Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

Uriel reviewed v11 on Mar 7, 2017

Very restrictive. DRM approved software. Avoid like a plague. Waste of money.

tylergierke reviewed v11 on Aug 23, 2013

solid!

Pieter Pieters reviewed v11 on Sep 29, 2011

Too big for what it only does

some guy reviewed v11 on Sep 28, 2011

crapware! tonamy freewares out their that do a better job
1.VLC
2 W.M.C

eMWu reviewed v11 on Sep 28, 2011

The thing is, there are only like 3 PC software players with full blu-ray support and none of them are free. I prefer TotalMedia Theatre 5 myself though.

Banquo reviewed v10.0.5.544 on Oct 10, 2010

Another dying industry. Windows can play DVDs natively now, there is no longer a need for programs like this any more than there's a need for the hardware DVD decoder cards that used to plug into a PCI slot.

aszure reviewed v10.0.5.544 on Oct 10, 2010

With all the other methods out there for playing a DVD, why would you resort to this? It does work. 3 stars for that. But between mpc, vlc, mplayer and wmp, why would you install this?

gawd21 reviewed v10.0.5.544 on Oct 10, 2010

Corel died about 10 years ago!

Artem S. Tashkinov reviewed v10.0.5.544 on Oct 9, 2010

Mind blowingly bloatware.

Use MPC-HC, instead.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v10.0.5.544 on Oct 9, 2010

after trying both this and power dvd ....I would go with power dvd
sorry Corel

PraetorianGuard reviewed v10.0 on Sep 17, 2009

There were only two reasons to use WinDVD: upscaling and TrimensionDNM.
Without these two features WinDVD was a complete waste of time. It's nice to see that v. 2010 is a much nicer and smoother player. Yes, it's big and the download may seem bulky, but after starting to hate the previous versions, this newest one surprised me by how good the program really is. It's not quite perfect yet, but it is excellent and very much better than v.9.
If you've come to hate WinDVD because of the older versions, try this one and you may love it again.
I can't give it 4.5 out of 5, so I'm giving it 5.

trynow reviewed v9.0 on Mar 24, 2008

Helps you. The other s are not professional.
It makes your eyes understand real movie standarts.
There are freewares and sharewares. If you have one of them your machine will stand alive.Which one if you have windvd plus. I have one from ibm laptop works fine and keeps my laptop young and helps me. You dont need to install any codecs. No trouble yes succesfull.

-Lord- reviewed v9.0 on Mar 21, 2008

I've been using WinDVD for some years now, and I have to agree with some of the reviews previous to mine. For one, a 180 meg download is ludicrous. Once installed, the program comes up way short in function. Open source always opens to the same location even if you store your movies elsewhere, and there is no place to set that. Second, I never understood why the Interactual player gets installed along with WinDVD since they both play DVD's.... am I missing something here? Finally, the installation size compared to something like VLC or Media Player Classic, or even Media PLayer (installed already with Windows) is insanely large. Download a codec pack like K-Lite which is half the size or smaller, and all the codecs you need are installed to view DVD's, Xvid, Divx, etc etc.

Avoid this. It's so not worth the shareware nags, or paying the high price to clutter up your System.

atlantis reviewed v9.0 on Mar 21, 2008

Useless.
WinDVD stopped being a good product many years ago.

Project51 reviewed v9.0 on Mar 21, 2008

You make me laught at 150MB just to play DVD? HAHA

Banquo reviewed v9.0 on Mar 20, 2008

$80 for a crappy software DVD player? Are they insane? I can install a codec and a player like MPC, VLC, GOM, etc for FREE and they'd still be a lot better than this piece of garbage. I hope this company goes under for being so stupid.

CaptainSpeleo reviewed v9.0 on Mar 20, 2008

K-Lite Codec Pack Full provides all the codecs that Windows Media Player 11 needs to view and listen to DVD movies. There's no need to use "pay for" programs.

Genital.Joe reviewed v9.0 on Mar 20, 2008

Nice eye candy GUI, other than that, this is bloatware to an extreme. 174 meg installations, to play DVD and most current other formats? WinAvi, Zoomplayer, and a few others offer virtually the same features, with 95% less disk space occupied.
Unimpressive.

stisev reviewed v8.0.6.109 R3 on Apr 9, 2007

This company and its software can kiss my behind.

