Hi chickencoop -

Relax. There's probably nothing much to worry about.

First up - .PDS is the file extension for PowerDirector projects. .PDS is not a video format or codec, so NO - you don't have to convert anything.

If your camera records videos with .MP4 or .MOV file extensions, they should be fine in PDR15. What is your camera brand & model?

The video files you import into PDR - do they have an .MP4 or .MOV file extension? Do they playback in the preview window?

Cheers - Tony
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In the library your video will be the format that your camera records in. You choose the final format under the Produce tab. You can also produce just the audio. I still see the Extract Audio option for mp4, but I don't have any MOV videos to test. __________________________________
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the extensions from my camera just say Quick Time Movie .MOV. It's Nikon coolpix S7000. I went through the settings and dont find any options to set a desired recording format. Is Power Director supposed to automatically place the .PDS on there while you are editing? I mean is it neccessary to have that PDS designation to have all the editing tools?

Quote Hi chickencoop -

Relax. There's probably nothing much to worry about.

First up - .PDS is the file extension for PowerDirector projects. .PDS is not a video format or codec, so NO - you don't have to convert anything.

If your camera records videos with .MP4 or .MOV file extensions, they should be fine in PDR15. What is your camera brand & model?

The video files you import into PDR - do they have an .MP4 or .MOV file extension? Do they playback in the preview window?

Cheers - Tony

Hello James. Yes I just discovered that apparently Quick time Movie is the .MOV format. As far as I can tell theres no way to change what format your camera records in.

Hi again -

PDR15 has no issue importing MOV clips from Nikon S7000 here. Sample in attached screenshot.

The sample clip I used was downloaded from a Photography Blog review.

Cheers - Tony
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Quote Hello James. Yes I just discovered that apparently Quick time Movie is the .MOV format. As far as I can tell theres no way to change what format your camera records in.

Thats right. You cannot change the format, your camera records in.
But that is completely unneccessary. PD15 can import your video. Just drag the imported clip with the mouse to the timeline and edit it. There really is no need to convert anything. Just edit. Maybe it is too much work for one day, so you want to save your work, in order to be able to reopen it the next day and go on editing. So save the project. The project file will be a file of the PDS format. In that file, all your editing steps will be stored, no video.

After editing, you have to export your work to a file. Maybe MP4 ort you want to burn it on DVD or whatever. Your choice.

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I see. It seems complicated at first. I think the key is going to be to spend alot of time playing around with PD, editing a number of videos and audio to get a better idea of how it all works. thanks for the help. Do you use aduio director as well?

I have a confusing problem. I have a large (30 GB) video file in .mov format. I have PD 16. When I try to import the file so I can edit it , I get a white box in the import area with the file name. When I move it to the editing bar, it only has the audio, but not the video. I have tried every way I know to import it, but still only get the audio. Why?

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Quote Hello James. Yes I just discovered that apparently Quick time Movie is the .MOV format. As far as I can tell theres no way to change what format your camera records in.

Thats right. You cannot change the format, your camera records in.
But that is completely unneccessary. PD15 can import your video. Just drag the imported clip with the mouse to the timeline and edit it. There really is no need to convert anything. Just edit. Maybe it is too much work for one day, so you want to save your work, in order to be able to reopen it the next day and go on editing. So save the project. The project file will be a file of the PDS format. In that file, all your editing steps will be stored, no video.

After editing, you have to export your work to a file. Maybe MP4 ort you want to burn it on DVD or whatever. Your choice.

Hatti

twwardell,

If you have Powerdirector 16 you are posting in the wrong forum, you should post in the Powerdirector 16 forum.

https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/forums/show/164.page

.MOV is a container, you may have a CODEC that is not H.264 AVC.
Some cameras used the Apple Quicktime format. PD 15 and PD 16 have removed the Quicktime format.

If you install Quicktime or Quicktime lite, It may work. 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.