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This has been an increasingly large problem for me recently as well - I wrote my own topic about it here: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/86256.page#357065
And was redirected to: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/77471.page#post_box_317503 which has some ideas for correcting it. I can just about get it back sometimes with the ways listed, but I haven't found a 100% reliable workaround.
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Sorry I can't help, but I can at least voice my agreement! Having new features like the media libraries is nice, but the PowerDirector workflow has just got slower and slower - saving, loading, going to the Produce page, even just splitting a clip with two audio tracks now carries a few seconds' pause. It's been a really good video editor for the years I've been using it, but I'm really being driven towards finding other platforms where the experience isn't as sluggish.
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Aha - thank you for your response and sharing the experience! It's, er, definitely a surprise that this hasn't been addressed through so many versions of the software. I'll add the "empty library" idea to my list of techniques, but I'm as frustrated as you are that this issue is hanging around and greatly crippling a bit of software that I'd otherwise really prefer to stick with.
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Hi, Cyberlink team!
I've been using Powerdirector for many years now, but there's a hangup that's been getting worse recently. I edit a lot of raw footage with occasional voiceovers, so it's important for me to be able to see where someone is speaking.
It seems that PD has become more and more reluctant to show waveforms in the timeline view - I've used some workarounds such as:
- Removing the contents of the Cache\Waveforms folder
- Using "Manually Delete" from the settings to remove temporary files
- Using the "Regenerate Waveform" action in the right click context menu
- All of the above in various combinations
There's no feedback on when a waveform is generating, which makes success difficult to gauge, but sometimes I can eventually make them appear. I thought I had got it pretty consistently recently by deleting the Waveforms folder contents then restarting Cyberdirector, but I'm having no such luck with this technique tonight. It's really a huge problem that might force me to seek other video editing options soon.
I'm running PD20.0 (with the 365 subscription) on Windows 10, and I usually work with MKV files with multiple audio channels (AAC).
Thanks!
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Hmm, good thought! The font was TTF already, but on a whim I converted it to OTF and reinstalled it. The result is that while it still shows as "broken" in the dropdown (with the default Windows System font), it displays correctly in the title! So that's a good workaround, thanks.
Would still be interested to know if there's a way to get around this - I can't be certain, but I think that the problem started when I moved (I hesitate to use the word "upgraded") from Windows 7 to 10.
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Hi, directors!
I've come back to PowerDirector after a while away, and I noticed that some of my installed fonts were no longer appearing correctly. They appeared as blank in the font list in the title editor, though hovering over them for a second still gave them the correct tooltip... selecting them just gave the text a default sans-serif styled font.
I upgraded to the 365 version to see if that solved it, but it has the same problem - just that the broken fonts are now in the list in a very retro Windows 3.1 System font instead. The same fonts work in other applications such as Paint.NET.
Is this something to do with how the fonts are installed? I recently upgraded to Windows 10, which I suspect is the problem.
Thanks for any advice!
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