Minimum System Requirements

Please select the PowerDVD version you are interested in:

PowerDVD 23 Ultra / PowerDVD 365

PowerDVD 23 Standard

PowerDVD 23 Ultra/PowerDVD 365

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64 bit OS only)
HDR 10 Video File Playback: Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64-bit with October 2018 Update)
8K Video Playback: Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64-bit with Fall Creators Update 2017 Oct. updates)
4K Video Playback with TrueTheater: Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64-bit with Fall Creators Update 2017 Oct. updates)
Blu-ray Disc and DVD: Microsoft Windows 11, 10
VR Mode: Microsoft Windows 11, 10

Processor (CPU)

8K Video Playback: Intel 7th Generation Core i7 (Kaby Lake) with HD (UHD) Graphics 630.
VR Mode: Intel i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 equivalent.
Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater Playback:

Blu-ray disc playback: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz), AMD Phenom 9450 (2.10GHz).
TrueTheater HD** for Blu-ray and HD video: Intel Core i5 (with 4 Cores), AMD Phenom II X6.
DVD playback: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz), AMD Fusion E-series & C-series.

** Note: Some Fox titles released from Jul. 2013 will not support TrueTheater HD.
† Note: PowerDVD maintains support for processors below 1.6 GHz disabling some non-essential features.

TrueTheater for video resolutions greater than Full HD: Intel 7th Generation Core i5 (Kaby Lake) with HD (UHD) Graphics 630.
4K Ultra HD with Hardware Acceleration: Intel 3rd generation Core i5.
Media Library Sharing on Home Network: Intel 7th Generation Core i5 for single 1080p video real-time transcoding.

Note: CyberLink PowerDVD supports 4K Ultra HD video in H.264/MP4 format at bitrates up to 60 Mbps.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

8K Ultra HD Video with Hardware Acceleration:
- NVIDIA GTX 10 series; Intel 7th Generation Core i7 (Kaby Lake) with HD (UHD) Graphics 630.
- 8K video output: GPU and 8K monitor with DisplayPort 1.4 or HDMI 2.1 support.

Note: CyberLink PowerDVD supports 8K Ultra HD video (up to 7680 × 4320 resolution, 30 FPS) in HEVC 8/10bits , VP9 8/10bits (depending on GPU performance).

VR Mode: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent.
HDR 10 Video Playback:To view High Dynamic Range (HDR) effects from HDR10 Videos, Intel 7th Generation (Kaby Lake) Core i Processors integrated with Intel HD Graphics 630 or Intel Iris Graphics 640, AMD Radeon RX 400 series; RX 500 Series; RX Vega Series, and NVIDIA GTX 950/960, 1000 series (for HEVC HDR 10), RTX 2000 series, GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1050, GTX 1050 Ti, or GT 1030 (for VP9 HDR 10).
4K Ultra HD with Hardware Acceleration:
- H.264/AVC: 3rd Generation Intel Core i5 (Ivy Bridge).
- H.265/HEVC (8bits): 5th Generation Intel Core i5 (Broadwell) or NVIDIA GTX 960.
- H.265/HEVC (10bits): 7th Generation Intel Core i5 (Kaby Lake) or Nvidia GTX 1060.
Note: CyberLink PowerDVD supports 4K Ultra HD video in H.264 / MP4 format at bitrates up to 60 Mbps.
TrueTheater for video resolutions greater than Full HD:
- Intel HD/UHD Graphics 630 or Intel Iris Graphics 640 for 4K 30 fps video.
- NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD RX580 for 4K 60 fps video.
Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater HD Playback: Intel HD Graphics, ATI Radeon HD 5000, NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT.

Note: We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

DVD Playback: PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0.

Mainboard (Motherboard)

HDR 10: To view HDR 10 video, a mainboard that supports exporting HDR 10 signal is required.

Memory

4GB RAM (6GB recommended).

Hard Disk Space

1GB of free Hard Disk space required for product installation.

