Panasonic chooses dicas’ mpegable DS MPEG-4 decoder for P2 viewer

4 August 2004
Tokyo, Japan / Berlin, Germany

dicas is pleased to announce that its most popular MPEG-4 decoder, mpegable DS decoder, has been chosen by Panasonic for integration into its P2 viewer software.

“P2” is known as a name of Panasonic’s solid state memory based recording system for professional use. “P2 viewer” is the viewing software which allows customer to playback all P2 contents. Now “P2 viewer v2.0” is available from web site bellow for P2 customer, which can playback MPEG4 based P2 Proxy video.
(http://panasonic.biz/sav/p2/index.html)

mpegable DS decoder is part of dicas’ mpegable DS Suite, which is the first set of DirectShow filters worldwide that offers support for MPEG-4, 3GPP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compliant encoding and decoding within the MS Windows environment offering functionalities ranging from video coding and audio coding to RTP Streaming and MP4/ 3GP File capabilities.

“We are delighted to deliver Panasonic with our decoding solutions. P2 is a great concept and being part of its P2 viewer software is a very good achievement for our company.” commented Sebastian Moeritz, CEO of dicas.

“DVCPRO P2 is rapidly expanding among the global key broadcasters. We are pleased that P2 viewer v2.0 has ability to playback P2 Proxy as well by integrating dicas’s MPEG4 decoder” said Mr. Shimozuru Director of Professional AV System B.U. “ With Proxy playback capability in P2 viewer, customer has more flexibility of P2 workflow and I’m sure our P2 will expand further with its customer-oriented solution.”

About Panasonic
Best known by its Panasonic brand name, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of US$81.44 billion for the year ended March 31, 2005. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, New York (NYSE:MC), Euronext Amsterdam and Frankfurt stock exchanges. For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand, visit the company's website at
http://panasonic.co.jp/global/index.html

About dicas
dicas is an MPEG-focused video coding specialist and a leading developer of ISO MPEG-4 real-time video coding solutions providing the industry with the highest quality core technology for digital video. Under the brand name mpegable, dicas offers a family of MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and 3GPP compliant professional tools and components. dicas also supplies services for the development, customization and optimization of MPEG-based video coding solutions. dicas is the first company to have introduced an MPEG-4 SDK with object-based features in the market. dicas is a member of the MPEG Industry Forum and a supporter of the AVC Alliance.