***** PowerDirector13 patch (v2408) **** 2014-12-23

Dafydd B

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Dec 23, 2014 05:55

CyberLink release information: 2014-12-23.
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Updates PowerDirector 13 to build 2408

Build Info:
Version: PowerDirector 13
Build number: 13.0.2408

Software Update Page:
ENU: http://www.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_en_US.html
CHT: http://tw.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_zh_TW.html
CHS: http://cn.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_zh_CN.html
JPN: http://jp.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_ja_JP.html
DEU: http://de.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_de_DE.html
ITA: http://it.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_it_IT.html
ESP: http://es.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_es_ES.html
FRA: http://fr.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_fr_FR.html
KOR: http://kr.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_ko_KR.html

Updates PowerDirector 13 to build 2408
Install this patch update enhances the program stability.
Note:This patch is not for PowerDirector Live subscribers.

Release note:

-Fixes the issue that PowerDirector stops working when using M2TS clips in the Theme Designer.
-Fixes the issue that PowerDirector crashes when editing or creating disc menus on specific platforms.
-Fixes the issue that the .MOV clip preview is black on specific platforms.
-Fixes the issue that menu content preview thumbnail is resized and out of position after modifying the menu.
-Fixes crash issue that occurs when editing in Theme Designer if there are lots of images in media room.
-Fixes the issue that Blu-rays won't burn successfully if audio profile is DTS audio.
-Improves user experience by changing the "Maintain Aspect Ratio" setting in the Keyframe Room from a global setting to an individual clip setting.
-Fixes the issue that color board or clip previews become black in timeline.
-Fixes the issue that PowerDirector sometimes hangs or photos are deformed when cropping photos.
-Fixes the issue that PowerDirector crashes when producing specific projects with color adjustment applied.
-Fixes PowerDirector UI redraw issue that some users are facing in certain circumstances.

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zombietom

Newbie Joined: Aug 17, 2013 21:45 Messages: 39 Offline

Dec 23, 2014 21:23

if I installed the beta version of this patch do I still need to install this one?

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Dec 24, 2014 04:09

Quote: if I installed the beta version of this patch do I still need to install this one?

Hi zombietom,
Thank you for your question.
There hasn't been a beta version numbered 2408, only prior numbered beta test patch builds (for editors to try out). You should download and install the full latest patch and it will overwrite any previous program data.

For everyone: Updating PDR13 to the latest build, you only have to download and install the last official patch and NOT every released prior patch.

Dafydd

zombietom

Newbie Joined: Aug 17, 2013 21:45 Messages: 39 Offline

Dec 24, 2014 12:39

oops ...my bad - thanks

DVDVideoGuy

Newbie Location: Canada Joined: Apr 09, 2009 22:49 Messages: 7 Offline

Dec 27, 2014 13:20

I installed 2408 (from 2307) and when I opened PD 13 after the upgrade there is now no audio. Adjust volume has a line thought it (see attached) and clicking on it sometime will remove the line however there is no audio. Any suggestions?

Graham.


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DVDVideoGuy

Newbie Location: Canada Joined: Apr 09, 2009 22:49 Messages: 7 Offline

Dec 27, 2014 13:38

I have been working on this issue for 2 days and went through just about all the options available and just after I posted this above, I decided to poke around more. In a new project, I clicked on the Playback tab and clicked on "Mute/Mute Off" and the Adjust volume line was removed and this time I do have audio. I closed the project, opened an old project and audio is now available in that one too.

Graham

PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Dec 29, 2014 07:42

Problem with particle effect continues.

More details in this post.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/42011.page#216445

(Resolved)

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AMD-FX 8350 / 8GB DDR3
SSD SUV400S37240G / 2-HD WD 1TB
AMD Radeon R9 270 / AOC M2470SWD
Windows 7-64 / PD16 Ultimate

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Dec 30, 2014 10:10

CL at PD13 patch v2307 claimed "•Supports hardware encoding with NVIDIA Kepler or newer graphics cards", in addition to all the potential issues highlighted in the PDF here, http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/25/41925.page ,it appears at patch v2408 hardware encoding with NVIDA Kepler does not work in the "Create Disk" module when creating BD's. Attached figure of results clearly shows the effect. The "Enable hardware video encoder" option is available and selectable, it just does not really utilize the GPU as would be intended.

Observation: When the GTX650(Kepler) is utilized during encoding in the "Create Disc" module for BD creation, no GPU load and no reduction in encode times for certain profiles. When the GTX650(Kepler) is utilized during encoding in the "Produce" module with the same format profiles, significant load on GPU and significant reduction in elapsed times.

Conclusion, PD13 v2408 lacks proper hardware encoding implementation in the "Create Disc" module for the two cases highlighted in red in the attached figure.

To keep things simple to show the issue, the timeline consisted of 30min of Boats.wmv so 100% encoding would need to be done when creating a playable BD.

Jeff


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SoNic67

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 27, 2014 14:14 Messages: 1308 Offline

Dec 30, 2014 10:34

Since we are at "complains", if I try to render anything under "online" tab, I have the "Hardware video encoder" greyed out. Youtube, Vimeo, all of them, regardless or resolution.

I have to produce the video under the "2D" tab, where I have the HA available for mp4 up to 1080p.

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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Dec 30, 2014 10:55

Quote: Since we are at "complains", if I try to render anything under "online" tab, I have the "Hardware video encoder" greyed out. Youtube, Vimeo, all of them, regardless or resolution.

