Hi, Ralph - I frequent Freesound also. What a great organization that is.

But I didn't realize we're supposed to be able to import directly from that site - I haven't tried that. Sounds like there's a glitch in it though, from your experience.

I've used Freesound .wav files recently - I just downloaded them the usual way from the Freesound site, then imported in PD9. I guess that would take a little bit longer than what you're talking about, but it couldn't be all that much more time.

Just do that though, since the direct import isn't working.

rbowser

Right by the media file icon there's an icon of the earth with green arrow, if you click on it, one of the options is to import media directly from freesound.org...you can enter your username and password and it should remember it for future logins.

it was working fine for me for many months, but now has stopped working. you should see if you can do it. it's great when it works because it deposits the imports in both your working library and on your disk.

Quote: Right by the media file icon there's an icon of the earth with green arrow, if you click on it, one of the options is to import media directly from freesound.org...you can enter your username and password and it should remember it for future logins.

it was working fine for me for many months, but now has stopped working. you should see if you can do it. it's great when it works because it deposits the imports in both your working library and on your disk.

Ah! You're right, Ralph - That doesn't work. I double checked at the Freesound site to make sure I had my user name and password right - I did. But I can't log on through PD9.

OK, that's a major bug, since on that "download from the internet" button, only two things are listed - Freesound and Flickr. Half of them aren't working! Well, I never use Flickr - so I don't know if that works. Maybe it's broken too!

This needs to be drawn to the attention of Cyberlink. I installed the newest update tonight, and this Freesound link is broken - so, it could be some time before it's fixed, but they need to be alerted.

Meanwhile, just do what I do. Get my sounds at Freesound, download them, import into PD9. It's all we can do.

rbowser

I'm contacting Cyberlink again, hopefully they fix the problem in PD9.

If I go to the freesound site (as rbowser described) I can log in & download sounds.

Using the same user name & password in PD, I get an invalid user name/password message.

If that's the worst thing that happens today, it'll be a good day!

Cheers - Tony
Visit PDtoots. PowerDirector Tutorials, tips, free resources & more. Subscribe!
Full linked Tutorial Catalog PDtoots happily supports fellow PowerDirector users!

Hi,

I have reported the matter and CyberLink have informed me they intend fixing the issue asap. The problem is to do with a change on the Freesound website. All versions of PowerDirector with links to Freesound are affected.

CL information:
The Freesound web site recently underwent some changes that are not yet supported in the latest version of CyberLink PowerDirector. We are currently fixing this issue now.
FAQ: http://www.cyberlink.com/prog/support/cs/product-faq-content.do?id=12744



my ref: 244