What's new in PowerDVD 22.0.1717.62
Jul 7, 2022
- User interface improvements and other minor bug fixes.
New in PowerDVD 21.0.1519.62 (Apr 15, 2021)
- User interface improvements and other minor bug fixes.
New in PowerDVD 20 Build 1519 (Apr 14, 2020)
- Resolves the issue that CyberLink Cloud synchronization does not work on media files with a filename that contain specific characters.
- Enhances the Blu-ray movie playback compatibility on Windows 10 platforms.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in PowerDVD 19.0.1912.0 (Jul 23, 2019)
- Enhances the playback compatibility of Ultra HD Blu-ray movies.
- No longer supports the Dolby virtual surround sound features. For more details, please refer to the FAQ.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in PowerDVD 17.0.1808.60 (Jul 5, 2017)
- Resolves the program UI becomes overexposed when toggling full screen mode during Ultra HD Blu-ray playback.
- Resolves the program crashes when changing TrueTheater enhancement options.
- Resolves the issue that users cannot start DVD disc folder playback by launching .IFO files in Windows Explorer.
- Resolves the YouTube subscriptions display issue in TV mode.
- Enhances YouTube video playback compatibility.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in PowerDVD 17.0.1523.60 (Apr 11, 2017)
- Incredible Ultra HD Blu-ray Playback:
- Once again PowerDVD leads the way, bringing the latest in high-resolution video technology to ensure you can enjoy the ultimate in Ultra HD 4K home entertainment. Ultra HD Blu-ray is as great a jump from Blu-ray, as Blu-ray was from DVD. It's the best that 4K home cinema gets!
- HDR 10 - Brighter, More Vivid:
- Experience the next big leap in picture quality; brighter, more vivid colors and better contrast.
- TrueTheater HDR - Darker Darks, Richer Colors:
- Creates HDR video from standard dynamic range content for better viewing on HDR displays
- VR - The Future is Now:
- Immerse Yourself in VR with support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets, PowerDVD is the must-have player for the next-generation in multimedia entertainment. Explore new worlds in 360° video and photos. New 3D-360 video support makes the whole experience feel even more real!
- Pin YouTube Videos in High Quality:
- PowerDVD is the best way to save videos from YouTube to your PC so you can watch them offline, or transfer them to your phone to save on data charges. You can even pin 4K and 360 videos
- It's also a great way to add to your music collection – PowerDVD can rip audio tracks from any video and save them as music files
New in PowerDVD 13.0.2720.57 (Apr 4, 2013)
- Breakthrough Sight and Sound Enhancements with TrueTheater Technology:
- PowerDVD’s unique TrueTheater enhancements make movies come alive with sharper detail, enhanced lighting, smoother motion and immersive surround sound effects. Instantly convert movies and slideshows to eye-catching 3D!
- Quality beyond HD - 4K ultra HD:
- PowerDVD 13 Ultra supports 4K Ultra-HD resolution video playback. With 4x higher resolution than full HD, PowerDVD delivers the sharpest images possible making your experience more true-to-life than ever.
- HD audio for your HD movies:
- Experience lossless pass-through for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. HDMI 1.4 support allows simultaneous transfer of multi-channel high-definition audio using one cable. Plug into a real experience with Dolby Headphone Technology.
- Speed! New levels of performance and responsiveness:
- Experience 58% faster start-up for Blu-ray movies with innovative BD-Live bypass technology! Enjoy instant viewing of photos and playback of music files.
- Instant Features:
- New Play Speed Navigator and Navigational Slider lets you choose your play speed and view instant scene thumbnails, while hotkeys provide forward and backward jump. Zoom in with Instant Zoom, scale your media with Instant Scale and more!
- Convenient Media Library and Social Sharing:
- Organize all your media, browse movies in a dedicated library and view photos, video and music in grid view, list view or album view. Instantly browse and share your media on YouTube, Facebook and Flickr!
- Complete Customization:
- All-new subtitling engine allows for selection of subtitle size, font, color and screen position. Support for two simultaneous sets of subtitles is useful for watching foreign language movies. Customize your UI to hide controls you don’t often use and tailor hotkeys to your preferences.
