Version 4.0 of SGI Mediabase Broadband Media Server released

Mountain View 10 Oct 99 SGI MediaBase 4.0 has been released: a scalable media streaming solution. SGI MediaBase supports a full range of bit rates - from narrowband streaming such as QuickTime and RealNetworks to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams up to 15 Mbs that can be used for Internet, enterprise, and broadband applications. In addition, SGI MediaBase is scalable from one to thousands of streams to multiple clients, whether desktops or set-top boxes, regardless of bit-rate or format.

MediaBase is the industry’s most popular standards-based media server with 1,000 university, telecommunications, corporate, Video-on-Demand and Internet sites. As a standalone solution, SGI MediaBase offers users the ability to manage hundreds of thousands of audio and video assets. SGI MediaBase also integrates easily with Informix database and other industry-leading relational database technology.

For users who desire it, the product is also tightly integrated with the SGI StudioCentral Library media management platform, offered separately. Capable of tracking millions of assets, StudioCentral Library enhances the value of users’ digital assets by making them manageable and accessible throughout the production process.

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