1) It's a POS - don't even bother trying it
2) Company is anti-consumer (see 1 review below me) = don't support them!

Use Zoomplayer or MediaPlayer Classic instead!

yokozuna reviewed v8.0.6.109 R3 on Apr 6, 2007

I will never use WinDVD anymore because of that: http://www.engadget.com/...yers-update-or-never-wa/ No, no - my copy is legal but I paid for that and BELONGS TO ME!

PraetorianGuard reviewed v8.0.6.109 R3 on Mar 28, 2007

Version 6 was ok, v7 was great but v8 is shockingly bad.
The download is huge, and doesn't even contain everything you need to run the product: you'll still have to download over 50MB of DirectX components (unless they're already installed by another application).
Half the features do not function, such as TrimensionDNM, and the player is unstable even with the Platinum license on a high-spec PC.
If you're running WinXP, you're best off using WinDVD 7. Unfortunately, you'll need WinDVD 8 if you're running WinVista, so I'd recommend a different programme altogether.

ballyhairs reviewed v8.0.6.109 R3 on Mar 27, 2007

Yes its big but its a great player, its stable and has many options, its the only player I use for DVDs, its not like you launch it every couple of minutes or that its for playing mp3s, I think its mostly for movies.

OzRob reviewed v8.0.6.104 R2 on Jan 27, 2007

I have had all versions from version 4 up to the recent version WinDVD 8 Platinum. I have had compatability trouble with version 7 and now WinDVD 8 Platinum wont even execute after a successful registration.
I have now removed it from my computer. Another anoying thing is when installing you are asked if you want to install a reporting program that sends info back to Intervideo's data base, even if you selsct no it still installs the program, I'm sick of these instalations that want to put all these unwanted programs on as well.
Yes WinDVD 8 Platinum is nothing short of pure CRAP. Stay away from it

zridling reviewed v8.0.6.104 R2 on Dec 20, 2006

Downloaded and worked with this upgrade all day just to see if it would change my mind. Nope. This folks, is what you call a complete trainwreck of software. From its bloat to its unrealistic price, it can no longer be taken seriously.

Artem S. Tashkinov reviewed v8.0.6.104 R2 on Dec 19, 2006

I only give it 2 because it does what it's advertised for: it plays DVD movies. Other than that it's a collection of crap - some enormous download size bundled with tons of unneeded software, the installer doesn't check for .Net 2.0 which is required for installation, sometimes the application doesn't properly uninstalls.

I leave my friends with PowerDVD 6 (I'm a Linux user).

smarterthanyou reviewed v8.0.6.101 R1 on Nov 29, 2006

WinDVD 8 has some serious audio/video synchronization problems. Also, this product does not integrate very well with Windows XP Media Center edition. In order to change any of the settings in WinDVD 8 you have to quit XP's Media Center and run WinDVD 8 externally. PowerDVD 7 on the other hand has a settings page designed specifically for Media Center, not to mention much better video quality.

In WinDVD 8 if you use the TrimensionDNM feature the video is so jerky it makes DVD's unplayable. This happens on my desktop, which has an AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ CPU, 3GB DDR2 memory, and an NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT PCIe graphics card w/256MB of GDDR3 memory and also my Dell E1505 laptop which has an Intel Core 2 1.66 GHz processor, 2GB DDR2 memory, and an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 PCIe graphics adapter w/128MB dedicated memory.

the artist reviewed v8.0.6.101 R1 on Nov 28, 2006

(this review may range from misplaced to helpful... the latter being my intention)

WinDVD 7 is an artpiece of a player, incredibly complete (different from bloated) and the audio and video options were the dream of those who like good quality and "tweakability" in those aspects. Awesome.

Version 8 is really too much in size, i didn't even try it, but it's definitely too much, so get version 7. Incredible soft.

GOM Player is just one more from a mediocre crowd, it's "barely ok" in features, so don't let yourselves be convinced by those fanboys. It's free and light, but TOO BASIC. That's it.

