Enhanced Experiences

Convert Blu-ray Movies to 3D
PowerDVD 12 introduces a unique feature to turn 2D Blu-ray movies into 3D in real time. Re-watch your all-time favorite Blu-ray titles again in 3D with TrueTheater 3D!

Enjoy 2D Videos & Photo Slideshows in 3D!
Throw yourself right into the action by converting 2D photos and videos into a super cool 3D experience with TrueTheater® 3D. The effect is amazingly realistic and creates a whole new way to enjoy your videos and photos.

Watch DVDs in Amazing HD
TrueTheater® HD gives standard definition DVD and video images the look and feel of true high-definition via resolution upscaling from 480 pixels to 1080 pixels, eliminating jagged edges and distracting video artifacts.

YouTube Enhanced!
Now you can apply any of TrueTheater®'s amazing enhancement technologies to YouTube videos for a far superior viewing experience. Try a clearer, sharper, higher resolution, and better sounding YouTube!

Surround Yourself with Sound
TrueTheater® Surround expands audio output to mimic surround sound on home theater systems for 2-channel content, and on conventional stereo speakers or headphones for multi-channel DVDs, videos and music files. Enjoy big surround sound without the big cost!

Optimized For Your Big Screen TV
TrueTheater® Stretch employs a non-linear stretching technique that automatically adjusts the viewing ratio of the displayed video to match the output display. Now you can watch any standard-format DVD movie with the aspect ratio optimally suited to the display device

Silky Smooth Action Sequences
TrueTheater® Motion up-converts the frame-rate of video to 60/72 frames per second (fps) for smoother-looking video playback and fluid, graceful action sequences.

Correct Shaky Camcorder Videos
PowerDVD is the ideal player for watching videos you have taken with your camcorder. TrueTheater® Stabilizer uses advanced technology to minimize the shakiness of your videos for a smooth and steady result.

Make Your Videos & Photos Snap!
TrueTheater® Denoise removes blocky or pixilated effects from your videos & photos, while TrueTheater® Lighting delivers superb colors and improves image detail for an enhanced viewing experience.

Enhanced Player Experience

Instant Scale - Browse media thumbnails in many sizes
When viewing your media library in Grid view, you can adjust the size of thumbnail to the most comfortable size.

Instant View - Quickly search & browse your media
Mouse over the folder thumbnail, then use the scroll bar to quickly browse through photos and videos within the folder without opening it.

Instant Zoom - Watch for details
Zoom in portion of a video or movie scene up to 4x times while it is still playing.

Instant Seek - Instantly find your favorite scene
Lightning fast scene location within your movies using CyberLink preview optimization technology.

Smart Media Library - Easiest way to browse media
View your library in Grid or List view, search media content by name, rating and more.

Movie Marks - Bookmark your favorite scenes
A great way to mark scenes in movies. Hit the bookmark tag, leave a comment and go back to the exact spot later.

An Optimized Player Experience - Any Device, Any Screen

PowerDVD 12 has re-invented its user interface. Now, with full integration of your media library, you can easily browse through your videos, music & photos stored on your local PC, network PC, DLNA server or even social websites. By switching to remote-control friendly cinema mode, you can sit on your sofa and browse through your media using your smartphone or tablet.

• Remote Control Friendly Cinema Mode for Large Screens
• Informative & Feature Rich Classic Mode for PC
• Touch Friendly Mobile App for Smartphone & Tablet
• Control PowerDVD with Your Smartphone

Play All Media

Brilliant Blu-ray & DVD Movies

PowerDVD 12 delivers cinema movie experience to with amazing Blu-ray and DVD playback. Experience the smoothest movie playback with PowerDVD's optimization for leading CPU/GPU technologies including 2nd generation Intel Core processors, AMD and NVIDIA. Leveraging the full power of your graphics hardware results in superb playback quality and reduced loading on your PC’s own system resources.

New support for Intel WiDi 2.1 in PowerDVD 12 lets you wirelessly stream Blu-ray and HD content from PowerDVD.

