Main Controls
Button/Icon Hot Key Description
A Volume controls +, Q, - Increase, mute or decrease volume
B Volume -- Displays volume level
C Current media type -- Displays the current media type
D Display area -- Displays DVD title/chapter number and elapsed time
E About Ctrl-A Displays information about PowerDVD
F Control wheel -- Refer to Control Wheel
G Help F1 Accesses online help
H Eject Ctrl-E Ejects discs from CD/DVD-ROM drive
I Minimize Ctrl-N Minimizes user interface to taskbar
J Power off Ctrl-X Exits PowerDVD
K Navigational slider -- Visually displays elapsed time. Click along slider to jump to other locations
L Snapshot C Captures video content as bitmap image files
M Go up/AB repeat R Goes up to previous section when navigating DVD title menu selections. Sets points for AB repeat function during playback
N Next audio stream H Switches among available audio streams
O Next subtitle U Switches among available subtitles during playback
P Full screen Z Switches to full screen and back to windows mode
Q Configuration Ctrl-C Configuration settings are all located here
R i-Power! F3 i-Power takes you to the Internet directly
S Skin toggle Ctrl-T Toggles between maximized and minimized skin
T Menu L Accesses all available DVD menus
U Select source Ctrl-O Selects media source for playback
V Menu/number pad / Activates/inactivates menu/number pad
Playing VCD/SVCD
PowerDVD allows you to play practically anything with digital content, and this includes VCD formats (Video CD and Super Video CD) or Audio CD. Of course, because of VCD/SVCD's inherent limitations, it will not be able to fully utilize all DVD functions.
For a quicker understanding of the differences between VCD and SVCD, below is a simple table.
Specifications SVCD VCD 2.0
Video MPEG-2 MPEG-1
Video Bitrate (Mbps) 2.6 variable 1.15
Resolution NTSC (PAL) 480x480 (480x576) 352x240 (352x288)
Audio MPEG-1 Layer 2 or MPEG-2 MPEG-1 Layer 2
Audio Bitrate (kbps) 32-384 224
Audio Channels 2 stereo or 4 mono 1 stereo or 2 mono
Surround Sound MPEG-2 (5.1) extension Stereo with Dolby Pro Logic
Insert the VCD/SVCD and start PowerDVD. Click Play . Be sure that the source is correct. If not, click Select Source and choose the right drive.
The VCD/SVCD will begin playing. Depending on the VCD/SVCD title, some may offer a title menu. Depending on your title, the on screen menu selection can be clicked on directly or use the Number Pad to select.
All VCD/SVCDs will have the capability of navigating, so put the navigational slider to full use and navigate as you like.
You may also Shuttle Forward or Shuttle Reverse.
Click Next or Previous to skip or return to chapters depending if your title supports it.
