FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
E.DIGITAL CORPORATION TO SUPPORT QDESIGN MUSIC PLAYBACK IN PORTABLE
INTERNET MUSIC PLAYER DESIGN
QDesign Music Codec is the audio compression solution for users of
QuickTime by Apple Computers
(SAN DIEGO, CA, November 2, 1999) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG)
announced today that it will support QDesign Music playback in e.Digital's
portable Internet music player design. The QDesign Music technology is the
award-winning audio compression solution for QuickTime 4, Apple Computer's
cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) architecture for digital media creation
and delivery.
The QDesign Music Codec is a new generation audio coding technology that
was designed to deliver the highest quality audio at the lowest possible
data rates. Encoded in the QDesign Music format, consumers can include up
to 2.5 hours of music on portable audio players equipped with 32MB storage.
To enable consumers with the ability to encode in the QDesign Music
format, QDesign announced last week the release of MVPÔ, the Company's new
digital music software that allows music libraries to be created in both
MP3 and QDesign Music formats. As the first cross-platform digital music
system, MVP will enable both Mac and Windows users the ability to playback
all popular digital audio formats (CD Audio, AIFF, WAV, and others), as
well as, most digital music videos available on the Web and enhanced CDs.
"There is natural synergy between e.Digital's portable music player design
and our support of the QDesign Music playback," said Fred Falk, president
and CEO of e.Digital. "Adding QDesign Music support and the MVP software to
our music player design opens up the market for Mac users as well as
Windows-based PC users. e.Digital is taking the lead in incorporating the
best possible technology in portable Internet music players, and will
continue to offer the most valuable options to its OEM customers."
According to Mandy Chan, Vice President of Business Development at QDesign,
"Portable Internet music players are instrumental in advancing digital
music because they bring a new level of flexibility to how and where music
can be enjoyed. With audio encoded in the QDesign Music format, we enable
consumers to store the most amount of audio on their players at the highest
possible audio quality. We are very excited to be working with e.Digital
to bring QDesign Music playback to next generation portable audio players."
e.Digital's portable Internet music player reference design is available
for license by consumer electronics manufacturers and other private label
OEM's. Full-featured options, multiple music codec support (including
Lucent Technologies' EPAC™), security software support (including Liquid
Audio's SP3 secure portable player platform), and custom product design are
available
The company also offers complete industrial design, engineering services,
and manufacturing services.
QDesign Corporation has been delivering state-of-the art audio solutions to
the broadcast and new media industries since 1995. The Company introduced
the world's first MPEG-2 stereo compression software in October 1996,
making available for the first time, high-quality, high-performance MPEG
sound to all broadcast and studio professionals. In January 1998, QDesign
launched the QDesign Music Codec as the Internet audio solution for
QuickTime 3, bringing to audio and multimedia professionals "Audio Product
of the Year" for 1999 according to New Media Magazine. This past summer,
the Company announced its own implementation of MP3, the most popular
format for on-line music download. QDesign's codec technologies appear in
hardware processors, digital audio production, automation and distribution
systems as well as professional and consumer multimedia software.
e.Digital Corporation offers an engineering partnership for the world's
leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and
the Internet. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's
patented MicroOS™ file management system to custom software and hardware
development, design and manufacturing services. For more information on the
company, visit www.edig.com.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
e.Digital Corporation
Robert Putnam or Wendy Ravenel
(858) 679-1504
robert@edig.com or wendy@edig.com
QDesign Corporation
John Rowe
(604) 688-1525 x34
jrowe@QDesign.com
The MWW Group (for e.Digital)
Robert Ferris, Public Relations
(212) 704-9727
rferris@mww.com
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Wendy Ravenel
Investor Relations/Public Relations
e.Digital Corporation
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San Diego, CA 92128
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