Playing Movie Files in PowerDVD

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Playing Movie Files in PowerDVD

You can play back movie files by doing any of the following:

drag and drop a movie file directly onto the CyberLink PowerDVD user interface or the PowerDVD desktop icon.

to play a movie file in your media library, click Movies/TV in the media panel, and then . Browse to the folder that contains your movie files, and then double-click on a movie file to begin playback.

if you want to play a DVD/Blu-ray folder* that is not in the media library, click , browse to and select the folder, and then click the play button.

Note: * this feature is not available in some editions of CyberLink PowerDVD 18.

to play a movie file on your hard drive, click the My Computer tab in the media panel, and then browse to the folder that contains your movie file. Double-click on a movie file to begin playback.

Note: you can now resume playback on movie files played via the My Computer tab. See Resuming From Last Scene of Videos Not in the Media Library for more information.

if CyberLink PowerDVD is set as the default player for a movie file on your computer (see File Association for more information), you can also just double-click on a file in Windows Explorer to play it back.

Note: you can also play movie files that are on a network (UPnP/DLNA/DTCP-IP) media server. See Playing Media Shared on a Device or Home Media (DLNA) Network for more information on playing media on a network.