- More Ways to Play:
- Play music in the background with NEW convenient Mini Music Player and fire up the newly revamped Cinema Mode for watching movies on TV using a remote control in an attractive new interface.
- UltraViolet ready:
- UltraViolet is an exciting new service that lets you purchase, store and download content from the cloud. UltraViolet features will be provided as a free update to PowerDVD 13 Ultra users based on the availability of necessary online services DECE has announced.
- PowerDVD Mobile(Windows 8/iOS/Android):
- Play & stream video, music and photos on mobile devices using one of the Top 100 paid apps on the Windows Store. PowerDVD Mobile pushes media content via DLNA and now also supports MKV playback on your Windows 8 devices!
- PowerDVD Remote:
- Turn your iPad, iPhone or Android devices into a remote control, plus wireless keyboard and mouse pad!
- Entertainment Anywhere at Home with DLNA:
- Make PowerDVD 13 your entertainment center, and stream media from it on your DLNA TVs, DLNA players, iPhones, iPads and Android devices without the hassle of moving files around.
- Smart Convert for Your Portable Device:
- PowerDVD intelligently converts videos, photos and music to your iPhone, iPad, Android phone and tablet in the best format by recognizing the profile of your device. What’s more, it does it all automatically and in real time as it syncs!
- Smart Sync Media to Your Android Device:
- Automatically sync media to a wide variety of Android and Blackberry smartphones and devices using rule-based sync. Drag and drop media from devices to store on your PC.
New in PowerDVD 12.0.8684.1312 (Jan 31, 2012)
- Blu-ray 2D to 3D with TrueTheater:
- Watch Your Blu-ray 2D Movies in 3D
- PowerDVD 12 can turn all your videos and photos into 3D, including unique support for Blu-ray 2D to 3D conversion. Re-experience your favorite Blu-ray movie titles in 3D by applying TrueTheater 3D technology. Precision controls let you adjust the 3D depth for the most comfortable and personalized 3D viewing experience
- New Format Support:
- DTS-HD 7.1 channel, OGG and FLAC lossless audio and MK3D
- PowerDVD 12 supports several new audio and video formats. Experience cinematic quality 7.1 channel DTS-HD sound tracks in the latest Blu-ray titles. PowerDVD 12 also supports OGG and FLAC lossless audio formats, as well as new MK3D video format
- 7digital Music Store
- Over 17 million high quality DRM-free songs
- You can now access over 17 million DRM-free MP3/AAC songs from the 7digital music store. Get the latest released music from major music labels by downloading to your PC and mobile devices. 7digital's digital locker feature means all you music is stored online and accessible anytime for you to download on up to 5 different devices
- Better YouTube:
- More support for your favorite online video website
- With YouTube now supporting 3D video, PowerDVD 12 lets you choose your preferred 3D display type - stereoscopic, side-by-side or anaglyph. You can also playback 2D videos in 3D using TrueTheater 3D! And for even more convenience, now you don't even need to visit YouTube to add videos to your YouTube playlists - you can do it all from PowerDVD 12
- Instant Seek:
- Instantly find your favorite movie scene
- Using PowerDVD's Instant Seek you can quickly browse and find scenes within your movies. Instant Seek's rapid scanning ability is now available for Blu-ray movies, too, giving you instant access to all your favorite movie scenes
- Instant View:
- Quickly search and browse your photos & videos
- You can easily browse the thumbnails of all photos or videos in any folder without having to open it. When you mouse-over the folder thumbnail, you can use the scroll bar at the bottom of the thumbnail to quickly browse through all photos and videos within the folder
- Instant Zoom:
- Find every scene detail of your Video
- Want to see your movies in more detail? Using PowerDVD 12's new Instant Zoom you can zoom in your DVDs and videos up to 4 times so that you don't miss a thing. Great for crowd scenes or even for picking up filming errors on big budget movies
- Instant Scale:
- Personalize your Smart Library view
- It's easy to browse your Media Library with Instant Scale. In grid view, you can easily adjust the size of thumbnails to quickly browse through your media library the way you like. Wherever your media content is, on your local drive, on other network devices or even YouTube videos or Facebook and Flickr albums, you can use Instant Scale to enjoy the most comfortable viewing experience
