Play DVD Movie with WinDVD Player

Whether watching DVD movies on your laptop as you travel, using your computer as a second DVD player for your kids, or watching a movie on your desktop as you work, WinDVD lets you get the most out of any computer with a DVD drive.
In addition to all the features you find in your home entertainment DVD player, WinDVD gives you advanced functionality not possible on your living room DVD player, such as time-stretching, zooming and panning, and thumbnail bookmarks. Personalize WinDVD to get the most out of it; you can customize WinDVD to suit your preferences and hardware.
WinDVD automatically determines the type of disc in your DVD drive and uses the correct playback method for DVD titles, video CDs, or audio CDs.
Play at normal speed, or fit the movie into the time you have available to watch it! Time stretching lets you decide how long the movie takes to view.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to navigate without a mouse.
Use autohide to hide the control panel until you need it, giving you an unobstructed view of your favorite movie.
If a DVD has it, WinDVD can handle it. WinDVD recognizes all of the author's DVD features and lets you access them through the WinDVD user interface.

Playing DVD Movies
Watching a DVD movie is simple. In most cases, you just insert the disc. WinDVD starts automatically and determines the type of disc in the drive. But sometimes there's more to viewing a DVD title than letting a movie start and play through to the end without stopping. WinDVD lets you control your DVD viewing.

Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the WinDVD Control Panel. This control panel contains all the basic transport controls (Play, Pause, Stop, etc.), volume and mute, playback speed, chapter and menu navigation, and the repeat options. For more control, the adjustment subpanels put advanced settings and DVD options at your fingertips.
Just want to watch a movie now? Here's how to get started.
Starting a DVD
To view a DVD title, put the disc into the default DVD drive. WinDVD should automatically play the disk. To manually start a title, click the Play icon, or press the Return key on the keyboard. Note: some DVDs contain other player software, and will ask you if you want to install it when the disc is inserted. We recommend against doing this, since this software may take over DVD playback functions and eliminate the special capabilities of WinDVD.
Pausing a DVD
On the primary control panel, click Pause , or press the spacebar on the keyboard. To resume play, click Play or press the spacebar again.
Viewing the Movie in Full Screen
Click the Full Screen icon, double-click the viewing window, or press Z on the keyboard. If the current playback is in Window mode, it will switch to full screen mode. If it is in full screen mode, it will switch to window mode.
You can also take advantage of the Autohide feature, found on the Control tab of the Setup dialog. Autohide hides the control panel after a period of no mouse movement, clearing the screen for unobstructed viewing.
Increasing, Decreasing, and Muting Volume
To increase volume, move the volume slider upwards to the desired volume level, or press [Shift][Up Arrow] on the keyboard.
To decrease volume, move the volume slider downwards to the desired volume level, or press [Shift][Down Arrow] on the keyboard.
To mute the volume, click the Mute button , or press M on the keyboard.
Adjusting Color
Use the color controls in the Color subpanel to fine-tune the display. These work like the controls found on a standard television set. Use the sliders to set the brightness, contrast, color saturation, hue, and gamma correction. Gamma correction is only available with WinDVD. See the InterVideo web site for details.
Changing Chapters
To jump to a different chapter, click the Next or Previous Chapter button or use the chapter menu that drops down from the menu button between the chapter buttons. You can also press C on the keyboard to open the Chapter menu directly.
Changing Your Settings
Additional settings that determine how the movie us played are organized into several subpanels, including Navigation, Language, Display, Color and Audio Effect.
To change your system settings, including speaker configuration and default settings for new discs, use the Setup dialog.
Ejecting a Disk
To eject a disk from the player, click the Eject button , or press E on the keyboard.
Zooming In
Click the Zoom button on the control panel. When you click Zoom (changing to Zoom mode), the zoom button changes to display "1:1", indicating that you are in zoom/pan mode.
Click the viewing area to zoom in. Continue clicking to zoom in further, or right-click and select Switch to Pan Mode to change to the Pan mode.
Once you have reached the maximum zoom level, the viewing are returns to normal view if the screen is clicked again.
To restore the full view, click the Zoom icon again, or press U on the keyboard.
Closing WinDVD
To close WinDVD, click the Close icon .
Launching Other InterVideo Products
If you have other InterVideo products installed on your computer, such as WinRip, WinProducer, WinDVR, or WinCoder, you can launch them using the WinCinema Manager. Right-click the WinCinema Manager icon, located in the system tray, and select the program to launch.
WinCinema Manager is not available with some versions of WinDVD.