Media 100 Inc. introduces Media 100 CineStream (formerly EditDV), a software-based streaming media production solution for web developers and professional content creators. With the introduction of CineStream, Media 100 enables a broader group of users to develop and deliver the highest quality interactive streaming media content for the web or DVD for the first time. CineStream has been developed according to Media 100’s streaming media workflow model, which allows video films to be created specifically for the interactive nature of the Internet. It replaces complicated streaming technologies with software-based solutions to serve the rapidly growing streaming media market.
“Media 100 CineStream represents an important development for the Internet community. Finally, there is a software tool that enables elegant and sophisticated development of dynamic and highly interactive streaming video content for the web,” said Stephen Manousos, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Media 100. “We believe that web developers, web agencies and professional content creators want the same capabilities that the major internet news services and media moguls already have today, and we offer those capabilities in a complete solution that these new creators can operate on the web at their computer. We accompany them with a single solution – CineStream – from the camera directly to the interactive web.”
Media 100 CineStream: Interactive Streaming Media Production complete
Media 100 CineStream, available for the Windows and Macintosh platforms, supports all major Media 100 streaming media technologies. It allows users to take video content directly from digital video (DV), edit quickly and accurately, integrate required interactive elements directly into the editing timeline and encode the final product in all major streaming and DVD formats, including Windows Media, RealSystems, QuickTime and MPEG-2.
EventStream Support
A significant feature of Media 100 CineStream is the timeline integration of EventStream authoring tools, enabling the development of interactive streaming content. EventStream supports direct output of QuickTime interactive streaming media files and direct export to Cleaner 5 for the production of interactive streaming media files in RealSystems and Windows Media formats – directly from the timeline.
Special effects and animation features
Media 100 CineStream contains various features that allow the development of streaming content of the highest quality. These include
- Panning, zooming and rotating with the correct perspective
- Picture-in-picture with cropping
- Chroma and Luma Keying
- Countless possibilities for backgrounds and shading, independent control over colour shades and transparency, rotation and fill-with-video effects
- Unlimited video and effect layers
- Create, save and reuse effects and transitions
- Unlimited keyframes of any parameter
- 2D, 3D and keying effects for video layers
- 200 SMPTE standard and customised transitions
System requirements
Media 100 CineStream is available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms with the following system requirements:
Windows
200 MHz Pentium PC with PCI slot, 128 MB RAM, 16-bit graphics card, CD-ROM or DVD drive, Microsoft Windows 98/2000, hard drive with 5MB/sec transfer speed.
Macintosh OS
Macintosh with 604 processor or newer and with PCI slot, 128 MB RAM, 16-bit graphics potential, CD-ROM or DVD drive, Mac OS 8.0 or newer, hard drive for 5MB/sec transfer speed.
Prices and availability
Media 100 CineStream will be available from specialist dealers from March 2001 for DM 1,249.