Try WinDVD 7. A must.

muchfedup reviewed v8.0 on Nov 24, 2006

I upgraded last year from preinstalled WinDVD 5 to WinDVD 7 Platinum on a brand new Toshiba Qosmio player W pro SP2 MCE. Wasn't too impressed as the program only starts when it wants. Sometimes ok, sometimes I get nothing at all on double click. Support never replied. This year, I decided to write over this failed install and upgraded to WinDVD 8 Platinum. The install process went fine, wrote over a perfectly fine, registered and up to date version of Quick Time. the installer then downloaded a newer(...) version of Windows installer, went through the install process and left me at the end with an error 1628 failed installation. I can see WinDVD 8 in c/program file but if i click on the exe file, it first sends me to a registration page, then asks me if i would like to take part into some kind of online survey and then I get a Windows error, would you like to send the file to Microsoft. I repeated the same full process several times emptying the temp file every time. No program icon has been created, no short cut in the start menu, no entry in the "add remove program". Arghhhhhhh. How do I get rid of it. I tried contacting support @ intervideo through their automated link and received an email bak: user unknown. I tried "sales" with the same result. Their agent in the UK doesn't answer the phone. I finally managed to send an email to "billing" and await a reply. I have lost a lot of time and money. No way to contact the company and my computer is now clustered with a useless program impossible to remove. Shame there is no 0 rating.

Conjurewoman reviewed v8.0 on Nov 16, 2006

I had WinDVD 4, the full platinum package, and when I upgraded my PC to XP, the old version 4 reverted back to the useless trial version, and as their paid-for product keys are only good for 10 days, I was forced to go to Intervideo website to get a new one, whereupon I found they are up to V-8. Reasonable to upgrade I thought, so I DL the free trial version WINDVD-8, wouldn't load at all (multiple errors on install). Went back to their site and was informed I have to pay for full product to get support. $60 later I STILL have a useless program that will not load and now nearly a week later despite MULTIPLE requests for support I have heard NADA from Intervideo. I have had to go with the competitor's product POWER DVD instead because my project had a deadline (which I missed thanks to Intervideo). WORTHLESS RIP OFF PRODUCT!! STAY AWAY FROM INTERVIDEO!

Lug reviewed v8.0 on Nov 9, 2006

I have the same, what at ksterling3. Interestingly, what does it take place from and as possible it to avoid?

Bandyt reviewed v8.0 on Nov 9, 2006

It's hard to believe this is an update to a once decent DVD player. Slow, bloated and now useless.

Thanks zridling for the GOM Player site. GOM Player is better by far in every way.

zridling reviewed v8.0 on Nov 9, 2006

Landfish is right; I'm wrong, especially with this 8.0 version. To be fair, the 7.0 version I last reviewed was half this size at 55M. Seems like the free GOM Player is so much better, smaller, faster, and does all the little extras that WinDVD does.

ballyhairs reviewed v8.0 on Nov 9, 2006

@zridling
This player your talking about keeps crashing, it doesn't even start

ksterling3 reviewed v8.0 on Nov 8, 2006

Installer generated a series of errors for files that failed to register on WinXP SP2. On uninstall, the same files failed to unregister. I have admin rights, nothing should have stopped the installer, antivirus was also deactivated for the install to avoid interaction. Also, the tray icon for NOD32 a/v was replaced with a "black box" icon on reboot and until WINDVD 8 was removed, although the a/v program appeared to be functioning correctly when clicked. Other quirks noted. Odd results for a new - not beta - release. My purchase is being processed for refund.

landfish reviewed v8.0 on Nov 8, 2006

@ zridling
first time I've heard 115 Mb called streamline.

this used to be an ok piece of software, now it's just a bloated piece of junk.

zridling reviewed v7.0 Release 8 on May 1, 2006

Bloated, are you kidding? WinDVD is so simple and streamlined, it's amazing. Their interface improvements on this version compared to the last are great. Although the free Media Player Classic will play your DVDs, WinDVD Platinum makes it all so... easy. If you watch a lot of video, then it's well worth it.

klingon379 reviewed v7.0 Release 7 on Mar 23, 2006

What is the difference between WinDVD 7 Release 7 and all of the other releases of WinDVD 7? The company's website doesn't even state that there are different releases of WinDVD 7.

