PowerDVD
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| Developer(s) | CyberLink |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 8.0.1830.50
/ July 18, 2008 |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Video Player |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Official website at www.cyberlink.com |
CyberLink PowerDVD is a commercial video player and audio player for Microsoft Windows and Linux [1]. It enables the viewing of High-definition video and DVD-Video movies on the user's PC. The player can also be used to play videos and audio/music files in other formats encoded with different codecs, for instance WMV HD, DivX, Xvid, and DVD-Audio, MP3 and AAC audio. The software offers full Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD playback with menus, with CPRM and DRM support. HD DVD support has since been dropped with the release of PowerDVD 8, however, it can easily be re-enabled through a workaround, as posted in various internet sites.[citation needed]
Features and Functions
Special features and functions supported by CyberLink PowerDVD.
- Supported video formats/codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 HD, DVD-Video, MiniDVD, MPEG-4 ASP (like Xvid and DivX, including DivX Pro), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, QuickTime, RealMedia, 3GPP, Blu-ray Disc, AVCHD, WMV HD, DVD-VR, DVD+VR
- Supported audio formats/codecs: DVD-Audio, WAV, MP3, MP2, AAC, LPCM, MLP, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital EX, DTS 5.1, DTS NEO:6, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES
Video Playback
- Auto dialog looping: "Say-It-Again" repeats a scene in a way similar to AB Repeat
- Movable subtitles: "Read-It-Clearly" fits two different subtitles on the black bar of the screen
- Power-saving feature for notebooks: "See-It-All" increases playback speed when battery is running out
- InterActual Player Support
- Software Video Deinterlacing
- Dynamic range compression and SRS
- A-B Repeat - loops a scene set by users
- 9X Digital Zoom
- Closed captioning
- Dual Captions/Subtitles Display
- Video Bookmarks
- Resume playback
- Screen snapshots - frame captures
- External subtitle support allows playback via AVI, DivX and WMV files
- Supports SRT, SUB, SSA, ASS, PSB, and SMI extensions
- On-screen display (OSD) lets users define where video information is located
- Changeable skins let users change the look of their control panel
- Low Frequency Effects (LFE) mixes the LFE channel (bass) with front speaker channels
- Dolby Pro Logic IIx - 2.0 - 5.1 => 7.1 audio-channels expansion technology (up-sample anything from 2.0 to 7.1 surround sound)
- "CyberLink Headphone" - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones
- "CyberLink Virtual Speaker" Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) speakers
- Support BD-Video Profile 2.
- Improves BD-Java compatibility to enhance interactivity with some BD-ROMs.
Music Playback
- Karaoke mode - dampens music tracks to allow users to sing along with their Karaoke discs
- Audio pitch scaling - feature letting users adjust the pitch of video or audio files for fun, or adopt the tune to their voice for Karaoke discs.
- Audio equalizer presets add atmospheric effects with presets like techno, blues
- Audio visualizations - provides onscreen image effects while playing music
Movie Remix
- The goal of the remix feature is to create a new version of a movie based on the original, resulting in a parody or spoof, a trailer of the movie, or anything the user may want to create from the original.
Movie Collection
- This software collects movie information from DVDs and input from the users to create a database called Movie Collection. This database can be put online on the user's MoovieLiveaccount.
General Features
- UPnP Control Point (UPnP-client) - Play videos from any UPnP AV MediaServer device in your home network
See also
- InterVideo WinDVD (competing DVD-Video software player with matching functions)
- InterVideo LinDVD (competing DVD-Video for Linux plataforms)
- VLC, a free alternative to PowerDVD
- Comparison of media players