I haven't had any crashes since I turned off the "Show sound waveform in Timeline" option under the General preferences tab. I'm not sure if this is a general solution or not, but it seems to have worked for me for a while now.

One other thing that I noticed prior to turning off the waveform option is that I had to make sure that PowerDirector was done with whatever processing it was in the middle of, especially saving files, prior to performing another action. I used the Windows Task Manager to track this. Interestingly, once I stopped displaying the audio waveform, the processor became idle much faster.

Hope this helps.

I have had crashes but to be honest, and having looked at what works and what crashes, it seem to my own fault!

These are my general rules to successful operation of PD6 build 17xx (whatever it was)

Rule 1 for not crashing:- If it's in the time line or the media library then DO NOT rename or move or alter in any way the original file.

Rule 2 : Save the project every so often using sequential file names (Video 01.pds, Video 02.pds ...)

Rule 3 : Add subtitles, titles, transitions etc after composing the main timeline, and save after each one.

Rule 4 : If a .pds file will not load without errors go back to a previous one. I have only ever had problems with reloading due to me ignoring rule 1.

Rule 5 : Try to quit any backgrond programs. Turn off / unplug the internet access and shutdown your anti virus / firewall.

Rule 6 : Give PD6 time to "settle" after opening a project, ensure that all disk activity has finished.

Rule 7 : Turn off the "display sound waveform" option - cannot remember exactly what it's called, but it shows a video soundtrack as a straight line (volume level?) and not as a waveform)

Rule 8 : Keep at it.

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Hi, I'm new to Power Director but ran into this problem almost immediately. I did as adviced above, and PD no longer crashes, so there is obviously a bug in Power Director when displaying the waveform - anyone have any idea when or if CyberLink is going to release a patch for this?

Strike that - it still crashes... Continously! If not immediately after load, then the first time I touch anything - whether it is the timeline, a clip or the play button - any interaction with the UI crashes PD.

This is very disappointing.

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