DATASHEET Introducing PowerDVD 15 Product

DATASHEET Introducing PowerDVD 15 With support for all media types including video, audio and photographic content, PowerDVD serves as an all-­‐purpose entertainment station. It allows users to enjoy media on PC, mobile devices, home networks, and from the cloud, and even social networks. This latest version, PowerDVD 15, brings a welcome set of new features that comprehensively improve a wide range of digital media experiences. These consist of enhanced audio-­‐visual quality, support for more disc and file formats, a media library, improved functionality, and improvements to the user interface. Product Highlights PowerDVD is a comprehensive media solution providing the ability to enjoy virtually any type of digital media. Unrivaled in the media player market, PowerDVD brings users industry-­‐leading Blu-­‐ray, Blu-­‐ray 3D, and DVD playback, while also offering superior playback performance for movie and video files. PowerDVD 15’s new TrueTheater® Color technology provides truer-­‐to-­‐life color playback for all video including UltraHD 4K and HEVC (H.265) formats. Premium Movie Experience The next generation of TrueTheater® technology is here, utilizing advanced algorithms to enhance the visual and acoustic experience in movies and videos. TrueTheater® Color NEW —intelligently analyzes video footage and optimizes hues and vibrancy, creating a true-­‐to-­‐life viewing experience. TrueTheater Color recognizes skin tones in footage and applies only subtle adjustments to these areas in order to achieve improvements while retaining authentic coloring. TrueTheater® Sound NEW —applies smart enhancements to four key areas simultaneously in order to create a richer, fuller audio environment: 4 Bass boosting for effective recreation of that “cinema sound” 4 Vocal range amplification, making speech crisper and more audible 4 Reverb engagement to create a virtual surround sound effect 4 Volume amplification to boost audio performance in environments with high levels of ambient noise such as aircrafts, trains, cars, offices, etc. Note: To ensure optimal performance TrueTheater® enhancements will be disabled for playback of files larger than 2048 x 1152 resolution. DATASHEET Bit-­‐Perfect High Definition Audio Output WASAPI—Exclusive Audio Environment Typically found only in very high-­‐end audio applications, Windows Audio Session API (WASAPI) manages the flow of lossless audio data (ALAC and FLAC, for example) between software and speakers. PowerDVD is the only movie and media player to support WASAPI. PowerDVD can utilize an “exclusive mode,” meaning that the software assumes exclusive use of the speakers to deliver a movie’s soundtrack. That means PowerDVD is able to block non-­‐critical system sounds, and eliminate instants of audio interruptions that can degrade the movie experience. A True Lossless Experience Being able to assign the speakers exclusively to the audio playback of selected media also allows PowerDVD to provide optimum sampling rates for audio. PowerDVD configures the audio device to match the source format (bits per sample and sampling rate) so to avoid any quality degradation. The final result is true lossless audio, and perfect sound output. Rip Audio Clips from Movies NEW PowerDVD’s new “Video Scene Selector” feature enables the viewer to set “in” and “out” points at any section of a video file, so that a favorite scene can be quickly revisited. Additionally, users can rip an audio track from the selected section in any video file, allowing specific songs or entire soundtracks to be saved as AAC or MP3 files. Broadest range of Format Support Blu-­‐ray and DVD ISO Playback NEW PowerDVD 15 now offers convenient direct playback of Blu-­‐ray and DVD ISO files, either directly from the PC or via a network-­‐connected drive. No additional mounting tools are required. H.265 and H.264 Hardware Acceleration New hardware acceleration support for Intel Haswell and NVIDIA Kepler processors enables flawless playback of all H.265 video files, without stutter and lag issues. PowerDVD also offers acceleration of H.264 files, bringing the same benefits to videos using the popular codec. This sharing of the workload by hardware and software components also leads to reduced power consumption, and as a result, longer battery life. DATASHEET Player Personalization Getting the Right Look & Feel PowerDVD can be easily customized to meet specific needs. Media panel tabs can be hidden in order to streamline the interface. Hiding media panel tabs also halts related background processes, improving player speed and performance. The interface can be further personalized with custom wallpapers. Users can select from a range of professionally designed built-­‐in wallpapers, or download more from CyberLink’s MoovieLive website. Users can also set their own images as wallpapers. PowerDVD Remembers Where You Left Off NEW The new media library for TV shows makes it easier for you to manage and enjoy all your TV shows in one place. PowerDVD helps users to save time and eliminate frustration by automatically restarting a show from the point it was last closed. Great for when you’re working your way through a series and can’t remember which episode—let alone which scene—you last watched. It works when you’re viewing a movie or an album of photos, too! Smooth Playback of High Frame Rate Video Smart Decoding & Rendering Technology NEW High speed video recording is no longer just for professionals. The new iPhone 6 can record video footage at 120 or even 240 frames per second (fps). But few media players offer quality playback for high speed video. PowerDVD 15 introduces an intelligent playback algorithm designed specifically for this purpose. PowerDVD will analyze the refresh rate of the monitor the footage is to be played on, then intelligently decode and render only those portions of the source clip that can be handled by the monitor. For example, if the source clip is filmed at 240 fps, but the playback display has only 60 fps refresh rate, PowerDVD will decode selected frames to match the refresh rate of the monitor. This results in smooth playback with zero stutter. Enhanced 4K Playback Overlay Mode—A Complete 4K Experience NEW Overlay rendering in PowerDVD offers a method of rendering video images to a monitor using a dedicated memory buffer inside hardware. This frees PowerDVD from constant memory clipping and checking that negatively impact playback performance. When PowerDVD detects a 4K video file and a 4K monitor, Overlay Mode is automatically engaged to optimize the rendering pipeline and reduce the graphic resource load, delivering smooth, lag-­‐free playback.
