eDigital corporation to support QDesign music playback in portable internet
music player design
QDesign Music
Codec is the audio compression solution for users of QuickTime by Apple
Computers
SAN DIEGO, CA, (November 2, 1999) - e.Digital Corporation
(OTC: EDIG) announced today that it will support QDesign Music playback
in e.Digital's portable Internet music player design. The QDesign Music
technology is the award-winning audio compression solution for QuickTime
4, Apple Computer's cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) architecture for
digital media creation and delivery.
The QDesign Music Codec is a new generation audio coding technology that
was designed to deliver the highest quality audio at the lowest possible
data rates. Encoded in the QDesign Music format, consumers can include
up to 2.5 hours of music on portable audio players equipped with 32MB
storage. To enable consumers with the ability to encode in the QDesign
Music format, QDesign announced last week the release of MVPÔ, the Company's
new digital music software that allows music libraries to be created in
both MP3 and QDesign Music formats. As the first cross-platform digital
music system, MVP will enable both Mac and Windows users the ability to
playback all popular digital audio formats (CD Audio, AIFF, WAV, and others),
as well as, most digital music videos available on the Web and enhanced
CDs.
"There is natural synergy between e.Digital's portable music player design
and our support of the QDesign Music playback," said Fred Falk, president
and CEO of e.Digital. "Adding QDesign Music support and the MVP software
to our music player design opens up the market for Mac users as well as
Windows-based PC users. e.Digital is taking the lead in incorporating
the best possible technology in portable Internet music players, and will
continue to offer the most valuable options to its OEM customers."
According to Mandy Chan, Vice President of Business Development at QDesign,
"Portable Internet music players are instrumental in advancing digital
music because they bring a new level of flexibility to how and where music
can be enjoyed. With audio encoded in the QDesign Music format, we enable
consumers to store the most amount of audio on their players at the highest
possible audio quality. We are very excited to be working with e.Digital
to bring QDesign Music playback to next generation portable audio players."
e.Digital's portable Internet music player reference design is available
for license by consumer electronics manufacturers and other private label
OEM's. Full-featured options, multiple music codec support (including
Lucent Technologies' EPAC™), security software support (including Liquid
Audio's SP3 secure portable player platform), and custom product design
are available.
The company also offers complete industrial design, engineering services,
and manufacturing services.
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 "Audio Product of the
Year" for 1999 according to New Media Magazine. This past summer, 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.
About e.Digital Corporation
e.Digital Corporation offers an engineering partnership for the world's
leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs
and the Internet. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's
patented MicroOS™ file management system to custom software and hardware
development and manufacturing services. For more information on the company,
visit www.edig.com.
About QDesign
Founded in 1995, QDesign Corporation has been delivering state-of-the
art audio solutions to the broadcast and new media industries. 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
Web Audio" product for 1999, according to New Media Magazine. QDesign's
codec technologies appear in hardware processors, digital audio production,
automation and distribution systems as well as professional and consumer
multimedia software. For additional information, please visit QDesign
at www.qdesign.com
Contact:
QDesign Corporation
media@qdesign.com
|
