Press Release

Autodesk, Inc. announced the
availability of Autodesk Cleaner 6.5 for Macintosh, the newest update to
its professional desktop media mastering and encoding software. Autodesk
Cleaner is an industry standard application for encoding and optimizing
video content for delivery formats ranging from the Internet and DVD to
handheld mobile devices. On the heels of the release of Cleaner XL 1.5 for
Windows, Cleaner 6.5 for Mac brings extended format support and increased
workflow flexibility to the Mac-based digital video encoding community.
New to Autodesk Cleaner 6.5 software is encoding support for Apple's
QuickTime 7 player, DivX 6.0, and Kinoma Producer, to encode wide screen
MPEG-4 playback on Palm Powered handhelds and the Sony PSP video player.
Also added is the Flix exporter from On2 Technologies-that allows
compressionists to publish video in .FLV and .SWF formats-the Internet
video formats supported by Macromedia Flash.
New output formats:
  • Flash video support (.flv and .swf) with On2 Flix Exporter
  • DivX Pro 6.0 encoder
  • Apple QuickTime 7
New Codecs:
  • Updated Kinoma version 3 exporter
  • H.264 encoding through QuickTime 7 and support for Real 10
Pricing and Availability
Autodesk Cleaner 6.5 for Macintosh software is available now. Suggested
retail price for both Cleaner 6.5 Mac and Cleaner XL 1.5 for Windows is US
$599.00 for an individual license. Suggested retail upgrade pricing from
Cleaner 6 Macintosh or Cleaner XL Windows to the current versions is US
$125.00; Suggested retail upgrade pricing from Cleaner 4 or 5 to Cleaner
6.5 Macintosh or to Cleaner 1.5 XL Windows is US $179.00. For specific
product information and shipping dates please call 1-800-869-3504. Consult
an Autodesk Authorized Reseller for reseller pricing, which may vary.