DATASHEET Note: When playing video on displays larger than Quad HD (or any file greater than 2560 x 1440 resolution), PowerDVD enters a high performance mode that disables some non-­‐
essential playback features. Battery Life Optimization Device and laptop battery life is becoming an increasingly important factor for many movie lovers. Both PowerDVD and its mobile companion app, Power Media Player, have been designed from the ground up to extend useful battery life well beyond what other players can offer. Hardware Support Reduces Power Consumption CyberLink has a long history of leveraging the latest technologies for accelerated computing from Intel, NVIDIA and AMD. By incorporating the latest Intel® Clear Video HD, NVIDIA® PureVideo® and AMD UVD hardware decoding technologies into PowerDVD, CyberLink maximizes available CPU and GPU power to improve the performance of resource-­‐intensive tasks such as video decoding/rendering, and to deliver a significantly better user experience. Offloading workload from the software to the hardware also means the entire system is working at a lower intensity, extending battery life considerably. Online Entertainment Better YouTube and Vimeo Videos Online video sites like YouTube and Vimeo are still growing in popularity. PowerDVD lets users enjoy online videos directly in the player. Using PowerDVD to watch online video has several key advantages: 4 Improved viewing experience through TrueTheater® enhancements. Upscale videos to HD, improve the lighting and color, amplify the audio, and even watch in 3D 4 Added functionality that YouTube and Vimeo sites lack, such as fast-­‐
forward and slow motion 4 Pin (download) any YouTube video for offline viewing 4 Rip audio from any YouTube video and save it as an AAC or MP3 file Faster Startup Express Entertainment CyberLink has spent extensive resources in the advancement of the company’s Instant Play technology, aimed at making PowerDVD the quickest-­‐loading player in the world. Instant Play is the name given to a set of start-­‐up refinements based on data gleaned from PowerDVD’s Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). Usage data from participants is analyzed to determine which features and settings are most popular and which are less used. Features that are non-­‐essential to users can be bypassed at startup to reduce loading times. Instant Play also integrates BD-­‐Live bypass technology to remove Blu-­‐
ray previews when not needed, as well as express loading for specific start-­‐up pathways, e.g. launching a video by double-­‐clicking the file in Windows Explorer. DATASHEET Mobile Apps PowerDVD comes with two companion mobile apps for Android, iOS and Windows devices. Power Media Player Power Media Player brings the award-­‐winning features of CyberLink PowerDVD to iOS & Android devices, and Windows 8 tablets, so that movies, photos, and music can be enjoyed in the best quality, anywhere. 4 Media can be easily sent from mobile device to PowerDVD so it can be watched on the larger PC display 4 Media files from a PC can be saved to mobile devices 4 Quickly and easily create music playlists 4 Watch great slideshows of photos taken with mobile device PowerDVD Remote PowerDVD Remote instantly turns an iOS or Android device into a remote control, wireless mouse pad and keyboard for PowerDVD on a PC. Not only can PowerDVD be controlled with a smartphone or tablet, but media can be streamed from the mobile device to the PC. DATASHEET Version Comparison PowerDVD Live PowerDVD 15 Ultra PowerDVD 15 Pro PowerDVD 15 Standard Blu-­‐ray Disc/Format Support Blu-­‐ray disc (BDMovie/BD-­‐R/BD-­‐RE 2.1/BD Profile 1.1) BD Live (BD Profile 2.0) AVCHD AVCREC Blu-­‐ray 3D Disc Blu-­‐ray movie ISO file playback NEW TrueTheater 3D on Blu-­‐ray (2D to 3D Conversion) ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü Video Format Support ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü (5.1 ch) (5.1 ch) ü (5.1 ch) ü ü ü (5.1 ch) ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü DVD Support ü DVD Movie (DVD, DVD-­‐VR, DVD+VR) 3D DVD (Side-­‐by-­‐Side, Over/Under) movie ü ü CPRM Protected Disc DVD Movie ISO file playback NEW ü TrueTheater® 3D on DVD (2D to 3D Conversion) ü MPEG HEVC (H.265) MPEG-­‐4 AVC (H.264) 3D videos (MK3D/Side-­‐by-­‐side/Up-­‐and-­‐
