You already activated "Hardware Decoding". That setting decodes H.264 and H.265 faster, as if done with the processor. That is of course different from "Hardware Encoding". I tried to produce an AVCHD and saw an option - see screenshot. Did you try it?

Hatti Win 10 64, i7-4790k, 32GB Ram, 256 GB SSD, SATA 2TB, SATA 4TB, NVidia GTX1080 8GB, LG 34" 4K Wide, AOC 24" 1080

Quote You already activated "Hardware Decoding". That setting decodes H.264 and H.265 faster, as if done with the processor. That is of course different from "Hardware Encoding". I tried to produce an AVCHD and saw an option - see screenshot. Did you try it?

Hatti

interesting. If I click on "produce" rather than "create disc", I am able to produce the file as an MPEG-2 1920x1080 (didn't even need to check hardware video encoder) but then how can I burn that file onto a DVD. When I try and import the file I just created on the create disc option it is still giving me the same error..

Post a screen grab of your exact version of PD16. I suspect you have a limited release edition. AVCHD on disc utilizes a H.264 video format, not MPEG2 as you have produced. A restricted version PD release can not do this unless you have a GPU that supports H.264 encoding. The GT1030 is not such a GPU card as it has no encoder, only the decoder.

If PD is doing it's job with proper GPU identification, I'd think the box that Hatti asked you to try would not even be a option, greyed out. Post this screen grab while you're at it to give us some insight.

Jeff

Quote Post a screen grab of your exact version of PD16. I suspect you have a limited release edition. AVCHD on disc utilizes a H.264 video format, not MPEG2 as you have produced. A restricted version PD release can not do this unless you have a GPU that supports H.264 encoding. The GT1030 is not such a GPU card as it has no encoder, only the decoder.

If PD is doing it's job with proper GPU identification, I'd think the box that Hatti asked you to try would not even be a option, greyed out. Post this screen grab while you're at it to give us some insight.

Jeff

How can I find the exact version I am using. I am using a trial version so maybe that has something to do with it? I produced the MPEG2 but when I go to the Create disc screen, if I want to burn to a resolution higher than 720x480, I have to select the AVCHD which has the H.264 encoder.

I'm sorry I may be making things more complicated as I am totally new to editing but I simply am trying to have the slideshow I created burned to a DVD in the highest possible resolution to play on my HDTV. When I clicked "create disc" and selected "DVD video", the only option is to burn to 720x480 using MPEG-2 encoding but it was not coming out very clear. So I want to be able to burn to 1920x1080. I don't think Bluray will work because I'm not burning to a blu ray disc so I tried the AVCHD using the only encoder option of H.264 but receive the error.

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How can I find the exact version I am using. I am using a trial version so maybe that has something to do with it?

Click on "PowerDirector" in the upper right hand corner of the GUI interface. The trial is the reason, the trial is a restricted version and cannot create H.264 by CPU encoding, more than likely because of license restrictions. Therefore, one needs a GPU capable of H.264 encoding which you do not have.

Note the trial statement:
"Importing and producing H.264 video files is only supported on Windows 10/8.1/8/7 systems or hardware platforms offering independent H.264 encoding and decoding"
https://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/powerdirector-video-movie-editor/download_en_US.html?affid=2581_1299_290_12411_0_ENU_powerdirector-video-movie-editor

Jeff

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Click on "PowerDirector" in the upper right hand corner of the GUI interface. The trial is the reason, the trial is a restricted version and cannot create H.264 by CPU encoding, more than likely because of license restrictions. Therefore, one needs a GPU capable of H.264 encoding which you do not have.

Note the trial statement:
"Importing and producing H.264 video files is only supported on Windows 10/8.1/8/7 systems or hardware platforms offering independent H.264 encoding and decoding"
https://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/powerdirector-video-movie-editor/download_en_US.html?affid=2581_1299_290_12411_0_ENU_powerdirector-video-movie-editor

Jeff

It was as simple as that! I was using the trial, I just paid for the full version and it works fine. Thank you!