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Sonic Solutions Sales of DVDit!™ Top the 500,000 Unit Mark

Sales of Leading DVD Publishing Solution Continues to Soar

Marin County, California (April 17, 2001) – Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) announced today that sales of Sonic’s desktop DVD publishing application DVDit! has topped the 500,000 unit mark. Coming only four months after the sale of over 250,000 units was announced, the latest milestone of half a million copies of DVDit! sold demonstrates the keen interest the market has shown for an affordable, simple-to-use DVD authoring solution and further establishes Sonic’s role as the leading provider of DVD authoring applications.

"We are excited about the astounding success of DVDit!," said James Manning, DVDit! Product Marketing Manager at Sonic. "With the first generation of inexpensive DVD recorders now starting to ship, the reality of desktop users transferring content onto DVD is finally here. And as new users experience the benefits of putting everything video onto DVD, we are convinced that demand for DVDit! will only grow."

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

"As a freelance effects artist, DVDit! has made it possible for me to take advantage of the power and quality of DVD in my personal and business projects," said Jimi Simmons, a California-based Visual Effects Artist. "With DVDit!, I’m able to burn high-quality creative demos for my clients in no time at all. For me, DVDit! has the best of all worlds – it has a comprehensive feature set, an attractive price point and it’s great fun to use!"

The most current release of DVDit!, Version 2.3, adds the ability to create unlimited menus; DVD-RAM support, with the ability to write DVD discs, DVD volumes, or disc images to DVD-RAM; support for "non-DVD compliant" MPEG files; enhanced cDVD player, for users who choose to produce CDs with DVD-Video content, and an enhanced PowerDVD player.

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, DV Magazine’s Award of Excellence, a perfect score review in PC Magazine, and Authoring Product of the Year from Videomaker Magazine.

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.

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 MyDVD™ (http://www.mydvd.sonic.com) is the first DVD authoring application for consumers, making it easy to capture "your life on DVD." Sonic DVD Creator®, Sonic Scenarist®, Sonic ReelDVD® and Sonic DVD Fusion® 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 is 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.

© 2001 Sonic, Sonic Solutions, the Sonic logo, cDVD, AutoDVD, eDVD and DVDit! are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. DVD Creator and DVD Fusion are registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.