The Next Dimension in Blu-ray: Blu-ray 3D

Blu-ray 3D is now a reality. With vivid dimensions in picture depth and crystal-clear images that leap out of your screen, you will be fully immersed in the movies. Try out the hi-def 3D experience in your own home with PowerDVD 12.

And PowerDVD 12 Cinema Mode now features a redefined user interface, including 3D support for your 3D titles so that you can immerse yourself in the 3D experience from start to finish!

Enjoy HD Audio for Your HD Movies

Match your visual experience with the best audio available. Experience crisp audio with lossless pass-through for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. Support for HDMI 1.4 allows simultaneous transfer of multi-channel high-definition audio using one hassle-free cable.

Headphone Technology - Amazing Audio on the Go

Plug in your headphones and introduce yourself to Dolby Headphone technology and be amazed at a surround sound experience so realistic you'll feel just like you're in your home theater. With PowerDVD, you can experience the most amazing audio quality even when you are on the move!

Vast Video Playback Support

PowerDVD 12 is the ultimate player for the viewing of HD video on your PC. Whether you're playing back AVCHD format home videos captured on your camcorder, or MKV & FLV files you've downloaded online, or from Youtube, and Facebook, PowerDVD lets you play it back flawlessly. PowerDVD now supports two new 3D formats, MVC 1080i 3D, MVC Transport Stream 3D (M2TS), MK3D and more.

View Photos in Animated Slideshows

PowerDVD 12's new photo feature is so much more than just a viewer. Not only can you view photos stored on your PC, smart device or DLNA server, you can also check out images from Facebook and Flickr, and enjoy RAW format support for your DSLR cameras – all in the one convenient place.

And if you’re a fan of animated photo slideshows, PowerDVD 12 will play both 2D and 3D slideshows for you at the click of a button.

Enjoy Favorite Music Playlists & Lossless Audio

With support for Windows 7 music library, PowerDVD 12 can sort your favorite music by title, album, artist, genre, length or size. Enjoy your favorite music tracks with easy-to-make playlists and in great lossless audio with new OGG and FLAC support.

Play All Media Content From anywhere - PCs, home networks & Cloud!

PowerDVD 12 unites your entertainment media! You no longer need multiple applications for your movies, videos, photos and music - enjoy them all in the one place.

Access media on your PC, on other network connected PCs or digital media servers at your home, or view media from popular websites such as YouTube, Facebook & Flickr right from the PowerDVD interface.

Over 17 million DRM-free songs!

PowerDVD 12 integrates 7digital’s music store service* letting you browse through over 17 million high quality, DRM-free tracks. Purchase directly from PowerDVD 12 and get listening to the latest sounds right away.

PowerDVD also supports 7digital's digital locker, which stores all the songs you purchase online and makes them available to download anytime on up to 5 different PCs or devices.

Play on Any Device

A Single Solution for PC, iPad, iPhone, Android & Blackberry

PowerDVD 12 breaks down the barriers between devices, giving the freedom to easily enjoy entertainment content anywhere, on any device - PCs, iPhones, Android tablets, Blackberrys, DLNA TVs, etc... . Now all your devices can talk to each other, no matter the brand or operating system, and share enhanced, high quality media using the first truly complete multimedia solution.

ENTERTAINMENT ON-THE-GO

Smart Sync Your Music, Videos & Photos to Your Android and Blackberry Devices
Automaticaly syncs media c to a wide Android and Blackberry smart phones and devices, using rule-based sync. Also lets you drag and drop media from devices to store onto your PCs.

Smart Convert to the Right Format for Your Portable Device
PowerDVD intelligently converts videos, photos and music to your iPhone, iPad, Android phone and tablet in the best format by recognizing the profile of your device. And it does it all automatically and in real time as it syncs!

PowerDVD Mobile - Media Entertainment On-the-Go!
PowerDVD Mobile is the perfect mobile companion to PowerDVD 12. With PowerDVD Mobile, you can enjoy videos, photos and music playback any where outside your home. PowerDVD Mobile also lets you share, stream and download content across different platforms and devices. The new version now supports iOS 5, Android 2.x and 3.x.

