Subject: PowerDVD 5
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PowerDVD 5.0 Readme

(c) Copyright CyberLink Corp.1997-2003

Thank you for
using CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0!

This Readme file
contains the latest information about PowerDVD 5.0. For complete instructions on
PowerDVD 5.0 usage, please refer to the user's guide or online help.

What's
New in PowerDVD 5.0

Hardware
Compatibility

General
Playback Performance and Quality Issues

CLEV/CLPV
Related Issues and System Requirements

What's New in PowerDVD 5.0

Audio

Supports
8-channel sound cards and output on up to 8 discrete audio channels.
(*)

Certified
Dolby Virtual Speaker technology allows you to experience virtual surround
sound through 2 speakers. (*)

CLMEI
(CyberLink Multi-channel Environment Impression) technology converts stereo
sound to a multiple-channel output. Music and Movie modes are provided
for your preference. (*)

TruSurroundXT(tm) Headphone, based on SRS TruSurroundXT technology,
provides an optimized headphone environment. It features TruSurround, Dialog
Clarity Enhancement, and TruBass technologies that bring virtual surround and
virtual bass experiences to your headphones. (*)

Time Stretch,
a pitch handling technology, permits audio playback from 0.5x to 2x speed
without pitch distortion.

24/96 LPCM
Direct Output supports 24bit/96kHz LPCM audio output with crisper, clearer
sound. To enable this feature, you should have a sound card that supports
24bit/96kHz audio output.

CLHP
(CyberLink Headphone) creates a virtual surround sound experience when using
headphones.

Note
(*): Full multi-channel DTS/Dolby Digital, Dolby Virtual Speaker, CLMEI and
TruSurroundXT Headphone features are optional and may not be available in your
version of PowerDVD.

Video

CLEV
(CyberLink Eagle Vision) technology dynamically detects video content and
changes the brightness/contrast/saturation ratios to deliver sharper and more
vivid video.

CLPV
(CyberLink Pano Vision) technology, a non-linear video stretching technology,
converts 4:3 video to wide-screen display (and vice versa) with minimal
noticeable distortion.

Playback Formats

Supports
playback of all CD & DVD formats: VCD, SVCD, DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW
and MiniDVD.

Supports
playback of DivX-encoded files (.AVI, .DIX, .DIVX) through built-in DivX
decoder. (*)

Supports
playback of DVD files (DVD-Video, DVD-VR, DVD+VR) from any folder in your
HDD.

Compatible
with new DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-Multi, DVD-Dual, or DVD-ROM/CD-RW
combo drive with IEEE 1394, USB2.0, ATAPI, SCSI or CardBus interface.

Note
(*): The DivX decoder is optional and may not be available in your version
of PowerDVD.

Navigation and User Controls

The
configurable Express Menu allows you to show/hide groups of controls on the
Express Menu.

Bookmark
editing allows you to rename and delete bookmarks within the Bookmark
Viewer.

Automatically
locates and plays media files on disc without a playlist.

Miscellaneous

The audio
capability indicator helps shows which audio features are included in your
version of PowerDVD.

The angle
indicator displays DVD angle information when multi-angle scenes are
detected.

The enhanced
snapshot feature allows you to specify the snapshot destination and image size
(original video size, video window size, and custom size).

CyberLink
Mobility Pack allows for longer movie playback time on notebook computers.

Hardware Compatibility

Complete
multi-channel (4/6/7/8) and S/PDIF sound device support, including (but not
limited to) devices from Analog Devices, Aureal, Creative, Cirrus/Crystal,
CMedia, ESS, Fortemedia, KCTech, Philips/VLSI, Realtek, Sigmatel, SiS, TI,
Yamaha, VIA and any other sound device that supports the Microsoft
WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE interface.

