WinDVD
 WinDVD 9 | |
| Developer(s) | Alludo |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1998 |
| Stable release | WinDVD Pro 12 Service Pack 8 (April 28, 2021[1][2]) |
| Preview release | none |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Available in | Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Traditional Chinese |
| Type | Video Player |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Corel InterVideo Page |
WinDVD (owned by Alludo, formerly Corel Corporation, which acquired 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:
- 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 – 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
- 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
- Dynamic range compression and SRS – offers modes that boost bass tones of music
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.