Taipei, Taiwan----Feb. 16, 2004----CyberLink Corp. (Taiwan OTC: 5203), a leading developer of digital video software and training solutions, introduced today its SVRT™ II, the second generation US-patented Smart Video Rendering Technology, enabling PowerDirector to render edited MPEG-1 and 2, and DV-AVI video faster than ever, while preserving the quality of the original source file.
SVRT™ is a US-patented proprietary technology (patent #6559780) from CyberLink that intelligently recognizes the portions of a movie clip that have been modified, and then only renders those portions during production, not the entire clip. Users therefore save time and preserve the original quality of their video. With SVRT™ I, CyberLink's original patented rendering technology, the SVRT™ engine rendered a portion of video together with its audio, and left the remaining parts of video and audio untouched. This ensured rendering of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and DV-AVI video faster than any other software on the market.
With the recently released SVRT™ II, the improved SVRT™ engine breaks movie clips into their component video and audio parts, renders video separately from the audio track (and then merges the two streams later) to make the process even faster. SVRT™ II renders only the audio or video portion that has been modified. This further reduces the amount of time needed for production.
CyberLink's SVRT™ is available during production when the frame rate, frame size, and file format of each clip are the same. The bit-rate should also be similar. In this case, SVRT™ is used to render the files. If any clips do not meet the above criteria, they are fully rendered without SVRT™.
"The newly released SVRT™ II provides faster speed while retaining the best video and audio quality possible - this will make video creation even more enjoyable," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink.
About PowerDirector 3
PowerDirector 3 is "from start to finish" video-editing software allowing
both advanced and entry-level users create eye-catching movies. By offering
a dual-mode timeline and storyboard user-interface with a broad range of new
movie production features, PowerDirector 3 ensures movie editing is easy too.
New technologies in version 3 include CyberLink's fourth generation MPEG engine
to automatically remove image artifacts and provide better image quality, SVRT™
2 to render the edited video or audio individually for better quality and reduced
production times, and DV QuickScan to quickly select and capture specific video
segments without manually positioning the tape.
About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced
digital video and audio software applications to market. The products are categorized
into two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and Training Solutions. Digital
Multimedia Solutions includes Media Creation Products focusing on media creation
by advancing technologies to capture, edit, author and record all types of media,
and Digital Entertainment products providing high quality media enjoyment on
the PC by perfecting state-of-the-art audio-video technologies. These award-winning
software applications are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers
into home theaters and digital video centers. The company's Training Solutions
include authoring tools for creating training content and training management
systems that offer an easy and cost effective way to deliver and manage training
programs over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of the company's
solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October
2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To keep
up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and
the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters
are in Taipei. http://www.gocyberlink.com/
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