InterVideo Receives Dolby Multichannel Certification
InterVideo, Inc. (""IVI"") has announced that its industry-leading software-only PC DVD decoder, WinDVD, has received Dolby Laboratories' certification for 4 and 6 channel audio support. Prior to this industry first, software decoder's had been certified for 2-channel DolbyÆ Digital output only. A number of audio chipmakers, including Creative Labs, Aureal, Yamaha, ESS, C-Media and Fortemedia, are delivering audio chips that support multichannel audio output. With the new wave of audio boards based on these products, the multichannel version of WinDVD allows PC users to share the same audio experience as their consumer electronics home theatre counterparts, with up to 6 discrete channels of Dolby Digital output. ""IVI has worked side-by-side with Dolby since we opened our doors to insure tight compliance with Dolby Digital standards,"" commented William Wang, Director of Marketing for InterVideo. ""We're especially proud of this industry first, since it puts WinDVD-enabled products in the same class with many dedicated consumer electronics devices."" WinDVD's impressive list of features includes an advanced intuitive user interface, software video window scaling, software and hardware sub-picture alpha blending, software video signal de-interlacing, and software color and brightness control. WinDVD includes state-of-the-art support for VCD disc and MP3 audio file playback, DVD region control and the most powerful and responsive DVD navigator in the industry. WinDVD has been unanimously praised throughout the PC industry for its exceptional video quality. WinDVD supports all of the industry standard DVD APIs, including DirectShowÆ, DirectDrawÆand DirectSoundÆ, and is legacy compatible with the MCI interactive title standard. In addition, InterVideo has a unique application interface layer to allow WinDVD to quickly support any graphics adapter with DVD hardware-assist features, like motion compensation and IDCT. WinDVD's architecture is uniquely modular and tightly tailored to the DVD specification and the intricacies of the PC system environment, providing the most seamless navigation experience available. All-In-One Solution In addition to Dolby Digital(TM) multi-channel audio output, the new version of WinDVD supports all three shipping Microsoft operating systems (W95/W98/NT4). NT4 Service Pack 4 is required. Single copies of WinDVD can be purchased on-line at Digital Man Direct (www.askdigitalman.com). WinDVD is also available for licensing to OEMs, system integrators and corporations directly. About InterVideo InterVideo's executive team is comprised of PC DVD veterans instrumental in the formation of the PC DVD industry, coming from industry pioneering companies such as LuxSonor, Chromatic Research, Zoran and E4. IVI will release a series of products in 1999 to cover the full spectrum of advanced video and audio software in areas including DTV, streaming video and video encoding. InterVideo's headquarters is in Fremont and has a regional office in Taipei to support the Asian markets. For more information about IVI, contact InterVideo at 510 651 0888 or visit the Web site at www.intervideoinc.com. Source: BusinessWire.com