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Okay, so I know that there is probably not a "solution" for this, but I am asking in case there is and mainly to satiate my curiosity.
About a month ago, I borrowed my friend's HD camcorder for Thanksgiving, and I also used it to film a short home video of my dad with his dog at the park. The edited result is probably only thirty to forty-five minutes long. Since he doesn't own a Blu-Ray player, I made a DVD copy for him. On the Create-A-Disc menu, the estimated Disc size was around 3.5 GB. I assumed the Create-A-Disc function was auto-sizing the movie for the Single Layer DVD option I had selected. However, when I tried to select an 8.5 GB capacity DVD, the auto-sizing didn't increase.
The real problem is, that the burned video disc's quality was substantially worse than any 4.7 Single Layer DVD usually is. Why is this so? I would have burned the video to an 8.5 GB disc if I knew that it increase the quality, however the disc usage bar indicated that there was no change in size.
It's not the source video, as the footage I shot was of spectacular quality. I have used it before to create a thirty minute DL DVD and 25 GB Blu-Ray movie and they were of much better video quality than this recent disc.
I know that I may have been fairly confusing with this post. Please, ask me anything and I will try to clarify. I'm not terribly frustrated with this problem, but I would like to have these questions answered, if possible. Thanks guys!
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Solved the problem. I knew that space was not the issue. Before I even installed the SSD, I was running PowerDirector 10 on my HDD with only 20 GB of free space left with no problems, whatsoever. The disc I was trying to make, this whole time, was just an 8.5GB DVD movie.
I reinstalled Windows on my SSD and then went through every one of the tweaks in the SSD Tweak Guide I posted above. After I did each tweak, I tested PD's Create-A-Disc function to see if it worked. Each time, operated properly, until I altered the Temporary File location. I stated multiple times before that I had changed the Windows Temporary File location to my HDD.
Apparently, PowerDirector 10 can only function if the Temporary Files are located in: %USERPROFILES%\AppData\Local\Temp. This goes for both the TEMP and TMP variables. In order to altar that variable, you must right-click Computer, select Advanced System Setting on the left sidebar, then click the Advanced tab of system properties, and at the bottom of the window click Environmental Variables. This will show you the TEMP and TMP variables that you can edit the location for. If they are anywhere besides the %USERPROFILES%\AppData\Local\Temp directory, PowerDirector will not work.
I am now able to use disc creation, with slightly less than 20 GB of storage space on my SSD. As someone mentioned before, the problem was not necessarily with the SSD, but with the tweak applied to it. If anyone else has this problem please recall this solution.
Thanks for your time, guys! ![]()
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Can somebody please explain the above fix to me? I know a lot about computers, but I'm having troubles following what is being said in the fix.
I'm having problems after reinstalling Windows to an SSD. After installation, I moved the Windows temporary files to my 750 GB HDD as well as reduced the page file size and some other tweaks. Now, PD crashes everytime I try to use the Create a Disc function. There is about 20 GB left on my 128 GB SSD that is reserved for mostly programs.
Thanks to anyone.
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Just recalled that after I installed my SSD, I followed this [url=http://www.overclock.net/t/1133897/windows-7-ssd-tweaking-guide]guide [url] to tweak some things. Can somebody take a look at it and tell me if they think that a portion of the guide may have effected CyberLink working properly?
Perhaps changing the page file size is what is causing the problem? I'm more informed than the average computer user, but I'm not entirely certain as to what the page file size is.
Just a thought.
Thanks!
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I'm having the exact same problem as the OP. Down to the letter.
I do not have PowerDirector 9. Has anyone found a solution to this problem yet? I use the Create-A-Disc function ALL of the time, and this problem is holding back progress.
Thanks to any who could help.
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After thinking about it, I don't see how storage space could be the issue, as prior to installing the SSD I only had around 20 GB of space free on my hard drive at any one time, but I never had a problem with PD crashing.
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I could maybe move some stuff, but it might be difficult to free up that much space.
If I installed PD to my secondary 750 GB drive, instead of the SSD that my OS is on, will the problem cease, or does it need that free space on the drive that my OS is installed on?
Windows sends all temproray files to my HDD, instead of the SSD, however, I think PD's Temporay Files directory is on my SSD. Is it as simply as moving PD's temp files directory?
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Sorry that I was not more specific. Not sure what I was thinking. The problem arises whenever I try to create a disc. I can view clips in the media viewer, edit, and even produce video files. But as soon as I try to create a disc, the program crashes. Note, I haven't been trying to burn directly to disc, I've had it burn to a folder. I do not see how it could be the SSD, as I have enough disk space to work with the video. I've designated the temporary folder to be on a location on my secondary HDD that is set aside for storage. At the moment, I only have about 20 GB of space on my SSD, but why would I need more than what the project needs to produce? My SSD is a 128 GB drive.
Also, I first tried updated PD, as I thought that might be the problem. However, once I did so, I found myself completely unable to even launch the program.
I have attached both DxDiag files, as I have a 64 bit PC.
Thanks for your extensive questions and helpfulness!
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This is my first time posting here....guess I'll just jump right to it.
I've been using PD10 since around April and haven't had any problems with it, but I've recently upgraded to a Solid-State Drive and upon reinstalling Windows and then PD10, I haven't been able to get anything accomplished with the program. I tried updating PD, but that has not helped. I did quite a few searches and entered regedit to Enable RichVideo (or something like that), but the value that needed to be altered wasn't present in the directory...so I assumed my problem was that RichVideo isn't installed correctly. I did some searches and tried to uninstall, then reinstall RV, but neither the uninstall launcher nor the install launcher works.
At this point, I really don't know what to do. Please somebody help me. lol
Btw, I have completely uninstalled PD10 and reinstalled it about four times to no avail.
Thank to any who can help!
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I just realized I posted this in the wrong forum *facepalm*. Is there a way that a mod can move this for me?
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This is my first time posting here....guess I'll just jump right to it.
I've been using PD10 since around April and haven't had any problems with it, but I've recently upgraded to a Solid-State Drive and upon reinstalling Windows and then PD10, I haven't been able to get anything accomplished with the program. I tried updating PD, but that has not helped. I did quite a few searches and entered regedit to Enable RichVideo (or something like that), but the value that needed to be altered wasn't present in the directory...so I assumed my problem was that RichVideo isn't installed correctly. I did some searches and tried to uninstall, then reinstall RV, but neither the uninstall launcher nor the install launcher works.
At this point, I really don't know what to do. Please somebody help me. lol
Btw, I have completely uninstalled PD10 and reinstalled it about four times to no avail.
Thank to any who can help!
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