CRI Middleware Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company incorporated in 2001, providing middleware for use in the computer and video game industry. Their customers have included high-profile clients such as Microsoft, Nintendo, Konami, Sega and Square Enix. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... In computing, middleware consists of software agents acting as an intermediary between different application components. ... The computer and video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video and computer games. ... Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ: MSFT (HKSE: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and more than 55,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; (NASDAQ: NTDOY), TYO: 7974) is a Japanese company originally founded on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Konami Corporation (コナミ) TYO: 9766 (NYSE: KNM) (SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling computer and video games. ... Sega (セガ) is a video game software and hardware developer, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ...

Products and services

ADX

ADX is a streamed audio format which allows for multiple audio streams, seamless looping and continuous playback (allowing two or more files to be crossfaded or played in sequence) with low, predictable CPU usage. The format uses the ADPCM framework. In computing, the term stream is used in a number of ways, in all cases referring to a succession of data elements made available over time. ... A file format is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... PCM is an initialism which can have different meanings: Phase Change Material Pulse-code modulation (a way to digitally encode sound) Potential Cancer Marker Communist Party of Mexico Plug Compatible Manufacturer Power-train control module - computer in a car which controls the car to minimize emissions and increase fuel economy...

Sofdec

Sofdec is a full color streamed video format which includes multistreaming and seamless playback with a frame rate of up to 60 frames per second. It incorporates compressed ADX for its audio playback. Frame rate, or frame frequency, is the measurement of how quickly an imaging device can produce unique consecutive images called frames. ...

Clipper

Clipper is an automated lip-syncing program which analyzes waveforms and outputs an appropriate lip pattern into a text file, for later substitution into the facial animations of the (in-game) speaker.

ROFS

ROFS is a file management system for handling a virtual disc image, an extension of the CD-ROM standard. It has no limitations on file name format, or number of directories or files, and has been designed with compatibility with ADX and Sofdec in mind. The virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also denotations. ... A disk image is a computer file containing the complete contents and structure of a data storage device. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ...

Sound Factory

Sound Factory is a GUI-based video game audio tool for effective sound design without input from programmers. It has support for the previewing and playback of generated audio. Gui is short for Guilherme or Guilhermo or an iteration of that, in English it translates to Will. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...

Movie Encode

Movie Encode is a video encoding service by which CRI generates Sofdec or MPEG files from other media. For a fee (designated by the length of the file to be encoded), files are converted to the desired format with the quality specified by the client. The Moving Picture Experts Group or MPEG is a working group of ISO/IEC charged with the development of video and audio encoding standards. ...

External links

• CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.