Messages posted by Vewehr

I don't know why VOB is there. MediaInfo text file of the same movie is attached this time . The file has been created by PD9 capture of VHS by my TV card (composite) in MPEG-2 PAL-B/DVD HQ preset (see attached screenshot) and it is saved to my local HDD.

Does anyone have any experience with Intel Smart Response and PowerDirector 9 Ultra 64? I'd like to speed up my HDD but pure SSD is not a good choice for PD9 because of its small size (I cannot afford large SSD), so Smart Response could be a solution. Larson Creek SSD is too expensive, but I think V+100 64GB could be OK... What do you think?

Yes, my video is SD. G-Spot result is attached. I've stopped using IGP and I use my GTX460 only (set up in BIOS). I don't know, if Optimus can be activated when my IGP is not used for any graphics related things, I'm not familiar with Optimus at all, but I can see CUDA logo in About screen. I've tried all 4 combinations of hardware acceleration. No effect so far...

HDD and CPU are idle during PD9 lag, so it is not problem of HW resources. All other programs are OK too. It seems to be caused by MPEG-2 files captured by PD9 itself. Other files (even DVB-T captured by PD9 and imported WTV) are OK.

Try to disable Snap to Reference, if the crop tool crops too much. You can crop even single pixel line, if it is disabled.

I've installed PD9 32-bit on another very old PC and shifting of timeline pointer causes no lag of PD9, so it is not problem of PD9 32-bit but something else. Do you have any other ideas how to solve it? Can it be any problem of cache management of PD9? It's probably the last issue that discourages me from buying PD9 for family video editing... Quick Sync problem mentioned elsewhere is not such a problem because my CPU is a beast without QS anyway .

I switched completely from IGP to GPU (Cable + BIOS settings). I can see CUDA logo in About screen, everything works OK and fast but freezing hasn't disappear. PC's probably unable to decode video so fast and it can be feature not problem .

That's right - you have to use Mainboard that is able to use integrated graphics (H67/Z6 and use IGP as video hardware. But you have to use OLD drivers and when I use them, I can activate Quick Sync in PD9 but cannot activate hardware video encoder during production! IMHO, Quick Sync and PD9 are not mature enough to benefit from it. I switched back to my GTX460 only (using CUDA) for decoding and editing and disable it for encoding (probably not necessary, but i7-2600 is powerful enough and I've found severel CUDA related quality issues mentioned). When Quick Sync/PD9 situation settles down, I'll probably use CUDA (my normal config) for decoding/editing and switch manually (cable + BIOS) to IGP+QS for encoding. Or will I use QS for editing too? It depends on benefits of QS for decoding/editing..

You use your GTX for hardware acceleration of PD9 (you should have CUDA logo in About screen in help menu). "Sync feature" we discuss is not data synchronization but Intel Quick Sync Video technology of Sandy Bridge CPUs, which should improve graphic encoding power of our CPUs but you have to connect your monitor to mainboard video connector (H67/Z68 only).

I had to downgrade to 8.15.10.2342 due to Windows instability. Required files are attached. Only video in that project is video captured by my TV card, PD9, Mpeg-2 DVD-HQ, PAL but PD9 freezing happens every times I try to move pointer regardless video file used. It is lag about 5 seconds long when PD9 doesn't react to anything (even cursor doesn't change).

My Windows 7 64-bit were unable to load (BSOD during animated logo) today so I had to restore my last working configuration. HD Graphic driver 8.15.10.2372 was only software missing so it probably crashed my PC. I use .2342 again and I can enable/disable Quick Sync but I cannot enable hardware video encoder during production setup . Does your PD9 installations behave same or is it my specific "feature"?

I'd like to add here my experience to make it more confusing. I was able to activate/deactivate Quick Sync in Preferences when I was using 8.15.10.2342 Intel HD graphics driver but I was unable to activate Hardware video encoder in production preferences. It was grayed out. And I was unable to produce H.264 movies because of encoder missing. But Hardware video encoder is available after update of the driver to 8.15.10.2372 but I cannot change Quick Sync settings in Preferences. It is checked but grayed out and cannot be changed and in doesn't mention Quick Sync only but CUDA and AMD APP. It is actually the same menu BerndWelte uploaded 19/07/2011 but in English . So I can activate/deactivate Quick Sync but cannot activate Hardware video encoder during production or I can enable Hardware video encoder but cannot activate/deactivate Quick Sync. Seems confusing to me...

I updated Intel HD graphics driver from version 8.15.10.2342 to version 8.15.10.2372 and problem no. 1 seems to be solved - it uses all 8 threads, but I cannot enable/disable QuickSync in hardware acceleration preferences. It's checked but greyed. Does it mean it is active and cannot be switched off? I can activate Hardware video encorer when producing a H.264 AVC or MPEG-2 movie. I could not activate it with*.2342 drivers, when Quick Sync could be checked/unchecked in preferences even if it was enabled.

BTW, is thera any way how to find QuickSync is active?

I've installed PD9 Ultra64 Trial because I need video editing SW and I've got two questions:
1) Only one thread of my i7-2600K seems to be working during rendering. It's PAL video cropped, split several times, etc. and transcoded to DVD HQ. Is one thread enough using PAL? It's fast, but I'd expect more threads being used.
2) PD9 freezes for several seconds when I move timeline pointer too fast. This lag is not so long when I disable Hardware decoding because I use IGP of my CPU (see above) for its Quick Sync feature (it's enabled). Is it caused by low power of graphics needed for decoding? I can use my GTX460 for decoding and switch to IGP for rendering but it's not convenient enough.
THX.