do I need to upgrade my video card?

I guess you thought of saving me (us) from being sick.
Cannot access the video.....only for privat parties??
Just something.
https://www.petitpoisvideo.com

Sorry, posted the link before I'd checked it had completed.

Should be OK now - why would you want to view it anyway?

Cheers
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Nice video vn800rider. I have edited and render on a i5 2410M CPU laptop with 6 GB of ram with no problems. My render time with out GPU would be about the length of the video. For MP4 720P. Intel i7 5960X overclock to 4 Ghz 16 GB of ram.
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I've used my widdle DM1 2-core with PD 9 and 10, and even tested 11 on it. Sure, it's got it's limits, but using HQ photos, and 720 video, I can output short HD projects (less than 5-6 minutes), in any sort of format, I just gotta be patient sometimes. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Adrian,

Informative results!

What did I note from your post?

Dual core 1.6GHZ intel T2050
2Gb RAM
6.5 Gb free space
128Mb total display video

And Editing HD Source video?

Power Director CAN and WILL open with specs this low. Editing a project CAN be accomplished.

2 gigs of RAM, 6 gigs of free disc space, 128 MB video card and a dual core CPU? It's nice to see proof that editing and opening of PD is possible and confirmed. At least on your laptop.

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Hi Adrian

Wow I'm amazed that your laptop could produce at all.

So much for 100 GB of free hard drive theory

Happy editing Happing editing

Best Regards

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Yeah, it was an interesting little experiment. I only did it to see if/how it would work.

Now, no one in their right mind would try and use such a system for complex or ongoing editing, but as Kevin said, it does show that PD11 can and will load, run and produce on a minimal spec machine which I found interesting, especially as there has been a few posts where folk have been disappointed that it wouldn't load, and that therefore one can only point out that their system is below or just at the recommended specs and they should maybe invest in something new.

Good advice anyway probably, but PD should at least load and run!

Cheers
Adrian

PS I am not responsible for anyone's medical bills from attending their physician for treatment for sickness brought on by watching this (actually) uncut video. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (see below)
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Hi Adrian,

Nice test video and I didn't even get sick watching...it was worth viewing :

Dave HP Envy 17
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16GB ram
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Canon Vixia

Thanks Dave, but it really was just dumping clips together for the purpose.

This one is a bit more edited if you're interested:
http://youtu.be/FNcbJrQff9U

Nearly all edited in PD - 9 I think? with a custom composed audio.

Cheers
Adrian

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What kind of player are you using.
I have had good luck with Media Player Classic
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Yes I'tried with that and others but the old laptop seems to choke a bit on 1080p60 stuff - not surprising really.

Cheers
Adrian Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (see below)
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Adrian my friend,

In the spirit of adding helpful information and also trying to "one up" you in a friendly spirited way. I too found myself a little bit bored after my xmas vacation and your test inspired me to try to confirm yours. I went out to my "shed" and got my old Compaq Pressario 2100 laptop which has been sitting in a 20 degree icebox to see if I could duplicate your test to some degree and provide some confirmation results of whether or not PD11 would at least open and edit a HD project.

I installed Power Director 11 Ultimate onto my frigid laptop which has the following highlighted specs, I hadn't even turned on this laptop in years:

Compaq DxDiag is Attached:

Windows Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition(5.1, Build 2600)
CPU: Mobile Intel Celeron Duo Core 1.80 GHz
RAM: 446MB
Graphic Card: Radeon IGP 340M
Graphic Dedicated Memory: 64.0 MB
Audio Driver Date: 2/17/2004
Video Driver Version 6.14.0010.6436
Video Driver Date: 5/15/2004
Hard Drive Capacity: 28.6 Gig
Hard Drive Free Space: 13.7 Gig
Page File Size: 800MB

I packed a project on my PC and transferred it to my Laptop desktop. The specs of the imported video and graphic images were:

Video Specs: 1920x1080 AVC, 14.25 Mbps Bitrate, 29.97 fps
Graphic Specs: 4608X2592 jpg

1. Power Director 11 Ultimate opened just fine.
2. PD11 imported the packed project successfully.
3. Playback was VERY sketchy even with Preview quality set to the lowest setting.
4. I produced to a 1920x1080 m2ts file successfully.

There you have it!

I was pretty surprised!

CONCLUSION: I now remember why this laptop was out in the shed!!

EDIT: Also, as expected, I got the prerendering problem of the timeline until I applied the latest patch. Once the patch was installed the prerendering issue ceased.

EDIT 2: I would NEVER consider using a laptop with these specifications to edit HD video. It was virtually impossible to edit with any amount of sanity, of which I have little left. But now I am slightly less bored after my xmas vacation. Thanks to you Adrian!!

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Well, both of us can relax now that we have effective backup editing systems in place (or in the shed)

Cheers
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