For Immediate Release

Contact:
Jeanette DePatie
Propeller Head PR
314.771.6646
depatie@heuris.com

Chris O’Leary
HEURIS
800.923.9232
coleary@heuris.com

HEURIS Releases MPEG Export Engine-Pro(tm)

New QuickTime( export component delivers
QuickTime to DVD-ready MPEG-2 transcoding.

St. Louis, MO, October 1,1998 — HEURIS, makers of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder, today announced the release of their MPEG Export Engine-Pro(. This new QuickTime export component makes it easy to go from a QuickTime file to a DVD-ready MPEG-2 stream. The MPEG Export Engine-Pro allows users of Apple’s QuickTime 3 Pro MoviePlayer( or Media Cleaner Pro( 3.1, who also own MPEG Power Professional(, to control HEURIS’ award-winning MPEG encoding engine – without having to open MPEG Power Professional. All MPEG Power Professional standard and custom encoding templates, and a number of encoding options, are available through the MPEG Export Engine-Pro. This integrated MPEG encoding functionality is also available in any application that supports QuickTime export components.

The HEURIS MPEG Export Engine-Pro will be offered free of charge to all users of HEURIS’ MPEG Power Professional line of products. The HEURIS MPEG Export Engine-Pro QuickTime export component is now bundled with all copies of MPEG Power Professional, MPEG Power Professional-2( and MPEG Power Professional-DVD(. It is also available to current owners of MPEG Power Professional products for download from HEURIS’ FTP site free of charge.

“Multimedia developers need integrated products,” said Chris O’Leary, HEURIS’ V.P. of Marketing. “The MPEG Export Engine-Pro allows MPEG Power Professional users to control our award-winning MPEG encoding engine from within MoviePlayer, Media Cleaner Pro 3.1, or any application that supports QuickTime export components. This will streamline the content creation process and make MPEG encoding easier.”

HEURIS’ MPEG Export Engine-Pro makes converting QuickTime files into DVD-ready MPEG-2 streams a simple process for QuickTime 3 Pro MoviePlayer users. They simply select File ) Export from the main menu and then select “Movie to HEURIS MPEG Pro” on the “Export File As:” dialog. A range of encoding options and templates are available by pressing the “Options” button.

ABOUT HEURIS

Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, HEURIS is the developer of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder, MPEG Power Professional(tm). This award-winning, cross-platform software product is the first MPEG encoder to deliver the features and encoding quality demanded by professionals, without the expensive hardware. MPEG Power Professional is used by professional video editors and other creators of digital content to convert video, film, animation, special effects and graphics clips into MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams. MPEG is used with CD-ROMs DVDs, video kiosks, and over the Internet. HEURIS has been working with MPEG since 1991, and its customers include: The Colorado Rockies, Sea World, The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Electronic Arts, IBM, Vanderbilt University, EDS and the U.S. Military. HEURIS can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.heuris.com.