| October 9, 2003 |
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Burn VCDs from AVI or MPEG videos - Mireth Technology releases iVCD 1.1
Mireth Technology has launched version 1.1 of iVCD(TM), Macintosh OS X software that allows you to easily make Video CDs and Super Video CDs. This release adds support for AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 input. (AVI requires the divx component and may require the AC3 Codec. MPEG-4 requires the Apple MPEG-2 Playback Components. For information on availability, see our web site.) Also new to this release is the user selectable encoding quality feature, allowing the user to reduce VCD authoring time by selecting a lower output quality.
Using the bundled command line tools, iVCD creates Video CDs from a variety of input files. iVCD can be used to author Video CDs (MPEG-1) or Super Video CDs (MPEG-2) and supports both NTSC and PAL output formats. With iVCD, each movie you make is stored in a separate project folder, so you can easily make additional copies. As added conveniences, it also plays .mov files, erases CD-RWs and can be used to automatically launch third party CD burning software. A Video CD (VCD) is a video format that uses ordinary recordable CD media to store movies and can be used instead of a DVD or a VHS tape. VCDs provide 30 to 60 minutes of VHS or better quality playback, can be played on component DVD players and in any Windows or Macintosh computer with a CD drive (requires player software), and are both inexpensive to produce and inexpensive to ship.
Key features include:
- Authors Video CD (VCD) or Super Video CD (sVCD)
- Works with iMovie, Quicktime Movie, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 input
- Converts to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 output
- Supports NTSC and PAL output formats
- User selectable output quality (selecting lower output quality reduces =
authoring time)
- Keeps a project folder so multiple copies of VCDs can be made easily
- Works with G3 and G4 CPUs
- Erase CD-RWs
- Can automatically launch third party CD burning software
- Easy-to-use "drag & drop" interface
iVCD(TM) – the easy way to author VCDs (TM).
Price: iVCD for Mac OS X costs $29.95(US) and can be ordered from Mireth's web site at http://www.mireth.com. This is a free upgrade for existing iVCD users. Volume Licensing also available.
Availability: You can download a copy (free demo included) from
http://www.mireth.com/pub/download.html.
System Requirements: Macintosh PowerPC G3 or G4, Mac OS X 10.2
More information: go to http://www.mireth.com/pub/ivme.html
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