Welcome to Corel WinDVD Welcome to Corel WinDVD We would like to thank you for making Corel® WinDVD® your choice for your audio and video enjoyment. Regardless of the version you have purchased, you now have the most popular DVD and video playback software available. Corel® WinDVD® is a simple-to-use software for playing standard and high-definition video. It supports playback of DVD, Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD, and AVCHD content, and combines all the features of a standard consumer player with some very advanced functionalities. In this section, you'll learn What's new in WinDVD 9 System requirements Installing and uninstalling WinDVD Running WinDVD Registering Corel products Corel Support Services AACS Key Renewal _______________________ Note: This online Help provides information on the features of different WinDVD editions. Some features are not available in all editions. Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD related features are available when the Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD add-on pack is installed. Visit www.corel.com for more information. Page 1 Welcome to Corel WinDVD > What's new in WinDVD 9 What's new in WinDVD 9 New Interface A simplified interface design provides easier access to playback controls, features, and options. Enhanced SD to HD conversion Advanced filtering technology enhances the quality of standard definition (SD) video when viewed on high definition (HD) display. Full AVCHD support WinDVD supports the playback of discs, MS, SD cards, and built-in media created by AVCHD camcorders. Trimension™All2HD support Trimension™ All2HD guarantees high definition PC viewing of a wide range of video formats. Support for latest video technologies WinDVD supports the latest video processing technologies such as NVIDIA PureVideo HD, ATI AVIVO™, and Intel® Clear Video. DTS NEO:6 support Enjoy multi-channel sound from stereo CDs and DVDs. DTS Neo:6 is an advanced decoder that expands 2-channel audio into five or six channels. DTS 96/24 decoding When viewing DVD-Video, enjoy high-resolution DTS 96/24 audio for multi-channel sound. DTS 96/24 provides a sampling rate of 96kHz, compared to the usual sampling rate of 48kHz. ID3 tag support for MP3 files View metadata information within an MP3 audio file such as time, artist and album. New video filters De-block and De-snow filters remove digital noise or blocky compression artifacts from your video. _______________________ Note: This online Help provides information on the features of different WinDVD editions. Some features are not available in all editions. Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD related features are available when the Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD add-on pack is installed. Visit www.corel.com for more information. Page 2 Welcome to Corel WinDVD > System requirements > Use of Trimension All2HD features System requirements WinDVD 9 supports both Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista. Existing users of WinDVD 9 running on XP SP2 can upgrade to Vista without having to reinstall WinDVD 9. If you are using Windows Vista, visit www.corel.com regularly to download software updates. This will allow you to continue running WinDVD 9 on whatever Windows Vista version will be released in the future. Before you install WinDVD, make sure that your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements. Playback of DVD disc Minimum System Recommended System Requirements Requirements Operating system Windows® XP (Service Pack 2), Windows Vista® Windows XP: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or equivalent AMD Athlon™ Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8 GHz or processor Processor equivalent AMD Athlon™ Windows Vista: processor, or above Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD Athlon™ processor Memory 256 MB RAM 512 MB RAM AGP or PCI Express graphic AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator card with HWMC, Graphics card accelerator card with DirectDraw DirectDraw Overlay support for Overlay support VRAM 64 MB or above Audio card PCI sound card or on-board audio Free hard disk space 200MB DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD RW combo, DVD-R/RW, Optical drive DVD+RW, or DVD-RAM drive Playback of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD discs Minimum System Recommended System Requirements Requirements Operating system Windows XP® (Service Pack 2), Windows Vista® Core™ Duo T2400 1.83 GHz Core™ Duo T2500 2.0 GHz, Processor and above Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz, Page 3 Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 2.40 GHz, Core™ 2 Duo T5500 1.66 GHz or above AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-60 2.6 AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 2.0 GHz and above 4200+ 2.2 GHz, AMD Turion™ 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 GHz or above Memory 512 MB RAM 1 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or above/ATI Radeon X 1600 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 or Graphics card For additional information, visit above /ATI Radeon HD 2400 or the website of your graphic card above manufacturer. Graphics