Are you enquiring about PowerDirector or Power DVD?

I mean power director 7

Hi Hauss -

When you've finished editing and you're ready to produce your video, there are different options for format - after you choose Create a File.

If you choose .mpeg2 or .mpeg4, there's the oprion of making the sound 5.1. All you need to do is tick the box.

There is also a little CLVS button (CyberLink Virtual Sound), which you can use in many formats. Check it out.

Once you've produced your file, you can throw it into your memory card and play it.

Easy as.

Cheers -

Tony
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thanks..... I got it working as far as the sound.. it was my avchd player I was using.. now what about eporting to an M2t file?? my camera shoots in M2T HD 1080I. I can then eput the chip directly into my blu-ray player and it plays the M2T files.. I want to be able to edit the files, then export back to M2t. how? I can do this in premiere elements... just cant figure out how in power director...

One of our resident gurus will be able to answer this better... but I just had a look at http://dotwhat.net/m2t/9590/ and saw this...

"The .M2T format is a high-definition file, more commonly known as "HDV". These files are created by various high-definition video camcorders.

The format was originally developed by JVC and swiftly supported by Sony, Canon and Sharp camcorders, using MiniDV/DVC cassettes.

This file type uses MPEG-2 compression and allows for resolutions of 720p and 1080i.

HDV is backwards compatible with DV."

That doesn't answer the question about PowerDirector, but someone will pop in soon...

Cheers -

Tony
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Actually my HSC-SD1 camcorder records on a SDHC memory card ..

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/477384-REG/Panasonic_HDCSD1_HDC_SD1_AVCHD_3CCD_High.html

Quote: thanks..... I got it working as far as the sound.. it was my avchd player I was using.. now what about eporting to an M2t file?? my camera shoots in M2T HD 1080I. I can then eput the chip directly into my blu-ray player and it plays the M2T files.. I want to be able to edit the files, then export back to M2t. how? I can do this in premiere elements... just cant figure out how in power director...

Hi Hauss,

I have the SD9 but I will make an assumption the files are the same.

The Panasonic records in the proprietary format AVCHD which has the file extension .MTS when created on the camera. When transferring to PC using the supplied software(HDWriter) the file extension is changed to .m2ts but the file is not altered. Panasonic have their own slightly tweaked algorithm which makes its handling by editors even harder.

You can of course just use the .MTS files in PD without changing the file extension.

After you produce in PD the resulting .m2ts file is different to the original as it uses more standard characteristics of AVCHD which makes it more compatible with different players (both PC based and stand alone). This is also why SVRT in PD does not work with Panasonic files.

I am sure you know how to make AVCHD (.m2ts) files in PD but just in case:

Produce>Create a file>AVC.MPEG4(use 1920x1080 & DD5.1 for best quality)>start rendering

You can then put them on a SDHC card (or USB) & your player should be able to read the .m2ts files if it can read the .MTS. (Is your BD player a Panasonic?)

A word of advice about PD:
The AVCHD rendering engine is not particularly good and it introduces artifacts and blocking. GPU rendering is better if your PCC/Videocard allows this. Apparently Cyberlink are addressing this in the next patch.

In my experience rendering to MPEG2 1080i Bluray profile results in the best PQ when compared to the original files off the camera (which is fantastic I must say). Of course the resulting file is larger than for MPEG4