Taipei, Taiwan----August 18, 2005----CyberLink Corp., a leading
developer in providing integrated solutions for the Digital Home, announced
today the development of an MPEG-2 software encoder plug-in for the Microsoft
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (MCE) and its upcoming Update Rollup
2 version. This plug-in drastically reduces costs for tuner card manufacturers
by avoiding reliance on hardware chipsets when recording TV content with MPEG-2
video and audio quality.
The major trend in the consumer PC market is the ability to
record live TV content. Previously, TV tuner cards utilized hardware encoding
due to insufficient chipset speed and computing power, which curtailed demand
and lowered margins for manufacturers and system integrators. However, CyberLink
has developed an alternative and cost-effective solution for hardware manufacturers
and system integrators—the MPEG-2 video and audio software encoder plug-in
for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. This software solution
drastically reduces the dependency on costly hardware encoding chipsets.
"As computing power increases, reliance on powerful, quality,
but yet inexpensive software applications and encoders - such as CyberLink's
MPEG-2 encoding solution - will exponentially increase," said Alice H.
Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "CyberLink's expertise and specialization in
digital video software technology puts us at the forefront of digital TV recording
and playback technology, ensuring our OEM partners have the most cost-effective
yet quality solutions for adapting to the industry's current and foreseeable
demands. End users will also greatly benefit from the superb reliability and
performance of CyberLink's MPEG-2 software encoder."
About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in providing
integrated solutions for the Digital Home. The products are categorized into
two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and Training Solutions. Digital
Multimedia Solutions includes products focused on media creation technologies
that capture, edit, author and record all types of media, and entertainment
products that allow enjoyment of high quality media on the PC through state-of-the-art
audio-video technologies. These award-winning 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 building training management systems that offer an easy
and cost effective way to deliver training 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 Stock Exchange
(5203.TW). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North
America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's corporate
headquarters is in Taipei. http://www.gocyberlink.com/
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