InSuboRdiNaTioN reviewed v7.0 Release 5 on Feb 9, 2006

Big, bloated, and the GUI could use a little work. It would get a 3, but the absurd price brings it down to a 2.

yokozuna reviewed v7.0 Release 5 on Nov 10, 2005

vanleeuwen, the increased size is caused by optional Google Desktop Search components in 5 language versions. Therefore InterVideo could cut the price (Google covers some price share).

WinDVD is great, what I like most is almost perfect support for DVD+/-VR. PowerDVD has serious problems with the standard, at least with the European (PAL) substandards of recordable DVDs.

dademurphy reviewed v7.0 Release 5 on Nov 10, 2005

5 for the program.
1 for BetaNews.

You guys are getting slower and slower with your download speeds.

zridling reviewed v7.0 Release 5 on Nov 10, 2005

Based on the final 7.0 release, I have to change my vote and say I now love the stability. Controls are also easier to manipulate.

Metshrine reviewed v7.0 Release 5 on Nov 10, 2005

This player is the best of its kind. Great quality, lots of features and support for different technologies. The 96/24 support is a great addon (although a bit late). Well worth its cost.

vanleeuwen reviewed v7.0 B27.115 on Sep 16, 2005

It nice and has lots of cool sound features but what did they add to it from version 7.0 B27.073 at 37.3MB to 7.0 B27.115 now 49.7MB ?? A bulid update should be a minor fix but this added 13MB !

zridling reviewed v7.0 B27.115 on Sep 16, 2005

That was then; this is now. InterVideo dropped the price and this baby is fast, loading DVDs much faster than a physical player. Interface controls are a lot easier to navigate now, too. Well worth it.

zridling reviewed v7.0.B27.073 on Jul 30, 2005

I registered version 6, but this is not a significant improvement, and not worth having. Stick with 6 or just use K-Lite.

SG1969 reviewed v7.0.B27.073 on Jul 29, 2005

compared to other popular DVD players and media players such as PowerDVD, MPC, VLC, and wmp, i think this is much better, the interface is nice, etc, but it's so slow to load. i don't know if it's just me, but i find myself waiting a long time between opening windvd and the DVD actually starting to play. it is much better than v6, and i hope they can streamline it in further releases.
i usually use vlc for media files, but since it's GUI is so bad, it's not very practical for DVDs, eventhough it plays them just fine. as for mpc, well i like the player a lot, but i have trouble with it remembering my audio settings, keeps reverting from 4 speaker to stereo, so that's why i don't use it at the moment.

overall, this is a good player

ckjnigel reviewed v7.0.B27.071 on Jun 28, 2005

I was disappointed by their version of "smart stretch" -- Cyberlink's is better.

Buggle reviewed v7.0 on Jun 16, 2005

This player is the best in it's market of bloated full futured players. It's faster, more stable and better to config than PowerDVD. That's why this product get's a four vote from me. But that's only in comparison with those other similar products.

But I do not intend to use it. Why not? Because there is a very good free option called Media Player Classic, by Gabest. Go search for it, you can play virtually anything with it.

The problem with players like WinDVD and PowerDVD is that they are big, very big (heavy on the resources). They are only intended to play DVD's, they are way to slow and big to play anything else.

The_Almeister reviewed v7.0 on Jun 15, 2005

They want $40.00 to upgrade from version 6. I had to pay that to upgrade to version 6 fron version 5. That's nuts.No wonder there is so much piracy.Lately I have been using Nero Showtime, it's just as good and not as bloated.

pjb reviewed v7.0 on Jun 15, 2005

(Edit @ anti00Zero - Did I say you? No. Therefore don't say something I did not write! (Note correct grammar – write)
If you care to read the reviews the comment was directed at Banquo who said 'WinDVD 7 just isn't worth paying for; I wouldn't install it if it was free')

V7 is good. It's better, quicker and smaller than V6 (About 15MB less than v6 in Add/Remove).
The Google Toolbar/Desktop Search is optional, and does not have to be installed. Always read the options given for a better installation.

PS If you are not going to install it, why review it!

anti00Zero reviewed v7.0 on Jun 15, 2005

@ bunghole

right right!

but i think it's a good player. a little bit better then powerdvd. for example the mobile settings is for notebooks great.

edit: @ pjb
i didn't say i don't install it!
1. think.
2. don't say something that i didn't wrote.

