KulabyteTM Supports Live HD Adobe Flash Player 9 and H.264 for Adobe Flash Media Server 3; Joins Adobe Flash Media Solutions Partner Program

 

Kulabyte Express Live delivers live, 2 pass VBR, high-quality HD streaming for H.264 and On2 VP6 for the Adobe Flash Player 9

 

Amsterdam - September 6, 2007 - Kulabyte, a leading provider of advanced
video encoding optimization technologies, introduces the newest member of
its Express product line, delivering live 2-pass VBR SD and HD H.264 and VP6
video support for Adobe Flash Media Server 3.

 

With the recent announcement of H.264 support in the AdobeR FlashR player,
Kulabyte customers now have a choice between H.264 and VP6 when encoding for FlashR Player compatible video. Since Kulabyte implements MainConcept's
H.264 encoder, Express Series customers will realize optimized performance
and quality from their H.264 streams for Adobe Flash Player compatible
video.

 

Kulabyte has also joined the Adobe Flash Media Solutions Partner program.
The partnership program establishes a framework between both companies with
Kulabyte being one of Adobe's encoding partners as it relates to rich media
content creation and distribution.

 

"We're excited to be a member of the Adobe Flash Media Solutions Partner
program. Now that Flash Media Server 3 and Adobe Flash Player 9 support both
HD and H.264 in addition to On2 VP6; our customers will have the ultimate in
flexibility, scalability, quality, and performance from Kulabyte's Flash
products," said Chris Gottschalk, co-founder and chief technology officer
for Kulabyte.

 

The Adobe Partner Program provides Kulabyte with key marketing, development,
sales, and support-oriented benefits in driving Flash Player video business
for both companies.

 

"We are thrilled to have Kulabyte join the expanding Flash Media Solutions
Provider program.  Kulabyte's unique video processing technology will enable
SD and HD encoding for Flash at the highest quality and performance.
Kulabyte's products are an important addition to the Flash ecosystem,
helping to create a great customer experience for content creators and
users," said Kevin Towes, product manager, Flash Media Server at Adobe.

 

"Over the past several years, we have worked hard to create a large
ecosystem of MainConcept-based encoding and decoding solutions in the
market," said Dirk Peters, CEO of MainConcept LLC. "We think our encoder
customers will greatly benefit by the recent decision from Adobe to
integrate MainConcept's H.264 and AAC decoders in the Flash Player. The
Kulabyte Express multi-format encoding suite which incorporates our H.264,
MPEG-2 and JPEG2000 codecs delivers exciting results to customers.
Kulabyte's speed and quality advantages will help make higher quality video
a reality."  

 

The entire Kulabyte Express Series will be available for order at IBC 2007
in Booth 6.111, Hall 6 of the RAI Convention Center, on September 7th in
Amsterdam. The Kulabyte Express Premier product is available today and
orders may be taken over the phone at +1.512.795.4228 or at
<mailto:sales@kulabyte.com> sales@kulabyte.com. 

 

About Kulabyte

Kulabyte LLC is a leading developer of advanced video encoding optimization
solutions for multi-format capturing, encoding, transcoding, and live
streaming of digital video. All products incorporate Kulabyte's multi-core
TimeSliceT technology that significantly accelerates the encoding process by
multiple factors (up to 16+ times faster), increases picture quality, and
reduces the required bandwidth for video file transmission.  Live 2 pass
Variable Bit Rate (VBR) and faster-than-real-time video can be encoded and
transmitted at full SD and HD quality at consumer-level broadband speeds.
Kulabyte is based in San Marcos, Texas USA.  For further information, please
visit the company Web site at  <http://www.kulabyte.com/> www.kulabyte.com.

 

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