Can't Preview in Edit Mode

Kral

Newbie Joined: Jul 14, 2011 17:03 Messages: 3 Offline

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Jan 17, 2013 14:49

I’m using Power Director 10 Ultra (10.0.0.1703.) I’m trying to edit a previously produced video. My problem is in the Edit mode, I can’t preview the video using either the preview window or the Media Viewer. I click the “play” control but nothing happens. I’ve always been able to preview videos using the same PC. This problem exists whether I’ve selected “Clip” or “Movie”. The timeline slider allows me to move to a selected spot in the video, although it’s kind of slow getting there. Once I get to the selected spot, the “Play” control does nothing. Is there some setting that I may have messed up? I’m a newbie to video editing in general and PowerDirector in particular.

I’m running Windows 7 64 Bit Professional, version 6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)
Thanks,
Jon

Carl312

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

Jan 17, 2013 18:37

There is a couple of things you can try.
1. Lower the preview resolution to 'High' or 'Normal'.
2. Maybe the most important, up date your Video Card driver to the latest on the manufacturer's website.

If those changes do not help you,

Post Part A and Part B
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/24771.page

Part B tells us about your 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.

Kral

Newbie Joined: Jul 14, 2011 17:03 Messages: 3 Offline

Jan 24, 2013 17:52

I went to the site you recommended. One of the suggestions triggered my memory: I had just recently updated my Nvidia driver. The suggestion to update Power Director to correct an incompatibility with an Nvidia driver fixed the problem. Thanks for the tip Thanks,
Jon