• Share media content on your mobile devices to PowerDVD 12 on PC or PowerDVD Mobile v.4 on mobile devices
• Push videos, music and photos to play to other PC or mobile device or allowing PC or mobile devices to push media content to PowerDVD Mobile*1
• Save MP4/Mov (H.264/AAC) videos, music and photos from other PC to PowerDVD Mobile*2

ENTERTAINMENT ANYWHERE AT HOME

Easily Enjoy All Media Throughout Your Home Network
Make PowerDVD 12 your entertainment center, and play media from it on your DLNA TVs, DLNA players, iPhones, iPads and Android devcies without the hassle of moving files around.

Play From Anywhere
PowerDVD 12 as the Media Player (DMP), brings all media content from any device connected in the home network together to play in the best quality with TrueTheater

Share To Any Device
PowerDVD 12 is a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) Media Server (DMS). All your movies, photos and music on your PC can be streamed to other DLNA-compliant devices connected to the same Wi-Fi network and intelligently transcode media format to play on other devices.

Find & Play Content with Total Control
PowerDVD 12 is a Media Controller (DMC), searching out and finding content on servers and playing it on other screens.

Play Media From Other Devices
Media Receivers (DMR) like TVs, stereos, smartphones, tablets and even digital picture frames can all playback media from PowerDVD and PowerDVD Mobile devices to provide a rich entertainment experience throughout your home environment.

Social Media In One Place

YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL NETWORKS - ALL INTEGRATED
Enjoy your favorite social media sites, including Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr, directly from PowerDVD 12. Having all your social media in one place means it is easier and more convenient to browse media content and interact with social network friends.

Share & Download Your Social Network Media
Now that you've got all your media together with PowerDVD 12, it's very easy for you to publish your videos & photos to your social network accounts and share with your friends. It's also a lot easier to download photos from Facebook & Flickr, too.

Complete Youtube Experience within PowerDVD
Enjoy Youtube all in one player. Easily browse yours and friend's videos, watch Youtube 3D native videos in 3D, real-time convert 2D videos to 3D and upload to Youtube 3D, create Youtube playlist, interact with subscribers and more.

View Social Network Media in Best Quality HD & 3D
Take social media to the next level by converting your 2D YouTube videos and Facebook & Flickr photos into a cool 3D experience! The effect is super realistic and totally unique.

PowerDVD 12 also supports native 3D content playback from YouTube, so check out the new dimension in online video.

SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR CINEMA WITHIN POWERDVD
MoovieLive.com is designed for cinema enthusiastics. Explore all you need to know about movies and celebrities with MoovieLive. PowerDVD 12 integrates the MoovieLive information within PowerDVD interface, you can easily find movie information, read or watch review, rate movies or even share to your facebook wall.

• Explore upcoming movies, Blu-ray & DVD releases, top rated movies and most watched by PowerDVD users.
• Watch HD movie trailers. Rate, comment and share movies on Facebook, Twitter & MoovieLive.
• Find out more about your favorite celebrities and see what other movies they appeared in.
• Collect favorite movies you have watched. Sync your movie collection to web services

Unite Your Devices, Free Your Media!

Nowadays all your digital videos, photos and music are scattered across different devices – on your PC, your iPhone, iPad and Android devices. When it comes to exchanging content between devices, file format compatibility, methods of syncing and transferring files have always been big problems.

With the PowerDVD family, it’s easy to unite all your devices so you can enjoy your media on any of your devices. Here are some use cases so you can see how PowerDVD makes your digital life easier.

Use Case #1 - Playing Media From Your PC to Other Devices

Scenario - You've got tons of movies, photos and music files on your PC that you want to enjoy on your TV, digital picture frames, portable devices and other DLNA devices.

Brilliant Solution! - With PowerDVD 12, pushing & playing media from your PC to DLNA devices connected

In this case, PowerDVD 12 functions as a DLNA Media Controller that manages and sends content to DLNA receivers (e.g. your DLNA TV, iPad with PowerDVD Mobile) to be played back and enjoyed.

