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Playback Features
Playback Features
Chapter 6:
CyberLink PowerDVD includes many playback features that are sure to enhance
your movie viewing experience.
TrueTheater Effects
Click the button to display the TrueTheater Effects* window.
Note: * this feature is not available in some versions of CyberLink PowerDVD.
TrueTheater effects are a group of video and audio enhancement technologies
from CyberLink that help provide the best viewing experience possible during the
playback of your media.
Note: TrueTheater video effects are disabled during the playback of Blu-ray Disc
titles and when hardware acceleration is enabled.
TrueTheater Video Effects
During the playback of DVDs, video files, and videos on YouTube, you can enable
TrueTheater video effects to maximize the video playback quality.
Note: CyberLink PowerDVD cannot apply certain TrueTheater video effects to
some video file formats.
Enabling Hardware/Software Decoding
At the top of the Videos tab of the TrueTheater Technology window, you can
enable hardware or software decoding for smoother video playback.
Enable hardware decoding acceleration: if your computer supports NVIDIA
CUDA/AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing technology, select Enable NVIDIA
CUDA/AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing to use GPU acceleration to
decode the video for smoother movie playback. When selected, the
TrueTheater Effects are disabled.
Enable software decoding without TrueTheater Effects: select this option if
you want to use CyberLink's built in codec to decode the video for smoother
movie playback. When selected, the TrueTheater Effects are disabled.