MAGIX Announces Music on CD & DVD

Market Wire, 20050229

MAGIX, the worldwide leader in music and video editing software, announced today MAGIX Music on CD & DVD, the innovative new software that easily creates music DVDs for Surround Sound Home Theater and Media Centers. MAGIX Music on CD & DVD makes long-playing personalized music DVDs that can play hours of music on a home DVD player. Consumers can play DVDs with high-quality Surround Sound systems while simultaneously viewing custom visuals on a TV for the complete multimedia experience.

The market for DVDs has grown at an explosive rate. With MAGIX Music on CD & DVD, consumers can take advantage of this technology and create their own private collections of lifelong memories on DVD. The software brings together entire collections of music, videos and photos from CDs, LPs, Internet radio, digital cable music channels, TV shows and voice recordings and combines them with albums of photos and videos to create themed or "Best of" DVDs for hours of enjoyment -- all with a remote control from the comfort of their sofa. There's no need to constantly switch CDs, hire an expensive DJ, or listen to commercial-filled radio stations at parties and family get-togethers. MAGIX Music on CD & DVD lets the user enjoy continuous playbacks of favorite music without the hassle.

A complete solution, MAGIX Music on CD & DVD instantly restores and revitalizes the sound of favorite oldies and organizes music tracks into any listening sequence. Users can combine their music with photos and videos with a simple drag and drop and add over 260 transitions and special effects to create professionally-themed slideshows. In addition, consumers can archive their entire music collection, up to 100 hours, on a single MP3 DVD- ROM.

Using MAGIX Music on CD & DVD is extremely easy, with wizards, help menus, and video tutorials to ensure fast DVD creation. The software uses an intuitive, template-driven menu designer for adding remote-control navigation and chapter menus. Consumers can quickly design custom backgrounds and animated menu buttons, add automatic intros, then play them on home DVD players just like standard movie DVDs.

MAGIX Music on CD & DVD includes a super fast MPEG-2 encoder for superior playback quality. It supports all the leading music formats, including MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, and WAV, in addition to photo and video formats such as JPEG, BMP, WMV, and AVI, WMV 9, MOV, MPEG 1 & 2, and more.

Available at software retailers nationwide in late March, MAGIX Music on CD & DVD 2004 is for Windows and is priced at $39.99. Visit www.magix.com or call 888-866-2449 for more information.

About MAGIX

MAGIX is the market leader of video editing and music software worldwide(1). In addition to its full line of personal rich media products, MAGIX offers its professional applications, Samplitude and Sequoia, to audio production studios and broadcast stations. MAGIX is the worldwide technology leader in Personal Rich Media. Personal Rich Media allows consumers to convert, edit, create and publish digital media, including video, photos and music, making it possible for users of all ages and experience levels to create, share and publish their own rich media content. MAGIX, and its worldwide subsidiaries, is the only international company to offer a full range of photo, video and audio solutions for broadband, B2B and consumer markets.

(1) According to combined retail sales of PC software in Europe and North America for 2002 and 2003 as reported by NPD Charts USA, Media Control Charts Non-Games GAS; GFK Charts Non-Games Benelux and France; Future Retail Panel UK, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia.

Agency Contact: Karen Thomas Thomas PR (631) 549-7575 kthomas@thomas-pr.com Company Contact: Carol Soper MAGIX (661) 299-2361 csoper@magix.net