Comprehensive 3-Step DVD Software with
Advanced DVD Copying Capabilities and Enhanced Customization
Features
Fremont, Calif. — September 7, 2005 — InterVideo®,
Inc. (NASDAQ: IVII) announced today InterVideo DVD Copy™ 4, the
latest release of its award-winning, three-step software for making
high-quality copies of unencrypted* CDs, DVDs, video, music, photo
and data files. Consistently rated as one of the easiest and most
comprehensive copy and DVD burning applications, DVD Copy enables
consumers to meet all of their video duplication, conversion and
reproduction needs with a single solution. With the new version,
InterVideo adds "most-wanted" features such as automated Internet
file copy support, support for handheld and gaming devices and
support for the new DivX® Media Format features introduced with DivX
6.
DVD Copy 4 combines these and a host of other new features with
the ability to achieve superior-quality copies up to 25 percent
faster. This unique combination makes it ideal for consumers who
want to share or protect their personal collection of CD/DVDs from
damage or loss. Equipped with a fresh new intuitive wizard-like user
interface, even a beginner can create identical duplicates of their
personal videos, merge DVDs, or convert files on their hard drive
into a DVD formatted disk. For the three-step process, users simply
select the source, drive destination and the video output format.
The software’s powerful Autofit feature automatically determines how
much compression is needed to produce the best-looking results for
the output selected.
More experienced users will enjoy DVD Copy 4's advanced
customization capabilities that enable them to personalize their
DVD/VCD content to suit their individual viewing habits and
available space. With these capabilities, they can remove unwanted
subtitles, languages, titles and chapters, or even merge titles from
several different DVDs/VCDs onto a single disc. In addition, DVD
Copy 4 supports copying and transcoding a DVD +VR or a DVD- VR
format video from DVD recorders to the DVD Video format for broader
playback capabilities. Emerging formats such as downloaded
“VodCasts” will also be easy to customize with DVD Copy and convert
from MPEG4 to DVD Video discs.
New features that have been added to the latest version of DVD
Copy 4 include:
- Internet Copy – Consumers can download videos from the
Internet and burn them direct to disc for archiving simply by
providing the URL and selecting the video to be copied.
- AutoMake Menu – When burning a video file from a computer
hard disc or from the Internet to a DVD disc, users DVD Copy 4
can generate a navigation menu created automatically.
- DivX® 6 and the DivX Media Format – DVD Copy 4 users can now
create DivX media files with all the advanced features of the
DivX Media Format including interactive menus, multiple
subtitles and alternate audio tracks for a complete DVD-like
home entertainment experience.
- 3GPP/3GPP2 Support – With support for the new standard for
digital video media across 3G broadband mobile networks, DVD
Copy 4 can now be used to archive and email favorite clips
recorded on a mobile phone.
- Sony PSP Video Format Support – Movie enthusiasts can now
copy their favorite video clips to Sony memory sticks and
playback in the popular Sony PSP video console.
- Copy DVD-Video to Audio CD – Music fans can create their own
version of a soundtrack by extracting audio tracks from a DVD
movie and saving the file as a MP3, WMA, or WAV file.
- 4.85G DVD Support – DVD Copy 4 now supports the emerging new
format that provides an extra 150MB of capacity, which can be
useful for gaming purposes. If the entire disc capacity is not
used, the 3mm gap around the outer edge of the DVD disc can act
as a protective buffer when burning 4.7G of content.
- Burn DVD-Video to Disc Image – Using this new feature, movie
enthusiasts can copy their home movie as a disc image and then
save it to their PC for burning their DVD-Video at a more
convenient time.
In addition to being compatible with the widest range of CD/DVD
burners DVD Copy 4 supports all latest recordable media formats
including DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, CD-R/RW, DVD-RAM and the new DVD+/-R DL
technology which allows consumers to record up to 4 hours of
DVD-quality video or 16 hours of VHS-quality video on a single side
of a DVD+/-R DL disc. With its broad media compatibility, video
enthusiasts don’t need to worry about how they can share their
videos with family and friends.
Pricing, Availability
InterVideo DVD Copy 4 is available at InterVideo's web site,
www.intervideo.com and through Japan retail outlets. Compatible
with Windows® 2000 and XP systems, the suggested list prices are
$49.95 USD for the Gold version and $79.95 USD for the full Platinum
version.
About InterVideo, Inc.
InterVideo is a leading provider of DVD software. InterVideo has
developed a technology platform from which it has created a broad
suite of integrated multimedia software products that allow users to
capture, edit, author, burn, distribute, and play digital video.
InterVideo's software is bundled with products sold by the majority
of the top ten PC OEMs ranked in terms of sales by IDC. The company
is headquartered in Fremont, CA with regional offices in Europe,
Taiwan, China and Japan. For more information, contact InterVideo at
510-651-0888 or visit the company's Web site at
www.intervideo.com.
