MPEG Encoding to Enhance Latest Product, muvee autoProducer DVD Edition

January 23, 2003

MPEG Encoding to Enhance Latest Product, muvee autoProducer DVD Edition

Aachen, Germany and Singapore –– January 23, 2003 – muvee Technologies, the pioneer in smart automatic video production, today announced that it has licensed MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoders from multimedia technology leader, MainConcept, for use in its newest product, muvee autoProducer DVD Edition. The encoders enable users to save and share their productions in high quality MPEG-2 format ready for DVD authoring, and MPEG-1 format for VCD. Also included in the license are MainConcept’s MPEG and DV decoding technology, providing high quality playback for previewing and transcoding.

Pete Kellock, founder and CEO of muvee Technologies, said, “We were impressed with the quality of MainConcept’s codecs and were able to integrate them quickly and seamlessly into the muvee autoProducer framework. The incorporation of these codecs into muvee autoProducer DVD Edition delivers important new capabilities and substantially better image quality to our customers. We are delighted to have MainConcept as our technology partner.”

“We are proud that muvee has chosen our technology,” said Markus Moenig, founder and CEO of MainConcept. “By automating the video editing process, muvee has created its own unique and rapidly-growing market. We are happy to play a part in their success.”

In addition to printing back to DV tape and saving in AVI or VideoCD MPEG-1 formats, muvee autoProducer DVD Edition now lets users save their finished productions as DVD-ready MPEG-2 files, which they can either play back on their PCs, or drag and drop into any external DVD-authoring program to be authored onto DVD-R/RW media. muvee autoProducer DVD Edition also supports SVCD-ready MPEG-2 formats so that users have the added flexibility of writing their MPEG-2 content – without any loss of quality – onto low-cost CD-R/RW media that can also be played back on most consumer DVD players.

About MainConcept

MainConcept AG is a worldwide leader in multimedia technologies for the PC and beyond. Founded in 1993, the company has successfully created video editing software for the Amiga, OS/2, Windows and Linux platforms.

MainConcept supplies core technology to other companies, enabling them to create and enhance applications for PCs, PDAs, set-top boxes and other devices with minimal investment in research and development. The company is especially renowned for its video codec (compression/ decompression) technologies.

Global headquarters are in Aachen, Germany. A US subsidiary, MainConcept LLC, was established in 2001 in Beachwood, Ohio.

Additional information is available at www.mainconcept.com.

About muvee Technologies

Founded in 2001, muvee Technologies is a privately held company headquartered in Singapore. The company’s groundbreaking flagship product, muvee autoProducer, is the world’s first smart automatic video production software for the PC. Underlying the program’s simple six-button interface is patent-pending technology that dramatically simplifies the video creation process, enabling anyone to automatically and easily create high quality finished productions from raw video hundreds – even thousands – of times faster than any other approach.

muvee autoProducer, which has been awarded “Designed for Windows XP” certification from Microsoft®, is currently sold in retail outlets in Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia through the company’s publishing partners including WSKA, Finson, Convergent Systems and SourceNext. The company also sells muvee autoProducer worldwide directly from its website at www.muvee.com, with customers in over 50 countries to date. In addition, muvee Technologies licenses its Software Development Kit (SDK) to several digital media software companies including Roxio Inc. and ACD Systems International.

muvee Technologies currently has three pending patents for its pioneering innovations in smart automatic video production. It has showcased its revolutionary technology internationally at leading industry events such as COMDEX in the US, CeBIT in Germany and Japan’s WPC Expo.

Meet the muvee team at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003 (Hall 4, Stand B79).

Notes to Editors

“muvee Technologies” and “muvee autoProducer” are always as written.
muvee is a registered trademark of muvee Technologies Pte Ltd.
All other trademarks belong to their respective owners

Media Contact:

Tania Chew
tania.chew@muvee.com
Tel : +65 6822 8662

	January 23, 2003 MPEG Encoding to Enhance Latest Product, muvee autoProducer DVD Edition Aachen, Germany and Singapore –– January 23, 2003 – muvee Technologies, the pioneer in smart automatic video production, today announced that it has licensed MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoders from multimedia technology leader, MainConcept, for use in its newest product, muvee autoProducer DVD Edition. The encoders enable users to save and share their productions in high quality MPEG-2 format ready for DVD authoring, and MPEG-1 format for VCD. Also included in the license are MainConcept’s MPEG and DV decoding technology, providing high quality playback for previewing and transcoding. Pete Kellock, founder and CEO of muvee Technologies, said, “We were impressed with the quality of MainConcept’s codecs and were able to integrate them quickly and seamlessly into the muvee autoProducer framework. The incorporation of these codecs into muvee autoProducer DVD Edition delivers important new capabilities and substantially better image quality to our customers. We are delighted to have MainConcept as our technology partner.” “We are proud that muvee has chosen our technology,” said Markus Moenig, founder and CEO of MainConcept. “By automating the video editing process, muvee has created its own unique and rapidly-growing market. We are happy to play a part in their success.” In addition to printing back to DV tape and saving in AVI or VideoCD MPEG-1 formats, muvee autoProducer DVD Edition now lets users save their finished productions as DVD-ready MPEG-2 files, which they can either play back on their PCs, or drag and drop into any external DVD-authoring program to be authored onto DVD-R/RW media. muvee autoProducer DVD Edition also supports SVCD-ready MPEG-2 formats so that users have the added flexibility of writing their MPEG-2 content – without any loss of quality – onto low-cost CD-R/RW media that can also be played back on most consumer DVD players. About MainConcept MainConcept AG is a worldwide leader in multimedia technologies for the PC and beyond. Founded in 1993, the company has successfully created video editing software for the Amiga, OS/2, Windows and Linux platforms. MainConcept supplies core technology to other companies, enabling them to create and enhance applications for PCs, PDAs, set-top boxes and other devices with minimal investment in research and development. The company is especially renowned for its video codec (compression/ decompression) technologies. Global headquarters are in Aachen, Germany. A US subsidiary, MainConcept LLC, was established in 2001 in Beachwood, Ohio. Additional information is available at www.mainconcept.com. About muvee Technologies Founded in 2001, muvee Technologies is a privately held company headquartered in Singapore. The company’s groundbreaking flagship product, muvee autoProducer, is the world’s first smart automatic video production software for the PC. Underlying the program’s simple six-button interface is patent-pending technology that dramatically simplifies the video creation process, enabling anyone to automatically and easily create high quality finished productions from raw video hundreds – even thousands – of times faster than any other approach. muvee autoProducer, which has been awarded “Designed for Windows XP” certification from Microsoft®, is currently sold in retail outlets in Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia through the company’s publishing partners including WSKA, Finson, Convergent Systems and SourceNext. The company also sells muvee autoProducer worldwide directly from its website at www.muvee.com, with customers in over 50 countries to date. In addition, muvee Technologies licenses its Software Development Kit (SDK) to several digital media software companies including Roxio Inc. and ACD Systems International. muvee Technologies currently has three pending patents for its pioneering innovations in smart automatic video production. It has showcased its revolutionary technology internationally at leading industry events such as COMDEX in the US, CeBIT in Germany and Japan’s WPC Expo. Meet the muvee team at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003 (Hall 4, Stand B79). Notes to Editors “muvee Technologies” and “muvee autoProducer” are always as written. muvee is a registered trademark of muvee Technologies Pte Ltd. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners Media Contact: Tania Chew tania.chew@muvee.com Tel : +65 6822 8662
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