Display Device

Note: When playing video files on displays larger than Quad HD+ (or any file greater than 3300 X 1900 resolution), CyberLink PowerDVD enters a high performance mode that disables some non-essential playback features. In this mode the following features are unavailable: Video rotation. Video Scene Selector (Video mark in/out). Instant Preview. Instant Zoom (Zoom in/out). Dual subtitle display. Subtitle customization for font, color, and size. If required, you can disable high performance mode in video settings.

Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater Playback:

For Blu-ray titles with AACS and DVD titles with CPRM playback, PowerDVD only allows output to display devices using DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort connector in order to be compliant with copy protection (HDCP).
For other DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback: HDCP compliant display for digital output. TV or computer monitor for analog output.

Video Output

VR Mode: HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2.

USB Port

VR Mode: 2x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0

Internet Connection

Required for initial software and file format activation, and other online services.

Format and Device Support

Movies	BD-R 1.1/BD-RE 2.1, BD-R 2.0/BD-RE 3.0, BDROM 2.2, BD-J, BDROM Profile 1.1 (Bonus View), BDROM Profile 2.0 (BD-Live), AVCHD XAVC-S, DVD-Video, DVD-VR, DVD+VR, VCD,SVCD, CD, BD ISO, DVD ISO
Videos	Conventional Video: 264, 265, 26L, 3G2, 3GP, 3GP2, 3GPP, ASF, AVC, AVI, DIV, DIVX, DVR-MS, FLV¹, H264, H265, HEVC, JSV, JVT, M1V, M2P, M2T, M2TS, M2V, M4V, MKV, MOD, MOV¹, MP4, MP4V, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV, MTS, QT, TOD, TP, TPD, TRP, TS, TTS, VC1, VOB, VRO, WM, WMV, WTV², WEBM(VP9 + Opus/Vorbis) 360 Video: Equirectangular format MP4 (H.264/265). Supports up to 4K resolution in 2:1 aspect ratio. HDR 10 Video: H.265 in MP4, MKV and M2TS, VP9 in WEBM
Photos	BMP, JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F, GIF, HEIC/HEIF, WebP, APNG
Music	AAC³, AC3⁵, ADTS³, AOB, APE, DTS, FLAC⁴, M4A (AAC, ALAC codec), MID, MKA, MP2, MP3, MPA, OGG, RMI, WAV, WMA, DSD Audio (DSF, DFF)
Subtitles	External (text): SubRip (.SRT), PowerDivX (.PSB), MicroDVD (.SUB), SubViewer (.SUB), SubStation Alpha (.SSA, .ASS), SAMI (.SMI) External (image):* VobSub (.sub+.idx) Embedded: MKV: SSA, ASS, SRT, PGS (Compressed PGS, Uncompressed PGS), VobSub MP4: VobSub, Embedded-Timed Text (MPEG4 PART-17)

¹Only supports FLV/MOV files encoded with H.264 codec
²Only supported on Windows 7 with OEM TV Feature Pack
³ADTS and AAC require Windows 7 or above
⁴Music files only
⁵Requires Windows 8.1 or above

Extract Audio from Video

Videos	ASF, AVI, DIVX, MOV (H.264), DAT, M2T, VRO, MKV, FLV, MP4, WMV,DVR-MS, MOD, MPEG, MPG, TOD, VOB, MTS, M2TS, WTV

* The audio format within the source video should be AAC, PCM, LPCM, MPEG1, MPEG2, MP3, WMA, AC3, FLAC, APE, ALAC, VORBIS, DTS
* The audio extracted from video will be 2 channels if the source audio more than 2 channels.
* If the source video contains multiple audio tracks, then the first track will be extracted.

