Producing problem! Please Help!

Ham Radio

Newbie Joined: Nov 01, 2010 15:59 Messages: 6 Offline

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Nov 01, 2010 16:35

Hi! I need some help. I got Power Director 8 a while ago, and lately have been having some problems. I have the latest build, 3022.

I have included the DirectX Diagnostic file, and an included screen shot of the program in action. All pictures are JPEG, and all the videos that I use are WMV except when they come straight from the video camera.

Editing the video is just fine. I edit it, then start the production. I am having three continual problems while the video is producing.

1. My computer spends 1 1/2 hours running the CPU at 100% while producing a video, and the final video is just 5MB , and a few minutes long, when the video should be around 800MB, and about an hour long.

2. My computer produces the video, but for some reason, about four minutes in the middle of the video, the audio is off sync. The audio is fine for 50 minutes, then suddenly is off sync, then comes back into sync around 54 minutes. (That is just an example, it isn't always that specific time)

3. My computer produces the video, but for some reason whatever I put in the PiP Track doesn't show up in the video. If I re-produce the video, then they might come up.

Thank you for your help! If you need any more information, just ask!


Filename	Untitled.jpg	Download
Description	Power Director 8 in Action
Filesize	272 Kbytes
Downloaded:	162 time(s)

Filename	Ham RadioDxDiag.txt	Download
Description	DirectX Diagnostic
Filesize	39 Kbytes
Downloaded:	350 time(s)

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Nov 01, 2010 18:28

What format are you producing to? Are you using video enhancement? That will definitely make it take a very long time. If the video is 54 minutes, I would expect it to take a while, but should be larger than 5MB unless you used a very tiny video format.
As for the out of sync audio, are there any transitions where it happens, or is it just random?
#3 - I don't even know where to start with that one. __________________________________
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Ham Radio

Newbie Joined: Nov 01, 2010 15:59 Messages: 6 Offline

Nov 01, 2010 23:28

Hi! Thanks for helping me out!

I am producing to WMV V9 DVD quality 1,600Kbps. Yeah, It doesn't matter how long it takes, I can deal with that. It is just that when it spends all that time working, and I get a 5 min video, when it should be an hour long. Could Anti-virus running do that? That is the only thing that I could think of.

Well, in the picture that I uploaded, if you look at the time-line, and find "Produce.wmv"(You won't see the extension part) The section right before that is where the audio is out of sync. That is the only section too! I tried disabling my Anti-virus, and that didn't help, and there aren't any transitions there. I am not sure what the problem is.

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Nov 02, 2010 00:45

I don't think anti-virus would effect it. Can you watch the trouble spots in preview? If so, does the problem start with any of the clips in the PiP track?
Looks like MOD is a MPEG 2 type video file. After you save your project, try starting a new project. Import your MOD file and then produce it to MPEG 2 HQ without making any changes. Then edit using MPEG 2 video and see if you have the same problems. Just make a short video to test it before recreating your whole project. I've read about others having trouble with the MOD files, but I don't remember what the specific trouble was. __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

Ham Radio

Newbie Joined: Nov 01, 2010 15:59 Messages: 6 Offline

Nov 02, 2010 21:18

Hm.....Ok.
Yes, I can watch the troubled spots in preview, and the crazy thing is, is that is is just fine! The audio is totally in sync, and everything else is fine too!
I will try that with the MPEG-2 HQ. Is MPEG-2 HG a better format than WMV?

Thanks for your help!

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Nov 02, 2010 22:04

MPEG 2 HQ should give you better quality than WMV, but with less compression, so ti will be a bigger file size. Also, if I am correct, you can get MPEG 2 from MOD with little, or no, quality lose. After done editing you can produce it to the format that best suits your needs. __________________________________
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OzDrDj

Newbie Location: Grafton, Australia Joined: Nov 02, 2010 22:16 Messages: 6 Offline

Nov 03, 2010 00:28

What Computer are you running?, When I first started using Power Director (Version 5 I Think) It was on a Pentium III 500mhz with 1gb of memory, and things took forever and somethings would glitch. Moving Thorugh the years and versions, I have noticed that lower power machines will create some problems like you are having, intermittent things, audio out of sync here and there etc.
Just a Thought.

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Nov 03, 2010 01:10

Looking at his DxDiag,txt, he should be good for what he is trying to do. HD - maybe not. __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

Ham Radio

Newbie Joined: Nov 01, 2010 15:59 Messages: 6 Offline

Nov 07, 2010 14:03

Thanks for your help! That seemed to have fixed the problem. I will know for sure when when I produce more videos. MPEG-2 does give me better quality than WMV. Once my movie is produced, I use Windows DVD maker to burn the video to a disc. For some reason, it won't burn the MPEG-2 file, but will burn the WMV file. It just stops encoding at 2.0%, and says there is an error, but it doesn't say why. I am using this to make professional type DVD's, so that is why I am using Windows DVD maker. PowerDirector doesn't have Professional menus,(That I could find) and I can't figure out how to make my own. The process seems very complicated. I will try again though, and see what I can come up with.

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Nov 07, 2010 17:59

Custom menus are confusing at first, and can be a pain in the neck, but it's not hard once you know how. Go to YouTube and look for user PDToots. It is some of the guys on here and they have a tutorial on making menus. You can also download more menus templates, but I like using my own when I produce DVDs. __________________________________
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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Nov 07, 2010 18:02

Sorry, it isn't PDToots. I think this is it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOPlhOWdVSU __________________________________
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