WinDVD
{{Short description|Video and music player software}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = WinDVD
| logo =
| screenshot = WinDVD 9 screenshot.png
| screenshot size = 200px
| caption = WinDVD 9
| developer = Alludo
| released = 1998
| programming language =
| operating system = Windows
| language = Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
| genre = Video Player
| license = Proprietary
| website = [https://apps.corel.com/lp/ivi/index.html Corel InterVideo Page]
}}
WinDVD (owned by Alludo, formerly Corel Corporation, which acquired InterVideo in 2006[https://web.archive.org/web/20060903124933/http://www.corel.com:80/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel3/Section/Display&sid=1047022946165&cid=1156537505352&gid=1047022985433 Corel Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire InterVideo]) 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:
- Supported video formats/codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (including HD support), MPEG-TS, DVD-Video, MiniDVD, MPEG-4 ASP (like Xvid and DivX, including DivX Pro), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1, WMV HD, DVD-VR, DVD+VR, 3GPP and 3GPP2, QuickTime, RealMedia/RealVideo
- Supported audio formats/codecs: WAV, MP3, AAC, LPCM, MLP Lossless, Dolby Digital (5.1) and Dolby Digital (2.0), Dolby Digital EX, DTS 2.0 and 5.1, DTS Neo:6, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES Discrete, RealMedia/RealAudio[needs citation]
=Video playback=
- TrimensionDNM {{En dash}} interpolates frames to give smooth playback
- Smooth Reverse Playback {{En dash}} smooth reverse/rewind playback without dropping frames
- Video Desktop {{En dash}} display subpanel to let the movie play in the background, just like a Windows wallpaper
- Software Video Deinterlacing {{En dash}} ensures a smoother and clearer video image on progressive displays
- Dynamic range compression and SRS {{En dash}} offers modes suited to Quiet, Noisy and Normal listening environments
- Instant Replay {{En dash}} Replay a specific part of a DVD again
- "Boss Key" {{En dash}} 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 {{En dash}} 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 {{En dash}} 2.0 - 5.1 => 7.1 audio-channels expansion technology (upsample anything from 2.0 to 7.1 surround sound)
- Dolby Headphone {{En dash}} Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones [needs citation]
=Music playback=
- Dynamic range compression and SRS {{En dash}} offers modes that boost bass tones of music
=General features=
- Playlist playback and creation support {{En dash}} 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) {{En dash}} Play videos from any UPnP AV MediaServer device in a home network
- UPnP UPnP AV MediaServer (UPnP-server) {{En dash}} allows other UPnP Control Point devices in a home network to stream audio/video files from WinDVD.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1181657926954 WinDVD] at Corel
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