Hey y'all,

So I am a recreational movie editor (my specialty is making really stupid movies : ) and I recently purchased a new computer. I bought another competitors movie editing software a few years ago, and I have been using that the whole time. But, now that I have a new computer with Windows 8, and I realized this movie editing software is forcing me to purchase an "upgrade" in order to make this software work on my computer. I think that is total BS, so I have dropped that software, and I have been searching around trying all of the different trial versions of software to find the one I like.

So, I have stumbled upon Cyberlink Powerdirector and from the first impressions, it seems pretty spiffy. But, as with every movie editing software I have tried out, I am having problems! I searched the forums for this same issue, and I couldn't find anybody who had my exact problem, so that is why I am posting here.

Basically, I am a bedroom musician. My overall goal is to video record me playing/singing songs with my webcam while recording in a music editing program at the same time. I then want to use powerdirector to import the video, take away the webcam audio, and put in the "polished" audio from the music recording software. Seems simple enough, yet I am having problems.

First off, I want to mention that the initial webcam recording software I used (whatever Logitech's standard software is) only allows my webcam to record at 15 fps, even though it is capable of 30 fps. I realized that this is a problem when producing my movie because there isn't an option to produce at 15 fps. I have a logitech C510 webcam btw.

After doing some searching on the internet, I found that I can use Windows Media encoder to record at 30 fps. I now do that, and the video created is a .wmv file. I then import this file in powerdirector and I noticed that in the preview window, the audio and video aren't synced up any more. They are about a half second off. I ignored the fact, since I wasn't even going to use that audio anyways. I went on to finish with my video and made my "polished" audio line up perfectly, and then I produced the movie. I created the video in AVI format, and then I watched the final result. The video and audio were WAY off! I think there was about a 5+ second delay from the audio and video. I tried to create it in another format with the same result.

I read from some posts earlier that even though the audio/video might look out of sync in the preview window, it still might work properly once you create the video. I just tried producing a couple random short videos to see if it would work, and when I make the movie, it still has a half second delay between audio and video. I have tried making it in multiple formats, and all have the same half second delay.

Do any of you have any suggestions on what to do? I just want to make movies, and I find it rather frustrating that I can't just "plug and play" but I guess with something as complex as this stuff, that rarely ever happens. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm at work, so I can't post my full specs of my computer, but I know it is a powerhouse. I just bought it recently, and I made sure it was spec'd so it could handle using audio recording software with no problems. Here are a few ones that I know.

>Model: ASUS Desktop PC M11AD Series
>Processor: Intel Core i7-4770S CPU @ 3.10 GHz
>RAM: 8.00 GB
>Operating system: Windows 8.1 64 bit

If I remember correctly, the one area where this computer skimps out on is the video card. I believe it might be an integrated video card, which I'm sure is not ideal for movie editing. But, I would think that it could handle something as simple as a short 10 second movie.

Any recommendations would be appreciated! I am a pretty big newb when it comes to video formats/compression topics/etc, but I am an electrical engineer and I like to think I pick up on this stuff pretty quickly. Any thoughts/recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

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