Tag archive: WMV

Walmart has issued a memo to all music licensing partners and informed them that the digital music store at “mp3.walmart.com” will be shutting down on August 28, 2011. All music content will no longer be available for download and users are urged to download DRM-free tracks before becoming unavailable. After the store closes up, tracks containing DRM will still be supported and will continue to work as the DRM servers are being kept… Read More

Although the device has been expected for some time, today South Korean electronics giant Samsung officially announced its Samsung R1 media player, a followup to the Q2 it introduced earlier this year. The R1 offers a slightly bigger touchscreen, at 2.6 inches, and also roll in support for DivX video and a “Beat DJ” feature enables users to add their own voices and sound effects to songs—just the thing to entertain (or… Read More

Cowon has officially launched it's much-anticipated A3 portable media player in the United States, hoping to carve away some market share from a certain Cupertino company by offering a large-screened portable device simple enough to appeal to novice users, and powerful enough to engage hardcore digital media fans. “The A3 has improved upon the popular A2 with a new look and upgraded features that maximize video performance and… Read More

The HD-series encoder provides video professionals with detailed control of Microsoft's Windows Media High Definition Video (WMV HD) codec using Inlet Technologies' Optimized Compression Encoding andAnalytics (OCEAN(TM)) platform to create exceptional quality video and audio assets for use in WMV HD-DVDs. “With more and more HD productions being created on advanced NLEs, video professionals require a high-quality platform for… Read More

From Microsoft's press release: Today at NAB2004, Microsoft Corp. and Sonic Solutions unveiled DVD Producer – WMV HD Edition, a special version of Sonic's award-winning professional authoring application that supports the production of DVD titles using Microsoft Windows Media Video High-Definition (WMV HD). WMV HD delivers dramatically superior image quality with high-definition video at data rates comparable to… Read More