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| {{Short description|Video and music player software}}
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| {{Infobox software
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| | name = WinDVD
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| | logo =
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| | screenshot = WinDVD 9 screenshot.png
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| | screenshot size = 200px
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| | caption = WinDVD 9
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| | developer = [[Alludo]]
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| | released = 1998
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| | programming language =
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| | operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
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| | language = Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
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| | genre = [[video player (software)|Video Player]]
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| | license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
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| | website = [http://apps.corel.com/lp/ivi/index.html Corel InterVideo Page]
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| '''WinDVD''' (owned by [[Alludo]], formerly Corel Corporation, which acquired [[InterVideo]] in 2006<ref>[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]</ref>) is a commercial [[DVD-Video|DVD video]] [[video player (software)|player]] [[Computer software|software]] for [[Microsoft Windows]].
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| ==Features and functions==
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| Features and functions supported by InterVideo WinDVD version 8.0 during video/movie and audio/music playback are:
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| *'''Supported video formats/codecs:''' MPEG-1, [[MPEG-2]] (including HD support), [[MPEG transport stream|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 [[3rd Generation Partnership Project 2|3GPP2]], [[QuickTime]], [[RealMedia]]/[[RealVideo]]
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| *'''Supported audio formats/codecs:''' [[WAV]], [[MP3]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[LPCM]], [[MLP Lossless]], [[Dolby Digital|Dolby Digital (5.1)]] and [[Dolby Digital|Dolby Digital (2.0)]], [[Dolby Digital EX]], [[DTS Coherent Acoustics|DTS]] 2.0 and 5.1, [[DTS Neo|DTS Neo:6]], [[DTS 96/24]], [[Digital Theater System#DTS-ES|DTS-ES Discrete]], [[RealMedia]]/[[RealAudio]]<sup>[needs citation]</sup>
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| ===Video playback===
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| * TrimensionDNM {{En dash}} [[Motion interpolation|interpolates frames]] to give smooth playback
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| * Smooth Reverse Playback {{En dash}} smooth reverse/rewind playback without dropping frames
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| * Video Desktop {{En dash}} display subpanel to let the movie play in the background, just like a Windows wallpaper
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| * [[Software]] Video [[Deinterlacing]] {{En dash}} ensures a smoother and clearer video image on [[Progressive scan|progressive displays]]
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| * [[Dynamic range compression]] and [[Sound Retrieval System|SRS]] {{En dash}} offers modes suited to Quiet, Noisy and Normal listening environments
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| * Instant Replay {{En dash}} Replay a specific part of a DVD again
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| * "Boss Key" {{En dash}} One click hides the player out of the way from the desktop
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| * 9X Digital Zoom
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| * [[Closed captioning]] support provides closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing
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| * Video Bookmarks enable quick access to a user's favorite movie scenes
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| **Saved as a file with ".bmk" extension for later use or export for use on another computer
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| * Resume playback {{En dash}} allows users to play a DVD from the last scene prior to stopping
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| * Screen snapshots can be captured with a user-defined aspect ratio
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| * External subtitle support allows playback via AVI, DivX and WMV files
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| **Supports SRT, SUB, SSA, ASS, PSB, SMI extensions and [[XSUB]] ([[DivX]] embedded subtitles)
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| **Allows users to adjust the placement, subtitle color and size of subtitles
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| * [[On-screen display|On-screen display (OSD)]] lets users define where video information is located
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| * Color Themes lets users personalize the look of the player to match their mood or their desktop
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| * [[Low Frequency Effects|Low Frequency Effects (LFE)]] mixes the LFE channel (bass) with front speaker channels
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| * [[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)
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| * [[Dolby Headphone]] {{En dash}} Virtual [[surround sound]] on 2-channel (stereo) [[headphones]] <sup>[needs citation]</sup>
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| ===Music playback===
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| * [[Dynamic range compression]] and [[Sound Retrieval System|SRS]] {{En dash}} offers modes that boost bass tones of music
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| ===General features===
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| <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:WinDVD BD for VAIO.JPG|thumb|300px|left|WinDVD BD for VAIO, the default BD Playing software for Sony VAIO laptops running in Windows Vista|{{deletable image-caption|1=Saturday, 10 October 2009}}]] -->
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| * Playlist playback and creation support {{En dash}} for audio or video files from DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and CDs
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| * "Movie Encyclopedia" is a feature of WinDVD that enables users to access a movie [[database]] for details on movies, actors and directors, (similar to [[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]).
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| * [[Universal Plug and Play|UPnP Control Point (UPnP-client)]] {{En dash}} Play videos from any UPnP AV MediaServer device in a home network
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| * [[Universal Plug and Play|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.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Comparison of video player software]]
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| *[[LinDVD]]
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| *[[InterVideo WinDVR|WinDVD Recorder]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1181657926954 WinDVD] at [[Corel]]
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| {{Media player (application software)}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Windvd}}
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| [[Category:1998 software]]
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| [[Category:Software Blu-ray players]]
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| [[Category:Software DVD players]]
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| [[Category:Windows media players]]
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