PD11's main benefit is for HD editors. Unless you're looking at upgrading to HD PD9 is very good for what you are doing.

In today's media world I'm surprised that you're OK with SD video however. Win 10, i7

Thanks for the reply, HDedit. I was hoping for good news, (that PD11 burns higher quality DVD's than PD9), but I appreciate your honesty. Unless something has changed in the DVD World, I don't think that a High Definition DVD will play on your casual DVD player? Our team just uses a $120 DVD player purchased at Best Buy to train the players. Is the "SD Video" you refer to the same as "DVD-HQ"...which is what I use.
-Allen

Hi Allen

Sorry to butt in on HD's excellent answer but all DVD's are standard definition or DVD HQ in the PD settings.

A DVD uses a resolution of 720x480/576.

If you are using high definition video you really do need:

1. A high definition (1920x1080) TV
2. A Blu-ray player
3. Produce your file to a HD profile and watch via a USB
4. Burn your project to a blu-ray disc.

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Hello C.H.Films. You didn't "butt in", as you put it. I asked for input from all sources. Thank-you for yours!

My original post/question was simply if PD11 makes higher quality DVD-HQ DVD's than PD9..or are there any improvements to the visual aesthetics of the "Create Disk" module of PD11 vs PD9. (i.e. Like seeing the "Produce" and "Burn" progress bars separately, even when making only one DVD. With PD9, I have to "trick" the program into thinking I'm going to make 2+ DVDs just to see the Producing and Burning processes separately.. otherwise, both are lumped together. Programmers used some goofy logic when deciding not to ALWAYS show each process in it's own progress bar. Would be nice to get away from having to use such program trickery!)

Thanks again for your feedback regarding the methods for showing HD Videos, should I ever want to produce one.
-AC

If you uncheck Burn Disk and only check Burn Disk Folder. You will only see the assembly in the progress bar.

There is no Burn Disk when you use the Burn Disk Folder only.

To burn the PD created Disk Folder to actual disk, use a Disk Burning App. There are plenty of free disk burn applications.

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.

Quote: Thanks for the reply, HDedit. I was hoping for good news, (that PD11 burns higher quality DVD's than PD9), but I appreciate your honesty. Unless something has changed in the DVD World, I don't think that a High Definition DVD will play on your casual DVD player? Our team just uses a $120 DVD player purchased at Best Buy to train the players. Is the "SD Video" you refer to the same as "DVD-HQ"...which is what I use.
-Allen

If you are only burning a single project for the coach with no editing I suggest you maybe consider using HD footage. The quality is so much better for sports than DVD-HQ and your current camera supports full HD. You can purchase a standalone BD player for about $40US so if the coaches current TV supports playing higher resolution the team/coach would be very thankfull I'd think. Another benefit for you since you are dumping the whole video with no edits to disc, you can record and create a BD at the same resolution, hence SVRT can be used and make the produce time a fraction of what you do now converting your captured footage to DVD-HQ and burning DVD. SVRT used in this fashion does not introduce any artifacts that I have seen. Of course the above suggestion requires you to have a BD burner in your computer, not sure if you do, $70US

Jeff

? Alguien edición 3D HD Ultimate PowerDirector11 el editor, o de otro tipo, con clips y fotos y renderizado 3D o grabar discos Blu-Ray 3D funciona. Yo no habría conseguido ni siquiera con 11 o versiones anteriores y servicio técnico no tiene ni idea, no han podido contestarme desde junio. Empeñado en que funcione en 3D PowerDirector

? Alguien edita 3D en Alta Definición con el editor PowerDirector11 Ultimate, u Otro, estafadores clips y fotos en 3D y al renderizar o quemar música disco Blu-Ray en 3D le Funciona?. Yo no se le conseguido ni con el 11 ni en Versiones Anteriores y Su Servicio Tecnico ni idea ni Tiene, sin darme Han Sabido Respuesta desde el mes de Junio. Empeñado en que funcione en 3D PowerDirector

¿ Alguien edita 3D en Alta Definición con el editor PowerDirector11 Ultimate u otro, usando clips y fotos en 3D al renderizar o quemar en disco Blu-Ray en 3D y le Funciona?. Yo no lo he conseguido, siempre falla bloqueándose en algún porcentaje en la renderización, ni con el 11 ni en Versiones Anteriores y Su Servicio Tecnico , supongo, no saben encontrar el problema. Estoy así desde el mes de Junio. Os agradeceré comentarios Empeñado en que funcione en 3D PowerDirector

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Does anyone edit 3D HD Ultimate PowerDirector11 the editor or another, using clips and photos in 3D to render or burn to Blu-Ray 3D and Works. I have not got, always fails to hang at any rate in the rendering, or the 11 and earlier versions and its service, I suppose, not able to find the problem. I'm so since June. I appreciate comments.


