Hi,
Power Director 7 ULTRA Crashing with AVCHD Burn

-Camcorder HDR-SR7 (SONY)
-CPU: Intel QUAD CORE Q6600
-Video Card GE FORCE 7600 GS 512 MB memory (AGP 8X)
-Sound Card: RelTek HD (Built in)
-XP PRO SP 2
-AVCHD Files are on Hard Drive (Downloaded from Camcorder) using
SONY software.
- All antivirus software is off during use of Power Director 7 ULTRA
BURN is set to AVCHD 1440 x 1080 5.1 surround without motion in menu

Issues:

1)While doing AVCHD BURNING I get a crash with the following message:

Power Director Error

AppName: pdr.exe AppVer: 7.0.0.1628
ModName: se_clmediadetect.dll
ModVer: 1.1.0.3906 Offset: 00039270

- Have even tried PowerDirector 7.0 (build: 1714) [Vista ready]
(PowerDirector7_1714_VDE071008-01.exe) as per CS but still get same
crash.


2) This crash is 15 out of 16 times (Have coasters to prove it).
- Sometimes it works OK (the very first time) with CRISP UNRENDERED (so it seems) Images. Other times when it doesn't crash, the same sequence of videos appears blurry (like the software tried to render but failed miserably). Have tried burning with chapters, without chapters, creating a directory with video to burn later (= option under BURN).

Have uninstalled, reinstalled program, directories and deleting registry entries without success per CS instructions without any luck.

Bottom line:

1) Can anyone help with the crash issue?
2) Does anyone know why when it does not crash, at times video appears almost like the original and at times appears like "mud".


Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Steve