Banquo reviewed v7.0 on Jun 15, 2005

This has turned into a bloated pig of a program. Now it has Google Toolbar and Desktop search? Why on earth does anyone need those to watch movies? For what it's worth PowerDVD is becoming a mess also. I have decided to stay with PowerDVD 5 as it works fine without trying to take over my system. They've run into a problem; how much more can you improve a DVD player? I mean it plays movies. So they need new gimmicks to sell new versions, begin adding junk and unecessary features and basically turning a once great program into garbage. Just buy an older version of PowerDVD and that's all anyone needs. If you want a perfect picture buy a standalone DVD player. You can get one for much less than this junk. WinDVD 7 just isn't worth paying for; I wouldn't install it if it was free.

mjm01010101 reviewed v7.0 on Jun 15, 2005

The one feature I want, which is better error condition handling, is lacking. I want the player to not crash or freeze if the DVD has scratches or flaws. This is far more important to me than any feature they've added in the past few years.

freeafrog reviewed v4.0.11.215 on May 17, 2005

Though I received the product with my new 64-bit computer, the product will not install on the Windows XP Pro 64-bit OS

bunghole reviewed v6.0.6.161 on Apr 30, 2005

$70??? Nothing about WinDVD justifies $70. Use MPC and bitctrl mpeg2 decoder. MPC is free, the bitctrl decoder is like $13.

http://www.bitcontrol.co...cts/video-decoder.shtml

Domingo reviewed v6.0.6.161 on Apr 29, 2005

I'm not really fond of how invasive both WinDVD and PowerDVD have become as of late.
For me the best alternative is to use a Codec pack (or ffdshow, although it's a little finicky) and use either MPC or WMP to play DVD's. Nero's DVD player is also good and free if you have Nero (which many people tend to).

yokozuna reviewed v6.0.6.161 on Apr 29, 2005

I highly recommend to install this release from scratch. I upgraded an older version & had quite a lot of problems. Please, do try it at home ;-)

photonboy reviewed v6.0.B06.128 on Feb 28, 2005

My system:
800MHz CPU,1GB RAM,4.1SPKRS,Creative Audigy2

If this player was way, waaay cheaper I would have given it a higher score.

But, I can download Windows Media Player Classic V6.4.8.3 and the AC3 filter V1.01a for free and I get great video and sound . I can also use WMPC with my Streamzap remote control.

I actually prefer WMPC because I can turn up the Volume without having to crank up my System Volume(especially if you open the ac3 filter and boost the gain). Before you buy, download the two files that I mentioned and compare for yourself.

For this much money I would expect some advanced filters to help out on older/poor video to improve picture quality.

zridling reviewed v6.0.B06.128 on Feb 28, 2005

Nothing short of excellent! Works perfectly every time. I just wish my home DVD player had this kind of capability.

nursegolfer reviewed v4.0.11.215 on Feb 23, 2005

Though I hold Dell support in high esteem, I have been able to solve my problem of installing windvd through your website.
It has been here that I was able to find the driver to facilitate restoring my dvd to its original configuration. I love the clarity that this program provides. I additionly enjoy the simplicity of the controls.
I intend to inform Dell Support that this site is avaliable to assist others with the same problem I was faced with.

Thanx,
Mark A. Joplin

paulm reviewed v6.0.B06.083 on Nov 22, 2004

Yes, as per usual no changelog provided. But a good software player. Only (slight) gripe is that it is a little slow loading, even on a fast(ish) PC. P4 2.8.

Bachalor reviewed v6.0.B06.083 on Nov 22, 2004

What's new in this version (I miss a release-info!).

Caleb reviewed v6.0.B06.083 on Nov 22, 2004

WinDVD is the best DVD playback application!

In the past versions WinDVD seems to register its MPEG4 codec which could lead to crashes while playing XVID/DIVX movies..

