Digital Origin's Content Creation/Streaming Media Authoring Tool EditDV Now Fully Optimized for Apple's New Dual-Processor Power Mac

Business Wire, Sept 6, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000

Digital Origin, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Media 100, (NASDAQ:MDEA) announced today a free upgrade to its content creation and streaming media authoring tool EditDV which is now fully optimized for Apple's new dual-processor Power Macintosh.

EditDV uses Digital Origin's unique scalable software codec designed specifically for the DV format. This enables EditDV, already compatible with the new Power Macintosh systems, to achieve maximum performance on the new dual-processor systems. According to Mike Micheletti, Product Manager for Digital Origin, the combination of Digital Origin EditDV and the dual-processor Power Macintosh offers the fastest Mac OS desktop environment for DV-format content creation and streaming media workflow in the industry. "Because our video codec is entirely software-based, our tools - which already offer the fastest rendering times in the market - can easily leverage any performance increase in host processors like those recently announced by Apple. By integrating this scalable performance into our products, Digital Origin is maximizing the huge investment our customers make in their hardware systems."

Digital Origin offers a full suite of products for video still capture, motion capture, non-linear editing and post production with tools for automated export to the web, DVD, CD-ROM or tape. By enhancing EditDV for optimum performance on dual-processor Power Macintosh systems, Digital Origin underscores its commitment to the Macintosh platform as well as to new products that accelerate the streaming media production workflow.

Pricing And Availability:

The current version of EditDV is available directly through Digital Origin or through authorized resellers. The updated codec is available to registered EditDV 2.0 owners free of charge from www.digitalorigin.com.

The EditDV package includes the EditDV software application, Digital Origin RotoDV for painting and special effects, Digital Origin PhotoDV for still image capture, Media Cleaner EZ 4.0 from Terran Interactive, SpiceRack Pro Lite from Pixelan Software, and a Digital Origin 1394 IEEE FireWire card and cable for $599. A software-only version is available for $499.

About Digital Origin

Digital Origin, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Media 100 (NASDAQ: MDEA), is the leading developer of a full suite of digital video (DV) products for DV camcorder owners, with products for still capture, motion capture, non-linear editing and post production. These products not only increase productivity and enhance existing creative processes, but also make possible new applications of digital media, such as streaming video on the Internet. Digital Origin is headquartered in Mountain View, CA and its products are available through a worldwide network of Digital Origin authorized resellers, systems integrators and distributors. Digital Origin can be reached at 650.404.6300, or on the web at www.digitalorigin.com.

About Media 100

Media 100 Inc. (Nasdaq:MDEA) develops software and systems that simplify the creation and delivery of video on the Internet, DVD and CD-ROM. Media 100 provides the market's most comprehensive suite of streaming media solutions -- ranging from video/audio acquisition and editing to dynamic media compression, from MPEG-2 encoding to real-time transcoding - and is the only company in the world that supports all three major streaming media formats; Real Systems G2, Windows Media, and QuickTime 4. The Media 100 family of companies, including Digital Origin, Terran Interactive and Wired, have added key technologies to Media 100's streaming media workflow, enabling customers to seamlessly connect DV cameras to the Internet, empowering a new breed of Internet broadcaster. For more information, visit www.media100.com.