PowerDVD

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PowerDVD
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PowerDVD 4.0, using the "Epiphany XP" skin
Maintainer CyberLink
Stable release 7.3.3104a.1  (2007-08-06) [+/-]
Preview release N/A  () [+/-]
OS Windows, Turbolinux
Use Video Player
License Proprietary
Website www.cyberlink.com

PowerDVD (from CyberLink) is a commercial video player and music player for Microsoft Windows and recently Turbolinux [1]. 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.

Contents

Special features and functions supported by CyberLink PowerDVD version 7.0 during video/movie and audio/music playback.

  • InterActual Player Support
  • 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
  • A-B Repeat loops a scene set by users
  • 9X Digital Zoom
  • Closed captioning support provides closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Dual Captions/Subtitles Display - supports the viewing of two subtitle languages at the same time
  • Video Bookmarks enable quick access to a user's favorite movie scenes
  • 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, 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 (upsample 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

  • 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

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