Digital video and training software vendor CyberLink Corp. is shipping PowerDVD Linux, its Linux DVD playback software for embedded Linux devices. The software targets multimedia set-top box (STB) system integrators and suppliers, according to CyberLink, and features high-quality video playback, Dolby Digital, fast forward, backward, pause, change skin, and more.

CyberLink lists the following system requirements for its PowerDVD software:

• 450 MHz Pentium II or above
• Linux 2.3.X or above
• Sound card (OSS)
• Graphic accelerator with SDL and optional XvMC Support
• 32 MB System RAM
• 20 MB Free HDD space
• Processor with MMX Technology support

“Linux is a growing market due to its low-cost, instant, and time-to-market solution nature to OEM customers,” said CyberLink's Alice H. Chang.

 
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