BusinessWire
April 18, 2007 05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

FastVDO Ships World’s Smallest H264 Capture Board at NAB 07

NAB2007
Booth C3051

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FastVDO releases SmartCapture, the world’s first USB H.264/AAC capture device! This new all-in-one wonder has a world of applications. Content creation, content repurposing, news gathering, field acquisition, surveillance and a host of other applications are now available in a compact, cost-effective form. Do real-time, high-quality A/V capture in the latest formats: H.264/AAC, with the convenience of a USB device. Capture from any audio or NTSC/PAL source, and encode multimedia MP4 files. Make iPod® files or web videos straight from almost any A/V device – camcorder, CD/DVD/VHS player, TV, radio, boombox... Now anyone can make movies, podcasts, or publish video. Software playback provided. And this SD version of SmartCapture paves the way to our SmartCapture HD, coming soon.

At NAB 07, Booth C3051 in LVCC, FastVDO is showing

* Live capture of audio/video using SmartCapture…from almost any source!
* Real-time DVB-H content playback on cell/PDAs such as Dell Axim.
* Real-time HD High Profile software playback from a single CPU.
* Real-time SD/HD playback in FPGA/ASIC.

Shoot | Stream | See. For video on the go, we offer total convenience. H.264 and AAC are now the world's preferred multimedia formats, from mobile devices, to broadcast, and high-def. DVD. Our technology offerings allow instant content creation, network transmission, and reception – from desktops to handhelds. For demanding applications such as news-gathering, broadcast, surveillance, or conversion for convenience, we have the answer. FastVDO’s software supports H.264/AAC on the desktop, while emerging DVB-H broadcasts can be received on cells and PDAs with our embedded solutions for ARM/PXA. And for iPod® enthusiasts, FastVDO now introduces MP4 playback in WinCE® devices such as Dell Axim® and HP iPaQ®.

About FastVDO Inc.

FastVDO, a privately-held developer of video processing technologies, focuses on state of the art standards in audio/video compression. FastVDO has been involved in the development of H.264 from its inception, making numerous contributions. FastVDO’s achievements include the world’s first single-CPU HD software playback, and the first software HD encoder on an off-the-shelf server. Visit www.fastvdo.com.