Commercial MPEG Video Encoder, TMPGEnc Plus v2.5 Release

Pegasys Corporation, developers of Tsunami MPEG Encoder (TMPGEnc) MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoders, today announced the first commercial release of TMPGEnc Plus v2.5. TMPGEnc Plus gives PC users the ability to encode high quality MPEG 1 and 2 video for use in VCD, SCVD or DVD authoring. TMPGEnc Plus is available immediately in the US for $48.00USD at www.pegasys-inc.com.

TOKYO JAPAN - Pegasys Corporation, developers of Tsunami MPEG Encoder (TMPGEnc) MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoders, today announced the first commercial release of TMPGEnc Plus v2.5. TMPGEnc Plus gives PC users the ability to encode high quality MPEG 1 and 2 video for use in VCD, SCVD or DVD authoring. TMPGEnc Plus is available immediately in the US for $48.00USD at www.pegasys-inc.com.

"Everyone at Pegasys is excited to finally offer a commercial version Tsunami MPEG Encoder. We have received a tremendous response from our beta program that has helped us to craft the latest version of TMPGEnc Plus into a highly powerful yet easy to use MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 encoding solution. Additionally, we are proud to be able to offer one of the highest quality MPEG encoding solutions at a fraction of a cost of our competitors" said Mr. Kawamura, CEO at Pegasys.

TMPGEnc Plus is ideally suited for both amateur and professional users. The most popular uses of TMPGEnc include:
.DVD Video Authoring
.SVCD/VCD Video authoring
.Creating MPEG data for online streaming content
.FMV sequences in popular video games

TMPGEnc Plus offers many improvements over the free demo product.
.Unlimited MPEG2 usage
.MPEG2 maximum resolution of 1920 x 1152 (up from 720x576 in demo)
.Increased MPEG-2 Bit rate to 80Mbps (from 15Mbps in demo)
.Multi-pass CQ higher quality encoding (2 pass Variable Bit Rate encoding)
.Interactive Project Wizard (DVD, SVCD, VCD) sets bit rate, common filters and encoding settings and provides an accurate file size estimate

About Pegasys Corporation.

Based in Tokyo, Japan, Pegasys Corporation develops and distributions the high quality, low cost MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 encoding solutions. In its first year of release, TMPGEnc has achieved worldwide success of over 2.5 million downloads. TMPGEnc is regarded by many as the top MPEG 1 and 2 encoder available, outperforming software and hardware based encoding solutions costing several thousand dollars.

SEGA, CAPCOM, KOEI, Sony Computer Entertainment have all used TMPGEnc in full motion sequences in many of their top video games. TMPGEnc was used in development of Sony's® hit title, Gran Turismo® 3. Video encoded with TMPGEnc can be found in games on all major platforms: Sony® Playstation 2® Microsoft® X-Box® and Nintendo® Gamecube®.

TMPGEnc is optimized for Pentium 4 processors and is fully compatible with Windows 95/98/ME and 2000/XP operating system.

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