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SPECTSOFT AND APPRO INTERNATIONAL TO DEMO NEW LINUX BASED VIDEO DISK DRIVE RECORDER AT CREATIVE COW EXPO FEBRUARY 18-20, 2003. Hollywood gets a sneak preview of new penguin powered tools for high and standard definition digital video I/O. OAKDALE, Calif. - January 20, 2003 -- SpectSoft, LLC, a (http://www.spectsoft.com) consulting company specializing in Linux based software and hardware solutions for the video/film industries and Appro International, Inc., a leading developer of high-density, high-performance servers (http://www.appro.com) have announced that they will be demonstrating their DDR/EDIT tools, a Linux based video disk drive recorder using Appro servers, at the Creative Cow Expo (http://www.creativecow.net) February 18 - 20, 2003 in Los Angeles, CA. The DDR/EDIT software allows for easy import and export of high and standard definition video. It is also the first video disk drive recorder product to open its software source code to allow customers the capability to mold the product to their specific needs. The DDR/EDIT tools are geared toward post-production and broadcast facilities that have a need to import or export high quality uncompressed, 10bit, high or standard definition video. It incorporates features such as color correction look-up tables (CCLUT), 3:2 pull-down and RS-422 control. "In this industry it is near impossible to provide a single software package that can solve the specific needs of our clients", said Jason Howard, VP of Engineering and co-founder of SpectSoft, "One of the greatest benefits of open source software is the ability to fit into one's needs, and that is the approach we took with the DDR/EDIT tools." The DDR/EDIT software has been certified to run on servers available from APPRO International, Inc. in Milpitas, CA. The high definition system will be available in the 2U form factor APPRO 2228X system utilizing SMPTE 292M DI I/O. "The Appro 2U server family brings a new level of storage capacity to the database, streaming-media, e-mail and proxy/caching servers, delivering a superior combination of storage, computational performance, and reliability", said Daniel Kim, CEO and president of Appro International. The standard definition system will be available in the 1U form factor APPRO 1124s system utilizing SMPTE 259M SDI I/O. The Appro 1124 server is powered by AMD Athlon? MP Processors and offers maximum flexibility, affordability, performance, scalability and great space-optimization. Also, it is a perfect foundation for supercomputing cluster. "It has been great working with a company like APPRO," said Jason Howard, "They have been able to meet our ratherd emanding, system specifications." About SpectSoft, LLC Founded in 1997 and with headquarters in Oakdale, California, SpectSoft is a privately held consulting company specializing in Linux based software and hardware solutions for the video and film industries. Additional information about SpectSoft is available at http://www.spectsoft.com About Appro International, Inc. Established in 1991, APPRO is a privately held company headquartered in Milpitas, California. APPRO enables a variety of network computing applications by developing powerful, scalable, and reliable clusters, enterprise servers and workstation solutions for the high-performance computing and Internet infrastructure markets. Additional information about Appro is available at http://www.appro.com
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