Sorenson Squish, SquishNet

Sorenson Media launched Sorenson Squish and its companion Web application Sorenson SquishNet, designed to enable seamless and cost-effective publishing and sharing of user-created video. Sorenson Squish is a Java-based Web application allowing users to drag-and-drop video into a Web page where it is automatically encoded within the browser, then uploaded to a Website all utilizing Sorenson's Squeeze Compression Suite technology. Both Sorenson Squish and Sorenson SquishNet will be available in February, with pricing for Squish starting at $1 per user with an annual minimum of $5,000 and SquishNet starting at $1.50 per user with an annual minimum of $7,500 (system requirements were unavailable).

Sorenson Squish is a cross-platform solution that runs on both Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, and is compatible with all major browsers such as Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox. The software supports GIF, JPEG and PNG image formats, as well as ASF, DV, Flash, MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and WMV video formats. Sorenson Squish provides client-side video compression technology that embeds seamlessly into any Web application, according to the company, enabling users to publish high-quality video to Websites without requiring the user to leave the site or to install any additional software.

by MacNN Staff