Video export hangs at 37% When using Fast rendering mp4

KevinLarrabee

Newbie Joined: Jul 01, 2011 08:18 Messages: 7 Offline

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Jul 01, 2011 13:59

When exporting a project to mp4 with the fast rendering on it hangs every time at 37%. Then the time to finish keeps increasing. Any idea what is going on?

I am using a Dell XPS 9100 with a 2.8ghz i7 and a AMD 6870 card. Running the 64 bit version of PowerDirector 9.

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vn800rider

Senior Contributor Location: Darwen, UK Joined: May 15, 2008 04:32 Messages: 1949 Offline

Jul 01, 2011 14:04

The quick answer is that you might be better off switching off hardware encoding in both preferences and production. It's the only way I can get PD9 2930 to render an .mp4.

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KevinLarrabee

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Jul 01, 2011 14:06

Thanks for the quick reply!

That's a bummer, one of the main reasons I got PD9 x64. Any possible solutions? Also this might be a dumb question, but mp4 is the best option for exporting 720p videos in terms of file size? Most of them are going to be converted to 852x480 flash afterwards but I want to have a high quality version as well for the future.

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PlaySound

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Jul 01, 2011 17:55

MPEG4 creates smaller files than MPEG2 but this also of good quality in HD, I have preferred to use MPEG2 HD, then convert to DVD for the case of short video clip
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In the case of crashes during the render, sometimes resolved by restarting the PC, others only just restarting the program.

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Paul

Newbie Joined: Jul 02, 2011 21:40 Messages: 1 Offline

Jul 02, 2011 21:57

Thanks vn800 rider. I was having the same problem with the program locking up halfway through a render. Turned off all hardware encoding and now it renders EVERYTHING just as fast.

KevinLarrabee

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Jul 06, 2011 07:52

OK for the hell of it I tried using the Fast Rendering and it worked for two videos, but not the third. It stalls at 49%.

There is really no way to get this working? 2 minutes instead of 15 for rendering a video is a big deal.

James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Jul 06, 2011 10:28

Hi,
How much memory have you in your system? Try turning off 'Shadow files" see if that helps.
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KevinLarrabee

Newbie Joined: Jul 01, 2011 08:18 Messages: 7 Offline

Jul 06, 2011 10:28

Quote: Hi,
How much memory have you in your system? Try turning off 'Shadow files" see if that helps.
Jim

12GB. How do I turn that off? Thanks.

James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Jul 06, 2011 11:04

Hi,
Go into preferences 'under edit menu (bottom).
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