OptiVideo MPEG Compression Products

Optivision, Inc.

Palo Alto, CA

A family of PC-compatible boards and software for real-time video and audio comprenssion and decompression

• Developed MPEG-1 Encoder and MPEG-1 Decoder under SBIR funding
• Typical encoding done at 1.5 Mbps (6.10Mpbs) to achieve VHA (broadcast) quality video and CD quality stereo audio with MPEG-1 (MPEG-2) encoder
• Decoder decompresses Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) bitstreams for fully synchronized stereo audio and NTSC and PAL video playback
• Real-time preview of encoding quality provided by using MPEG decoder in conjunction with MPEG encoder

• The product family includes an MPEG-1 VGA decoder, and MPEG-2 VGA decoder, an MPEG-1 encoder, and MPEG input processor, MPEG workstations, and MPEG transmission systems
• Commercial applications include TV ad insertion, video CD authority, video-on demand, interactive video databases, vdeo transmission over networks, and remote learning
• FY96 anticipated revenues of $8-9 million

ADC Telecommunications invested in Optivision as a result of this technology

• Telerobotics; telescience; spaceborne experiments; surveillance

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