Sonic announces support for DVD-R dual layer recording

December 13, 2004

The first drives supporting
dual layer DVD-R should become available in the first quarter of 2005 and Sonic
has announced that it has added support for DVD-R dual layer
recording in MyDVD, DVDit, Backup MyPC and RecordNow as well in
its professional applications, Scenarist and DVD Producer.

Sonic
has developed a feature which is calles HyperMux-DL formatting that according to
the company should help in geting the best playback performance on a broad
range of DVD players. Sonic also states that HyperMux-DL has been
specially tuned to deliver maximum writing speed and disc compatibility for
DVD-R Dual Layer media while minimizing MPEG video frame stutter.

About
Sonic HyperMux-DL

HyperMux-DL's proprietary Dual Layer features
include:

Sonic SmartBalance™ '“
automatically balances data and video content across both disc layers
for the fastest-possible write times. SmartBalance algorithms
automatically adjust the layer break point to minimize lead-out time,
dramatically speeding disc-burning time, while ensuring maximum
read-back compatibility.

Sonic JumpSafe™'“ selects the
ideal title set layout and layer break point with precisely filled
error-correction blocks to ensure optimum video playback and to avoid
the frame stutter and visual distortion that commonly occurs in DVDs
authored on standard formatting systems when the MPEG data streams are
interrupted during layer switch.