03/11/2010
Thank you for using CyberLink PowerDVD 10.
This Readme file contains the latest information about CyberLink PowerDVD 10. For complete instructions on using CyberLink PowerDVD 10, please refer to the user's guide or online help.
This Readme is divided into the following sections:
* Available in the Ultra (Blu-ray Disc) version only.
** Available in the Deluxe and Ultra (Blu-ray Disc) versions.
The version name of CyberLink PowerDVD is displayed at the top left of the user interface. To find the version build number of CyberLink PowerDVD, press Ctrl+A on your keyboard. It is displayed at the top of the dialog box that opens. To upgrade CyberLink PowerDVD to a different version, click Activate on the About page and then enter an activation key in the dialog box. This will upgrade to a new version of CyberLink PowerDVD in order to activate even more features.
| Feature | Ultra | Deluxe | Standard | OEM BD 2ch | OEM DVD 2ch | Corporate | |
| Video Features and Processing Technologies | |||||||
| TrueTheater™ - HD (High-definition) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | |
| TrueTheater™ - Motion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | |
| TrueTheater™ - Lighting (CyberLink Eagle Vision2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | |
| TrueTheater™ - Stretch (CyberLink Pano Vision) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | |
| TrueTheater™ - Noise Reduction | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| TrueTheater™ - Stabilizer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Smart Video De-Interlacing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| TrueTheater™ 3D | Yes | Yes | -- | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Audio Features and Processing Technologies | |||||||
| TrueTheater™ - Surround (Headphone Mode) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | |
| TrueTheater™ - Surround (Virtual Surround Mode) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | |
| TrueTheater™ - Surround (Multi-channel Environment Impression Mode) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | |
| Dolby Headphone | Yes | Yes | -- | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Dolby Virtual Speaker | Yes | Yes | -- | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Dolby Digital EX | Yes | Yes | -- | Optional | -- | -- | |
| Dolby Digital Decoder | 5.1 ch | 5.1 ch | 5.1 ch | 2 ch | 2 ch | 2 ch | |
| Dolby Pro Logic IIx | Yes | Yes | -- | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Dolby Digital Plus | 7.1 ch | -- | -- | 2 ch | -- | -- | |
| Dolby TrueHD | 7.1 ch | -- | -- | 2 ch | -- | -- | |
| DTS Decoding | 5.1 ch | 2 ch | -- | 2 ch | Optional | Optional | |
| DTS 96/24 | Yes | Yes | -- | Optional | Optional | Optional | |
| DTS-HD Master Audio | 5.1 ch | -- | -- | 2 ch | -- | -- | |
| Audio Time Stretch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Audio Pitch Scaling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Supported Disc and File Formats | |||||||
| BD-ROM | Yes | -- | -- | Yes | -- | -- | |
| BD-R 1.1/RE 2.1 | Yes | -- | -- | Yes | -- | -- | |
| BD-Profile 1.1 (Bonus View)/Profile 2.0(BD Live) | Yes | -- | -- | Yes | -- | -- | |
| AVCHD | Yes | -- | -- | Yes | -- | -- | |
| AVCREC | Yes | -- | -- | Yes | -- | -- | |
| DivX Files | Yes | Yes | -- | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| WMV-HD Files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| H.264 Files | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes | Optional | -- | |
| MKV (H.264) Files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| FLV Files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| RM/RMVB Files (Available when RealPlayer is installed) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| CPRM | Yes | Yes | -- | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| DVD-VR on DVD-RAM/RW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| DVD-VR on DVD-R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| DVD+VR/Random Access | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| IFO (DVD on HD) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| General Playback Controls and Features | |||||||
| PowerDVD Cinema playback mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| PowerDVD MCE plug-in | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Dual Subtitles/Bilingual Captions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Subtitle Support for Video Files (SMI, ASS, SSA, PSB, SRT and SUB) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| UPnP Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Movie Collection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Movie Remix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Short Comments | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| BookMarks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Upload Video to YouTube | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | -- | |
| Say-It-Again | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| See-It-All | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Read-It-Clearly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| BookMarks on DVD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| BookMarks on Video Files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Digital Zoom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Pan & Scan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Capture Snapshots | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | |
* - Not supported for Blu-ray Disc content
Video Cards/Processors/Chips
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 supports Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) in display chips or integrated chipsets from Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, SiS, and VIA/S3. Acceleration functions include Entropy Decode, Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform, Hardware Motion Compensation and Subpicture Alpha Blending units.
If "Hardware Acceleration" is enabled, some systems might display subtitles incorrectly. This is because the display driver only supports an old format of the Microsoft DXVA interface. It is recommended that you install the latest drivers from the original card/chip maker in order for this function to work flawlessly.
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 is fully optimized for multimedia instruction sets, such as AMD 3D Now! Professional, Enhanced 3D Now!, 3DNow!, Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 2/3/4 (SSE/2/3/4), MMX, the Hyper-Threading technology, dual-core and quar-core CPU supported.