under/2D to 3D) XAVC-­‐S support for 4K/HD movies MKV, FLV, MOV, 3GPP support and more Customized subtitles / multiple subtitles Dolby Digital (5.1 ch) Dolby Digital Plus (7.1 ch) Dolby TrueHD (7.1 ch) DTS 96/24 DTS-­‐HD (7.1 ch) AAC Decoding (5.1 ch) Lossless HD Audio – APE/FLAC/ALAC Audio equalizer NEW WASAPI exclusive mode Audio extraction from video NEW Audio CD ripping NEW Batch Music Tag Editing NEW Dolby Pro Logic IIx Dolby Virtual Speaker Dolby Headphone Dolby Digital EX ü ü ü Audio Format Support ü ü ü ü ü ü ü Audio Features ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü DATASHEET TrueTheater® Technology TrueTheater 3D for Blu-­‐ray Movies/ HD Videos/ Photos TrueTheater HD TrueTheater Color NEW ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü TrueTheater Lighting ü ü ü ü TrueTheater Sound NEW ü ü ü ü TrueTheater (Motion, Stretch, Stabilizer, Denoise, Surround) ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü Social Media Features ü ü ü ü ü ü Share photos, videos to Facebook & flickr YouTube 3D playback by TrueTheater 3D Upload Video to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo Upload 3D Video to YouTube Pin YouTube video for offline playback Browse and play video from Vimeo Convert video before upload to social network ü Mobile Apps Power Media Player (for Android, iOS, & Windows devices) ü ü Free version Free version PowerDVD Remote (for Android & iOS devices) ü ü ü ü CyberLink Cloud Services Upload, download, and sync media with CyberLink Cloud Convert media before uploading to CyberLink Cloud Video streaming from cloud CyberLink Cloud Storage ü ü ü ü Share media library to home network devices (DLNA DMS) Stream media from home network devices (DLNA DMP) DMC Support – Browse media on servers DMR Support – Play media on TVs, stereos and mobile devices Stream content with DTCP-­‐IP protection ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü 20GB 20GB (1 year) Home Media Support -­‐ DLNA Features ü Personalization ü Customizable PowerDVD wallpapers NEW ü Video Scene Selector NEW Cinema Mode with 2D interface ü Cinema Mode with 3D interface ü ü Customizable hotkeys and mouse wheel DATASHEET behavior Auto Resume to Last Viewing Point Hide media panel tabs ü ü ü ü ü ü Media Library, User Interface Enhancement and Player Features ü ü ü Import Music, Photos, and Videos Import 3D photos & videos ü ü ü ü ü Photo slideshow (JPG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, RAW) 3D Photo slideshow (*.MPO, *. JPS) ü ü ü ü ü Instant Thumbnail for Photo viewing NEW ü ü ü Media library for Movies ü ü ü Media Library for TV Shows NEW ü ü ü ü ü ü ü System Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1/8, 7, Vista Processor (CPU) Blu-­‐ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater 3D Playback l Blu-­‐ray Disc playback: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz), AMD Phenom 9450 (2.10GHz) or above l Blu-­‐ray 3D playback: Intel Core i5, AMD Phenom II X4 or above l TrueTheater HD and TrueTheater 3D for Blu-­‐ray and HD video: Intel Core i5 (with 4 Cores), AMD Phenom II X6 or above l DVD playback: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz), AMD Fusion E-­‐series & C-­‐series or above 4K UltraHD with Hardware Acceleration l (H.264/AVC) 4 Intel 3rd generation Core i5 or above 4 Note: PowerDVD supports 4K UltraHD video in H.264 / MP4 format at bitrates up to 60 Mbps l (H.265/HEVC) 4 Intel 4th generation (Haswell Refresh) Core i5 or above Graphics Processor (GPU) Blu-­‐ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater HD/3D Playback l Intel HD Graphics, ATI Radeon HD 5000, NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT or above Note: We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version. 