Transitions in HD format

Alex

Newbie Joined: Aug 29, 2009 03:35 Messages: 2 Offline

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Aug 30, 2009 17:59

I have SONY camera which records video in AVCHD format. I can easily transfer all my video to the computer and edit it using PowerDirector 8 without any conversion.
Here is the problem:- When I save (Produce) my movie in HD format such as MPEG2 1920x1080, and than play it back it stops for a couple of seconds after every transition. If I don't use the transitions it works great.
When I save my video in SD format it also works fine but the quality is not what I need. I would appreciate any help.

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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Aug 30, 2009 20:17

There are two types of MPEG2 1080, HD 1080i and HDV 1080. Does it happen in both? Which transition? What player are you using? If a computer, does it have a powerful enough graphics card? I just tried a short sample and had no trouble. My computer won't even play AVCHD 1080, but MPEG2 1080 plays just fine even with transitions (fade). It does often hesitate at transitions in preview, though. __________________________________
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Aug 30, 2009 22:08

Alex -

Along with Ben's suggestions, it is worth knowing that there has been an extensive discussion about this issue in the forum: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/75/7771.page

Even though there haven't been any conclusions drawn, you may find things that relate to your issue.

Cheers - Tony

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Peter Ozpeter

Contributor Joined: Aug 10, 2008 20:51 Messages: 336 Offline

Aug 31, 2009 06:17

I don't think this is the same issue at all, Tony. The problem this time relates to the result of the Produce function rather than timeline playback, it would appear. Most likely culprit is that the smart rendering is happening, but that the non-smart-rendered transitions are not being well integrated with the smart rendered bits, which is I think a known problem.

Alex

Newbie Joined: Aug 29, 2009 03:35 Messages: 2 Offline

Sep 01, 2009 01:47

Thanks everyone for you responds.

I guess it would be better to provide some addition information regarding this problem.

My system: EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard, Intel Core i7 processor, EVGA GeForce 9500 GT Video Card - 1Gb DDR2, Windows 7 64bit

I've tried to produce files using following settings:

1 (HDV) MPEG-2, 1080i (1440x1080) - works OK but quality is not good
2 BD 1440x1080 - works OK and quality is good (I don't know why it's so big difference in quality when the frame size and file size is the same)
3 BD 1920x1080 - quality is good but it stops after every transition
4 SVCD HQ (480x480) - works OK but quality is not good
5 (HD)MPEG-2, 1080i (1920x1080) - quality is good but it stops after every transition

Conclusion: The program can't handle naturally HD with 1920x1080 frame size (I tried different transition types) By the way a preview in the best quality works OK