St. Louis, Missouri, October 17, 2002— HEURIS, makers of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder MPEG Power Professional™, announced today that they are shipping Xtractor X, a Mac OS X version of their popular MPEG Xtractor software. As with previous versions, Xtractor X can be used to extract or "rip" audio and video files from unencrypted DVDs. Users can demultiplex and extract elementary streams from MPEG 1 system streams, MPEG 2 program streams, and MPEG 2 transport streams, including HDTV streams recorded with a DTV decoder card.

The extractor can also be used to extract DVD VR formatted MPEG streams recorded with Hitachi’s DZMV100 DVD camera or Panasonic's DMR-E20 line of DVD recorders. This gives users the ability to add new and different audio tracks to encoded video streams or simply to recover elementary streams from a finished DVD project.

Xtractor X is compatible exclusively with MAC OS X and features an easy to use, drag and drop interface. Users simply, select an output folder, drag and drop the MPEG file onto Xtractor, and the MPEG elementary streams are extracted and saved to the output directory.

"We're pleased to offer Apple OS X users this powerful new tool," said HEURIS President, Brian Quandt. "OS X users have asked for the ability to go back and add different tracks to a previously encoded, unencrypted project. This product allows them to do just that--effortlessly and cost effectively."

 Pricing and Availability

Xtractor X is currently available directly from HEURIS for $149. Customers may call HEURIS sales or purchase the product online at www.heuris.com.

 About HEURIS

Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, HEURIS has served as a leading manufacturer of video compression and processing tools and applications for over a decade. From the Internet, to DVD, to HDTV to Hollywood Movies--HEURIS has developed an impressive group of award-winning tools for video production and post production applications.

Perhaps best known for its award-winning MPEG Power Professional Line of software products, HEURIS has recently released two new products for the Hollywood Market: a Digital Dailies solution developed in conjunction with partner Cohen Communications and MPEG Power Professional—D-Cinema, which is used to encode High Definition pictures for display in movie theaters.