Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:46:35 +0100
From: Romain Vignes <romain@eprocess.fr>
To: letters@lwn.net
Subject: Press Release

eProcess announces popCorn, an open source MPEG-1 streaming player for
Linux

February 12, 2001

Montpellier (France) - eProcess, a french software company specialized
in embedded multimedia solutions, announces the immediate release of
popCorn, an open source MPEG-1 streaming player for Linux*.

popCorn is a desktop-oriented MPEG-1 audio (MP3) and video software
capable of playing data streamed directly from the network.
Compatibility with existing media servers (such as SGI/Kasenna
MediaBase**) is provided by the support of the industry standard RTSP
protocol (Real Time Streaming Protocol).

Playback control is done through a user-friendly graphical interface,
with the following features : play/pause/stop, direct access to any
movie instant, play-list management, volume and balance control.


Availability

A beta release is available (in binary format) from the eProcess open
source web site http://opensource.eprocess.fr/popcorn

A SourceForge*** hosted project has been created, allowing public access
to the source code and tracking of future evolutions
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/popcorn

eProcess provides additional services around this project : porting,
customization and dedicated developments, technical support and
training.


About eProcess 

eProcess is a software company (based in Montpellier, south of France),
specialized in client-side multimedia technologies like video-on-demand
(VOD), rich-media broadcasting, interactive television,
content-on-demand ... particularly suited to embedded devices. Our goal
is to be one of the five main international providers of those
technologies for a wide range of embedded devices like interactive TV
decoders, digital VCR, advanced set-top-boxes, multimedia kiosks.
For more information, visit http://www.eprocess.fr


Contact

Joel Reboul
jreboul@eprocess.fr
Tel : +33 4 67 13 50 70
Fax : +33 4 67 13 50 79


* Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
** Kasenna MediaBase is a registered trademark of Kasenna, Inc.
*** SourceForge is a registered trademark of VA Linux Systems, Inc.

-- 
Romain Vignes
eProcess - embedded solutions
<mailto:romain@eprocess.fr>