CyberLink PowerDVD 10

CyberLink PowerDVD 10 Readme

November 25, 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:

What's New in CyberLink PowerDVD 10

CyberLink PowerDVD Versions
Hardware Compatibility
General Playback Performance and Quality Issues
TrueTheater™ Technology (HD/Motion/Lighting/Stretch) Related Issues
Technical Support
Licensing and Copyright Information

What's New in CyberLink PowerDVD 10

Video
New! - Blu-ray 3D Disc playback.*
New! - Convert 2D video to 3D using TrueTheater™ 3D.**
New! - Convert DVD video to 3D using TrueTheater™ 3D.**
New! - MKV (H.264) file playback.
New! - FLV (H.264) file playback.
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

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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.

* Available in the Ultra (Blu-ray Disc) version only.

** Available in the Deluxe and Ultra (Blu-ray Disc) versions.

CyberLink PowerDVD 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.

Mark II Mark II OEM BD OEM

Feature Standard Corporate
Ultra Deluxe 2ch DVD 2ch
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
Yes Yes Yes Optional Optional Yes
Environment Impression Mode)
Dolby Headphone Yes Yes -- Optional Optional --
Dolby Virtual Speaker Yes Yes -- Optional Optional --

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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
Blu-ray 3D Discs Yes -- -- Optional -- --
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
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,
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PSB, SRT and SUB)
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

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Hardware Compatibility
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:

Realtek ALC885/889/669x/892 – Analog output

VIA Vinyl VT1818S and VT1828S – analog output
Auzentech X-Fi HomeTheater HD – analog and digital output
ATI HD57xx, HD58xx – Digial Output
NVIDIA GT2xx – Digital Output
Intel Core i3/i5/i7 with integrated graphics series – Digital Output

3D Display Devices

CyberLink PowerDVD 10 3D playback supports 120Hz time-sequential LCD + shutter glasses (NVIDIA 3D Vision)*, 3D Ready
HDTV (Checkerboard)+ shutter glasses, polarization LCD + polarized glasses, and anaglyph red/cyan glasses.

* Not supported under Windows XP.

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).

General Playback Performance and Quality Issues

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

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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

Due to the high computation requirement for Blu-ray Discs, you may experience some video quality drop, frame drops
or lower performance on particular titles. Make sure your hardware meets the minimum system requirements for Blu-
ray Disc playback.
It is also recommended that all non-critical applications are closed before starting Blu-ray Disc playback. Full CPU/GPU
clock-rate is reserved for CyberLink PowerDVD Blu-ray Disc playback.
Blu-ray Disc playback on an external monitor via a DVI/HDMI connector requires an HDCP capable display device.
Advanced Access Content System (AACS) is supported for commercial content playback. Occasional renewals of AACS
keys are required. An Internet connection is required for this operation.

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.

The following features are disabled during the playback of 3D media:

Pan & Scan

Digital Zoom
Closed Captions
Read-It-Clearly
See-It-All
Say-It-Again
Move Remixes
Color Profile
GPGPU (NVIDIA CUDA, AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing)
TrueTheater Motion
Compare & Split mode in TT page
Play DVD/VCD more smoothly between 4x-8x speed option
DxVA
FBI warning
Menus (title menu, root menu, subtitle menu, audio menu, angle menu, chapter menu)
Fast forward & Rewind
DVD-Audio (slideshow)
Pause button

TrueTheater™ - Technology Related Issues

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.

Technical Support
Solutions to your problems are available 24 hours a day at no cost on the CyberLink web site (http://www.cyberlink.com).

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Note: You must first register the software before using CyberLink web support.

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.

Licensing and Copyright 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.

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