- Smart Media Library:
- Perfect way to organize, browse and playback media content
- PowerDVD 12 plays all media, and it's easier for you to organize than ever. With the new Smart Media Library, you can browse your media in grid view, list view or album view, create playlists, rate your favorite media content, and find your media by folder, album, artist or genre. You can also use Smart Search to find media from your Smart Library using specific keywords
- Smart Sync with Android & Blackberry Devices:
- Easily sync your media to tablets & smartphones
- Connect your device to PC via USB cable and automatically sync media using rule-based sync settings. Sync playlists, latest imported music, videos and photos, or simply drag and drop items from PowerDVD's Media Library to your Android & Blackberry devices
- Smart Convert with auto profile detection:
- Convert videos and photos to the best format for your device
- So your mobile devices can't play some video formats or RAW photos you took with your DSLR? Import all your media to PowerDVD 12, and when you sync or download to Android devices from PowerDVD, your media will automatically be converted to formats your mobile devices can play
- PowerDVD Mobile, now for iphone/ipad, too:
- Total freedom to extend your media entertainment to portable devices
- Take your media entertainment beyond the PC. PowerDVD Mobile v.4 now supports both iOS and Android 2.x/3.x/4.x platforms, so you can use your iPhone, iPad or Android phone or tablet to browse media from PowerDVD 12, stream or download it to your mobile device, and enjoy it anywhere at home or on-the-go
- PowerDVD Remote, now with keyboard control:
- Kick back on the sofa to browse & enjoy PowerDVD
- When operating PowerDVD 12 from distance or on large screens, you can use iOS or Android devices to control PowerDVD via Wi-Fi connection. PowerDVD Remote work as a wireless remote controller, mouse tab and now keyboard for PowerDVD
- DLNA Controller & Receiver:
- Total flexibility to play media content across PCs and devices
- With the "Play to" feature on PowerDVD and PowerDVD Mobile you can instantly push your media content to other devices wirelessly, without the hassle of moving files all around. No Wi-Fi network? Just connect your PC and device via USB to browse and playback content. Easy
New in PowerDVD 11.0.1620.51 (Apr 22, 2011)
- View photos* in a slideshow, in 2D, 3D or convert 2D photos to 3D with TrueTheater 3D*.
- Use media tabs to quickly access and play back movies, videos, music, photo slideshows, and media on external devices*.
- Browse through CyberLink PowerDVD's Cinema mode using a 3D* user interface.
- Stream or download music, videos and photos from DLNA/UPnP media servers* for playback in CyberLink PowerDVD.
- Use PowerDVD Remote to control* CyberLink PowerDVD with an Android device or iPhone, or share media from a device for playback on your PC.
- Upload* videos to YouTube, or watch* YouTube videos from within the CyberLink PowerDVD user interface.
- Upload* 3D videos, and convert* 2D videos to 3D before uploading to YouTube 3D.
- Upload* photos to Flickr and Facebook, or view* photos on these web sites from within the CyberLink PowerDVD program.
- Support for the Windows 7 Library when playing back audio and video files, or viewing photos.
New in PowerDVD 10.0.1516.51 (Mar 18, 2010)
- Video:
- New! - Convert DVD video to 3D using TrueTheater 3D
- New! - MKV (H.264) file playback.
- New! - FLV (H.264) file playback.
- New! - RM/RMVB file playback (Available when RealPlayer is installed).
- New! - TrueTheater Noise Reduction – removes original video noise during playback.
- New! - TrueTheater Stabilizer – fixes shaky video during playback.
- TrueTheater HD (High-definition) - up scales the original video to a higher resolution version, which is sharper and artifact-free. It is capable of up sampling 480p video up to 1080p.
- TrueTheater Motion - enables frame rate up sampling, from 24 fps up to 60 fps, to make panning scenes, particularly in action movies, play smoother.
- TrueTheater Lighting (CyberLink Eagle Vision2) - video enhancement technology that dynamically adjusts the brightness/contrast/saturation ratios in scenes that are overly dark or too bright. It is optimized for LCD displays.
