PDR 13 Overwrites existing video

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Scandinerdian

Newbie Joined: May 18, 2016 12:25 Messages: 3 Offline

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May 18, 2016 12:57

Hi everyone! New here and I´m in dire need of some help.

You see at random intervalls the program descides to replace a clip in the timeline with another one. It may ever replace it with one not even in the timeline although imported into the project. The wierd thing, that indicates that my clumpsy fingers are not to blame, is that the correct clip is represented in the timeline even though it plays back another one! It almost seems like it has nothing to do with what is graphically represented on screen, since it continues to play back the wrong clip even though the clip in the timeline has already ended.

I´ve encoutered so many wierd bugs as of late that I know something is up, either with the program or my rig.

I´ve updated PDR 13 to the latest version, my graphics drivers are up to date and I tried to rund the latest ffdshow just recently but without any change.

Is it the integrated graphics card that is insufficient or what?

Ps. I should mention that the computer was bought for the sole purpose of video editing, and only has PDR 13 installed after a clean installation. It has no 3d party software installed except ffdshow as of very recently Ds.

/Scandinerdian

OS Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 build 7601

Computer model HP EliteBook 8560w

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz, 2001 Mhz,

Physical memory (RAM) 8,00 GB

Graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 1000M

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at May 19. 2016 04:15

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

May 18, 2016 13:04

More than lightly you highlighted a clip in the media library. You are playing that instead on the one in the timeline which is not highlighted.

Let us know if this helps.

Scandinerdian

Newbie Joined: May 18, 2016 12:25 Messages: 3 Offline

May 18, 2016 16:47

Thank you for the reply tomasc.
Unfortunately the solution is not that simple. You see the movie plays normally, that is, the clips play as they should in succession until suddenly it doesn´t. However it seems the pattern is that it reverts to changes I´ve done long ago in the timeline. As if it mixes up the "undo steps". I can highlight a clip in the timeline, split it, remove the leftover, but it doesn´t register the changes. I´m so confused...

Carl312

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

May 18, 2016 20:19

After you have made the changes, are you saving a new Project file?

Changes are not noted in the pds file unless you save. 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.

Scandinerdian

Newbie Joined: May 18, 2016 12:25 Messages: 3 Offline

May 19, 2016 04:11

I have saved many times since a lot of the other bugs I have encountered, such as freezing of certain options in the PIP window, only can be rectified by quitting and reopening the program.

Anonymous

May 20, 2016 00:27

Hello, Scandinerdian!

Reading from your original post(correct me if I'm wrong), it seems that if you've placed, say, two clips on a timeline(example situation given here to best explain my point), then you've added a third, but in between the previous two, the newly-inserted clip overwrites one or other of the previously-inserted clips. In versions of Power Director pre-Version 9, if you did this, it simply pushed any other clips to the right and neatly shoe-horned the newly-inserted clip where you wanted it. But with PD9 onwards, this is no longer the case. I'm not quite sure of what's happening here, but on using PD14 recently to edit a video that a friend shot(I collected the content off his camera that he loaned me for the purpose), I dropped a clip in between two others and got a similar situation.

Maybe something in Preferences[relating to Editing] might help overcome this situation(access preferences via "cogwheel" or similar symbol in Power Director). It's a curious effect and not entirely welcome if, in editing, you've inadvertantly omitted a clip and want to insert it at the point it was meant to be inserted.

Cheers!

Neil.

Fenman

Senior Contributor Location: Cambridge, UK Joined: Nov 24, 2011 04:44 Messages: 731 Offline

May 20, 2016 04:40

In that situation PD should be popping up a box giving a choice of inserting or overwriting. Regards,
Mike

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Anonymous

May 20, 2016 08:49

Quote: In that situation PD should be popping up a box giving a choice of inserting or overwriting.

Hi, Mike

Yeah! I'd have thought so too, now you mention it. I just tried something a moment ago which fitted with what you said. A video clip, where I put a still image over it(meant to put it on a PiP track) but saw that reference to insert or overwrite.

Hmmm... noticed you've updated your avatar, nice one!

Cheers!

Neil.

Carl312

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

May 20, 2016 10:07

Quote:

Quote: In that situation PD should be popping up a box giving a choice of inserting or overwriting.

Neil, How about you put a Avatar on your profile? 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.

Anonymous

May 20, 2016 22:51

Quote:

Neil, How about you put a Avatar on your profile?

Hi, Carl!

I've just this minute replied on this subject via PM with Mike(Fenman)! I have thought about adding an avatar but as yet haven't found anything, image-wise, to suit the purpose. I may yet stumble across something suitable, but until then, I'll stay without an avatar for now. Getting back to topic, the matter of inserting video content between two already-added clips, and having the new insert overwriting one of them instead of shifting clips to the right, is a problem bugging our original poster, Scandinerdian. Just on thinking about that, I wonder, how many clips were there on the timeline after the point where Scandinerdian wanted to insert the new clip? That may have something to do with this situation. If more than, say, two clips, then a new insert may well overwrite one of the pre-existing clips on the timeline without asking the user if he wants to insert or overwrite. This thought has occurred to me as I write this.

Cheers!

Neil.