dicas enables H.264 live streaming via Adobe Flash Media Server 3

Berlin, Germany (June 23, 2008) - dicas, the German MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 specialist and official Adobe solution partner, has released mpegableDS Flash, a set of encoding tools to convert video content into Adobe Flash compliant formats. Being the latest package of the successful mpegableDS software family, mpegableDS Flash is a set of high-performance DirectShow filters which can be integrated into Microsoft Windows-based applications, workflows or end-user software products. mpegableDS Flash supports MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and AAC encoding. It enables MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 live streaming and VOD with the latest version of Adobe's Flash Media Sever 3, and provides maximum picture quality within a cost effective delivery environment.

"mpegableDS Flash opens tremendously exciting perspectives and an additional content distribution channel for the IPTV, Internet TV and Mobile TV industries", says Sebastian Moeritz, CEO at dicas. "Operators and content providers alike can now professionally deliver their MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 content and programming to the Adobe Flash Player, which is installed on over 850 million internet-connected desktops and mobile devices worldwide."

About dicas
dicas, founded in 1999, is an MPEG-focused video coding specialist and a leading developer of ISO MPEG-4 real-time video coding hardware products and software solutions for Broadcast, IPTV, Mobile TV, Internet Streaming, Multimedia and Security applications. Under the brand name mpegable, dicas offers a family of MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (SD and HD) and 3GPP compliant professional software tools and components for a number of operating systems and DSPs/ICs. dicas also supplies services for the development, customization and optimization of MPEG-based video coding solutions. dicas is a member of the MPEG Industry Forum.