- TrueTheater Stretch (CyberLink Pano Vision) - video stretching technology that produces minimal distortion in the center of the picture. It provides the best stretching solution for 2.35:1 content in widescreen.
- SMPTE VC-1 High-Definition Video.
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) High-Definition Video.
- Smart Video De-interlacing.
- Audio:
- New! - HDMI Audio - High bitrate lossless pass-through support.
- Dolby Digital Plus.
- Dolby TrueHD.
- Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Dolby Digital EX
- Dolby Pro Logic IIx
- Dolby Headphone.
- Dolby Virtual Speaker.
- DTS-HD Master Audio.
- DTS.
- DTS 96/24
- AAC Channel support
- TrueTheater - Surround (Multi-channel Environment Impression Mode).
- TrueTheater - Surround (Virtual Speaker Mode).
- TrueTheater - Surround (Headphone Mode).
- Pitch scaling technology.
- Audio equalizer presets.
- Audio visualizations.
- Direct 96/24 output.
- Playback Formats:
- AVCHD playback
- AVCREC playback
- BD-R 1.1 playback
- BD-RE 2.1 playback
- BD Profile 1.1 (Bonus View) playback
- BD Profile 2.0 (BD Live) playback
- BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc) playback
- BD-RE (Blu-ray Disc) playback
- VCPS for DVD+VR with content protection.
- CPRM for DVD-VR with content protection
- External subtitles.
- DVD files (DVD-Video, DVD-VR, DVD+VR) from any folder on your hard drive.
- Advanced Features:
- New! - Add short comments during DVD playback and then share them in real-time on MoovieLive, Facebook and Twitter.
- New! - Add BookMarks with comments to DVD movies and then share on MoovieLive and Facebook.
- New! - Add BookMarks to video files.
- New! - Upload video to YouTube.
- New! - Video file subtitle support (SMI, ASS, SSA, PSB, SRT and SUB).
- PowerDVD Cinema playback mode (with full remote control support).
- PowerDVD WMC plug-in (seamless integration with Windows Media Center).
- Movie Collection Support.
- Movie Remix.
- Integration with MoovieLive Service.
- UPnP Support - Access your media from a Home Network.
- Say-It-Again - Automatically repeats the last movie scene.
- See-It-All - Automatically speeds playback to show as much of the movie as possible.
- Read-It-Clearly - Moves subtitles from the viewing screen.
New in PowerDVD 8.0.1531 (Apr 2, 2008)
- Audio
- Dolby Digital Plus
- Dolby TrueHD
- DTS-HD
- DTS-ES
- DTS Neo:6 (Discrete, Matrix)
- DTS 96/24
- AAC 5.1 Channel support
- DTS
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- Dolby Digital EX
- Dolby Pro Logic IIx
- Dolby Headphone
- Dolby Virtual Speaker
- TrueTheater - Surround (Multi-channel Environment Impression Mode)
- TrueTheater - Surround (Virtual Speaker Mode)
- TrueTheater - Surround (Headphone Mode)
- MLP lossless
- SRS TruSurroundXT
- Pitch scaling technology
- Audio equalizer presets
- Audio visualizations
- Direct 96/24 output
- MP3, WAV
- Video
- SMPTE VC-1 High-Definition Video
- MPEG4 AVC (H.264) High-Definition Video
- TrueTheater - Lighting (Adaptive lighting for video quality enhancement)
- TrueTheater - Stretch (Non-linear stretch technology)
- Video smart de-interlacing
- Playback Formats
- BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc) playback
- BD-RE (Blu-ray Disc) playback
- VCPS for DVD VR with content protection
- CPRM for DVD-VR with content protection
- DVD-Audio
- External subtitles
- DVD files (DVD-Video, DVD-VR, DVD VR) from any folder in your hard drive
- Advanced Features
- Movie Collection Support
- Movie Remix
- Integration with MoovieLive Service
- UPnP Support - Access your media from a Home Network
- Say-It-Again - Automatically repeats the last movie scene
- See-It-All - Automatically speeds playback to show as much of the movie as possible
- Read-It-Clearly - Moves subtitles from the viewing screen