Power Director 8 videos stalling after each transition -

ssarbot

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Jul 09, 2011 11:57

My son and I went scuba diving recently and shot about 170 video clips with a Sony DSC-TX9 in AVCHD H.264 mode (1080).

We are using Cyberlink Power Director Ultra 8.0 3022.

You would think an 8th version should be far enuff down the pipeline to give good results - - I certainly would not invest in an upgarde if this version cannot prove itself out.

I have been using Power Director about 3 years with earlier versions.

We are using a new Sony gaming laptop with a I7 multicore Intel CPU, 6 gigs of RAM and a Nvidia Geforce GT330M video card.

This Sony is probably a bit more horsepower than needed, but should suffice.

I thought that this Power Director software had evolved into sort of Prosumer quality, but I'm still having issues with it.

We loaded about 46 of the video clips in a .pds file, all trimmed, we used the blur transition set at 3 seconds (default 2 seconds was worse) - - we checked other transitions but same problem with stalling.

We experimented with different time settings on the transtions and different transitions but always the same problem kept appearing.

We saved the .pds file and and producing a AVCHD H.264 1080 File for DVD.

1) We noticed upon playback that after each transition there was an annoying "hiccup" or "stall" before the next video clip started to play smoothly in the produced video.

What must we do to resolve this issue ?

2) We also noticed that although we trimmed the clips properly in the timeline when creating the video, the "produced" video played a bit faster and seemed to rush the beginning and end of each clip so that we lost important scenery and action.
Now we have to go back and re-trim them all ?

I guess with Power Director what you see is NOT what you get ?

3) Is it better to load only a smaller number of video clips (like maybe 25) and then produce video #1, load another 25 clips and produce a 2nd video, and so forth then in the final stage load your 6 or 7 videos into a master final and produce the final video ?

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Jul 09, 2011 15:44

3) Is it better to load only a smaller number of video clips (like maybe 25) and then produce video #1, load another 25 clips and produce a 2nd video, and so forth then in the final stage load your 6 or 7 videos into a master final and produce the final video ?

Yes, it is better to break up big projects into smaller pieces, produce each piece, then combine once all the edits have been done on the small pieces.

What version of PD 8 do you have, the latest build version is 3022.

http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdirector/patches_en_US.html

1) We noticed upon playback that after each transition there was an annoying "hiccup" or "stall" before the next video clip started to play smoothly in the produced video.

That usually is not seen in the produced video, it has to do with the computer loading the next file to play during preview.
The hiccup or stall is most noticeable when you have transition's on the timeline.

2) We also noticed that although we trimmed the clips properly in the timeline when creating the video, the "produced" video played a bit faster and seemed to rush the beginning and end of each clip so that we lost important scenery and action.
Now we have to go back and re-trim them all ?

Maybe...
If you use the split and delete method instead of the Trim module, you get faster and better results.

Select the clip you want to split, move the scrubber to the split point, click the split button move to end of the part you want to remove, click the split button, than click that part you just split and delete.

I guess with Power Director what you see is NOT what you get ?

If your computer is slow and your preview resolution is too high, then you don't get what you see is what you get.
If you lower the preview resolution, that preview is pretty good idea of what you get. Remember the preview viewer is not the final view. Only the produced final product is what you get.

We saved the .pds file and and producing a AVCHD H.264 1080 File for DVD

A DVD is only 720x480. A DVD will not be as sharp as your original footage. If you make a AVCHD or BluRay disk then you will have the full resolution.
Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Elwood Blues Cyberlink

Member Joined: Oct 01, 2010 18:55 Messages: 79 Offline

Jul 09, 2011 16:53

Carl, I would only add one thing to your good advice; An AVCHD file will play in 1080 quality on a DVD, provided the DVD is made as a "data" disc. Of course it will only play on a computer and some bluray and game systems.

Elwood

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Jul 09, 2011 18:52

Elwood Blues,

You are correct that you can put a AVCHD file on a "data" DVD, provided the file is small enough to fit on a 4.7 GB or 8.5 GB DVD. But that is not a DVD Video that plays in regular DVD players.

My first BluRay Video, I did it on a double layer DVD, it only plays in a BluRay player or on the computer. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.