I have to produce the video under the "2D" tab, where I have the HA available for mp4 up to 1080p.

Is not your issue a real limitation? I believe the 7 profiles available under like Youtube are Windows Media profiles and as such are not Nvidia hardware encoding capable so the selection should be greyed out as PD does do.

Should PD supply more profile options in the "Online" tab, maybe, but that's a different topic.

Jeff

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Dec 30, 2014 11:12

Quote: CL at PD13 patch v2307 claimed "•Supports hardware encoding with NVIDIA Kepler or newer graphics cards", in addition to all the potential issues highlighted in the PDF here, http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/25/41925.page ,it appears at patch v2408 hardware encoding with NVIDA Kepler does not work in the "Create Disk" module when creating BD's. Attached figure of results clearly shows the effect. The "Enable hardware video encoder" option is available and selectable, it just does not really utilize the GPU as would be intended.

Observation: When the GTX650(Kepler) is utilized during encoding in the "Create Disc" module for BD creation, no GPU load and no reduction in encode times for certain profiles. When the GTX650(Kepler) is utilized during encoding in the "Produce" module with the same format profiles, significant load on GPU and significant reduction in elapsed times.

Conclusion, PD13 v2408 lacks proper hardware encoding implementation in the "Create Disc" module for the two cases highlighted in red in the attached figure.

To keep things simple to show the issue, the timeline consisted of 30min of Boats.wmv so 100% encoding would need to be done when creating a playable BD.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff. I have passed your observation and image onto CyberLink for them to test and maybe come back to me with a reply.
Dafydd

SoNic67

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 27, 2014 14:14 Messages: 1308 Offline

Dec 30, 2014 11:15

Quote: I believe the 7 profiles available under like Youtube are Windows Media profiles and as such are not Nvidia hardware encoding capable so the selection should be greyed out as PD does do.
Jeff

Jeff, actually never tried them. Google/Youtube recommends mp4 as format to upload.
Now that you said so, it makes sense to me to be WMP, because that does not require licensing and they can go around the mp4 licensing issue that way (Youtube user agreement requires proper licenses for the uploaded containers).

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PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Dec 31, 2014 08:44

Continues here, Intelligent SVRT this very slow making it impossible to use to check or create custom profile for large projects.

Works "normal" only for small projects.

Someone else has this problem? AMD-FX 8350 / 8GB DDR3
SSD SUV400S37240G / 2-HD WD 1TB
AMD Radeon R9 270 / AOC M2470SWD
Windows 7-64 / PD16 Ultimate

1Nina

Senior Contributor Location: Norway, 50km southwest of Oslo Joined: Oct 08, 2008 04:12 Messages: 1070 Offline

Dec 31, 2014 16:08

Preview very unstable. Lagging, going black, pixelation – even on 10 sec mp4 clip.
Also, now it seems it is taking a long time before media gets imported to media room;
6-12 seconds for a couple of small png’s or a 12 sec mp4 clip.....?

Just something.
https://www.petitpoisvideo.com

auorine

Newbie Joined: Jan 01, 2015 02:36 Messages: 1 Offline

Jan 01, 2015 02:42

Hei!
I am new to this and I tried editing a video file encoded with X264 just to try out.
The video is fine but at a few places there is pixelating (in the preview as well as in the final output)
(it appears that at those places the previous frames are still being seen)
any suggestions

S Malik

Newbie Joined: Dec 08, 2014 19:38 Messages: 13 Offline

Jan 02, 2015 21:39

Is this build (PowerDirector_2408_GM4_Trial_Trial_VDE141215-02) available in retail?

Previous retail build (1_CyberLink_PowerDirector13_Ultra_VDE140912-01) has some issues.

S Malik

Newbie Joined: Dec 08, 2014 19:38 Messages: 13 Offline

Jan 02, 2015 21:46

There should be a way to download the latest retail builds for customers who already own CyberLink products.

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Jan 03, 2015 09:29

Quote: Is this build (PowerDirector_2408_GM4_Trial_Trial_VDE141215-02) available in retail?

Previous retail build (1_CyberLink_PowerDirector13_Ultra_VDE140912-01) has some issues.

Yes, did you open the program and did it give you the option to update? It should have unless you shut it off.

There are no updates for trial software; there may be the latest build as the newest update for the trial software (what you don;tload today is the latest).

Did you go here? http://www.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_en_AU.html

Also go to the top of this page and click on downloads. One of the options is "Software Updates" Go there for updates if thew program doesn;t offer the update.

Did that help? .
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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 03, 2015 09:31

I'm still experiencing the excessive hang/import time on cropping an image. I actually slide the import dialogue box to the side and continue to edit. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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S Malik

Newbie Joined: Dec 08, 2014 19:38 Messages: 13 Offline

Jan 03, 2015 10:02

Quote:

Quote: Is this build (PowerDirector_2408_GM4_Trial_Trial_VDE141215-02) available in retail?

Previous retail build (1_CyberLink_PowerDirector13_Ultra_VDE140912-01) has some issues.

Yes, did you open the program and did it give you the option to update? It should have unless you shut it off.

There are no updates for trial software; there may be the latest build as the newest update for the trial software (what you don;tload today is the latest).

Did you go here? http://www.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_en_AU.html

Also go to the top of this page and click on downloads. One of the options is "Software Updates" Go there for updates if thew program doesn;t offer the update.

Did that help?

You've completely missed my point. Please read my questions again.