PD14 Alternative?

booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

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May 12, 2016 04:51

Any suggestions for a PD14 Alternative???

This Mainly stems from the frustrating fact that I cannot use my Nvidia GPU to work with PD14, or Vis-versa....

And upon a recent very simple edit I tried, just added to the frustration..

.All I wanted was to do a 15sec Instagram clip, of a helicopter flying over 50% at normal speed, going into 50% at slow-mo...

Boy, what a mission! It was a 50fps H.264 clip from a camcorder, added 10% video enhancement, and a portion I added a 'time-shift' at half-speed, and the preview was just shocking, couldnt even watch it back smoothly...

I have what you call a good 'gaming laptop' but it should be able to easily handle this simple editing! Shouldnt it????

With My spec computer, I really do not know if I should have the following on/off, to assist with the preview process:

Shadow files on/off?Hardware acceleration

Enable OpenCL technologyHardware acceleration

Enable Hardware Decoding

Again, to mention I cannot choose to use GTX960M for PD14 in the Nividia settings.

I can use Gopro Cineform with my GPU, and it works awesome, preview is great with speed up/slow down etc, but so limited features compared to PD14.

And I have learnt over the years how to use PD, and am really guttered if I have to resort to learning and using something else...[/list]

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kmjk333

Member Joined: Feb 16, 2016 02:23 Messages: 93 Offline

May 13, 2016 05:26

"good 'gaming laptop"
What is a good gaming laptop? Have any idea your full system specs?

"I cannot choose to use GTX960M for PD14 in the Nividia settings"

This is the third topic of not getting the video card to be enabled in Powerdirector 14 I have read recently. Read here:

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/48283.page

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SoNic67

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 27, 2014 14:14 Messages: 1308 Offline

May 13, 2016 11:14

Your problem is the laptop. You will find NO video editing software that will work with your laptop GPU.

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

May 13, 2016 13:11

I'm not sure what a good gaming laptop is either. Run the Windows dxdiag.exe and post it as an attachment.
Don't just give us the Make and Model because that is no specific enough.

In the past, the GPU on the CPU was not good enough to work with some Video Editing programs. This is no longer true. I have a Alienware laptop (great game playing laptop) and have no issues editing HD video. It had a separate video card that crapped out and the laptop never missed a beat.

Just make sure that your rendering is set to software and no hardware. It MAY be a little slower but it will result in a better video out file.

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booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

May 13, 2016 19:05

Hi Team,

I think I have done the DXDiag correct...


Filename	No Use GPU.PNG	Download
Description
Filesize	30 Kbytes
Downloaded:	37 time(s)

Carl312

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

May 13, 2016 19:54

Quote: Hi Team,

I think I have done the DXDiag correct...

Not correct!

Correct method:

Part A (Powerdirector version information), Part B (Dxdiag.txt file)

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/45453.page

Please attach the Text version to the forum. Do not copy and paste pieces. 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.

booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

May 13, 2016 20:24

Sorry, let me try that again...

Power Director Ultra - 14.0.2707.0

SR Number - VDE160307-04

Filename	TonyBoogerDxDiag.zip	Download
Description
Filesize	16 Kbytes
Downloaded:	218 time(s)

Filename	TonyBoogerDxDiag.txt	Download
Description
Filesize	86 Kbytes
Downloaded:	242 time(s)

Theolilou

Member Location: France Joined: Feb 07, 2016 11:27 Messages: 107 Offline

May 14, 2016 04:59

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/75/46836.page

Please read this and PM

booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

May 15, 2016 03:30

Ok, I have tryed this again,

I have just tried, now PD14 will not open at all...

Becoming very frustrating, as I have to uninstall and reinstall everything over and over because of the changes I made.

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booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

May 15, 2016 03:35

When you say this

"1. Go to PowerDirector installation folder. Find the 2 files "PDR.exe" and "PDR.exe.manifest" and rename them to
"PDR14.exe" and "PDR14.exe.manifest".

Are you meaning rename PDR.exe, as in the application???

Theolilou

Member Location: France Joined: Feb 07, 2016 11:27 Messages: 107 Offline

May 15, 2016 05:08

No rename them as "PDR14.exe" and "PDR14.exe.manifest".

Your new shorcut to start the PD14 program should be PDR14.exe.

booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

May 15, 2016 13:53

Thank you, I shall uninstall and try it all again.

I may have gone wrong somewhere.

I cannot actually find the file PDR.exe to rename...

I can only find 2x PDR, one which seems to be the 'application'. And the other the. 'Icon'.

It must be the application file right the I rename to PDR14.exe

Richmond Dan

Senior Contributor Location: Richmond, VA Joined: Aug 07, 2014 17:17 Messages: 673 Offline

May 15, 2016 15:07

On my PC, Windows File Explorer shows:

C:\Program Files\Cyberlink\PowerDirector14\PDR.exe

That file is an application. Note that it is in the Program Files folder, NOT the Program Files (x86) folder.

PDR.exe.manifest is also in the same folder, but it is a MANIFEST file type, not an application.

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Dan
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

May 15, 2016 16:10

Hi booger182 -

It sounds like you have your file extensions hidden - or you'd be able to tell whether it was .exe, .ico or .exe.manifest

Here's how to show file extensions in Win10 - http://www.file-extensions.org/article/show-and-hide-file-extensions-in-windows-10

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booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

May 16, 2016 04:54

Quote: On my PC, Windows File Explorer shows:

C:\Program Files\Cyberlink\PowerDirector14\PDR.exe

That file is an application. Note that it is in the Program Files folder, NOT the Program Files (x86) folder.

PDR.exe.manifest is also in the same folder, but it is a MANIFEST file type, not an application.

Top Man, thanking you - Now let me try this yet again!

booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

May 16, 2016 04:55

Quote: Hi booger182 -

It sounds like you have your file extensions hidden - or you'd be able to tell whether it was .exe, .ico or .exe.manifest

Here's how to show file extensions in Win10 - http://www.file-extensions.org/article/show-and-hide-file-extensions-in-windows-10

Cheers - Tony

Top Man, thanking you - Now let me try this yet again!

At least I can now see the extensions! thanks!

booger182

Member Location: New Zealand Joined: Mar 02, 2012 19:13 Messages: 52 Offline

May 17, 2016 19:29

OK, I have finally got this working, thank you all!!!

Next step is wait until my next project and see if I have any crashes/Errors etc...