Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced that DVDLogic, a developer of field-proven productivity tools for professional authoring, has joined the Sonic Extended Developer Group (EDGe) and is debuting a revolutionary solution to revision finished Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles through its BD Reauthor application. BD Reauthor allows completed BD titles to be opened and edited directly in Sonic Scenarist®. This capability not only significantly reduces the time required to create alternate versions of an existing title, but also can instantly turn all previously completed unencrypted BD discs, volumes or disc images into living archives. With the addition of BD Reauthor, Scenarist-based authoring houses can offer their clients an efficient, streamlined process for revising previously completed BD titles, even without access to the original project files, elementary assets, or specialized archives.

DVD Logic BD Reauthor quickly and simply deconstructs any unencrypted BD volume and converts it into a Scenarist project while simultaneously running initial-level stream compatibility checks. The converted content can then be updated and navigation revised as desired within Scenarist to create a new title. BD Reauthor can also extract specific assets from a BD title for inclusion in other Scenarist projects, thereby allowing released BDs to serve as content archives. The ability to work directly with finished volumes that may not have been authored in Scenarist will offer Scenarist-based authoring facilities the flexibility to update and localize releases for new languages or specialized regional requirements.

"BD Reauthor overcomes the significant burden of maintaining accurate and accessible archives that can be reused and refreshed as required to meet clients' title development deadlines. We developed BD Reauthor with the goal of streamlining the access to client assets to make the process of change painless and efficient," said Oleg Omelchenko, President of DVDLogic. "Our partnership with Sonic's EDGe program uniquely enables us because it creates a seamless bond with the industry-leading authoring solution and connects us to a world-class support organization."

"Through Sonic's EDGe program, Sonic is powering the professional authoring community with key innovations to enhance the creation of first-of-kind entertainment on Blu-ray Disc," said Rolf Hartley, senior vice president and general manager of Sonic's Professional Products Group. "DVDLogic is a perfect example of vision and technology combining to optimize and remove the drudge work required to access assets previously utilized on finished BD titles. Now, content owners can quickly and efficiently direct the redeployment of their materials into revised and new BD titles and speed product to market faster than ever using Scenarist BD."

Sonic will be demonstrating all BD tools from Sonic EDGe members at the IBC convention, Hall 7, Stand 7.D11, September 12 to 16, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For further information on the EDGe program please contact Sonic at edge@sonic.com.

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