Daikinís EDK 1.0 Links The World Of DVD-Video With The Web

Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories, the world leader in DVD Authoring, is now shipping Version 1.0 of Scenarist Enhanced DVD Kit (EDK), the world's only Web-connected DVD authoring tool. EDK combines Daikin's DVD expertise with PCFriendlyô technology, exclusively licensed from Interactual Technologies, bringing together the very successful DVD-Video format with Web applications.""Our clients have been asking us about delivering enhanced projects for some time. Finally, with EDK from Daikin we have a tool that meets our demanding criteria, (DirectShow compatible, Director plug-ins, easy API and track record) and helps keep Tele-Cine where it belongs - at the leading edge of this exciting market,"" said Jeff Emerson, Managing Director of Tele-Cine, London.EDK supports a single easy API approach ensuring compatibility between all leading DVD playback systems including DirectShow. In addition, EDK's Macromedia Director-plugin interface enables Director and Shockwave developers to enter the world of enhanced DVD-ROM applications and create entertaining content including games, hybrid Web applications, presentations, and electronic merchandising applications. ""AVM - Dialog is very excited about the unique functionality EDK delivers for our customers,"" said Wolfgang Gerlach, Director of AVM - Dialog, Sweden. ""The Director plug-ins and simple API make it easy for us to keep up with the clients complex demands - and we all have the comfort of knowing the disc will actually work when deployed.""Scenarist EDK complements Daikin's renowned series of DVD tools - Scenarist, DVD Informer and ROM Formatter, and links the worlds of DVD-Video and the Internet, creating new business opportunities for DVD and Web publishers alike.Key Features Of EDK- Create discs that work on both consumer DVD players and DVD-equipped PC'sLink DVD video content to Web pages.- Embed video playback within Web pages, Director applications, Shockwave, and custom applications.- Create applications that control DVD playback and respond to video events.- Employs PCFriendlyô - the same leading API that Hollywood is using to create titles such as The Matrix and The Blair Witch Project.AvailabilityEDK 1.0 is available immediately from Daikin's traditional distribution channels. About Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories Based in Novato, California, Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories is the center of operations for R&D, marketing and support for the worldwide distribution of the acclaimed series of DVD authoring and support tools, Scenarist, Scenarist EDK, DVD Informer and ROM Formatter. Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, Ltd. of Japan.

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