Press/Analyst Contact:
John Geyer
Terran Interactive, Inc.
(408) 356-7373 x227
jgeyer@terran.com
Media Cleaner Pro 3.1 Now Shipping
Upgrade Brings the Power of MPEG to Media Cleaner Pro
DV Exposition, Booth 338, Pasadena, Calif., (October 14, 1998) — Enabling
the delivery of professional quality media from the World Wide Web to DVD,
Terran Interactive announced today the release of Media CleanerR Pro 3.1
with built-in MPEG export. The latest version of Terran’s award-winning
program is a professional tool for compressing digital media including
video, audio and still images for delivery on CD-ROM, DVD, Kiosk, intranet
and the World Wide Web.
Owners of Media Cleaner Pro 3.0 can receive a free upgrade by contacting
Terran Interactive at (800) 577-3443, +1 (408) 356-7373, or
sales@terran.com. New customers can purchase Media Cleaner Pro 3.1 for $399
(U.S.) directly from Terran Interactive, mail order, or a wide range of
domestic and international resellers. Additionally, registered owners of
Media Cleaner Pro 3.1 can order a free disc of stock video from DVC Direct.
For more information, interested parties should visit
http://www.terran.com.
Media Cleaner Pro is the premiere application for digital content delivery,
making it easy to optimize and compress high-quality digital media. Version
3.1 further streamlines the workflow of multimedia developers, web masters,
and video professionals with the inclusion of the HEURIS MPEG Export
Engine*. Media Cleaner’s unique support for a wide range of formats
including QuickTime* 3 and the Sorenson* and QDesign* codecs, RealAudio*
and RealVideo*, DV, audio and still image formats, and now MPEG enables
developers to employ Media Cleaner as the one tool necessary to optimize
and compress content for delivery to new media formats from DVD to the
World Wide Web.
The Media Cleaner Pro 3.1 upgrade offers the following new features:
HEURIS MPEG Export – Version 3.1 includes the HEURIS MPEG Export Engine
which provides developers basic control and templates to deliver MPEG-1.
Upgrades are available from Terran to the HEURIS MPEG Power Professional*
product line for enhanced functionality within Cleaner. MPEG-1 is available
for $499, MPEG1&2 for $1499, and MPEG1&2 with DVD for $2499.
Support for QuickTime Effects – Media Cleaner Pro supports all standard
QuickTime 3 Effects such as “Emboss,” “Fire,” and “Film Noise” and allows
developers to include up to four effects per movie. This feature also
allows new third-party QuickTime Effects to be used with Media Cleaner as
they become available.
Video Playback from RAM – This feature allows uncompressed source files to
be viewed more smoothly. Additionally, movies can be “marked” for RAM
playback and incorporated into third party products such as Macromedia
Director*.
Royalty-Free Content – The Media Cleaner Pro 3.1 disc contains several
professional quality royalty-free video clips provided by DVC Direct and
ArtBeats. Customers registering version 3.1 online may order an additional
disc of their choice from DVC Direct at no cost.
About Terran Interactive, Inc.
Based in Los Gatos, CA., and founded in 1995, Terran Interactive, Inc. is
the leading provider of tools and technology solutions to the digital
content delivery market. Media Cleaner Pro, Terran’s flagship product, is
widely recognized as the industry standard for compressing digital media.
For more information, visit http://www.terran.com.
