SUNNYVALE, CA (MARCH 21, 2000) -- VITEC Multimedia announces the newest addition to their line of MPEG solutions -- the MPEGProfiler. Designed for Windows NT systems, the PCI encoding card and VIDEO Clip MPEG-2 PRO software provides compression and editing features for a wide range of applications.

Lionel Zajde, vice president of marketing for VITEC Multimedia exclaimed, "The MPEGProfiler is the most competitive product on the market today... it shatters the current price barrier of MPEG-2 encoders offering component input. Bundle these features with our highly acclaimed VIDEO Clip MPEG-2 PRO, the world's first MPEG-2 non-linear frame accurate software editor, makes the MPEGProfiler truly the first-of-its-kind."

Utilizing the latest technology available for professional MPEG compression applications, the plug & play card offers a dynamic set of input and output features such as YUV -- (a color model used for encoding video), this format saves storage space and transmission bandwidth compared to RGB. Other notable features included are Y/C and composite video-in.

A few applications of the versatile MPEGProfiler include: DVD; VCD; broadcast quality video and multimedia kiosk content creation; TV quality video presentations; medical video systems; training & development videos and many more.

The MPEG-2 DVD compliant card supports NTSC, PAL and SECAM formats and offers both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 applications.

An optional MPEGProfiler Software Development Kit (SDK) is also available to provide systems integrators and developers a comprehensive set of tools to further develop customized digital video applications.

About VITEC Multimedia

VITEC is one of the companies in the MPEG field and offers product research and development. VITEC Multimedia can be reached at: 556 Weddell Drive, Suite 3, Sunnyvale, California, 94089; Phone (408) 752-8483; Fax (408) 752-8486; Website: http://www.vitecmm.com.