MARLBOROUGH, MA (FEBRUARY 22, 2000) -- Media 100 Inc. announced that its iFinish streaming media production system with RealTimeMPEG Option is the first solution of its kind that enables customers to create high quality MPEG-2 files in real time for DVD authoring or streaming media production environments.

After comprehensive evaluation from industry leaders like Spruce Technologies, ASTARTE GmbH, Daikin U.S. and Sonic Solutions, the iFinish RealTimeMPEG Option is now fully endorsed as the industry standard for creating MPEG-2 files with unprecedented clarity and quality - a key requirement for authoring high resolution DVD video and audio content.

Targeted at Web site developers and content creators seeking to distribute streaming media content over the Internet and on DVD, iFinish - the world's first streaming media production tool - is quickly becoming an industry standard among leading DVD authoring applications. Armed with the iFinish RealTimeMPEG Option, Media 100 customers are now able to produce the industry's highest quality MPEG-2 file data in real time. With its price point listed at $2,995, any iFinish customer can create high caliber MPEG-2 files, rivaling the quality of the most advanced, professional DVD authoring studios.

"iFinish is a revolutionary system for content creation and video output for the Internet and DVD," said John Molinari, chief executive officer of Media 100. "These endorsements further accelerate the momentum that iFinish has established, not just as a streaming media production tool, but also as a de facto standard for creating high quality MPEG-2 files for DVD authoring."

Spruce Technologies becomes the latest in a series of third parties to validate Media 100's iFinish RealTimeMPEG Option as a tool-of-choice for DVD authoring. Media 100's iFinish, Spruce Technologies is expanding the encoding options available to its customers.

"Spruce Technologies is continuously looking for ways to offer its customers greater flexibility when they look to integrate DVD authoring with other aspects of the process," said John Shike, director of Business and Product Development, Spruce Technologies. "Using the RealTimeMPEG Option, Media 100's customers can now seamlessly integrate their iFinish content production systems with a complete range of powerful DVD authoring solutions available from Spruce."

Media 100 has also worked closely with ASTARTE GmbH to test and validate RealtimeMPEG output files with its family of DVD authoring applications - from the low-end, consumer level solution, DVDelight up to its high-end, professional solution, DVDirector. With this announcement, Media 100 is continually expanding on its tradition of supporting best-in-class third party applications and is enabling a new breed of content developers across the globe to produce and deliver high quality audio and video based optical media.

"In the DVD market place, image quality is king - and to achieve the highest quality image output, you need to work with the finest tools. That's why we work so closely with the Media 100 family of DVD authoring solutions," said Freddie Geier, vice president of sales, DVD Software Products for ASTARTE GmbH. "No other vendor in the world can provide the caliber of DVD authoring capability at the price point that Media 100 provides. As a result, we are enabling consumers and professionals alike to author DVD content with the look and sound of the most advanced professional studios."

Daikin US - a leading DVD authoring solutions provider - also conducted stringent testing of the iFinish RealTimeMPEG Option with Daikin Scenarist. Results indicated the solution was highly effective in outputting industry standard MPEG-2 files - making it one of the market's most compatible solutions for DVD authoring systems.

"Media 100's RealTimeMPEG Option is a significant contribution to the DVD authoring marketplace," said Dr. Panos Nasiopoulos, director of marketing communications for Daikin US. "Not only do customers get a professional quality editing tool, they also get it at an extremely competitive price. The combination of Daikin's DVD authoring software and iFinish opens up the doors to the audio/video production realm and will level the playing field for smaller production studios."

About iFinish

iFinish, the first streaming media production tool, supports input from virtually any video device or graphics application, allows easy creation of high-quality video and audio content, and supports output to all streaming media formats. iFinish also supports real-time MPEG-2 encoding for the DVD authoring and digital broadcast markets.

Pricing and Availability

The iFinish RealTimeMPEG Option provides real-time output of MPEG-2 files in both variable and constant bit rate format. This MPEG Option is available immediately with all iFinish models and is priced at $2,995.

About Media 100

Since 1993, its Media 100 and Finish digital video systems for Macintosh and WindowsNT have redefined the digital video industry by making content creation easier, more productive and more affordable for traditional video customers. For more information, visit www.media100.com. Terran Interactive, makers of Media Cleaner Pro and other digital video tools, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Media 100. Visit www.terran.com for information about Media Cleaner products.