Roxio Launches Roxio Copy & Convert
Empowers Consumers to Choose Exactly How They Want to Enjoy Personal
Entertainment
March 15, 2007 — Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions®
(NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today launched
Roxio Copy & Convert™, the ultimate solution for quickly and
easily managing, transferring, and enjoying digital entertainment on
PCs, set-top players, or mobile devices. In addition to making high-quality
copies of personal CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs, this next generation
edition of Roxio’s Easy DVD Copy™ program now enables consumers to
move their favourite movies and music to portable devices such as iPods®,
PSPs™, and mobile phones. Roxio Copy & Convert also adds greater
file support, batch conversion capabilities, automatic music cataloguing,
and the ability to backup iPod music to any PC. Roxio Copy & Convert
is available today direct from Roxio at www.roxio.com and will be widely
available in April, for a suggested price of £19.99.
“Consumers are demanding far greater flexibility in their personal
digital entertainment experiences, but until now had to contend with
file and device compatibility issues and complicated applications that
get in the way of enjoying digital media,” Michael Demeyer, vice president
product management, Roxio division of Sonic Solutions. “Roxio Copy & Convert
streamlines the digital entertainment experience by letting consumers
see and hear their favourite video and music, where and when they want
it. It is an essential application for anyone managing personal media
today.”
Product Highlights:
Convert Anything
Roxio Copy & Convert easily translates the most popular audio and video
formats today for playback on a portable device, PC or DVD player. Video
format support includes DivX, WMV, H.264 (AVC), 3GP (mobile phone video),
MPEG, TiVo, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVR-MS (Windows Media Center TV) and DVD-Video.
Supported audio formats include MP3, M4A (iTunes), WAV, WMA, AAC, OGG Vorbis,
FLAC, Dolby Audio (AC3), audio CD, and audio on DVD-Video.
Portable Device Support
Roxio Copy & Convert makes it easy to fill your iPod, PSP, or Windows
Media device with your favourite audio and video so you can take it with
you, regardless of the source format. Supported audio and video files can
also be converted to AAC, MP3, and 3GP for transfer to mobile phones. In
addition, Copy & Convert now supports the backup of non-protected iPod
audio to a PC even if the device is not paired with the hard disk.
Powerful Audio Ripping
There is no better way to build a music library than with Roxio Copy & Convert.
Users with multiple disc drives can now rip audio CDs in parallel, making
it extremely efficient to convert an entire music collection. Audio CDs
are identified with both Gracenote CDDB and MusicID (audio fingerprinting),
so even tracks on custom discs can be recognised and tagged appropriately.
Tracks that have already been copied are automatically detected to prevent
duplicates. Music on non-encrypted DVD-Videos can be ripped to hard disk
and converted to any supported audio format or sent to a portable device.
Ripped audio tracks are automatically named and added to an organized folder
structure based on user-defined criteria such as title, artist, or album.
Advanced Disc Copying
Roxio Copy & Convert includes comprehensive features for copying
non-encrypted CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs. Advanced copy capabilities
allow users to efficiently fit full-length DVD titles onto 4.7GB single-layer
discs. Users can also move DVD-Video content to and from folders on their
PC. In the case of audio CDs, Copy & Convert enables users to add CD
text to audio CD copies even if the text is not included with the original.
Roxio Copy & Convert also features a Disc Image Loader for mounting
disc image files as if they were physical discs in a drive, an ideal solution
for users who want to work with several discs simultaneously without having
to switch discs. For customers on the go who are using laptops, playback
from Disc Image Loader conserves battery life since it uses less power
than playback of a physical disc.
Organize and Search
Roxio Copy & Convert showcases Disc Gallery, a convenient tool for
cataloguing and indexing all of the files and folders on your CD and DVD
discs. Once catalogued, the search function in Disc Gallery enables users
to quickly find a particular file or folder without having to physically
insert discs.
Roxio Copy & Convert also offers Roxio Label Creator, enabling the
easy creation of disc labels and inserts. Label Creator automatically
populates labels with information from the project, such as disc name,
tracks, album, or artist. Users can also create labels with custom images,
text, and shapes, and use the included alignment tools to customise their
designs.
About Roxio
Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, develops and markets the
best-selling digital media software in the world. Roxio offers award-winning
software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing
and has an installed base of over 350 million users. Roxio distributes
its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware
manufacturers, through leading retailers, through Internet partnerships
and through direct sales at www.roxio.com.
Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC; http://www.sonic.com)
is the leader in digital media software and provides a broad range of
software tools and applications for creative professionals, business
and home users and technology partners. Sonic's products range from professional
DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies that
are used to produce the majority of Hollywood movies released on DVD,
to the award-winning Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback
and backup applications that have become the premier solutions for consumers
and business users worldwide. Sonic's AuthorScript® is
the de facto standard for CD and DVD burning and formatting and has been
licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe,
Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others. Sonic
Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that
are based upon current expectations, including the launch, distribution,
and market acceptance of Roxio Copy & Convert. Actual results could
differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements
as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including those discussed
in the Company's annual and quarterly reports on file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. This press release should be read in conjunction
with the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q
and other reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
which contain a more detailed discussion of the Company's business including
risks and uncertainties that may affect future results. The Company does
not undertake to update any forward-looking statements.
Sonic, Sonic Solutions, AuthorScript, Roxio Easy DVD Copy,
Roxio Copy & Convert, and Roxio are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Sonic Solutions in the United States and/or other countries. All
other brands, product names and trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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