CyberLink Cloud Transcoding Support

Videos	ASF, AVI, DIVX, MOV (H.264), DAT, M2T, VRO, MKV, FLV, MP4, WMV,DVR-MS, MOD, MPEG, MPG, TOD, VOB, MTS, M2TS, WTV
Photos	JPG, JPEG, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F
Audio	MP3, WMV, WAV, MP4, M4A (AAC, ALAC Codec), FLAC, OGG, APE

Minimum System Requirements for Transcoding Files before Upload

Processor (CPU): Intel® Core2 Duo CPU 4500 @ 2.20GHz
RAM: 4GB

CyberLink Cloud Video Streaming

Videos	MP4, MKV, MPG. M2TS, MTS, TS

* Other video formats are not support during cloud streaming playback. To play other types of file formats, you'll first need to download the video file onto your local device/mobile and then play the saved file using the correct software.

Media Casting to Streaming Device

Supported Devices¹

Roku®
Chromecast™
Apple TV®
Fire TV™

(* Supports H.265 video in MKV, MP4, M2TS)

Videos	3G2, 3GP, 3GP2, 3GPP, ASF, AVI, DAT, DIV, DIVX, DVR-MS, FLV, M2P, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MOD, MOV (H.264), MP4, MP4V, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV, MTS, QT, TOD, TP, TPD, TRP, TS, TTS, VC1, VOB, VRO, WM, WMV, WTV, WEBM(VP9 and Opus) Note: Up to 4K
Photos	JPG, JPEG, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F, BMP, PNG, TIF, TIFF
Audio	MP3, WAV, M4A(AAC, ALAC Codec), FLAC, OGG, APE
Subtitle	External Subtitle (TEXT): SubRip (.SRT), PowerDivX (.PSB), MicroDVD (.SUB), SubViewer (.SUB), SubStation Alpha (.SSA, .ASS), SAMI (*.SMI) (Embedded Subtitles in video are not supported. )

¹While CyberLink makes every effort to ensure compatibility with casting devices, it is not responsible for any incompatibility issues caused by a manufacturer firmware or any of it's updates.

Media Transcoding for Casting

Video will be transcoded to H.264/AAC/M2TS via HTTP Live Streaming
Transcoding is required if any of the below conditions apply:

The video format is not coded in H.264 in MKV/MP4
TrueTheater video enhancements are applied
The bitrate of the video is larger than the decoding capability of the target streaming device.
Audio will be transcoded to AAC
Photos will be transcoded to JPG
Casting HEVC video in MKV/MP4 to a device which is not Chromecast Ultra, Roku Box 5th Gen., Fire TV Box 2nd/3rd Gen., or Fire TV Stick 2nd Gen.
Casting VP9 in WebM format to a device which is not Roku Box 4th/5th Gen or Fire TV Box 2nd/3rd Gen.

Minimum System Requirements for Video Casting to Device in HD Quality

CPU: Intel HD Graphics with Intel 2nd Gen (SandyBridge) Core i3 or above.
RAM: 4GB

HD Audio Compatible Sound Card and Codec List

Realtek ALC669 (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 6 channels)
Realtek ALC670 (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 6 channels)
Realtek ALC885 (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 2-channels or 96kHz/24bit 4-8 channels)
Realtek ALC889 (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 2-channels or 96kHz/24bit 4-8 channels)
Realtek ALC892 (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 8 channels)
Realtek ALC898 (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 2-8 channels)
Realtek ALC899 (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 2-8 channels)
Realtek ALC1150 (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 2-8 channels)
VIA EnvyHD Vinyl VT1818S codec (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 8-channels)
VIA EnvyHD Vinyl VT1828S codec (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 8-channels)
VIA EnvyHD Vinyl VT2020 codec (supports up to 192kHz/24bit 8-channels)
Auzentech X-Fi HomeTheater HD (supports HDMI 1.3a bit-stream lossless pass-through)
AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 Series graphics cards supporting lossless pass-through
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 Series graphics cards supporting lossless pass-through
Intel Core i3/i5/i7 with integrated audio and graphics

Language Support

English
French
German
Italian
Spanish (European)
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Portugese (Brasil)

PowerDVD 23 Pro

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64 bit OS only)
4K Video Playback with TrueTheater: Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64-bit with Fall Creators Update - October 2017).

