WinDVD

WinDVD (owned by Alludo, formerly Corel Corporation, which bought InterVideo in 2006 ) is a commercial DVD video player software for Microsoft Windows.

Features and functions
Features and functions supported by InterVideo WinDVD version 8.0 during video/movie and audio/music playback are:
 * Supported video formats/codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (including HD support), 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 3GPP2, QuickTime, RealMedia/RealVideo
 * Supported audio formats/codecs: WAV, MP3, AAC, LPCM, MLP Lossless, Dolby Digital (5.1) and Dolby Digital (2.0), Dolby Digital EX, DTS 2.0 and 5.1, DTS Neo:6, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES Discrete, RealMedia/RealAudio[needs citation]

Video playback

 * TrimensionDNM – interpolates frames to give smooth playback
 * Smooth Reverse Playback – smooth reverse/rewind playback without dropping frames
 * Video Desktop – display subpanel to let the movie play in the background, just like a Windows wallpaper
 * Software Video Deinterlacing – ensures a smoother and clearer video image on progressive displays
 * Dynamic range compression and SRS – offers modes suited to Quiet, Noisy and Normal listening environments
 * Instant Replay – Replay a specific part of a DVD again
 * "Boss Key" – One click hides the player out of the way from the desktop
 * 9X Digital Zoom
 * Closed captioning support provides closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing
 * Video Bookmarks enable quick access to a user's favorite movie scenes
 * Saved as a file with ".bmk" extension for later use or export for use on another computer
 * Resume playback – allows users to play a DVD from the last scene prior to stopping
 * Screen snapshots can be captured with a user-defined aspect ratio
 * External subtitle support allows playback via AVI, DivX and WMV files
 * Supports SRT, SUB, SSA, ASS, PSB, SMI extensions and XSUB (DivX embedded subtitles)
 * Allows users to adjust the placement, subtitle color and size of subtitles
 * On-screen display (OSD) lets users define where video information is located
 * Color Themes lets users personalize the look of the player to match their mood or their desktop
 * Low Frequency Effects (LFE) mixes the LFE channel (bass) with front speaker channels
 * Dolby Pro Logic IIx – 2.0 - 5.1 => 7.1 audio-channels expansion technology (upsample anything from 2.0 to 7.1 surround sound)
 * Dolby Headphone – Virtual surround sound on 2-channel (stereo) headphones [needs citation]

Music playback

 * Dynamic range compression and SRS – offers modes that boost bass tones of music

General features

 * Playlist playback and creation support – for audio or video files from DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and CDs
 * "Movie Encyclopedia" is a feature of WinDVD that enables users to access a movie database for details on movies, actors and directors, (similar to IMDb).
 * UPnP Control Point (UPnP-client) – Play videos from any UPnP AV MediaServer device in a home network
 * UPnP UPnP AV MediaServer (UPnP-server) – allows other UPnP Control Point devices in a home network to stream audio/video files from WinDVD.