Following the constructive mini-debate (http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/22914.page) about the basis and onus on providing good quality information in a willing and responsible way to other members in response to issues raised, I thought the following might be instructive or at least give "pause for thought".

The following video was shot in .mp4 1080p 60 fps 24Mbs on a Sanyo HD2000 and edited using PD10 1424c.
The total length is just over 9 mins.
It has the following effects/enhancements applied, somewhat at random, over the course of the video :
New blue metallic
GPU waterfall
Old camera
A 3d text based title
A 3d particle
Speed increases
2 track Opacity swaps
2 track opacity swaps with speed increase
Sundry transitions

The timeline was doubled up by grouping all clips and then copying and pasting to get 9 mins

Produced with a 1080p 60fps custom profile to trigger SVRT (apparently?)
Produced file size 1.5Gb
Render time 49 mins

No issues occured during the edit, the preview was set at High and was jerky and inconsistent but just about useable, editing was comfortable but occasionally a little slow. At 9 mins it is a typical simple youtube length.

It can be viewed here :
http://youtu.be/ndlKV9olBHM

[Disclaimer - It is the worst video I have ever made, there is no need to watch it all the way through]

The DXDiags for the production system are attached.

My point in this experiment is the DXDiags (upon which much 1st line advice is based) show these key points :

Laptop i5 processor
Win 7 64 bit professional
4Gb RAM
Integrated graphics
64Mb dedicated video memory
8.1 Gb C: drive disc space

(a careful look will also show some GT520M drivers lurking but no specific mention of the 1Gb card - which appears in other tests (http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/22732.page) to be much slower than the integrated graphics and was not used in this experiment)

At a first glance then, should this system be able to load and run PD10 and should (or even could) it be used to edit and produce HD video?

On the basis of the DXDiag, most contributors might well have some serious doubts and express those doubts in more or less stronger terms, but my system did work quite OK, not fast but not slow (maybe equivalent to normal speeds 2 or 3 yrs ago), no issues, PD10 loaded and performed as one might expect.

So, what to say if a poster has a problem with PD loading, or previewing or whatever with a similar spec machine?
Of course, a bigger better system might be more advisable/comfortable/quicker/easier but that, in itself, is by no means certain, there are plenty of muscle systems out there with their fair share of problems.

I have no specific answer - but I am relatively certain, from my own experience, that many of the hardware/software problems aired on the forum cannot be lightly diagnosed by reference to a single or simple tool and often require a greater depth of investigation before a verdict, possibly accompanied by a recommendation for action, should be pronounced.

As a post script, so to speak, Neil (Cubbyhouse) asked for a video of diving in Egypt in the original thread.

http://youtu.be/FNcbJrQff9U This one is from the last time I was there in September 2011.
or
http://youtu.be/wZFD8JN_cwI An unlisted rough edit from diving on a perfect little tropical island in the Philippines in February.

Both shot and edited @720p

Cheers
Adrian




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