To disable this go to Start > Run and type this:
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\InterVideo\Common\Bin\MP4VDEC.ax"
Press enter and problem should be solved!

zridling reviewed v6.0.B06.046 on Jun 13, 2004

I really like this program because of its extensive features and keen keyboard shortcuts. It's also easy to bookmark, playback, or capture screens directly to .jpgs. Very clever, and worth the money if you're looking for an excellent trouble-free DVD player on the PC.

cr_nch reviewed v6.0.6.42 on Jun 7, 2004

Ill give it to them this program is indeed the best.. powerdvd doesnt have crap on this.. i suggest using it.. i purchased a liscense because of this release.

pjb reviewed v6.0.6.42 on Jun 7, 2004

A vast improvement in start-up time from version 5. Some good enhancements have been added. Installation was smooth, and no re-start required!

Darken reviewed v6.0.6.42 on Jun 7, 2004

Fantastic. Nice new skin.

Qlib reviewed v6.0.6.42 on Jun 6, 2004

well it works pretty well for DVDs and such.. MediaPlayerClassic still isnt primetime ready for DVD's.. also does a good job of VCD..SVCD but it does an absolute really crap job of Xvid and DivX.. it freezes and skips and is amazingly sluggish to use when loading a xvid encoded .avi file for example and sound and video went out of sync immediately and loading a .wmv only crashed it. Quicktime worked ok until I tried loading a protected .mov file then WinDVD went nuts and not even a reboot made it start again.. so.. uninstalled and bye bye for now.. It's still good for DVDs yes but when it claims to be an all-round media system they need to iron out a big pile of bugs first.

Jean-Luc Picard reviewed v6.0.6.42 on Jun 6, 2004

WinDVD is a very good player. fast and easy to use.

Dezekiel reviewed v6.0.6.42 on Jun 6, 2004

PowerDVD 5 is the word.

WinDVD has a bit too low image quality compared to PowerDVD 5, altough supports new technologies, nothing can match to the PowerDVD's filters.

Darken reviewed v5.3.5.37 on Apr 25, 2004

Fantastic. What more can I say. :P

radius reviewed v5.3.5.37 on Apr 24, 2004

taking the same way than acdsee
i think older versions (4.5) are better.

thexfile reviewed v5.3.5.37 on Apr 24, 2004

WinDVD Platinum = The good stuff.

xeonox reviewed v5.3.5.22 on Jan 16, 2004

Awsome DVD player, no problem running or playing back, has many features. Ill take WinDVD any day over powerdvd or those other cheezy dvd programs.

darkstar559 reviewed v5.3.5.20 on Dec 12, 2003

This is soo much better than PowerDVD, performs a lot better, it works and its great. DVD Audio is nice too!

wiak reviewed v5.3.5.20 on Dec 12, 2003

WinDVD 4 OwnZ PowerDVD and WinDVD 5!

Havohej reviewed v5.1 B05.026 on Nov 24, 2003

I hate this program. I can't even hear sound when playing DVD's. Playback is just fine with any other program, including v4 of this one. Worst upgrade ever.

antonbest reviewed v5.1.5.15 on Sep 28, 2003

I have always loved PowerDVD more than WinDVD but for what it is worth it is half decent

stevenyu reviewed v5.1.5.11 on Sep 5, 2003

I got an error for two file that can't be registed correctly, however the program seems to be running perfect without problem from the two files, the new audio technology still need to be check out!!!

ShawnDevin reviewed v5.1.5.11 on Sep 4, 2003

Pro: The program plays back video very well. The picture quality seems better than real player (which I tend to prefer for playing back almost everything). The picture scales very well to be full screen. Artifacts are much less noticeable than most other players.

Cons: Some mpg files look very washed out in WinDVD, but look great in realplayer, WinDVD takes a very long time to start up.

gagar reviewed v5.1.5.5 on Aug 28, 2003

WinDVD Platinum 5.1 its very cool, im see in www.oranges.ru go to archive

pjb reviewed v5.1 on Aug 22, 2003

This installed with no problems on my system (Win XP SP1), and works fine. Admittedly the activation screen was annoying, but that should not detract from the application which works fine. Would have been 5* but for the activation screen.

