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Sonic Solutions is to support the forthcoming DVD-R Dual Layer recording standard across its complete line of consumer and professional applications as well as in its industry-standard AuthorScript engine.
Working closely with the leading drive manufacturers developing the DVD-R DL format, Sonic is leveraging its advanced dual layer recording technology, developed for Hollywood DVDs, to deliver the industry's first DVD-R DL applications when the drives ship in early Q1 2005.
DVD-R DL enables users to create DVDs that can hold up to eight hours of video or 8.5 billion bytes of data on a single recordable disc.
'Sonic has long been a partner of Pioneer's in helping to bring the latest advances in DVD recording technology to market', said Ryuichiro Yoshimura, General Manager of the Business Planning Department, Components Business Company at Pioneer.
'Sonic's commitment to Dual Layer DVD-R will clearly make this advanced recording technology available to a broad number of users'.
'We are very pleased to be working closely with Sonic as this major advancement in recording technology is introduced to the market'.
Sonic's support for DVD-R DL is based on its industry-leading HyperMux DVD formatting technology which has been used by Hollywood to create the majority of the world's professional dual layer DVDs.
By extending this technology to the DVD-R DL recording format, Sonic's applications and software development kits are able to take advantage of the same advanced title layout, buffer management, layer-break control, and frame selection technologies used by Hollywood.
'With the capacity to store almost twice the content of a standard DVD, dual layer DVDs have long been the format of choice for Hollywood studios looking to deliver maximum entertainment value to consumers'.
'Now those same consumers are using recordable DVD to back up their personal data and share their home movies and photos', said Jim Taylor, General Manager of Sonic's Advanced Technology Group.
'Sonic's comprehensive support for DVD-R Dual Layer across our product line enables consumers to fit much more video, photos and other data onto a single disc'.
'And now our professional customers can much more easily create and test dual layer titles before committing them to mass replication'.  

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