WinDVD
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| WinDVD | |
 The WinDVD interface (7.0) |
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| Maintainer: | InterVideo |
| Stable release: | 8.0 (2006) [+/-] |
| Preview release: | none (none) [+/-] |
| OS: | Windows |
| Use: | Video Player |
| License: | Proprietary |
| Website: | InterVideo.com |
WinDVD (from InterVideo, which has been bought by Corel Corporation) is a commercial video player and music player software for Microsoft Windows. It enables the viewing of DVD-Video movies on the user's PC. DVD-Video backups stored on hard disk (created using software such as DVD Decrypter) can also be played. The player can also be used with to play videos and audio/music files in other formats encoded with different codecs, for instance DivX, XviD, Windows Media Video video and MP3 and AAC audio. Newer versions also support full Blu-Ray and HD DVD playback with menus, with CPRM DRM support.
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[edit] Features and Functions
Special features and functions supported by InterVideo WinDVD version 8.0 during video/movie and audio/music playback.
- Supported video formats/codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-TS and MPEG-2 HD (high-definition MPEG-2), DVD-Video, Mini-DVD, MPEG-4 ASP (like XviD and DivX, including DivX Pro), MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), VC-1, WMV-HD, DVD-VR, DVD+VR, 3GPP and 3GPP2, QuickTime, RealMedia/RealVideo
- Supported audio formats/codecs: WAV, MP3, AAC, DVD-Audio, LPCM, MLP Lossless, Dolby Digital (5.1) and Dolby Digital (2.0), Dolby Digital EX, DTS 2.0 and DTS 5.1, DTS Neo:6, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES Discrete, RealMedia/RealAudio
[edit] Video Playback
- Smooth Reverse Playback - smooth reverse/rewind playback without dropping frames
- Video Desktop - display subpanel to let the movie play in the background, just like a Windows wallpaper
- Software Video Deinterlacing - ensures a smoother and clearer video image on progressive displays
- Dynamic Range Compression and SRS - offers modes suited to Quiet, Noisy and Normal listening environments
- Instant Replay - Jump back to the line you missed, or catch that action sequence again
- "Boss Key" - One click hides the player out of the way from the desktop
- 9X Digital Zoom
- Closed captioning support provides closed captioning for the hearing impaired
- LanguageMate™ - watch movies in a foreign language and repeat sentences and phrases to practice
- Video Bookmarks enable quick access to a user's favorite movie scenes
- Saved as a file with.bmk extensions for later use or export for use on another computer
- Resume playback - allows users to play a DVD from the last scene prior to stopping
- Screen snapshots can be captured with a user-defined aspect ratio
- External subtitle support allows playback via AVI, DivX and WMV files
- Supports SRT, SUB, SSA, ASS, PSB, SMI extensions and XSUB (DivX embedded subtitles)
- Allows you to adjust the placement, subtitle color and size of subtitles
- On-screen display (OSD) lets users define where video information is located
- Color Themes lets users personalize the look of your player to match their mood or their desktop
- 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 (upsample anything from 2.0 to 7.1 surround sound)
- Dolby Headphone - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones
- "InterVideo Headphone (IVHP)" - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones
- Dolby Virtual Speaker - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones
- "InterVideo Hall Effect" - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) speakers
[edit] Music Playback
- Dynamic Range Compression and SRS - offers modes that give better bass tones of your music
[edit] General Features
- Playlist playback and creation support - for audio or video files from DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and CDs
- "Movie Encyclopedia" is a new feature of WinDVD that enables users to access a movie database for details on movies, actors and directors, (similar to IMDb).
- UPnP Control Point (UPnP-client) - Play videos from any UPnP AV MediaServer device in your home network
- UPnP UPnP AV MediaServer (UPnP-server) - allows other UPnP Control Point devices in your home network to stream audio/video files from WinDVD
[edit] See also
- CyberLink PowerDVD (competing DVD-Video software player with matching functions)
- Comparison of DVD playing software
- List of other software video players
- Comparison of media players
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