Win 10, i7

Thanks to everyone who responded with constructive advice! Since my PC is a 2009 model with no Blu-Ray burner, (HP Desktop e9220y), I'm going to investigate getting a better computer that's more suitable for HD production/burning. There are several helpful threads in the forum I'll use for guidance. I'll also work with the school to see if they'll get a HD-Capable Television for the teams. The 25-inch 1985 box-on-a-stand television they use nowhere near ready for HD footage. Thanks JL_JL for that suggestion.

Carl312, I did the Burn-To-Folder option and also downloaded a free program called (I think) Imageburn? Anyway, I couldn't figure out what to do with the Video and Audio folders that PD-9 created. Will have to research that some more when I'm retired and have more time. But for now, it's just easier to tell PowerDirector that I want to make more than one DVD in order to see the Producing and Burning processes separately. Thanks anyway for the advice. It's appreciated.

-Allen in Chicagoland

Quote: Thanks to everyone who responded with constructive advice! Since my PC is a 2009 model with no Blu-Ray burner, (HP Desktop e9220y), I'm going to investigate getting a better computer that's more suitable for HD production/burning. There are several helpful threads in the forum I'll use for guidance. I'll also work with the school to see if they'll get a HD-Capable Television for the teams. The 25-inch 1985 box-on-a-stand television they use nowhere near ready for HD footage. Thanks JL_JL for that suggestion.

Carl312, I did the Burn-To-Folder option and also downloaded a free program called (I think) Imageburn? Anyway, I couldn't figure out what to do with the Video and Audio folders that PD-9 created. Will have to research that some more when I'm retired and have more time. But for now, it's just easier to tell PowerDirector that I want to make more than one DVD in order to see the Producing and Burning processes separately. Thanks anyway for the advice. It's appreciated.

-Allen in Chicagoland

You can tell your school that a HD TV can be bought for as little as about $350 USD. That woud be for a 32 inch LCD TV.

I am not familiar with Imageburn, but the method to burn a DVD is you burn the two folders in "My Video" to the Disk.

If there is an option in the software to burn a DVD Video, choose that option.

For a DVD the folders are:
AUDIO_TS
VIDEO_TS

AUDIO_TS may be empty, burn it anyway. It is a necessary part of the DVD Video disk structure.
The Videos and Menu are in VIDEO_TS.

Hi,
I have had quite a bit of success creating Blue ray DVD's incorporating my 2d video to 3D and creating my own 3D titles and burning to folder then using ImgBurn to create a Blu ray DVD. Power Director creates the necessary folder structure, then use ImgBurn (and a Blu ray disk and burner) tom burn using ImgBurn's burn folder option.
Jim
P.s. I have a fairly powerful system tho'.
p.s. Invest in some blu ray rewritable disk to experiment first. (save a lot of coasters)
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Mi equipo tiene procesador I7 4 núcleos, 42 Gb. de memoria Ram y tarjeta gráfica Gigabyte Geforce 680. Por lo que tengo máquina de sobra. Los clips son directamente 3D al tener videocámara 3D. Las fotos 2D a 3D va bien y graba bien, pero no así de grabación directa de clips 3D que me queda bloqueado. Empeñado en que funcione en 3D PowerDirector

Quote: My computer has 4 core I7 processor, 42 GB of RAM and graphics card Gigabyte Geforce 680. So I have spare machine. The clips are to be directly 3D 3D camcorder. The 2D to 3D photos and record successfully goes well, but not direct recording of 3D clips that stuck me.

Hola José,
Por favor enviar su problema como un tema nuevo. Enlace: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/jforum.page?module=posts&action=insert&forum_id=110
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