Sonic Solutions Sales of DVDit!™ Top The 150,000 Unit Mark

DVDit! Sales Continue Dramatic Growth with Newly-shipping Version 2.1

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (September 8, 2000) - Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) announced at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) today that it has now sold more than 150,000 copies of DVDit!. Coming only a few months after the sale of the 75,000th copy of DVDit!, the continued increase in sales demonstrates the market's demand for an affordable, simple-to-use solution for publishing video in the DVD-Video format and further establishes Sonic's role as the leading provider of DVD authoring systems.

"With DVDit! Version 2.1 and the new Professional Edition (DVDit! PE) now shipping, users have access to professional-level DVD authoring on their desktop," said James Manning, DVDit! Product Marketing Manager at Sonic. "And because DVDit! now includes Sonic's cDVD(tm) technology, anyone with a personal computer and a CD recorder can make discs with DVD quality."

Sonic DVDit! gives anyone who works with digital video the power to create stunning interactive DVD content on their PC. Users simply drag-and-drop video and audio into DVDit!, design interactive menus and record the final content to DVD-RAM, DVD-R or CD-R/RW. Sonic DVDit! is used by video producers, videographers and enthusiasts worldwide to publish high-quality DVD versions of client presentations, merchandising and promotional materials, advertising comps, interactive training materials, multimedia presentations, special events and weddings.

The new DVDit! Version 2.1 includes significant features to both simplify DVD authoring and produce a better final result. These include:

• cDVD™ - DVDit! can output DVD-format video directly to CD-R.
• Instant chapter-point buttons - You can instantly create a menu button link to any chapter point by simply dragging the chapter point onto the menu editor. The button created uses the video clip from the frame where the chapter point is located.
• Smart End-Action Defaults - Every video and multimedia asset added automatically establishes appropriate end-action settings.

About Sonic DVDit!
Sonic DVDit! is the easiest way to publish on DVD. Combining a simple and straightforward user interface with Sonic's award-winning DVD formatting technology, DVDit! gives video professionals, graphic designers, artists and video enthusiasts the power to create stunning interactive DVD content on their PC.

DVDit! is compatible with AVI and QuickTime video files, so that virtually any video content - from DV to D1 - can be incorporated into a DVDit! project. With an intuitive interface, building DVD titles is as easy as selecting a menu background and then dragging and dropping an AVI, QuickTime or MPEG video file. DVDit! automatically builds buttons and interactivity, multiplexes and formats content and records to CD-R or DVD-R for playback in consumer set-top DVD players or DVD-equipped PCs. DVDit! can create interactive titles in DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and cDVD formats.

Recently, Sonic DVDit! has been honored with awards by many of the video industry's leading trade publications including Millimeter magazine's Tommy Award, Television Broadcast's Pick of Show, and DV Magazine's Award of Excellence.

Special Note: DVDit! is sold in multiple versions and through various channels, including OEM bundles. Thus, it is impossible to estimate the impact of DVDit! shipments on Sonic's revenues using any simple calculation. Readers interested in Sonic's financial performance should rely only on those documents the company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as Sonic's quarterly press releases which report on the company's financial results.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD publishing. Sonic DVDit! (http://www.dvdit.com) is the first application for DVD authoring targeted at videographers and corporate video producers, and is bundled with major video editing, capture, encoding and media production systems. Sonic DVD Creator and DVD Fusion for Macintosh are the most widely-used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. SonicStudio HD is the leading digital workstation for preparing audio for release on CD and the first for creating content for the new DVD-Audio format. Sonic is also a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

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