Dapple reviewed v5.1 on Aug 21, 2003

This version dosent install without errors, Give me ver4 any day. That works like a charm no errors and dosent keep the activation menu item once you have activated it.
Very bad work on this intervideo.

kgruber reviewed v5.0.26.33 on Jul 21, 2003

I am not as satisfied with this program as I have been with WinDVD 4.0 Platinum. Although I have not experienced any issues with playback specifically, this program operates noticeably slower and less lean than its predecessor or it's comeptition (e.g. PowerDVD 4). I am left wondering what the real benefit of this incarnation is. For a decent and *FREE* alternative, I invite you to look at ViPlay. http://urusoft.cjb.net/. Cheers!

rseiler reviewed v5.0.26.33 on Jul 20, 2003

It's good to see some can install this latest interim, but unlike all the past interims (at least five of them), this one won't install for me with a "Error Number: 0x80040207 Failed to load Instutil" error message right at the beginning of Setup. Odd. I rebooted to clear the slate, redownloaded it, but same thing. XP.

Lynchburg reviewed v5.0.26.33 on Jul 20, 2003

5.0.26.33 Still doesn't have the 'Finish by' feature. It is listed in the help file though. : (

golbex reviewed v5.0.26.23 on Jul 4, 2003

Thanks for the heads up, Lynch. This is why sometimes I won't upgrade right away - companies remove features!

Lynchburg reviewed v5.0.26.23 on Jul 4, 2003

Worked fine for me on clean install of W2k SP4. Except - Needed the MSXML from MS' site and, it appears they removed the "Finish by" feature where you can tell the movie to end by a certain time. Is anyone else know how to get the "Finish by" feature to work? (The "Play in" feature is all that is left.)

oudoulj reviewed v5.0 on Jun 15, 2003

ABOUT THE MSXML ISSUE:
To solve this issue, make a sub-folder named "msxml" in the Windows (or Winnt) directory and place a fake file in it named "msxml3sp2Setup.exe" (to do so, create "msxml3sp2Setup.txt" then change its extension to exe)
The program should then allow you to install .

If you are re-installing, create that folder under X:\Program Files\InterVideo\DVD5 folder and place that file in it.

pjb reviewed v5.0 on Jun 14, 2003

I am using WinXP-Home,(SP1), and have DirectX 9.0a installed. I was using version 4.5.11.26, and uninstalled this to install version 5.0. If found no problems during the installation process. The only change I made after the installation, was to check the 2 tick boxes under the video tab. I have noticed a vast improvement in sound quality in this version compared with 4.5.

Alca reviewed v5.0 on Jun 14, 2003

I installed this... thing on my laptop and I was trying to play some .mpeg files with it.
1. The video size was wrong
2. The quality was awful. The colors was bad. I changed from the options menu the display type to lcd, tv, etc with no luck.
I desized to uninstall this thing and now I have wrong, very dark colors on windows, and the movie files I play with WMP is so dark as hell. I suppose I have to reinstall Windows to get rid of this curse. STAY AWAY!!!

tee+ reviewed v5.0 on Jun 14, 2003

My Computor already has WinDVD 4.5 Platinum and "Microsoft DirectX 9.0a" and "Microsoft MSXML Parser".
But when I want to install this WinDVD 5.0, it tells me that my computor don't has DirectX8.1 and MSXML installed.
s*** !

Donald24 reviewed v5.0 on Jun 14, 2003

Cannot give more than 1 star, because WinDVD5 is not working on my XPprof_SP1 machine. Right after clicking on "Remind me to register in 5 days" it quits, and it keeps on quitting right after starting.
I deinstalled the previous 4.5 before installation properly.

That shouldn't happen...

Don

Aristo reviewed v5.0 on Jun 14, 2003

oudoulj,

I too have Win2k w/DirectX 9.0a. Same problem also appeared on my machine during installation.

Agon reviewed v4.5.28.94 on Jun 2, 2003

This is the best DVD player around, no match!
The image quality is far far better then powerdvd, no excepetions! The sounds quality is crisp, the bass is deep as you can want it the dolby surrounds is amazing! This is NOt made to play DVDs from hard drive, so basing your opinion on this is nill of any consideration.
This program also ports a very good bookmarks ability and management. True it is not cheap, but if you are half serious about playing DVDs, give it a try, even if like me, you used powerdvd before, you won't go back after you try this one !

ye110manz reviewed v4.5.11.26 on Jan 12, 2003

it's a pain in the a** to play dvd's ripped to a hard drive. since my movies are kept on my hard drive powerdvd is much more convenient for me.