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 is compatible with all Centrino, Socket 478, Socket 423, Socket 370, Slot 1, Socket A and Slot A chipsets from Intel, VIA, SiS, ALi, NVIDIA, and AMD.
The features of hardware deinterlace and "Read it clearly" may need driver support. If you find problems when using these features, update your driver to latest one and then try again.
Sound Cards/Devices
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 offers complete multi-channel (4/6/7/8), S/PDIF and HDMI sound device support, including (but not limited to) devices from Analog Devices, Aureal, Creative, Cirrus/Crystal, CMedia, ESS, Fortemedia, KCTech, Philips/VLSI, Realtek, IDT, SiS, TI, Yamaha, VIA, and any other sound device that supports the Microsoft WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE interface.
It is recommended that you install the latest driver from the original card/device manufacturer, not a Windows built-in driver, in order for multi-channel output to work properly.
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 supports HD audio output on computers equipped with sound card system that meet Blu-ray conformance rules. If your sound card is not in the list of supported hardware, then CyberLink PowerDVD 10 down-samples the audio output to 48kHz/16bit per requirement of content protection. CyberLink PowerDVD 10 supports HDMI 1.3 output, including transport of lossless audio streams with 192 kHz/24 bit output resolution for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio formats for Blu-ray Disc content.
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 HD-Audio feature is compatible with:
3D Display Devices
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 3D playback supports 120Hz time-sequential LCD + shutter glasses (NVIDIA 3D Vision)*, 3D Ready HDTV + shutter glasses, and polarization LCD + polarized glasses.
* Supported only in Windows 7 environment.
Optical Media Drives
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 is compatible with new DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+RW, DVD-Multi, DVD-Dual, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drives, BD-ROM, BD-RE, BD-R, BD combo drives with IEEE 1394, USB 2.0, ATAPI, SCSI or CardBus interface, as long as the drive conforms to the SFF8090 command set and SBP-2 (if applicable).
External subtitle loading: For loading external subtitles, you should name the subtitle file with the same file name as the playback video file.
DMA Mode
It is HIGHLY recommended that you enable the DMA function of your DVD-ROM in order to reduce CPU loading when accessing DVDs. Windows XP contains built-in DMA support.
Display Issues
To ensure that CyberLink PowerDVD works properly, please install DirectX version 9.0 or higher.
Deinterlace Issues
CyberLink smart deinterlace is sophisticated video processing technologies that requires more CPU power. If both bit stream analysis method and pixel adaptive are used, it is recommended that you use at least a 1.8 GHz system for optimal performance.
Blu-ray Disc Playback Capability and Limitation
3D Playback
3D Playback Warning: if you experience headaches, dizziness, nausea, blurry eyesight or other symptoms while watching 3D video content, it is highly recommended that you stop playback immediately and see your doctor.
TrueTheater™ Technology (HD/Motion/Lighting/Stretch) are sophisticated video processing technologies that require higher CPU power. If TrueTheater™ HD or TrueTheater™ Motion is enabled (especially in conjunction with other audio effects), it is recommended that you use at least a 2.0 GHz system for optimal performance. CyberLink PowerDVD 10 can dynamically adjust the TrueTheater™ technology (HD/Motion/Lighting) for users according to CPU usage.
TrueTheater™ Technology is implemented within a CyberLink proprietary video decoder. Thus, this technology is not available when hardware video acceleration is enabled.
TrueTheater™ Technology is also not available under Blu-ray Disc playback due to the limitation of platform horsepower.
Solutions to your problems are available 24 hours a day at no cost on the CyberLink web site (http://www.cyberlink.com).
Technical Inquiry Form
For your assistance, you may complete the Inquiry Form (http://www.cyberlink.com/english/cs/support/form/index.jsp) in the Support section of the CyberLink web site. The more accurate and detailed the information you provide, the better we can help to solve your problem.
General Support
Please visit the support section (http://support.cyberlink.com) of the CyberLink web site to view all the support options that are available to you. In addition to frequently asked questions, the CyberLink web site also provides troubleshooting techniques, the latest in product news and other relevant information.
Dolby
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby, Pro Logic, the "AAC" logo, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. Copyright 1992-2004 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.
DTS
Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #'s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,226,616; 6,487,535; 7,003,467; 7,212,872 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS and DTS Digital Surround are registered trademarks and the DTS logos, Symbol and DTS 96/24 are trademarks of DTS, Inc. © 1996-2007 DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #'s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,226,616; 6,487,535 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS is a registered trademark and the DTS logos, Symbol, DTS-HD and DTS-HD Master Audio are trademarks of DTS, Inc. © 1996-2007 DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2010 CyberLink Corp. All rights reserved. Dolby, Pro Logic, Surround EX, and the double-D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.