Processor (CPU)

Blu-ray Disc, DVD Playback:
4K Video Playback with TrueTheater: Intel Kaby Lake Core i5 with HD (UHD) Graphics 630.

Blu-ray Disc playback: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz), AMD Phenom 9450 (2.10GHz).
TrueTheater HD** for Blu-ray and HD video: Intel Core i5 (with 4 Cores), AMD Phenom II X6.
DVD playback: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz), AMD Fusion E-series & C-series.

Note: ** some Fox titles released from Jul. 2013 will not support TrueTheater HD.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

4K Video Playback with TrueTheater: Intel HD/UHD Graphics 630 or Intel Iris Graphics 640 for 4K 30 fps video. NVIDIA GTX 1000 series or RTX 2000 series for 4K 60 fps video.
4K Ultra HD with Hardware Acceleration:
- H.264/AVC: 3rd Generation Intel Core i5 (Ivy Bridge).
Note: CyberLink PowerDVD supports 4K Ultra HD video in H.264 / MP4 format at bitrates up to 60 Mbps.
Blu-ray Disc, DVD Playback: Intel HD Graphics, ATI Radeon HD 5000, NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT.

Note: We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

DVD Playback: PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0.

Mainboard (Motherboard)

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz, AMD Phenom 2.10GHz

Memory

4GB RAM (6GB recommended).

Hard Disk Space

900MB for product installation.

Display Device

Blu-ray Disc, DVD Playback:

For Blu-ray titles with AACS and DVD titles with CPRM playback, PowerDVD only allows output to display devices using DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort connector in order to be compliant with copy protection (HDCP).
For other DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback: Requires a HDCP compliant display for digital output, or TV or computer monitor for analog output.

Disc Drive

Blu-ray Disc playback: BD-ROM/BD-RE or Super Multi Blu combo disc drive.
DVD playback: DVD-ROM, DVD+-R/RW, DVD-RAM or DVD Super Multi combo disc drive.

Internet Connection

Required for initial software and file format activation, first-time play of an Ultra HD Blu-ray movie, and online services.

Format and Device Support

Movies	BD-R 1.1/BD-RE 2.1, BD-R 2.0/BD-RE 3.0, BDROM 2.2, BD-J, BDROM Profile 1.1 (Bonus View), BDROM Profile 2.0 (BD-Live), AVCHD XAVC-S, DVD-Video, DVD-VR, DVD+VR, VCD, SVCD, CD
Videos	Conventional Video: 264, 26L, 3G2, 3GP, 3GP2, 3GPP, ASF, AVC, AVI, DIV, DIVX, DVR-MS, FLV¹, H264, JSV, JVT, M1V, M2P, M2T, M2TS, M2V, M4V, MKV, MOD, MOV¹, MP4, MP4V, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV, MTS, QT, TOD, TP, TPD, TRP, TS, TTS, VC1, VOB, VRO, WM, WMV, WTV²
Photos	BMP, JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F, GIF, WebP, APNG
Music	AAC³, AC3⁵, ADTS³, AOB, APE, DTS, FLAC⁴, M4A(AAC, ALAC codec), MID, MKA, MP2, MP3, MPA, OGG, RMI, WAV, WMA, DSD Audio (DSF, DFF)
Subtitles	External (text): SubRip (.SRT), PowerDivX (.PSB), MicroDVD (.SUB), SubViewer (.SUB), SubStation Alpha (.SSA, .ASS), SAMI (.SMI) External (image):* VobSub (.sub+.idx) Embedded:MKV: SSA, ASS, SRT, PGS (Compressed PGS, Uncompressed PGS), VobSub MP4: VobSub, Embedded-Timed Text (MPEG4 PART-17)

¹Only supports FLV/MOV files encoded with H.264 codec
²Only supported in Windows 7 with OEM TV Feature Pack
³ADTS and AAC require Windows 7 or above
⁴Music files only
⁵Requires Windows 8.1 or above

Language Support

English
French
German
Italian
Spanish (European)
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Portugese (Brasil)

PowerDVD 23 Standard

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64 bit OS only)
4K Video Playback with TrueTheater: Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64-bit with Fall Creators Update, October 2017).