WRFan reviewed v4.5.11.26 on Jan 10, 2003

link is down. you shouldn't link directly to the exe, for some obscure reason they always change the file location. what also annoys me is that if the intervideo video-dsp plugins are switched on in media player 9, then it always crashes when playing videos which require the MS mpeg4 decoder. when these plugins are unchecked, wmp 9 stops crashing and dvd playback still works fine, but I hope they fix the problem. the programme itself is uncomfortable and slow, eats all system resources, but the filters are great, one should just use wmp for playback, not the windvd programme. both use the same filters anyway, while wmp is faster and much more comfortable, you can move forward and back as if playing a normal mpeg or avi file

Orlando reviewed v4.5.11.7 on Dec 14, 2002

I just recently started using WinDVD, after using PowerDVD for over 6 months, and I must agree that WinDVD's picture quality is MUCH, MUCH better than PowerDVDs. And the sound quality is far superior too. However, WinDVD a couple of days ago said they were now going to be using Macrovision in their software. So if this is the first version of their software that uses Macrovision (so you can't make backup copies of your DVD's), then I wouldn't download it (use the previous version).

xahid reviewed v4.5.11.7 on Dec 14, 2002

one of my favorite program !!!
another thing size is reduce from 19MB to 11.6MB :)

Agon reviewed v4.5.11.7 on Dec 13, 2002

Kiriakos if you think the image quality is the same you obviously have either a very bad graphic card, monitor or combinaiton of both. This version is much better then any NVDvd or PowerDVD I have tried, and if you look there is a "full screen" on/off overide button, so look before you speak.
The sound is amazingly rich and deep. This is trully the best DVD software out there, I was using PowerDVD XP so far but this one just beats it specialy in the sound aspect.

Kiriakos GR reviewed v4.5.11.7 on Dec 13, 2002

I did not like it , the quality of the picture is not any superior than other software , and the sound support for audio cards as the known Aureal Vortex is missing completely. The Aureal 8830 ,or known as SQ2500 supports 4 speaker channels .. The PowerDVD4 5.1 ver operates fantastic , and i am asking ,why there is no support in WinDVD about it ??
Another problem that i notice is that you do not have full screen coverage , what ever setting is used ..
Well as long the PowerDVD4 5.1 works great for me , i will stop looking for other solutions , simply because there is no any better than that .

monkeyrapist reviewed v4.5.11.7 on Dec 13, 2002

Excellent, as I'm sure everyone already knows.

One of the select few pieces of software that is worth the money.

dmateljic reviewed v4.5.11.7 on Dec 13, 2002

Actualy it's old news :-), program entered scene before few days ... and it's damn good !
Specialy if u own one of latest video cards like ATI9700pro or NV30 :-) .
For me it properly detect all MMX capabilities of AthlonXP and my 9700pro cards .. TVOUT work nice ( small hint "Use one display VGA config, connect TV OUT cable, start DVD player, press Alt+F5, then enjoy DVD DX accelerated movie experience ) but if u use DUAL mode ( VGA + TVOUT ) u will get only software decoding of DVD ( on 9700pro with latest BIOS / driver /dx9RC2 ) ...

Dapple reviewed v4.0.11.215 on Dec 1, 2002

The link is for WinDVD.v4.07 dated 23 july 2002, And the link from winbeta was for a japanise ver that wouldn't install.

Electronic Punk reviewed v4.0.11.187 on Nov 18, 2002

Oh and this is not the DVS version as I clearly stated in my article. That will be released on the 6th December.

paulm reviewed v4.0.11.187 on Nov 18, 2002

Like PowerDVD 4.0 XP, WinDVD is excellent and my prefered of the two, as WinDVD 4.x runs a little smoother on my OLD 16 meg Voodoo 3 3000 Card under XP.
Must get that Geforce 4 4200 one of these days!

I haven't had a good play of this latest revision as yet so hope the annoying intermittant popping up of the control panel interface has finally been fixed on my XP pro install?

junkmale reviewed v4.0.11.83 on Jul 25, 2002

Looks good but, I'll stick with NVDVD....grat picture and sound.