WinDVD (owned by Alludo, formerly Corel Corporation, which bought InterVideo in 2006[3]) is a commercial DVD video player software for Microsoft Windows.

Features and functions

Features and functions supported by InterVideo WinDVD version 8.0 during video/movie and audio/music playback are:

Video playback

  • TrimensionDNM – interpolates frames to give smooth 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 – Replay a specific part of a DVD 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 deaf and hard of hearing
  • Video Bookmarks enable quick access to a user's favorite movie scenes
    • Saved as a file with ".bmk" extension 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 users 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 the 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 [needs citation]

Music playback

General features

  • Playlist playback and creation support – for audio or video files from DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and CDs
  • "Movie Encyclopedia" is a 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 a home network
  • UPnP UPnP AV MediaServer (UPnP-server) – allows other UPnP Control Point devices in a home network to stream audio/video files from WinDVD.

See also

References

  1. ^ Corel WinDVD Home
  2. ^ Corel WinDVD Pro Updates
  3. ^ Corel Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire InterVideo

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