After installing an online activation is due. For this purpose, only the input of the serial number is needed. More data need not be entered. Then you will be asked if you want to provide data for product improvement. This I refused.
Thereafter, the surface starts and the first reference is made to an update. 144MB Download matured. I had here made the mistake and had PowerDVD open during the update attempt. I do not know if I therefore had the online activation do it again or what was the reason. After starting the program you will be asked if you want to perform a registration.
Now to the eigentlichem program. In the Classic View you have a navigation menu on the left:
Media Library Films, Videos, Photos and Music
My Computer - local drives
Devices via App Connected Devices
Home Media (DLNA), for example if you have a NAS running DLNA server
Social media access to Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo
Playlists favorites, last played / added, etc.
Media playback
Movies: I do not own a Blu-ray drive in my test notebook, I can not write this, unfortunately. The DVD playback works fine.
Videos: The videos found locally are inserted here. Unfortunately I have not found a function to display thumbnails for Video Clips (mov) me. When converted to MP4 movies this worked.
Photos: The pictures are displayed with thumbnail and sorted into a calendar. So you can quickly after one year / month and ultimately looking day.
I have music on my computer locally no.
Interesting for me is also the function around home media (DLNA). So I have a link station on which I have the photos saved. However, the images that come via DLNA, not displayed with thumbnails. The quality is not really good. Here you have to raussuchen the image only, then locally download and you can see it in the highest quality. I now do not know, however, whether it is on the NAS or at the software or if you just have a communication problem. In the video I would wish for orientation also this function.
Which is not bad, the integrated social media. It is advertised that you can also download videos from there. The video pass through "attachment" in the local cache. If you want to then cancel the long term, you have to rauskopieren there then.
Equipment: App shortcut:
It is by clicking on this function opens a page to set up the function. Here, a QR code for Iphone and Android will be offered. Further down, a code is displayed for logging still. The Paaring worked without any problems. Now you have several options, either as a remote control, then the app shows the corresponding thumbs on a keyboard, then you can send commands or you can use the smartphone / tablet as a touch pad, and then can use the actual software as the mouse. Using the remote control buttons, I could only on the local data access. The touchpad and the keyboard do not work only in PowerDVD, but in complete Windows.
Anyone who is unsure, can also first time to install the 30-day trial.
Conclusion:
In the area of DVD / Media Player you can achieve similar results certainly with other software. The big advantage probably lies in the Blu-ray support, the Fernsteuerapp has worked great for me. Even that has everything in one software and does not require different solutions, is clearly an advantage. As long as the data locally, or access is given to social networks, I am fully satisfied, with home media not entirely.