WinDVD (owned by

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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,

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(including HD support), MPEG-TS,

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MiniDVD MiniDVD or 8 cm DVD (also "3 inch DVD") is a DVD disc with a reduced diameter of . It has been most commonly used in camcorders due to its compact size. The most common MiniDVDs are single layered and hold 1.4 GB of data, but there are varia ...

, MPEG-4 ASP (like Xvid and DivX, including DivX Pro), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC,

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WMV HD Windows Media High Definition Video (WMV HD) is the marketing name for high definition videos encoded using Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 codecs. These low-complexity codecs make it possible to watch high definition movies in 1280×720 (72 ...

DVD-VR The DVD-VR standard defines a logical format for video recording on DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM style media, including the dual layer versions of these media. As opposed to media recorded with the DVD+VR recording standard, the resulting media ...

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and

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QuickTime QuickTime (or QuickTime Player) is an extensible multimedia architecture created by Apple, which supports playing, streaming, encoding, and transcoding a variety of digital media formats. The term ''QuickTime'' also refers to the QuickTime Pla ...

RealMedia RealMedia is a proprietary multimedia container format (digital), container format created by RealNetworks with the filename extension . RealMedia is used in conjunction with RealVideo and RealAudio, while also being used for Streaming media, st ...

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*Supported audio formats/codecs:

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, MLP Lossless, Dolby Digital (5.1) and Dolby Digital (2.0),

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, DTS 2.0 and 5.1, DTS Neo:6, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES Discrete,

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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

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Video Deinterlacing

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ensures a smoother and clearer video image on progressive displays
* Dynamic range compression

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and SRS
SRS or SrS may stand for:

Organizations and companies
Companies

*Sperry Rail Service, a rail inspection contractor
*Stanford Research Systems, a test and measurement instruments manufacturer
* SRS Cinemas, in India
* SRS Labs, an American aud ...
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

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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

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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

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2.0 - 5.1 => 7.1 audio-channels expansion technology (upsample anything from 2.0 to 7.1 surround sound)
* Dolby Headphone

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Virtual surround sound

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on 2-channel (stereo) headphones

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Music playback

* Dynamic range compression

Dynamic range compression (DRC) or simply compression is an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or ''compressing'' an audio signal's dynamic range. Compression is c ...
and SRS
SRS or SrS may stand for:

Organizations and companies
Companies

*Sperry Rail Service, a rail inspection contractor
*Stanford Research Systems, a test and measurement instruments manufacturer
* SRS Cinemas, in India
* SRS Labs, an American aud ...
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

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for details on movies, actors and directors, (similar to IMDb

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).
* 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

*Comparison of video player software

The following comparison of video players compares general and technical information for notable software media player programs.

For the purpose of this comparison, ''video players'' are defined as any media player which can play video, even i ...

* LinDVD
* WinDVD Recorder

References

External links

WinDVD
at Corel

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