RioPort
Partners with QDesign for MP3
QDesign's MP3 codec integrated into future RioPort Audio Manager Software
Vancouver, BC (July 15, 1999) - QDesign Corporation, a leading
developer of digital audio compression technologies for on-line music
and new media announce today that RioPort Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Diamond Multimedia (NASDAQ: DIMD), has selected the Company's implementation
of MP3 technology for integration into its portfolio of future RioPort
software products.
"QDesign is one of the most innovative providers of audio compression
technologies," said Don Spencer, Director of Engineering for RioPort Inc.
"Our technology partnership with QDesign ensures that the RioPort products
continue to benefit from the latest advances in on-line digital audio."
The first of RioPort's products to include the QDesign MP3 technology
is the Rio Audio Manager software application, designed to enable users
to easily search for and acquire, create, organize and playback their
favorite music or spoken audio programming.
"RioPort has been a pioneer in the on-line digital music industry," says
Richard J. Beaton, president and CTO of QDesign. "As the industry advances
and the demands on compressed audio formats become more sophisticated,
compression technologies, such as MP3, will play an increasingly important
role. QDesign's partnership with RioPort matches technology strength with
market leadership, promising to deliver innovative new applications for
digital music consumers."
The QDesign MP3 technology is a highly optimized implementation of the
ISO (International Standards Organization) MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts
Group) standard for MP3 (ISO/IEC 11172-3 and 13818-3). Available as a
cross-platform (Windows and MacOS) software development kit, the QDesign
MP3 solution brings high-quality, high-performance MP3 encoding and decoding
to application developers.
About Rioport:
RioPort, Inc. is redefining digital audio by delivering an integrated
platform for acquiring, managing and experiencing music and spoken audio
programming from the Internet. RioPort delivers an extensive selection
of digital music and spoken audio programming through its RioPort.com
digital audio gateway, full content management with its Rio Audio Manager
software and cutting-edge playback solutions with its Rio brand players,
which are licensed to third-party companies. Company headquarters are
in San Jose, Calif., where its business development, engineering and marketing
teams are located. RioPort's artist relations, content aggregation and
online creative team is based in Los Angeles, and its portable player
design team is based in Korea.
About QDesign
QDesign Corporation has been delivering state-of-the art audio solutions
to the broadcast and new media industries since 1995. The Company introduced
the world's first MPEG-2 stereo compression software in October 1996,
making available for the first time, high-quality, high-performance MPEG
sound to all broadcast and studio professionals. In January 1998, QDesign
launched the QDesign Music Codec as the Internet audio solution for QuickTime
3, bringing to audio and multimedia professionals "the Best Audio" product
of 1999 according to New Media Magazine. Last month, the Company announced
its own implementation of MP3, the most popular format for on-line music
download. QDesign's codec technologies appear in hardware processors,
digital audio production, automation and distribution systems as well
as professional and consumer multimedia software
Contact:
QDesign Corporation
media@qdesign.com
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