WinDVD

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 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]}

• 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]}

• Dynamic range compression and SRS – offers modes that boost bass tones of music

• 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.

• Comparison of video player software
• LinDVD
• WinDVD Recorder

• WinDVD at Corel