I got to agree with James, the length of the video is killing the burn on a single layer DVD. Smartfit is not SmartCRAM! HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
Nvidia GTX 960(4GB)/16GB DDR3/
Canon Vixia HV30/HF-M40/HF-M41/HF-G20/Olympus E-PL5.
Tape capture using 6 VCR, TBC-1000, Elite BVP4+, Sony D8 camcorder with TBC.
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Quote: I got to agree with James, the length of the video is killing the burn on a single layer DVD. Smartfit is not SmartCRAM!

We know that the rendering of PD12 is only good for the DVD HQ, profile any option drops the quality.
But I guess I the subject of this topic and pixellização when jumping chapters, I already noticed this and had to redo some DVD.
The error appears on any player, PC, DVD and BluRay Player. AMD-FX 8350 / 8GB DDR3
SSD SUV400S37240G / 2-HD WD 1TB
AMD Radeon R9 270 / AOC M2470SWD
Windows 7-64 / PD16 Ultimate

Hello Again.

It seems to be there is pixel failure, when using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
I tryed to install Windows 7 ulta 64 bit, and get no problems with pixel failure.

I dunno if there is any update patch for Powerdirector 12 Ulta, for solution of pixelfailure in Windows 8 or 8.1.
Seems to be Windows 7 Ulta still are the best OS.

Any suggestion for Windows 8 or 8.1 ?

My Windows 8x64 works fine. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
Nvidia GTX 960(4GB)/16GB DDR3/
Canon Vixia HV30/HF-M40/HF-M41/HF-G20/Olympus E-PL5.
Tape capture using 6 VCR, TBC-1000, Elite BVP4+, Sony D8 camcorder with TBC.
https://www.facebook.com/BarryAFTT

I use win 7 ultimate 64 bit

Hardware info:

CPU i7-3820 3,60ghz 10 MB (Socket 2011)
Motherboard: Acer Sabertooth X79 (socket 2011)
Harddrive: (c: drive) Samsung SSD 250 GB 840 series (f: drive) WD 1TB
Graphic Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660TI 2GB DDR5
Memory: Kingston Hyper X 16GB 2133mhz DDR3

Is that good enough for Power Director 12, and will you suggest Windows 8 or 8.1 ?
If i can run Powerdirector 12 without pixelfailure in Windows 7 64 bit, i should be abble to run it in win 8 or 8.1 too.

BarryTheCrab

I need to know what version of Powerdirector Ultra u are using. Do u use K lite Mega Codecs also, for playing / encoding video'es ??

I use powerdirector ultra 12 64 bit. For codecs, use K Lite Mega Codecs.