Step 1 - In your PowerDVD Smart Media Library, locate the file you want to send to a connected DLNA device.

Step 2 - Right click on the file and select "Play to". A list of available devices to send the file to will appear. Select the device you want to enjoy your content on. That's it - quick and simple!

Use Case #2 - Converting Media for Your Portable Devices

Scenario - You've just downloaded a great movie that plays okay on your PC, but won’t play on your iPad, iPhone or Android devices because the format isn't supported.

Brilliant Solution - Any downloaded movies that PowerDVD 12 can play, play on devices running PowerDVD Mobile, too.

PowerDVD 12 supports a broad range of video formats. It is also able to intelligently recognize the profile of your portable devices when you connect them. These two features, together with new Smart Sync and Smart Convert technologies mean that no matter what format your downloaded movie is in, when you want to sync it to your iPhone, iPad or Android device PowerDVD 12 will transfer it in a format that your device can play. And it all happens automatically!

Step 1 - Install PowerDVD on your PC, and PowerDVD Mobile on your iOS and Android devices. If they're all connected to the same Wi-Fi network you can use PowerDVD Mobile to browse the PowerDVD Smart Media Library on your PC.

Step 2 - Select whichever video you want to view and click "Download to". PowerDVD will recognize your device type and select a supported video format, converting the video and saving it to the mobile device.

Use Case #3 - Sharing Media Between Devices

Scenario - In today's multi-device environment, sometimes the media you want to enjoy isn't on the device you're currently using.

Perhaps you've got music on your iPod Touch that you want to listen to while you're viewing photos on your Android phone. How can you do this without the hassle of physically copying the files over?

Brilliant Solution! - With PowerDVD 12 and companion app for mobile devices, PowerDVD Mobile, sharing across devices is easy!

Step 1 - Install PowerDVD Mobile on your iPod Touch and Android phone and connect both these devices to the same Wi-Fi network.

Step 2 - In PowerDVD Mobile on your phone, click the Music tab > Home Network, then locate your iPod Touch. You can then browse your iPod's media and select and play the music you want to listen to. When you resume browsing the photos on your phone the music will continue to play in the background.

Use Case #4 - Viewing RAW Photos on Android Devices

Scenario - You've taken photos with your DSLR camera in RAW format. As Android devices don't support RAW photo formats, enjoying your pics on your portable device can be difficult and time consuming. You need to import them to your PC, use photography software to convert RAW photos to JPEG or PNG file format, then sync or copy them to your Android device.

Brilliant Solution - With PowerDVD 12, viewing RAW files on your portable devices is easy!

PowerDVD 12's new Smart Sync and Smart Convert features help you to quickly bring all RAW photos to your Android devices.

Step 1 - Copy your RAW photo files to your computer. PowerDVD will scan the new files in assigned folders and your RAW photos will show up in PowerDVD’s Smart Media Library.

Step 2 - Connect your Android device to your PowerDVD PC. When using the Smart Sync in PowerDVD 12, the Smart Convert feature in will intelligently recognize your device's profile and auto-convert your RAW photos to PNG format as they are synced to your Android devices. No need to convert the files one by one.

EXPLORE YOUR MEDIA IN A BRAND NEW WAY

Blu-ray 2D to 3D with TrueTheater®
Watch Your Blu-ray 2D Movies in 3D PowerDVD 12 can turn all your videos and photos into 3D, including unique support for Blu-ray 2D to 3D conversion. Re-experience your favorite Blu-ray movie titles in 3D by applying TrueTheater® 3D technology. Precision controls let you adjust the 3D depth for the most comfortable and personalized 3D viewing experience.

New Format Support
DTS-HD 7.1 channel, OGG and FLAC lossless audio and MK3D PowerDVD 12 supports several new audio and video formats. Experience cinematic quality 7.1 channel DTS-HD sound tracks in the latest Blu-ray titles. PowerDVD 12 also supports OGG and FLAC lossless audio formats, as well as new MK3D video format.

