PowerDVD 21 Ultra
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Video Disc/Format Support
Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc yes -*
Blu-ray Disc, BD Live yes yes
True Full Screen for Blu-ray playback on 21:9 aspect ratio yes -*
AVCHD yes yes
DVD ISO file playback yes -*
Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray ISO yes -
DVD yes yes
CPRM Protected Disc yes yes
CyberLink Cloud Services UNIQUE
Upload and Download Media with CyberLink Cloud yes -*
Transcode Media Before Uploading to CyberLink Cloud yes -*
Media Streaming from Cloud to PC yes -*
Media Streaming from Cloud to Android/iOS yes -
Media Streaming from Cloud to web browser yes -
Share Media Collection with Friends & Family yes -
CyberLink Cloud Storage Upgraded 100GB free for 1 yr. -*
Manage Files with CyberLink Cloud Media Management Center NEW yes -
Media Streaming from Cloud to FireTV and Apple TV NEW yes -
TV Mode & Casting
Interface Optimized for Large Screens UNIQUE yes -*
8K video playback yes -*
Optimized 4K video playback on 4K TVs yes -*
Cast Video, Photo, Audio to Fire TV™ yes -*
Cast Video, Photo, Audio to ChromeCast™ yes -*
Cast Video, Photo, Audio to Apple TV® yes -*
Cast Video, Photo, Audio to Roku® yes -*
Apply TrueTheater Enhancements to Video & Audio in TV Mode & Casting UNIQUE yes -*
Home Media Center (On Home Network)
Media Streaming from PowerDVD Center to Android/iOS device yes -
Video Streaming from PowerDVD Center to PC yes -
Video Streaming from PowerDVD to Web Browser yes -
Movie/TV Info Database yes -
TrueTheater® Enhancement UNIQUE
TrueTheater Color, Lighting & HDR for 4K video yes -*
TrueTheater HDR yes -*
TrueTheater Color, Sound, HD, Lighting yes -*
TrueTheater Motion, Stretch, Stabilizer, Denoise, Surround yes yes
HDR10 to SDR (HEVC, VP9 10 bits) yes -
Video Format Support
MPEG HEVC (H.265) yes -*
MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) yes yes
Window mode for HDR video file playback yes -*
XAVC-S support for 4K/HD movies yes -*
MKV, FLV, MOV, 3GPP support yes yes
Customized/multiple subtitles yes -*
Audio Format Support & Features
Dolby Digital (5.1 ch) yes yes
Dolby Digital Plus (7.1 ch) yes yes
Dolby TrueHD (7.1 ch) yes yes
DTS 96/24 yes -*
DTS-HD yes -*
DSD Audio yes -*
AAC Decoding (5.1 ch) yes yes
Lossless HD Audio – APE/FLAC/ALAC yes -*
Audio Equalizer yes -*
WASAPI exclusive mode yes -*
Audio extraction from video yes yes
Batch audio extraction from multiple files yes -*
Audio CD ripping yes -*
Batch Music Tag Editing yes -*
Online
Play & Pin YouTube 360 content yes -*
Spatial audio support for YouTube 360 videos yes -*
Play & Pin YouTube HDR content yes -*
Play & Pin YouTube Full HD & 4K content yes -*
Play YouTube 8K Videos yes -
Watch YouTube Live yes -*
YouTube Subtitle Support yes -*
Upload Video to YouTube, Vimeo yes -*
Browse and play video from Vimeo yes -*
Play Vimeo 360 Videos yes -*
Download YouTube Videos for Offline Playback yes yes
webM Support (VP9/9.2 + Opus & VP9 + Vorbis) yes -*
360° and VR Mode UNIQUE
Watch 360° with Spatial Audio Support yes -*
Multi-angle view for 360° video & photos yes -*
360° Equirectangular Video yes -*
Auto-pan 360° photo in slideshow yes -*
Supports Oculus Rift headset and controllers yes -*
Supports HTC Vive headset and controllers yes -*
Media Library, Personalization &Performance
Native 64-bit Engine for video, audio & photo playback yes -*
Import Music, Photos, and Videos yes yes
View HEIF/HEIC photo format yes -*
Play animated GIF files yes -*
Always on top Mini View for Video yes -*
Photo slideshow (JPG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, RAW, GIF) yes -*
AI Face Recognition for Photo Library yes -
Media library for Movies yes -*
Media Library for TV Shows yes -*
Customizable PowerDVD wallpapers yes -*
Auto-changing wallpapers yes -*
Video Scene Selector yes -*
Auto Resume to Last Viewing Point yes -
Chapter/Bookmark View with Thumbnail yes -
*This feature is not available in all versions.