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Creating playlists
1On the WinDVD control panel, click the playlist button.
The Playlist window appears.
Sample Playlist window
2Click the File button in the lower left corner of the 
window, to indicate that you are creating a playlist of 
individual files.
3In the left display select the drive and folder where the 
DVD files are located. In the upper right window, select 
the file you want to play first and click Add to put it at 
the top of the playlist.
DVD files have an .mpg, .vob or .ac3 file name extension. 
After selecting a file, the file name appears in the 
Selected files list. You can also double-click a file name 
to add it to the playlist. 
4Add as many files as you wish to the playlist. You must 
add the files in the order in which you want to play them.
To delete a file from the playlist, select the file in the 
Selected files list, then click Delete. To delete the entire 
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5When you have finished creating your playlist, click Save 
Playlist to save it.
You do not assign a name to the saved playlist, as you can 
only save one playlist at a time. After saving the playlist, 
a confirmation dialog box appears.
6Click OK to close the confirmation dialog box, then click 
OK to close the Playlist window.
Loading and playing playlists
1In the Playlist window, click File to display the saved 
playlist of files.
2Click Load Playlist to load the saved playlist.
After loading the playlist, a confirmation dialog box 
appears.
3Click OK to close the confirmation dialog box, then click 
OK to close the Playlist window.
The DVD begins to play the loaded playlist.
Resuming normal playback after using playlists
To resume playing the DVD files in order after using a 
playlist, click the eject button to open the disc tray, then close 
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Customizing WinDVD
You can control several general WinDVD characteristics, 
such as whether the toolbar and status bar are visible, as well 
as numerous audio and display features. 
You control these general, audio and display features from 
the Properties dialog box. 
1Launch WinDVD, if it is not already running.
2On the WinDVD control panel, click the Properties 
button.
WinDVD displays the Properties dialog box, with the 
General tab on top.
Sample Properties dialog box with the General tab on top
Setting general properties
Yo u  u s e  t h e General tab to select the region code, the drive 
letter assigned to the DVD-ROM drive, the autoplay default 
option, and which WinDVD toolbars are displayed by 
default.
Region coding is part of the protection system for DVD 
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enable specific content to be viewed in a specific region. The 
current region code of the WinDVD player installed in your 
computer is Region 1, comprising the United States and 
Canada. 
NOTE: Most DVD-ROM drives let you change the region code, 
usually between one and five times. Once a drive has reached the 
limit, the region code cannot be changed again. Pay careful 
attention to the Remaining times until permanent box on the 
General properties tab.
1To change the region code, select the desired option in 
the Current regions list.
The Remaining times until permanent box displays the 
remaining number of times you can change the current 
region before the setting becomes permanent.
2In the Player settings Default DVD drive box, select 
your DVD-ROM drive letter.
3Select the Player settings Auto play check box to enable 
the auto play feature. Clear the check box to disable this 
feature.
When enabled, the auto play feature automatically 
launches a DVD-ROM when it is inserted in the DVD-
ROM drive.
4In the View box, select the items you want to display 
when WinDVD launches.
To o l  b a r  is the bar containing basic player functions that 
is displayed at the top of the WinDVD video window.
Status bar is the bar that is displayed at the bottom of the 
WinDVD video window.
Player is the WinDVD control panel.
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Setting audio properties
NOTE: The DVD author determines which features the DVD 
supports. When playing a DVD, some of the control panel features 
may be unavailable. Unsupported features appear gray, and you 
cannot select them.
1In the Properties dialog box, click the Audio tab.
The Audio tab moves to the front. The Current audio 
track box displays the current audio format and 
attributes.
Sample Properties dialog box with Audio tab on top.
2In the Audio channels box, select the appropriate 
speaker mode to match your setup as follows:
❖If you have two speakers, select one of the 2 speaker 
modes. Mono mixes the audio channels into one 
channel. Stereo mixes the audio channels into two 
channels. 
3In the Vocal options box, select the desired option for 
DVDs that support vocal as follows: 
						

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❖No vocal does not output vocals to any speaker.
❖Left vocal outputs vocals to left speakers only.
❖Right vocal outputs vocals to right speakers only.
❖Both outputs vocals to both left and right speakers.
4In the Dolby Pro Logic box, select the Always enable 
check box to enable Dolby Pro Logic. Clear the check 
box to disable it.
5To test Dolby Pro Logic, click the Te s t button.
Setting display properties
1In the Properties dialog box, click the Display tab.
The Display tab moves to the front. 
Sample Properties dialog box with Display tab selected
2Select the Lock aspect ratio check box to maintain the 
original aspect ratio when the video window is resized. 
Otherwise clear the check box.
3Select the Startup in full screen mode check box to 
automatically start WinDVD each time with the video 
window maximized and the control panel hidden. 
Otherwise, clear the check box. 
						

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4Select the OSD (On Screen Display) check box to 
enable OSD. Otherwise, clear the check box. 
5Click OK to save the settings.
Customizing the control panel
You can customize the appearance of your WinDVDTM 
player’s control panel.
To configure the control panel’s appearance:
1Position the pointer over the control panel, then click the 
secondary button to display a shortcut menu of control 
panel options.
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2You can select a new control panel background color, or 
select WinDVD to display the control panel in a different 
format.
Sample new WinDVD control panel appearance
You can also select About to display copyright and version 
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Using WinDVD Advanced Features
TECHNICAL NOTE: The DVD author determines what features the 
DVD supports. Depending on the DVD format and your computer’s 
hardware configuration, some of the control panel features may be 
unavailable when playing a DVD. Unsupported features appear 
gray, and you cannot select them.
The features described in this section are available on the 
WinDVD expanded control panel. To open the expanded 
control panel, click the expanded controls button on the 
WinDVD main control panel. See “Playing DVDs” on 
page 153 for help locating the expanded controls button.
WinDVD expanded control panel
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Use this To do thisOr use keyboard 
shortcut
Playback speed— 
control the speed at 
which the DVD plays. 
Move the slider to the 
left to slow the play-
back speed or move it 
to the right to play the 
DVD faster. Placing 
the slider in the cen-
ter plays the DVD at 
normal speed, and 
enables the audio. The 
audio is automati-
cally muted at any 
other playback speed.None
Brightness — move 
the slider to the right 
to increase video 
brightness. Move it to 
the left to decrease 
brightness.+ (increases)
- (decreases)
Directional buttons 
— use to navigate the 
WinDVD menus, as 
you would the arrow 
keys on the keyboard. 
The center button rep-
resents 
Enter.
↑ (Up)
→ (Right)
↓ (Down)
← (Left)
Enter