The table below is intended for those of you who are considering the purchase of a new DVD application for your Professional Level SSP system. This is not a recommendation to upgrade your current DVD application if it is working for you sufficiently. 

These DVD applications have undergone a battery of testing with widely available commercial DVD movie titles (encrypted), some unencrypted "homemade" content DVDs as well as unencrypted "Specialty" DVDs such as iWorship.  If there are any limitations discovered during testing they may be noted as well. 

These are DVD applications that were generally available for sale at the time they were tested. As expected, ongoing availability of a given application version is out of our control.

If you are looking to purchase a new DVD application, we strongly recommend that you consider picking one from the list that fits your needs, including the specific vendor and version named.  The SSP Preferred applications are highlighted in yellow.  Use of other vendors or versions may be a source of problems and could limit technical support.

Please keep in mind that these are fully licensed and registered versions that are tested.  Trial versions and OEM "SE" versions *may* work but have been show to be problematic in past testing, and therefore are not recommended.

Application Version Name	Vendor  Name	SSP versions Tested	Known XP Pro Limitations	Known Vista Ultimate Limitations
WinDVD 4 (Standard)	InterVideo	August 2006 October 2006	NONE	Not Supported in Windows Vista
WinDVD 5 thru 7  (Standard)	InterVideo	August 2006 October 2006	No longer Supported -- These were tested in several versions of SSP and later disqualified due to issues discovered (see KB article SW010 for details)	Not Supported in Windows Vista
WinDVD 8 (Standard)	InterVideo	October 2006 April 2007 June 2007 October 2007 January 2008 April 2008 July 2008 November 2008	NONE	Limited DVD support in Vista - See KB article SSP027 for details
WinDVD 9 Plus	Corel	April 2008	Not Supported in Windows XP	Not Supported in Windows Vista
PowerDVD 6 Gold	CyberLink	August 2006 October 2006 July 2008 November 2008	NONE	Not Supported in Windows Vista
PowerDVD 7 (Standard)	CyberLink	October 2006 April 2007 June 2007 October 2007 January 2008 April 2008 July 2008 November 2008	NONE	Limited DVD support in Vista - See KB article SSP027 for details
PowerDVD 7 Deluxe	CyberLink	October 2007 January 2008 April 2008 July 2008 November 2008	NONE	Limited DVD support in Vista - See KB article SSP027 for details
PowerDVD 8 Ultra	CyberLink	April 2008 November 2008	TS083	Not Supported in Windows Vista

  
We have completed testing on the specific versions that have been added to the table above, however other versions in the same family (Gold, Platinum, Plus, etc) *may* work as well.  Use the untested versions with caution. 

Please refer to Knowledge Base article SSP012 for details on DVD playback in SSP.  This includes tips and possible limitations.

NOTE: Testing was done on a clean installation of the test operating system with all critical Windows Updates available at the time, the SSP version noted and the DVD player under test.  No other applications were installed.
The function of the SSP DVD import can be disrupted or broken when additional players (QuickTime, RealPlayer, unapproved DVD players) or CODEC packs (XPack, ffdshow, K-Lite) are installed on the system. These may also come with other applications such as disc burning (Nero, Roxio) or video editing (Adobe, Pinnacle) and should be removed if issues occur. 

You can find additional information about DVD applications and related issues in various other Knowledge Base articles in the Software and Troubleshooting sections.

This article will be updated as new DVD applications are tested or new SSP builds are released.

(SW020)