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Rimage and YesVideo Announce Interoperability Partnership for Automated Digital Transfers to DVD
Integrated solution from industry leaders to be demonstrated at PMA 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. and SANTA CLARA, Calif. - February 14, 2005 - Rimage Corporation (Nasdaq: RIMG), the world's leading provider of CD-R/DVD-R publishing systems for business applications, and YesVideo, Inc. (www.yesvideo.com), the leader in automated digital media authoring, today announced an interoperability partnership for the automated transfer of digital camera photo and video content to DVD. The companies will demonstrate their integrated solution for photo retailers at Rimage Booth #3163 and YesVideo Booth #2071/2073 at the PMA 2005 show from February 20-23 in Orlando, FL.
Under this partnership, the companies have integrated YesVideo's proprietary YesDVD software application into Rimage's hardware platform. The resulting automated application converts digital photo and video content directly from flash memory cards to DVD, providing a cost-effective DVD transfer solution for photo retailers. With the continuing rapid adoption of digital cameras, the Rimage/YesVideo partnership directly addresses the market need for an easy solution for consumers to archive and view their digital camera content.
Dave Suden, Rimage's chief technology officer, said, "The YesVideo software makes the production of YesDVD completely automatic, which results in an efficient and effective solution for a retail environment. The speed of DVD authoring that YesVideo and Rimage have achieved highlights the evolution of CDs to DVDs. Our long standing relationship with YesDVD and our belief in the excellence of this product makes this an ideal relationship for both of our organizations."
Greg Ayres, YesVideo's chief operating officer, added, "Integrating YesDVD software into the new Rimage DiscLab system minimizes the capital outlay for retail photo labs and provides a robust and maintainable solution for high output authoring of photo DVDs from film or digital flash memory cards. YesVideo has enjoyed a long and productive relationship with Rimage, using its Producer series DVD burning and printing equipment for our centralized outlab operations throughout the world. We are pleased to extend that relationship to encompass in-store retail opportunities."
Unique to Rimage's DiscLab family is the integration of a powerful embedded computer, eliminating the need for an external host computer. Hardware installation is as simple as plugging in a single Ethernet cable. DiscLab comes with all required software pre-installed, including disc content preparation, a disc image creation application, scheduling, and system management software.
YesVideo's proprietary YesDVD software enables the quick and easy creation of Hollywood-style DVDs from home video footage, making home videos fun to watch and easy to search. Innovative features of YesDVD include:
- Automatic intelligently created chapter scenes - The software automatically reads incoming video and determines logical points to create chapter scenes.
- Onscreen chapter menus - Scenes are indexed onscreen with the first clear image from each chapter of the on-screen viewing menu, making content easy to navigate.
- Music videos - The software intelligently selects the best scenes from the home video footage and sets them to theme music for a fun way to enjoy highlights from the video.
About YesVideo
YesVideo, Inc. (www.yesvideo.com) is dedicated to providing its customers with easy and affordable solutions to preserve and enjoy their video and photographic memories. As the leader in automated digital media authoring, YesVideo develops and utilizes best-in-class video engineering and state-of-the-art software technology to enable top-quality, on-demand DVD and CD video publishing. Founded in 1999 by Sai-Wai Fu, a pioneer in digital video compression technology, YesVideo is a privately-held company, with headquarters in Santa Clara, California, and offices in Tokyo and Shanghai.
About Rimage
Rimage Corporation ( http://www.rimage.com ) is the world's leading provider of recordable CD/DVD publishing systems, which are used by businesses to produce discs with customized digital content on an on-demand basis. Rimage's publishing systems, which span the range from high to low CD/DVD production volumes, integrate robotics, software and surface label printers into a complete publishing solution. Rimage is focusing its CD/DVD publishing solutions on a set of vertical markets with special needs for customized, on-demand digital information: digital photography, medical imaging, financial institutions and business offices. Rimage is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia.
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