You can watch YouTube* videos, including 4K, HDR, 360, and live videos, directly from within the Online Video tab of CyberLink PowerDVD.
Note: * this feature is not available in some editions of CyberLink PowerDVD 18. |
To watch videos on YouTube, do this:
1.Select Online Video section of the media panel and then YouTube.
Note: if required, hover your mouse over the YouTube section, and then click on |
to sign in to your account on YouTube so you can view your subscriptions, favorites, and any videos you have uploaded.2.Use the tabs at the top of the media window to filter the videos from YouTube, or use the search field to search for videos you want to watch.
3.Select a video and then click the play button to begin playing it back. See Video Playback Controls for a description of the available playback controls when playing YouTube videos.
4.When watching videos on YouTube, you can set the quality of the video. To do this, click the 
button, select Quality, and then the desired resolution from the list.
Note: the quality options that are available is dependent on those available from YouTube. |
Pinning YouTube Videos
When browsing through the videos available on the tabs in the YouTube section, you can pin the videos that you want to watch later. These pinned videos can be played when you are not connected to the Internet.
To pin a YouTube video, do this:
1.In the media window browse to the YouTube video that you want to pin.
2.Do either of the following:
•hover your mouse over the video thumbnail and then click 
.
•right-click on the video thumbnail and then select Pin.
3.In the dialog that displays, click OK.
Playing Pinned YouTube Videos
To play back videos that you previously pinned, select Online Video, YouTube, and then select 
. Select the video you want to play, and then click the play button.
Note: you can import external subtitles during the playback of pinned YouTube videos. |
See Video Playback Controls for a description of the available playback controls when playing YouTube videos.
Note: the YouTube videos on the pinned videos tab can be reordered before playback by dragging them to a new position. |
Extracting Audio from Pinned YouTube Videos
You can extract just the audio track from a pinned YouTube video and import it into the media library. To extract audio from a pinned YouTube video, do this:
1.Select Online Video, YouTube, and then select from the drop-down.
2.Right-click on the video you want to extract the audio from, and then select Extract Audio.
3.In the Extract Audio dialog, enter a Title, or name for the audio file that will be created. If required, you can also modify the Artist, Album, and Genre fields.
Note: you can also add album art for the extract audio by double clicking on the album art box and then browsing to and locating an image on your hard drive to use it as the album art. |
4.Click the More Settings button to configure the extract audio settings as follows:
•Destination directory: set the folder on your computer where the extracted audio will be stored by clicking the Change button and selecting the new folder.
Note: if you select a folder that it is not in the media library, CyberLink PowerDVD will auto add the folder and the extracted audio into the media library for you. |
•Format: select the preferred audio file format of the extracted audio.
•Bitrate: set the quality of the extracted audio files.
Click OK to close the More Settings dialog.
5.Click the Extract button to extract the audio and import it into the media library.