Hello
I've searched the forum for issues, but none seem to be directly related.

I am experiencing slowness with PowerDirector 9 when I'm editing movie clips. I did not have this problem with PowerDirector 8. I have updated both my audio and video drivers and PowerDirector 9 is running the latest patch.

My system is Windows 7 x64 Professional. I have 12GB of RAM and a Core i7 920 @2.7GHZ

The system has two drives; the C drive contains windows and the power director software. It is a mirrored array of 2 SSDs. My data drive is 4 WD Black drives in a raid 5. The data drive is where I keep my powerdirector projects and movie clips.

After using the software for 10-15 minues, it starts to become slow. When I click movie files to split, play, cut audio, etc, it gets slower with each iteration of an edit. It runs smooth for the first few edits. After the 4th or 5th edit, it starts dragging. I usually have to save my work at this point. If I continue on, eventually the software will freeze no matter what I click (view clip, split, split audio/video, anything). I then have to force quit the application. I can reload the software, and the same thing happens again. I'm monitoring the proess during all this, and it never goes above 5% utilization. I am not currently monitoring disk read/write. I'm going to do this next.

Does anyone have any ideas? Is anyone aware of any memory leaks with this software?

I'm wondering if it's the x64 version. The recent patch did something to support x64 sandy bridge chips. I think mine may fall into that category.

I appreciate any help you can think of, and please let me know if I need to supply any additional information. I really like using the software, but if I cannot get this fixed, I'm going to have to try something different.

Thanks,
Michael