Processor (CPU)

DVD playback: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz), AMD Fusion E-series & C-series.
4K Video Playback with TrueTheater: Intel Kaby Lake Core i5 with HD (UHD) Graphics 630.

^†PowerDVD maintains support for processors below 1.6 GHz disabling some non-essential features.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

DVD Playback: PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0.
4K Video Playback with TrueTheater: Intel HD/UHD Graphics 630 or Intel Iris Graphics 640 for 4K 30 fps video. NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD RX580 for 4K 60 fps video.

Note: We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

Memory

4GB RAM (6GB recommended).

Hard Disk Space

1GB for product installation.

Display Device

For other DVD playback: Requires a HDCP compliant display for digital output, or TV or computer monitor for analog output.

CyberLink PowerDVD enters a high performance mode that disables some non-essential playback features. In this mode the following features are unavailable: Video rotation. Video Scene Selector (Video mark in/out). Instant Preview. Instant Zoom (Zoom in/out). Dual subtitle display. Subtitle customization for font, color, and size. If required, you can disable high performance mode in video settings.

Disc Drive

DVD playback: DVD-ROM, DVD+-R/RW, DVD-RAM or DVD Super Multi combo disc drive.

Internet Connection

Required for initial software, file format playback activation as well as some online.

Format and Device Support

Movies	DVD-Video, DVD-VR, DVD+VR, VCD, SVCD, CD
Videos	Conventional Video: 264, 26L, 3G2, 3GP, 3GP2, 3GPP, ASF, AVC, AVI, DIV, DIVX, DVR-MS, FLV¹, H264, JSV, JVT, M1V, M2P, M2T, M2TS, M2V, M4V, MKV, MOD, MOV¹, MP4, MP4V, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV, MTS, QT, TOD, TP, TPD, TRP, TS, TTS, VOB, VRO, WM, WMV, WTV² HDR 10 Video: H.265 in MP4, MKV and M2TS, VP9 in WEBM
Photos	BMP, JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, SRF, X3F, GIF, WebP, APNG
Music	AAC³, AC3⁵, ADTS³, AOB, APE, DTS, FLAC⁴, M4A(AAC, ALAC codec), MID, MKA, MP2, MP3, MPA, OGG, RMI, WAV, WMA
Subtitles	External (text): SubRip (.SRT), PowerDivX (.PSB), MicroDVD (.SUB), SubViewer (.SUB), SubStation Alpha (.SSA, .ASS), SAMI (.SMI) External (image):* VobSub (.sub+.idx) Embedded: MKV: SSA, ASS, SRT, PGS (Compressed PGS, Uncompressed PGS), VobSub MP4: VobSub, Embedded-Timed Text (MPEG4 PART-17)

¹Only supports FLV/MOV files encoded with H.264 codec
²Only supported in Windows 7 with OEM TV Feature Pack
³ADTS and AAC require Windows 7 or above
⁴Music files only
⁵Requires Windows 8.1 or above

Language Support

English
French
German
Italian
Spanish (European)
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Portugese (Brasil)

Note: This product uses Cinavia technology to limit the use of unauthorized copies of some commercially-produced film and videos and their soundtracks. When a prohibited use of an unauthorized copy is detected, a message will be displayed and playback or copying will be interrupted. More information about Cinavia technology is provided at the Cinavia Online Consumer Information Center at www.cinavia.com. To request additional information about Cinavia by mail, send a postcard with your mailing address to: Cinavia Consumer Information Center, P.O. Box 86851, San Diego, CA, 92138, USA.
Apple TV is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Roku is a registered trademark of Roku, Inc. Chromecast is a trademark of Google Inc. Fire TV is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. While CyberLink makes every effort to ensure compatibility with casting devices, it is not responsible for any incompatibility caused by manufacturers' firmware or any of it's updates.