April 12, 2001----Taipei, Taiwan----CyberLink, the leading developer of digital video and streaming multimedia applications, proudly announced today the official launch of StreamAuthor, the latest addition to its award winning streaming multimedia product line. StreamAuthor is marketed as the best price-performance ratio streaming solution for multimedia presentations over the intranet or Internet and is targeted for the 21st century corporation with the need to better manage information resources and provide effective training at minimum cost.

StreamAuthor's advanced features offer the ability to encode video from numerous input sources and turn it into a streamable file, synchronize their video with PowerPointTM slides, to capture movements on the PC monitor screen as a video file, convert existing files into a streamable format, and to publish contents on the Web. All of these tools provide maximum control and flexibility in giving the most innovative and effective media-rich presentations possible on the Internet or Intranet.

"With global corporations and distance learning providers demanding solutions that can allow for improved capabilities to access presentations and instructions beyond boardrooms and classrooms, new opportunities arise amidst today's ever-changing business environment," states Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp., "StreamAuthor allows the delivery of corporate presentations and online instruction directly to the client to easily allow for more effective communication and accelerating the learning process."

StreamAuthor offers corporate and educational institutions a straightforward and simple way to develop the most advanced media-rich streaming presentations:

Easily Encodes Video and Makes it Streamable: Imports video from numerous capture devices, such as Camcorders, PC Cameras, TV Tuners, etc., in MPEG-1 or WMV format. StreamAuthor supports MBR (Multiple Bit-Rate) encoding, so that users can record one file and use it for streaming across various different bandwidths.

Synchronizes Video with PowerPointTM Slides: StreamAuthor lets users take any series of PowerPoint slides and synchronize them with a video file to create a media-rich presentation for the Web or intranet. Users can take live or recorded video content and make it flow in sequence with their presentation slides, to enhance their message and establish interactivity.

Captures Movements on the Monitor as a Video File: Extremely useful for those wishing to deliver training, customer support, and software demonstrations to users. Plus, because of StreamAuthor's high compression ratio, the files can be viewed in high quality, even with a dial-up connection.

Converts Files Into a Streaming Format: StreamAuthor provides the ability to convert existing video files, such as: MPEG, AVI, MP3, WAV, in to either MPEG-1 or Windows Media Format. This offers a great deal of flexibility in creating streaming presentation projects.

Effortless Publishing of Presentations: Uploading media-rich productions to the Internet is an straightforward affair with the aid of i-Publisher; StreamAuthor's Web site. Here users can place files on the i-Publisher streaming server for free, with a total file size limitation of 50MB. They can manage their StreamAuthor files there and also make them accessible to others, for a 30-day share period.

Versions Available

A free Trial Version of StreamAuthor can be downloaded at http://www.goCyberLink.com and full version license pricing is listed in the following:

Retail Single license, $549.00 per copy

Site License 3-5 licenses, $499.00 per copy

Site License 6-10 licenses, $429.00 per copy

Site License 11-29 licenses, $399.00 per copy

Site License Unlimited licenses for one company, $6999.00 sum total

About CyberLink Corp.
CyberLink Corporation develops award winning software solutions utilizing digital video and audio kernel technology. The company fully utilizes the powers of today's personal computer and Internet connectivity to create new applications that maximize personal video entertainment, enhance visual communication and increase corporate productivity. Today, CyberLink offers two major product lines: Digital Video Applications and Streaming Multimedia Solutions. Digital Video Applications focus on providing video/audio playback and recording capabilities on the personal computer. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for building home theaters and digital video centers right from today's mainstream computers. Streaming Multimedia Solutions offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality, media-rich contents on the Internet.

CyberLink programs are available for press evaluation. Please contact Ty Ung or Erik Hermanson at press@gocyberlink.com or by phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 308 for more details.