On the General settings tab you can name your PowerDVD, set the language of the user interface, configure player options, and more. The available settings are as follows:
Name your PowerDVD
In the field provided, enter a name for CyberLink PowerDVD on the current computer you are using. You use this name to identify this computer on a network or the Home Media (DLNA) tab of another computer running PowerDVD.
The UI language option allows you to set the language for CyberLink PowerDVD's user interface. In the drop-down, select the specific language that you want CyberLink PowerDVD to use. Select System Default if you want the language to be the same as your operating system's, if supported.
Player options
•Run PowerDVD automatically at Windows startup: select this option to have CyberLink PowerDVD launch automatically when your computer starts.
•Show OSD: select this option if you want to show the on screen display (OSD) text during playback.
•Automatically play next video when video ends: select this option if you want CyberLink PowerDVD to play the next video in finds in a folder when playback of the previous one ends.
•Check for product update information: select to periodically check for updates or new versions of PowerDVD automatically.
The Auto-Resume setting section lets you set the behavior of CyberLink PowerDVD when you play a DVD disc or video file (in the movie/TV show library) you viewed previously. Select from the available settings in the drop-down list. To prevent CyberLink PowerDVD from prompting, select one of the first two options. See Auto Resume for more detailed information on this feature.
•Don't search system folders: select this option if you don't want PowerDVD to search for files that in Windows system folders when on the My Computer tab.
Select files opened with PowerDVD
Click the Set File Association button to set the file formats that CyberLink PowerDVD is the default player for. When any of the selected file formats in the Set File Association window are double-clicked on your computer, CyberLink PowerDVD launches and plays it back.
Note: this feature is not available under Windows 8. Instead, you can click on the Set Associations for PowerDVD button to access the Set Program Associations function in Windows. |
The check boxes are defined as follows:
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means CyberLink PowerDVD is not the default player for this type of file.
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means for these file extensions, CyberLink PowerDVD is the default player for some, but not all of them.
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means CyberLink PowerDVD is the default player for all the file extensions in this type.
•Play automatically upon inserting disc: select this option to have CyberLink PowerDVD automatically launch and start playback when a disc is inserted into the disc drive.
CyberLink Product Improvement Program
•I want to participate: select this item if you would like to participate in the CyberLink Product Improvement Program for PowerDVD. Once enabled, CyberLink PowerDVD will collect information about the hardware and software configuration of your computer system, as well as your usage behavior and statistics related to the software. Click the Learn more link to view more detailed information about the content collected.
Note: the CyberLink Product Improvement Program for PowerDVD will not collect any personal information for purposes of identifying you. |
Reset "Don't show again" dialogs
Click the Reset button to reset all the "Don't show again" dialogs back to the default settings. All of these CyberLink PowerDVD's dialogs will display again once the button is clicked.
Click the Cache Files button to manage the cache used for storing chapter thumbnails, the Instant Thumbnails that are generated as you watch video content, and for pinned videos. This cache is also used to store the extra content downloaded during Blu-ray Disc playback, such as BD-Live content, Blu-ray applications, etc.
In the Cache Files window, you can modify the options as follows:
•Save cache files to: if you would like to change the location where the cache files are stored, click Browse and then navigate to the folder you want to use for storage.
•Limit the size of the cache storage to: select this option and then in the field provided, enter the maximum amount of disk space CyberLink PowerDVD can use for storing cache files. Once this limit it reached, older cache files are removed to make room for the new cache files.
•Current cache size: indicates the current size of the cache file storage.
•Click the Clear Cache button to empty the cache and delete this extra content from your computer to free up disk space if required.
More general settings
Click the More Settings button to access additional settings, such as configuring settings for captured frames (snapshots), selecting the default movie language, and more. See More General Settings for more detailed information.