly links to the DVD-Video player resident in the computer and presents the user with a new user interface which combines DVD-Video, Web browsing and support for Macromedia FlashÆ playback. With such a highly integrated, multi-platform environment available, content developers are free to focus on authoring a rich Web-connected DVD experience. ""We are extremely pleased to be working with Sonic on deploying our new InterActual 2.0 player,"" said Todd Collart, President and CEO of InterActual Technologies. ""Sonic has long been the leader in bringing the latest technologies to DVD professionals. By combining our Web-connected DVD technology with Sonic's authoring expertise, we will enable the tens of thousands of Sonic DVD authors to create engaging Web-integrated DVD content on all possible DVD platforms."" InterActual software, currently shipping on over 35 million DVDs worldwide, is the industry standard solution for providing ROM features and Web connectivity to DVD titles. Some of the best-selling DVDs of all time using InterActual software include ""The Abyss Collector's Edition,"" ""American Pie,"" ""Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,"" ""The Blair Witch Project,"" ""The Matrix,"" ""The Mummy,"" Walt Disney's ""Tarzan"" and over 200 other titles. InterActual player 2.0 software is fully backwards compatible with all these titles. About InterActual Technologies, Inc. InterActual Technologies, Inc., (http://InterActual.com) is the leading provider of solutions and services that promote home theatre-quality video on personal computers. InterActual brings a TV-like experience to the computer while simultaneously leveraging the primary advantages computers offer over TV: interactivity and Internet-connectivity. InterActual provides comprehensive DVD technologies and services to both the entertainment industry and corporate market for integrating high-quality video with direct links to Internet Web sites, e-commerce, interactive games and online community building. InterActual is the developer of industry standard PCFriendly software that combines the best features of DVD-Video with the best features of DVD-ROM to create a superior viewing and interactive experience. About Sonic Solutions Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD publishing and interactive, streaming video on the Internet. Sonic DVDit! (http://www.dvdit.com) is the first application for DVD authoring targeted at consumers and corporate video producers, and is bundled with major video editing, capture, encoding and media production systems. Streaming DVD is the first interactive technology based on DVD for content distribution over the Internet. Sonic DVD Creator and DVD Fusion are the most widely used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. SonicStudio HD is the leading digital workstation for preparing audio for release on CD and the first for creating content for the new DVD-Audio format. Sonic is also a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

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