Support for
popular sound cards including, but not limited to, the following:

Creative
Sound Blaster Audigy2 6.1

Creative
Sound Blaster Audigy

Creative
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 family

Hercules
DIGIFIRE 7.1

Hercules
GameTheater XP 6.1/7.1

M-Audio
Revolution 7.1

Terratec
Aureon 5.1/6.1/7.1 family

Turtle Beach
Santa Cruz

VideLogic
Sonic Fury

It is
recommended that you install the latest driver from the original card/device
maker, not a Windows built-in driver, in order for multi-channel output to
work properly.

Supports
Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) in display chips or integrated
chipsets from ATI, Intel, NVidia, SiS, and VIA/S3. Acceleration functions
include Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform, Hardware Motion Compensation and
Subpicture Alpha Blending units. Not only Windows ME and Windows 98 but also
Windows XP and Windows 2000 are supported.

If "Hardware
Acceleration" is enabled, some systems might display subtitles in interesting
colors. This is because the display driver only supports an old format of the
Microsoft DXVA interface. It is recommended that you install the latest driver
from the original card/chip maker in order for this function to work
flawlessly.

PowerDVD 5.0
is fully optimized for multimedia instruction sets, such as AMD 3D Now!
Professional, Enhanced 3D Now!, 3DNow!, Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
(SSE2), SSE, MMX, and the Hyper-Threading technology.

Compatible
with new DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+RW, DVD-Multi, DVD-Dual or DVD-ROM/CD-RW 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).

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. Also compatible
with Transmeta Crusoe systems.

General Playback Performance and
Quality Issues

Enabling video
profiles like "Vivid", "Theater" or "Bright" instead of "Original" consumes
extra CPU power. It is recommended that you use a system running at least
400MHz in order to use these color profiles.

To enable
audio effects such as Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker, SRS
TruSurroundXT, CLMEI, and Dolby Pro Logic II decoder, or to play DVD titles
with DTS digital surround tracks, it is recommended that you use a 400MHz or
higher processor system and have at least 128MB of system RAM.

In 2 Speaker
Mode (Audio Configuration), the "DirectSound3D" option may have weaker audio
volume as compared to "Stereo" or "Dolby Surround". This is a normal
occurrence.

Playing DVD
Files on HDD:

For DVD Video
and DVD+VR formats, you should open the "VIDEO_TS" folder. For DVD-VR, you
should open the "DVD_RTAV" folder.

The DVD
Auto-Resume function is unavailable.

Bookmarks may
be set during initial playback, but will not be available for recall when
playing the file set again.

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, Windows 2000, Windows ME,
Windows 98, and Windows 98SE all contain built-in DMA support.

The CyberLink
system diagnostics utility launches automatically after PowerDVD 5.0 is
installed to help you activate the DMA option. However, Windows XP only shows
the DMA status of your DVD-ROM drives since Windows XP enables DMA support
during its setup process by default.

Display Issues:

To ensure that
PowerDVD works properly, please install version DirectX 8.1 or higher.

PowerDVD 5.0
requires the DirectDraw overlay surface for optimal playback performance and
video quality. Almost all current display cards support this feature.

If the
DirectDraw overlay surface cannot be created, PowerDVD 5.0 will use a slower
mode called the DirectDraw off-screen mode. The reasons why the DirectDraw
overlay surface cannot be created can be because the color depth, desktop
resolution, or screen refresh rate is too high, leaving insufficient bandwidth
to sustain the creation of an overlay surface, or else the display card
requires the installation of the latest DirectX Runtime. Try lowering the
desktop resolution, color depth, or refresh rate, and then try again.

It is highly
recommended that you NOT run PowerDVD under 640x480 resolution, since the
resolution of DVD video is greater than 640x480.

CLEV/CLPV-Related Issues and System
Requirements

To use CLPV,
it is highly recommended that you use a graphic card with 8MB or more video
memory.

CLPV and CLEV are sophisticated video processing technologies that
require higher CPU power. If both of these functions are enabled (especially
in conjunction with other audio effects), it is recommended that you use at
least a 1.0GHz system for optimal performance.

CLPV and CLEV
are implemented within a CyberLink proprietary video decoder, thus, they are
not available when the hardware video acceleration function is enabled.