preview screen is black

doncarrick

Newbie Joined: Apr 14, 2020 22:36 Messages: 1 Offline

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Apr 14, 2020 22:40

Hello everyone. Installed PowerDirector 17.
But the preview screen is black.
Where to dig?
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<div id="simple-translate">
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<div class="simple-translate-button " style="background-image: url('moz-extension://1f7167ca-1b38-4193-a1da-e0f22bbb6855/icons/512.png'); height: 22px; width: 22px; top: 10px; left: 10px;"> </div>
<div class="simple-translate-panel " style="width: 300px; height: 200px; top: 0px; left: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">
<div class="simple-translate-result-wrapper" style="overflow: hidden;">

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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Apr 15, 2020 00:38

That means that your clip can't be read by PD. Sometimes you can download a third party codec pack but we'd need to know more ddetails.

Please attach a very small sample clip (<5MB) using the Attachments button below the text box, or upload a bigger clip to Google Drive or OneDrive and paste the link here.

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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Apr 15, 2020 09:32

Quote Hello everyone. Installed PowerDirector 17.
But the preview screen is black.
Where to dig?

One of several possibilities, if you uncheck the pref > Hardware Acceleration > Enable hardware decoding, the black screen might be replaced with the proper video.

Shouldn't have to, but the workaround may allow you to do some editing.

Jeff