7digital Music Store
Over 17 million high quality DRM-free songs You can now access over 17 million DRM-free MP3/AAC songs from the 7digital music store. Get the latest released music from major music labels by downloading to your PC and mobile devices. 7digital's digital locker feature means all you music is stored online and accessible anytime for you to download on up to 5 different devices.

Better YouTube!
More support for your favorite online video website With YouTube now supporting 3D video, PowerDVD 12 lets you choose your preferred 3D display type - stereoscopic, side-by-side or anaglyph. You can also playback 2D videos in 3D using TrueTheater 3D! And for even more convenience, now you don't even need to visit YouTube to add videos to your YouTube playlists - you can do it all from PowerDVD 12.

ENHANCED PLAYER EXPERIENCE FOR ULTIMATE ENJOYMENT

Instant Seek
Instantly find your favorite movie scene Using PowerDVD's Instant Seek you can quickly browse and find scenes within your movies. Instant Seek's rapid scanning ability is now available for Blu-ray movies, too, giving you instant access to all your favorite movie scenes.

Instant View
Quickly search and browse your photos & videos You can easily browse the thumbnails of all photos or videos in any folder without having to open it. When you mouse-over the folder thumbnail, you can use the scroll bar at the bottom of the thumbnail to quickly browse through all photos and videos within the folder.

Instant Zoom
Find every scene detail of your Video Want to see your movies in more detail? Using PowerDVD 12's new Instant Zoom you can zoom in your DVDs and videos up to 4 times so that you don't miss a thing. Great for crowd scenes or even for picking up filming errors on big budget movies!

Instant Scale
Personalize your Smart Library view It's easy to browse your Media Library with Instant Scale. In grid view, you can easily adjust the size of thumbnails to quickly browse through your media library the way you like. Wherever your media content is, on your local drive, on other network devices or even YouTube videos or Facebook and Flickr albums, you can use Instant Scale to enjoy the most comfortable viewing experience.

Smart Media Library
Perfect way to organize, browse and playback media content PowerDVD 12 plays all media, and it's easier for you to organize than ever. With the new Smart Media Library, you can browse your media in grid view, list view or album view, create playlists, rate your favorite media content, and find your media by folder, album, artist or genre. You can also use Smart Search to find media from your Smart Library using specific keywords.

MOBILIZING YOUR MULTIMEDIA!

Smart Sync with Android & Blackberry Devices
Easily sync your media to tablets & smartphones

Connect your device to PC via USB cable and automatically sync media using rule-based sync settings. Sync playlists, latest imported music, videos and photos, or simply drag and drop items from PowerDVD's Media Library to your Android & Blackberry devices.

Smart Convert with auto profile detection
Convert videos and photos to the best format for your device

So your mobile devices can't play some video formats or RAW photos you took with your DSLR? Import all your media to PowerDVD 12, and when you sync or download to Android devices from PowerDVD, your media will automatically be converted to formats your mobile devices can play.

PowerDVD Mobile, now for iphone/ipad, too
Total freedom to extend your media entertainment to portable devices

Take your media entertainment beyond the PC. PowerDVD Mobile v.4 now supports both iOS and Android 2.x/3.x/4.x platforms, so you can use your iPhone, iPad or Android phone or tablet to browse media from PowerDVD 12, stream or download it to your mobile device, and enjoy it anywhere at home or on-the-go.

PowerDVD Remote, now with keyboard control
Kick back on the sofa to browse & enjoy PowerDVD When operating PowerDVD 12 from distance or on large screens, you can use iOS or Android devices to control PowerDVD via Wi-Fi connection. PowerDVD Remote work as a wireless remote controller, mouse tab and now keyboard for PowerDVD.

DLNA Controller & Receiver
Total flexibility to play media content across PCs and devices

With the "Play to" feature on PowerDVD and PowerDVD Mobile you can instantly push your media content to other devices wirelessly, without the hassle of moving files all around. No Wi-Fi network? Just connect your PC and device via USB to browse and playback content. Easy!