card VRAM 128 MB 256 MB HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compatible for DVI (Digital Visual Interface) or HDMI (High-definition Multimedia Display device Interface) connection to a digital output. (VGA also required to supports HDCP.) Blu-ray drive (for example, Pioneer BDR-101, Pioneer BDR, Panasonic SW-5582, PCC UJ-210, PCC UJ-215) Optical drive HD-DVD drive (for example, TSST DVDW/HD TS-L802A / AC02) Playback of High-Definition (720p and 1080i), WMV-HD, and VC1 files: Memory: 512 MB and above Playback of AVCHD file See Playback of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD discs Use of Trimension All2HD features Processor: Intel Core 2Duo or AMD Athlon X2 and above Memory: 512 MB and above _______________________ Note: This online Help provides information on the features of different WinDVD editions. Some features are not available in all editions. Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD related features are available when the Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD add-on pack is installed. Visit www.corel.com for more information. Page 4 Welcome to Corel WinDVD > System requirements > Use of Trimension All2HD features System requirements WinDVD 9 supports both Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista. Existing users of WinDVD 9 running on XP SP2 can upgrade to Vista without having to reinstall WinDVD 9. If you are using Windows Vista, visit www.corel.com regularly to download software updates. This will allow you to continue running WinDVD 9 on whatever Windows Vista version will be released in the future. Before you install WinDVD, make sure that your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements. Playback of DVD disc Minimum System Recommended System Requirements Requirements Operating system Windows® XP (Service Pack 2), Windows Vista® Windows XP: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or equivalent AMD Athlon™ Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8 GHz or processor Processor equivalent AMD Athlon™ Windows Vista: processor, or above Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD Athlon™ processor Memory 256 MB RAM 512 MB RAM AGP or PCI Express graphic AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator card with HWMC, Graphics card accelerator card with DirectDraw DirectDraw Overlay support for Overlay support VRAM 64 MB or above Audio card PCI sound card or on-board audio Free hard disk space 200MB DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD RW combo, DVD-R/RW, Optical drive DVD+RW, or DVD-RAM drive Playback of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD discs Minimum System Recommended System Requirements Requirements Operating system Windows XP® (Service Pack 2), Windows Vista® Core™ Duo T2400 1.83 GHz Core™ Duo T2500 2.0 GHz, Processor and above Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz, Page 5 Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 2.40 GHz, Core™ 2 Duo T5500 1.66 GHz or above AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-60 2.6 AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 2.0 GHz and above 4200+ 2.2 GHz, AMD Turion™ 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 GHz or above Memory 512 MB RAM 1 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or above/ATI Radeon X 1600 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 or Graphics card For additional information, visit above /ATI Radeon HD 2400 or the website of your graphic card above manufacturer. Graphics card VRAM 128 MB 256 MB HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compatible for DVI (Digital Visual Interface) or HDMI (High-definition Multimedia Display device Interface) connection to a digital output. (VGA also required to supports HDCP.) Blu-ray drive (for example, Pioneer BDR-101, Pioneer BDR, Panasonic SW-5582, PCC UJ-210, PCC UJ-215) Optical drive HD-DVD drive (for example, TSST DVDW/HD TS-L802A / AC02) Playback of High-Definition (720p and 1080i), WMV-HD, and VC1 files: Memory: 512 MB and above Playback of AVCHD file See Playback of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD discs Use of Trimension All2HD features Processor: Intel Core 2Duo or AMD Athlon X2 and above Memory: 512 MB and above _______________________ Note: This online Help provides information on the features of different WinDVD editions. Some features are not available in all editions. Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD related features are available when the Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD add-on pack is installed. Visit www.corel.com for more information. Page 6 Welcome to Corel WinDVD > System requirements > Use of Trimension All2HD features System requirements WinDVD 9 supports both Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista. Existing users of WinDVD 9 running on XP SP2 can upgrade to Vista without having to reinstall WinDVD 9. If you are using Windows Vista, visit www.corel.com regularly to download software updates. This will allow you to continue running WinDVD 9 on whatever Windows Vista version will be released in the future. Before you install WinDVD, make sure that your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements.