New software turns iPods into portable DVD player

Makayama Interactive announces the availability of iPod Media Studio. This innovative software lets you watch home movies, feature films and TV-series on your video iPod in great quality, in full screen, zoomed mode. It also allows DVD to iPod conve

(I-Newswire) October 28, 2005 - A 60 Gb iPod may store up to 200 hours of home movies and tv recordings or one hundred full length feature films. Consumers can watch their content on the go, on supported models.

The software installs an encoding package on a Windows XP computer, users pick any video file from their harddrive, CD or DVD and with only three clicks, the software turns it into a compressed movie file, which will play on the MPEG4-mediaplayer on the iPod. The headset or the built-in speaker can be used to listen to the sound. Subtitled and foreign language DVDs are also supported.

Enjoy movies with an amazingly sharp picture and stereo CD-quality sound. The ideal solution for frequent travellers or to keep the kids happy in the back of the car.
The software captures all content (AVI, MPEG1, DivX, XVID, VOB, ASF) on all drives (harddrive, CD, DVD, removable) and encodes it to iPod.

The free tryout version allows users to convert 3 minutes of all content and doesn't expire. Runs on Windows XP/2000/NT (no Mac version).

The online download price is USD 32.95 (EUR 29.95). A free demo version is available.

Company Profile
Makayama Interactive is an innovative startup company. Mobile Media Studio is a family of products, which Makayama is developing. The products function as an offline hub between PC's and mobile devices, allowing (home) movies, tv and downloaded content to be played on personal organisers, mobile phones, portable mediaplayers and game consoles. Makayama aims to make platform-shift of media content a one-click experience for consumers.
Members of the Mobile Media Studio family include versions for Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson phones, Windows Mobile Smartphones and the Playstation Portable gaming device. Makayama supports fair use and is reviewing several DRM standards to incorporate in its products.

More information
Makayama Interactive BVBA
Product page: http://www.makayama.com/dvdtoipod.html
Customers: support@makayama.com
OEM, press and Business: info@makayama.com
Tel: (+31) 20 3201113 Business/Press only
www.makayama.com

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