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Reviews several digital video disc authoring computer software. MyDVD from Sonic Solutions; DVD Complete from Dazzle; DVD MovieFactory on Windows from Ulead Systems.

Presents news on DVD authoring software as of January 2002. Significance of the software DVDit! from the company Sonic Solutions to DVD authoring; Explanation for the lack of market success for digital video; Computer companies that released DVD authoring software.

Focuses on the Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) digital video technology. Difference of MPEG-4 from other lower bitrates; Description of streaming video formats over the Internet; Information on the MPEG video software products from Microsoft and RealNetworks. INSETS: Profiles in Justification;Streaming or Not streaming.

Compares four different streaming media appliances available in the United States market. Optibase's MGW-2000; VBrick 4300 from VBrick; Vantum's C1d; StreamGenie Presenter from Pinnacle Systems.

Deals with the commitment reestablished by Apple to both consumer and small-studio and corporate professional video editing. Factor that makes digital video disc (DVD) authoring a more vibrant business; Details on the SuperDrive software of Apple; Changes in Apple's DVD Studio Pro technology.

Features the MPEG-4, a video equipment from the Moving Pictures Experts Group. Advantages of the technology; Types of MPEG; Requirements of the International Organization for Standardization. INSETS: What about MPEG '3'?;The DivX Decoy What MPEG-4 is not.

Reviews several corporate digital video disc (DVD) authoring software. Virtuoso from Spruce Technologies; DVDAuthorQuick LE from Intec; DVDit PE from Sonic Solutions; ReelDVD from Daikin; DVDMotion from Multimedia Technology Center.

Focuses on the network appliance used for MPEG video streaming. Companies that manufacture easy-to-use network appliance MPEG decoders; How network appliance stream video; Details on the streaming approach of VBrick Systems.

Evaluates InnovaCom DVDimpact MPEG-2 encoding hardware from InnovaCom Inc. and Daikin Scenarist 2.0 DVD authoring software from Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories.

Reviews the computer software Terran Interactive Media Cleaner Pro 4.0 from Terran Interactive company.

Evaluates DVDirector digital video disc authoring system from Astarte USA. Starting price; Product features.

Looks at compression tools for producing Quicktime video on the Macintosh. What Apple's Quicktime file format can offer; Quick Time codecs; Codec options with Quicktime bundled by Apple; Codecs testing; Competence on cross-platform; Codecs offered by different firms and their features; Codecs that do not limit data rate during compression. INSETS: MPEG and Mac.;Framing compression: Quicktime, motion-JPEG compatibility and...

Evaluates the `MPEG Power Professional' computer software by HEURIS/Pulitzer. Features of the software; How the software works. INSET: MPEG Power Professional Version 1.1..

Reviews the Sonic Solutions DVDit! SE DVD authoring software from Sonic Solutions Inc.

Evaluates the Maestro MPEG interactive toolkit from OmniMedia. Acceptance of Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) by multimedia developers; How Maestro toolkit started; Information about the Maestro version 2.0; Account on the Maestro applications. INSET: Developing for CD-i and video CD native players.

Highlights the combined 2002 Streaming Media East and Internet World Conference and Exhibition. Enhancement on the streaming architecture of RealNetworks; Relationship of Virage with Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association; Information on Philips' encoding suite for live broadcast of MPEG-4 or file encoding.

Evaluates the computer peripheral CD Cyclone DVD Revo from CD Cyclone USA. Features and capabilities

Focuses on the standards applied to digital video in the U.S. as of June 2002. Information on Corona, a version of Windows Media video codec from Microsoft Corp; Information on MPEG-4, a streaming solution for video over the Internet; Comparison between the image quality of the profile of Corona and MPEG-4.

Presents information on the digital video disc (DVD) authoring market in the U.S. as of 2002. Licensing agreement between Microsoft Corporation and Sonic Solutions for DVD technology; Speculations on the transition of Microsoft Corporation into DVD authoring through its Windows CE device; Market competitors.

Offers a look at the streaming technology in the U.S. as of February 2002. Sale of streaming technologies of Media 100 to Discreet; Information on Discreet's Cleaner Pro video compression tool.

This article discusses the development of digital video products. Few would deny that video is a powerful medium with broad appeal for consumers and business alike, However, the prospects for broader video usage lie not in making users all aspiring Spielbergs and Scorceses, but in findings ways for non-video professionals to easily and effectively share simple video clips of first birthday parties, product demos, etc. Getting there won't be quite the same for business and home users, but they will all require a shift in thinking. Digital cameras are successful not necessarily because they make taking better pictures easier. Rather, the unique flexibility for selecting, storing, and sharing pictures has a clear appeal, be it for business or personal use. While the true value of dedicated photo-sharing Web sites is still up in the air, the distribution of photographs via e-mail and on personal and corporate Web sites has exploded. Thankfully, an emerging trend from a cross-section of digital video products is focusing on that process of sharing. Paired with lower-cost DVD-R burners and mature network infrastructures, new DVD authoring products and network video appliances offer solutions for using video that may not have been massaged into a self-standing, seven-minute vignette.

Provides information on the computer software MyDVD 3.0 from Sonic Solutions. Features; Speed capability.

Deals with the plan of Apple Computers to build retail stores which will carry every product the company makes. Description of the stores; Details on the presentation areas.

Reports on the digital video disc (DVD) authoring engine of Spruce. Reason for the intent of Spruce to open itself to more competition; How DVD authoring can reach the next level; Difficulties in integrating the DVD functions with video editing.

Focuses on the move of the United States National Security Counsel to install a video technology infrastructure from the VBrick company at the White House building in Washington D.C. to allow the delivery of video-feeds to the building. How the NSC worked on the idea of installing the infrastructure; Information on the network appliances from VBrick used in the building; Details on the installation of the technology.

Comments on the author's passion for digital video. Features of digital media files; Standards for keeping track of data and organizing digital media; Problems with MPEG-7 also known as, Multimedia Content Description Interface.

Focuses on video editing systems in live streaming video. How the Stream Factory processor from Pinnacle Systems works; Technology used by Media 100i in video editing; Features of the Webcasting switcher from eStudio Live.

Examines the issues regarding the application of i, a non-linear video editing interface for corporate Web sites, from Media 100 company. Advantages of the addition of an hypertext markup language track to the standard video editing interface of Media 1000; Comparison between the features of i and ePublisher from Avid Technology company; Factors which can affect the application of Media 100 i.

Comments on the lack of digital subscriber line (DSL) service in an area in Boston, Massachusetts, which affect the Web video market. Success of streaming MPEG video appliances; Reasons for the unavailability of the DSL service of Bell Atlantic.

Comments on the introduction of the DVDirector, a software used for creating DVD motion picture titles for Windows NT developed by Apple Computer Inc. Benefits of the software in creating low-cost DVD titles; Features of the DVDirector; Other software released by Apple.

Offers guidelines when buying digital cameras with video capture capability. Features of digital camcorders.

Ponders on the decision of Media 100 and Avid Technologies, two non-linear video editing companies, to change into streaming media companies. Effects on stock valuation; Lack of support for the claims of Avid; How the efforts of both companies affected the streaming media industry.

Comments on the digital video technology of Apple Computer Inc. Information on Apple's desktop video editing tools; Remarkable image quality on the DV camcorder; Criticism against Apple's arrogance in dealing with the general public; Popularity of the QuickTime format for video production.