PowerDirector 9 Ultra64 or Media Suite 9 Ultra, Help me choose

Mr_Scary

Newbie Joined: Jun 21, 2010 22:33 Messages: 24 Offline

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Dec 27, 2010 05:05

Wondering the difference between the Video Creation in PD9 Ultra64 and Media Suite Ultra,
I was assuming that Media Suite 9 Ultra contained PD9 Ultra64 ??

I want to edit video, and create DVD/Blu-ray
I'm using Winows 7 64-bit, with i7 and GTX285

Should I buy both, or which one?
Sorry I am confused and need to purchase a video editing software,
I have a ton or AVCHD movies that need to be edited and uploaded, as well as dvd, and blu-ray.
They are recorded with a Canon Vixia HF- M30, 1080p FXP

I hope someone can elaborate on what I should buy,
I am downloading the trial versions now, but just needed some influence and direction.

Thank you..

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Cap'n Kevin

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Dec 27, 2010 06:12

Hi Mr.Scary,

My suggestion is to get the FULL version of Power Director 9 Ultra.

The Media Suite comes with a FULL version of Power Director 8...not a bad choice....but I think you would enjoy PD9....unfortunately you can't run PD8 and PD9 at the same time. The Media Suite is a great value....some of the applications in the suite are older versions....but they still get the job done.

Here is a Copy and paste showing exactly what is included in Media Suite, this is the link to the topic where I got the information:
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/14745.page

As written by CLD:

Here is that versioning info the best I could reproduced in here. Check the help or UG for a better version:

Product
CMS 9.0 Ultra CMS 9.0 Pro CMS 9.0 Centra

PowerDVD
10.0 BD Express 10.0 Standard 3D 10.0 Standard

PowerDirector
8.0 Ultra 8.0 Ultra 8.0 Deluxe

Power2Go
7.0 DE 7.0 DE 7.0 DE

MediaEspresso
6.0 Deluxe 6.0 Deluxe --

PowerProducer
5.5 Ultra 5.5 Ultra 5.5 Standard

PowerBackup
2.6 Standard 2.6 Standard 2.6 Standard

PowerDVD Copy
1.5 Standard 1.5 Standard 1.5 Standard

MediaShow
5.0 Deluxe 5.0 Deluxe 5.0 Deluxe

LabelPrint
2.5 Standard 2.5 Standard 2.5 Standard

Instant Burn
5.0 Standard 5.0 Standard 5.0 Standard

PhotoNow
1.0 Standard 1.0 Standard 1.0 Standard

WaveEditor
1.0 Standard 1.0 Standard 1.0 Standard

PowerStarter
9.0 9.0 9.0

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Mr_Scary

Newbie Joined: Jun 21, 2010 22:33 Messages: 24 Offline

Dec 27, 2010 07:11

Thank you very much, that is the info I was looking for.
I really want to take advange of what PD9 has to offer,
64-bit, i7 utilization, and GTX285 GPU utilization.

I used the trial version, and here was I came up with,
these are AVCHD .mts, FXP 17MBPS RAW files converted to MPEG2 1080i 1920x1080
Screen shot. a 24-1/2 minute movie in 15:43 minutes
that's a bit faster then it plays, very good, and my CPU utililzation was only 40% - 53% at 3.35GHZ
across all 8 logical cores / 8 threads, I would like to see 80%, my ram only reached 1.89GB of 6GB
I am impressed...

EVGA X99 FTW
EVGA GTX780 FTW
Intel Core i7 5930K
Corsair 16GB 2666MHZ DDR4
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD
WD Cavier Black 32MB/500GB X4 2TB RAID0
Creative Soundblaster Z
Corsair Carbide 760T Case
Corsair H110 CPU Cooler
Ultra X3 1600 Watt PSU
SNT Trayless RAID Cage 3x