3D display devices are required for TrueTheater 3D playback. Blu-­‐ray 3D Playback l Intel HD Graphic (Intel Core i5), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 series and GeForce GT 240/320/330/340, AMD Radeon HD 6000 and 6000M series with UVD 3 support DATASHEET DVD Playback l PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0 or above Memory Blu-­‐ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater 3D Playback l Blu-­‐ray Disc playback: 2 GB required for Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 l DVD and TrueTheater 3D playback: 1 GB required for Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 Blu-­‐ray 3D with or without Hardware Acceleration l 2 GB. Hard Disk Space l 500 MB for product installation. Display Device Blu-­‐ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater 3D Playback l For Blu-­‐ray titles with AACS and DVD titles with CPRM playback, PowerDVD only allows output to display devices using DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort connector in order to be compliant with copy protection (HDCP) l For other DVD and Blu-­‐ray Disc playback: HDCP compliant display for digital output. TV or computer monitor for analog output l TrueTheater 3D playback: 3D display and 3D glasses required. Blu-­‐ray 3D with or without Hardware Acceleration l 3D display and 3D glasses are required (NVIDIA 3D Vision, 3D Ready HDTV, HDMI 1.4-­‐
enabled TV, Micro-­‐polarizer LCD or Anaglyph Red/Cyan Glasses). HDCP compliant display for digital output. Screen Resolution l 1024 x 768 and above recommended Note: When playing video on displays larger than Quad HD (or any file greater than 2560 x 1440 resolution), PowerDVD enters a high performance mode that disables some non-­‐essential playback features. In this mode the following features will be unavailable: 4 Video rotation 4 Zoom in/out 4 Dual subtitle display 4 Subtitle customization for font, color and size Disc Drive l Blu-­‐ray Disc playback: BD-­‐ROM/BD-­‐RE or Super Multi Blu combo disc drive l DVD and TrueTheater 3D playback: DVD-­‐ROM, DVD+-­‐R/RW, DVD-­‐RAM or DVD Super Multi combo disc drive DATASHEET Internet Connection l Internet connection required for initial software activation, initial activation of some codec technology, and social media services. Format Support Movie Formats Video Formats Photo Formats Audio Formats BD-­‐R 1.1/BD-­‐RE 2.1, BD-­‐R 2.0/BD-­‐RE 3.0, BDROM 2.2, BD-­‐J, BDROM Profile 1.1 (Bonus View), BDROM Profile 2.0 (BD-­‐Live), BDROM Profile 5.0 (BD 3D), AVCREC, AVCHD XAVC-­‐S, DVD-­‐Video, DVD-­‐VR, DVD+VR, VCPS, VCD, SVCD, CD, BD ISO, DVD ISO 264, 265, 26L, 3G2, 3GP, 3GP2, 3GPP, ASF, AVC, AVI, BSF, DAT, DIV, DIVX, DVR-­‐MS, FLV1, H.264, H.265, HEVC, JSV, JVT, M1V, M2P, M2T, M2TS, M2V, M4V, MK3D, MKV, MOD, MOV, MP4, MP4V, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV, MTS, MVC, QT, TOD, TP, TPD, TRP, TS, TTS, VC1, VOB, VRO, WM, WMV, WTV1 BMP, JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, MPO2, JPS, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F AAC3, AC3, ADTS3, APE, AOB, DTS, FLAC4, M4A, MID, MKA, MP2, MP3, MPA, OGG, RMI, WAV, WMA 1
Only FLV files encoded with the H.264 codec are supported 2
Only supported in Windows 7 & Vista with OEM TV Feature Pack 3
Only supports 3D MPO files 4
ADTS and AAC require windows 7 or above 5
Music files only Availability, Versions & Pricing CyberLink PowerDVD 15 is available online in the following languages: English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, German, French, Italian, Korean and Spanish. CyberLink also offers OEM versions to PC manufacturers. CyberLink PowerDVD 15 Live US$ 14.99/3 months | $44.99/12 months CyberLink Power DVD 15 Ultra US $99.95 CyberLink Power DVD 15 Pro US $79.95 CyberLink Power DVD 15 Standard US $59.95 About CyberLink CyberLink (5203.TW) is a world leader in multimedia software design. Since 1996, CyberLink has transformed how people enjoy and create media on PCs, mobile devices and in the DATASHEET Cloud. The company’s award-­‐winning products are sold to all major PC manufacturers as well as millions of customers worldwide. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, CyberLink also runs regional operations through offices in the US, Japan, Europe and Asia-­‐Pacific territories. Further information about CyberLink can be found at cyberlink.com.