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For more information, contact:
Jeff Jorgensen
Mediafour Corporation
515/225-7409 ext. 109
jeff@mediafour.com
MEDIAFOUR MAKES COMPUTING EASIER FOR AVID EDITORS
CrossStripe technology eases cross-platform struggles for film and video professionals
WEST DES MOINES, IA (28-Nov-2000) — Mediafour
Corporation, a leading developer of cross-platform software solutions,
has
entered into an agreement with multimedia-editing industry leader
Avid® Technology, Inc. to provide an enhanced version of
their award-winning MacDrive™ 2000 software to purchasers
of all Windows-based Avid Symphony® and Media Composer® systems.
This bundle enables Avid users to work faster and more productively
by eliminating many compatibility issues between Mac OS- and
Windows-based Avid editing systems. The addition of MacDrive
to the Avid systems enables users to seamlessly access video
and audio data on Mac-formatted disks directly from Windows-based
systems. This level of compatibility allows for straightforward
cross-platform migration or sharing of editing projects.
Distinguishing the special MacDrive 2000 CrossStripe Edition
is the inclusion of CrossStripe™ technology developed by
Mediafour. CrossStripe enables Windows to recognize sets of "striped"
Mac-formatted hard drives. The "striping" of hard drives
is the combining of several relatively small and slow hard drives
so as to appear
as one very large and fast hard drive. Striping has long been
a standard technique for Avid users, who require large amounts
of fast hard drive storage to accomplish film-, video- and other
multimedia-editing tasks.
"It's not often that one little product can have such
a big impact on efficiency," said Avid solution designer
Jim McKenna. "In a cross-platform editing environment with
local storage, it is hard to imagine a more useful software tool
than
MacDrive 2000 with the CrossStripe driver."
About Mediafour Corporation
Based in West Des Moines, Iowa, Mediafour Corporation develops
software products made available through catalog and retail outlets,
as enterprise-wide solutions for large organizations, and as
licensable technology enhancing the offerings of other solution
providers. Mediafour Corporation can be reached by phone at 515-225-7409,
on the World Wide Web at www.mediafour.com, or via email at info@mediafour.com.
MacDrive has won Photo Electronic Imaging (PEI) magazine's
"Cool2 Award" three years in a row, in the
category of Data Sharing. The magazine based the award on the
overall
quality of the software
and raved, "We can't live without this one." MacAddict magazine
awarded MacDrive a "Spiffy" rating in the
January 2000 issue. Macworld magazine gave the product
another 4½ mouse rating in its June 2000 review, as well
as the "Editor's
Choice" award in the August 2000 issue.
About Avid Technology
Avid Technology, Inc. is an industry-leading provider of digital
media creation and distribution solutions. From its industry
revolutionizing non-linear editing and finishing solutions, to
its standard-setting audio and animation tools, and high performance
technology for delivering TV-quality video over the Internet,
Avid gives customers the power to communicate to multiple audiences
with creativity and ease. Avid solutions, which span a wide range
of markets and price points, are used for Web, special effects,
video, audio, film, television, broadcast news, corporate communications,
music, the Internet and games. Projects using Avid products have
been honored with Oscar®, Emmy and Grammy® awards, as
well as a host of other industry awards. Avid markets and sells
its products globally, and maintains corporate headquarters in
Tewksbury, MA. For more information, visit Avid's web site
at www.avid.com.
Mediafour Corporation and MacDrive 2000 are trademarks of
Mediafour Corporation. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks
of Apple Computer, Inc. registered in the USA and other countries. Microsoft
and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.