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PowerDVD 18 from CyberLink!
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CyberLink PowerDVD is a great Movie & Media Player with a simple user
interface, providing great enhancements on either offline media or
streaming videos. It is an awesome choice for Home Theaters,
entertainment systems, PC, Laptops and also the latest VR Headsets for
both 3D and 360 videos.
In this video we will present the Ultra version of this software.
Consider that some of the feature shown may not be available if you
use a different version.
PowerDVD opens with a welcome screen, showing two possible options: PC
Mode and TV Mode. PC Mode is the main interface optimized for computers
and laptops; whereas TV Mode is an easier and simplified interface
suitable for TVs and remote controls. To see all the features inside
PowerDVD, we will use the PC Mode.
The main interface is divided into several parts. On the left you have the
browse panel; on the right the main preview, and at the bottom its
player.
Under Media Library, you can quickly find online or offline media, which
can be movies, videos, pictures and music. Let's check it out!
The Movies/TV section is dedicated to all the Movies and TV Shows.
On the first page, called Movie Info, you can get news about the newest
films in theaters, the latest DVDs and Blu-rays coming out, and also
find new Movies or TV Shows through several most popular, watched or
rated playlists made from the CyberLink community, complete with
trailers, cast, plots, and suggestions inside.
At the bottom, you can also get additional information on Top
Celebrities with biography and filmography.
Use Movie Disc to start watching your DVD with all the visual
enhancements of PowerDVD.
Under Movie Library and TV Shows, you can start watching offline movies
or Shows stored on your computer. In particular, TV Shows are organized
in seasons automatically.
At first, both the Movie Library and the TV Shows sections are empty,
since no folders are linked to PowerDVD.
To import media from your own folders or hard-drives, use the plus
button next to the Media Library, and then the Add Folder button to browse
and link your own folders for each section inside PowerDVD, such as
Movies, TV Shows, and also Videos, Photos and Music. When you go to OK,
PowerDVD recovers and collects all the media from these folders, making
them accessible directly from its interface, and updated anytime.
To unlink any connected folder, just use the bin button next to it.
Inside Movie Library and TV Shows all the media files are shown with
thumbnails and a colored marker next to each title. This is filled in
yellow in case the file has never been watched; halved in case it has
been watched partially; and completely transparent in case you have
watched it fully.
Double-click on media files or seasons to open and watch these.
Videos and Photo sections are used to collect all your offline and
personal media, in a single or multiple folders you can browse or
shuffle through the top arrows.
The Music section collects all your songs from your linked folders,
organized in Artist, Albums, or listed together under All songs,
complete with Title, Length, and all main metadata.
To look for your media rapidly, you can use the search bar in the top
right corner, or use the My Computer section on the left, where you can
browse all your computer folders and hard-drives directly.
Inside PowerDVD you can also collect media by making custom playlist.
By default you have one called Recently Played, but you can create your
own by using New Playlist. Just set up a name for it, and drag and
drop media files on it, either from PowerDVD or from any computer folder.
In addition, you can connect your CyberLink Cloud account to PowerDVD,
to store up to 30 GB of media files on the cloud for one year.
Now, let's see all the amazing features inside PowerDVD which are
dedicated to media entertainment.
When opening any video file, this covers the whole PowerDVD interface,
with the main player buttons at the bottom, used to playback, pause,
or stop or regulate any volume or zoom level.
Use Crop to fill to extend the video to the PowerDVD window size, and
use Full screen to playback in full screen mode. You can also select
the part of the media you want to watch by moving the lateral markers
on the timeline bar.
PowerDVD also has advanced features to improve media entertainment.
Its TrueTheater feature inside Video Enhancements improves the output
quality even better than the original, by applying corrections on Color,
Lighting, Motion, Sound and processing Denoising. You can choose between
the easier Smart Enhancement or the Advanced one, checking the
differences between the original and the rendered quality under Display
mode.
Moreover, you can use the second button to change language, enable
subtitles or select Chapters if available. You can also use Snapshot to
export the current video frame as a picture.
In addition, you can apply Bookmarks on the video timeline, which are
special markers that save the current frame to retrieve it anytime.
On the right side, you can enable Virtual Reality (or VR) or 3D mode if
available. Use Settings and Preferences to set and adjust all PowerDVD
options.
On the extreme right, use the Share button to share your video on social
websites, and Play to to playback your media into other devices
connected to PowerDVD.
To come back to the main interface, use the arrow button on the extreme
left. PowerDVD will save the current frame in order to resume from that
point when you come back to watch it.
When opening a picture, the player is used to start a slideshow with
all the pictures contained inside the current folder, as you can see
from Instant photo thumbnails. You can also change the slideshow
properties, such as duration and transition effect.
Next to the player, you can use the Rotate buttons to rotate the current
picture by 90 degrees, and the bin button to remove the file from both
PowerDVD and your computer.
Inside the Music section, PowerDVD plays the sound files in order from
top to bottom, unless you turn the Shuffle button on. Use the Repeat
button to repeat the current track, and the Audio Equalizer to apply
custom audio filters to the output sound.
For additional help and information, take a look at the Learning Centre.
This collects several videos and tutorials on everything you need to
know to start with PowerDVD!
PowerDVD is also a great Media Player for online videos, from YouTube
or Vimeo. You can sign in with the key icon, and start browsing
content directly from PowerDVD.
When opening a YouTube video, you can find the Player and its buttons
as seen on offline videos, but there are additional features used to
enhance your entertainment.
Under Stream settings, set the video quality to use (including UHD 4K),
the Subtitles or take any Snapshot if you need. In case of
Virtual-Reality or 3D videos, you can enable 3D viewing mode and VR by
using the 3D/VR button.
New in PowerDVD 18 is the ability to playback the newest 360 videos on
YouTube. When you open a 360 video, the 360 view mode is enabled
automatically, and you can click and drag to move around and change
point of view. You can adjust options, add other points of view, or
enable VR by using the VR/3D button.
A new amazing feature is the Pin button on the right. These allow you
to playback YouTube videos without any line connection. All the stored
videos are listed under Pinned videos on top, and you can even extract
their audio in AAC format by right-clicking on these and going to
Extract Audio....
The last section, called Devices & Home Media, collects other special
extensions for PowerDVD. For example, PowerDVD Remote is an application
that transforms your smartphone into a remote control, touchpad or
keyboard to browse inside PowerDVD.
Whereas, Power Media Player is a media player application for smart
devices with the main features of PowerDVD, such as audio equalizer,
media entertainment and slideshows.
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