WinDVD (from Corel Corporation which had bought InterVideo) is a commercial video player and music player software for Microsoft Windows. 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 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.

Features and Functions

Special features and functions supported by InterVideo WinDVD version 8.0 during video/movie and audio/music playback.

Supported video formats/codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-TS and MPEG-2 HD (high-definition MPEG-2), DVD-Video, Mini-DVD, MPEG-4 ASP (like XviD and DivX, including DivX Pro), MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), 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

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 - Jump back to the line you missed, or catch that action sequence 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

LanguageMate™ - watch movies in a foreign language and repeat sentences and phrases to practice

Video Bookmarks enable quick access to a user's favorite movie scenes

Saved as a file with.bmk extensions 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 you 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 your 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

"InterVideo Headphone (IVHP)" - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones

Dolby Virtual Speaker - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones

"InterVideo Hall Effect" - Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) speakers

Music Playback

Dynamic Range Compression and SRS - offers modes that give better bass tones of your music

General Features

Playlist playback and creation support - for audio or video files from DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and CDs

"Movie Encyclopedia" is a new 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 your home network

UPnP UPnP AV MediaServer (UPnP-server) - allows other UPnP Control Point devices in your home network to stream audio/video files from WinDVD