Copying .pds files from Vista PC to Windows 10 PC

7Phil77

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Sep 07, 2016 22:04

Can't copy and paste here?

Mod edited: There was a large space between these two parts - looks like a posting error. Select "Edit" and delete one maybe.

I just purchased a new PC with Windows 10 installed and then purchased PowerDirector 14.

My old PC was running Vista and PowerDirector 10.

I needed to copy all my files to an external Toshiba SSD and then copy them again onto my new PC's HDD which all went ok.

But when I went to open the .pds files (ie video with all the clips/titles/transformations etc) they all appeared as Word documents with only a few kbs each. However, some do open in PD14 properly although some have hiccups opening and also open as a long list of data in Word. I have not had enough time to investigate every one of them yet. It also looks like some of the .pds files have not been copied. Is this a known problem?
If so, is there a fix or do I need to go back and check each one that is missing and attempt to copy it again and try to paste it/them into the respective folder(s)?

Thanks,

Phil.

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Phil
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Dafydd B

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Sep 08, 2016 03:23

"Copy"?
Open/Start the computer with your projects that you want to "copy"
Open PowerDirector using the project's saved pds file.
You should now have the project displayed on screen and the Edit Workspace showing.
Top left of the screen and select File/Pack Project Materials. (PDR10 will be File/Export/Pack Project Materials).
"Pack" to a new folder.
The folder should/will contain all the media you have used to create the project. It is the folder with the newly created pds that you copy and move via a connected portable device.

The pds file is an xml script that lists the location (local address) of media used, it is useless* to copy and move unless you pack the material with it and in the manner indicated above.

*there are ways to circumvent the local address issue but explaining how is not for now.

Dafydd

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7Phil77

Senior Member Joined: May 27, 2009 02:54 Messages: 195 Offline

Sep 08, 2016 09:48

Thanks Dafydd, I'll try that and then look to do all the other 95 or so .pds files I have to copy onto the new PC.

Regards,

Phil.

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Phil
Tell the truth - but gently.

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i5-6600K OC CPU, Asus Z170-P Motherboard, 4G Asus GeForce GTX 960, 240GB SSD, 1 x 1TB Seagate HDD, 1x 1TB SSD external backup HDD, 8GB RAM