CyberLink Corp. (TSE:5203.TW), a leader in Digital Home solutions, announced a new release of its PowerDVD MPEG-4 AVC Pack, optimized to provide hardware accelerated high-definition PureVideo H.264 video playback on NVIDIA graphics cards.
The new H.264 DxVA decoder in CyberLink’s MPEG-4 AVC pack for PowerDVD provides owners of NVIDIA GeForce 6 and GeForce 7 series graphics cards with advanced PureVideo H.264 technology support optimized for hardware accelerated high-definition video playback. The new release also gives PowerDVD and NVIDIA users the additional benefit of reducing CPU utilization by up to 50% when playing high-definition H.264 video content. The new MPEG-4 AVC pack is due for release early this March.
NVIDIA will showcase H.264 video playback using CyberLink PowerDVD and the new decoder at CeBIT this March.
“After our successful cooperation this year at CES, CyberLink is working with NVIDIA to give PowerDVD users accelerated high-definition H.264 video playback,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp. “As the leading provider of high-definition playback solutions, CyberLink cooperates closely with graphics card makers ensuring that their users can always enjoy the newest video technology in the Digital Home.”
“Our PureVideo H.264 technology and CyberLink’s MPEG-4 AVC Pack for PowerDVD provides users with the best high-definition playback available,” said Scott Vouri, general manager of multimedia products at NVIDIA. “CyberLink is the ideal partner to demonstrate our PureVideo H.264 technology this CeBIT, providing the H.264 decoding technology and the video player for the PC.”
About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in providing integrated solutions for the Digital Home. The products are categorized into two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and Training Solutions. Digital Multimedia Solutions includes DVD Burning and Creativity Products focused on media creation by advancing the technologies to capture, edit, author and record all types of media; Digital Entertainment products provide high-quality media enjoyment on the PC by perfecting state-of-the-art audio-video technologies. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for turning today’s mainstream computers into home theaters and digital video centers. The company’s Training Solutions include authoring tools for creating training content and training management systems that offer an easy and cost effective way to deliver and manage training programs over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of the company’s solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (5203.TW). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink’s worldwide headquarter is in Taipei. http://www.gocyberlink.com/
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