Sonic Debuts AuthorScript 5.5; Enhanced SDK Speeds 3rd-Party Development of DVD, VCD and CD-Audio Enabled Applications on Linux and Windows Platforms

Business Wire, Jan 9, 2004

Sonic AuthorScript creates fully compatible DVDs that play on the widest number of set-top and PC-based DVD players around the world. In addition, AuthorScript's OpenDVD(TM) technology makes it easy for consumers to revise recorded VCD and DVD discs at any time.

AuthorScript has been licensed by industry-leading companies including Adobe, Time Warner, Avid, Microsoft, and Sony. It is the underlying engine in Sonic's DVD applications including MyDVD(R), DVDit!(R), and RecordNow!(TM), which are bundled by major OEMs such as Adaptec, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Matrox, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, Plextor, Pioneer, Sony, ViewSonic, and many others.

The AuthorScript 5.5 SDK (Software Developer's Kit) is available immediately to developers looking to add DVD/CD creation capabilities to their applications. For additional information, developers can email authorscript@sonic.com or call 415-893-8000.

About Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC)

Based in Marin County, California, Sonic Solutions (http://www.sonic.com) is the world's leading supplier of DVD creation software for professional, industrial and consumer applications. The majority of major film releases on DVD have been produced on Sonic's professional DVD authoring systems in studios around the world. Sonic's MyDVD(R) and DVDit!(R) are the most widely-used DVD creation applications by consumers and video enthusiasts and are the solutions of choice among the key PC and after-market drive suppliers. Sonic's RecordNow!(TM) is a leading solution for audio and data mastering. Sonic's AuthorScript, the DVD and CD formatting and burning engine that underlies Sonic's applications, is the most widely deployed DVD software engine and has been licensed by Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, and many others.

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Sonic, the Sonic logo, Backup MyPC, CinePlayer, DVD PrePlay, DVD Producer, Edit-on-DVD, OpenDVD, PrimeTime, RecordNow and Simple Backup are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. AuthorScript, AutoDVD, DVD-Audio Creator, DVD Creator, DVDit!, DVD Fusion, MyDVD, NoNOISE, ReelDVD, Scenarist and Sonic Solutions are registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.