My example is as follows: I recorded a 40min video on dv camera, then transferred to computer via firewire cable. The video in dv format is too big to fit on a standard 4.7gb disc.
When creating a disc, the highest quality setting in powerdirector is 8000k bitrate. This compresses the video to only 2.3gb - an unneccessary loss in quality.
The smartfit option supposedly fixes this - however, my investigations have revealed that smartfit technology does not select the best compression setting to make sure the entire disc content is used up - it merely select the best option (from dvd hq, dvd sp, dvd lp). i.e. if you wabted to record a dvd in a higher setting than 8000k bitrate, it is impossible.
This is unacceptable from a software that is so new and that costs as much as it does - Adobe Premier Elements 3 handled a function like this perfectly and that software is probaly 3 years old and much cheaper.
I bought Powerdirector because it had a fancy video editting functions compared to its rivals. However, it becomes a useless piece of software if it cannot handle the simple tasks - i.e. what's the use of producing a masterpeice if you cannot write it to disc in the highest quality possible.
The "automated" responses I've been receiving from the support desk is pathetic - clearly there are people manning the support desk that don't understand the product or a thing about video editting.
I urge to Cyberlink to take heed and fix the flaw -
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