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Usually a codec problem I believe. I take it this is on a different machine. If you Google "K-Lite Codec Pack" and then install that, it will probably resolve the issue for you.
Thanks for the suggestion, but that didn't do the trick. Yes it's a different computer - as I mentioned I created this project on my work computer then transferrred (incorrectly I take it from above) to a flash drive and now I'm trying to edit on my laptop. My work computere uses Windows 7 whereas my laptop is running Windows 10 (which sucks btw).
I installed the codeck package (basic version, then normal install) and I still have green clips.
It's odd because literally every other clip - from the same source video - is green whereas the rest play normally. Clips 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 of the same source video are green. Clips 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, again from that same original video, play normally.
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Great, thank you! This is great info for the future.
Now, how do I get my existing project to open correctly from the flash drive? Some of the clips play fine, while other clips just appear as a green screen.
Thanks
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I created a video project on my work computer. Now I must transfer it to a flash drive so that I can continue editing on my laptop as I travel. Everything for the project was contained within one folder. Now I would like to simply copy that entire folder to a flash drive. How do I tell PD to use local addressing (instead of absolute) when opening? Now instead of being on C:\Video\<whatever> for instance, I would simply like PD to look for the file at ..\<whatever> or ..\Video\<whatever> (if that makes sense).
Now a related question. I actually already did this - I copied the entire folder to a flash drive. Then there were a series of popups asking me where various files where and I directed PD to them. However my video files now are just green screens! I can't see the video I previously painstakingly trimmed and merged. What do I do now? How can I work on this project "on the go"?
I really need to get this done for my job.
Thanks!
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Hi, sorry to drag up an old post, but I would like to do the exact same thing with PD13.
I have recorded at 1080p and wish to produce at 720p with no loss of resolution. Can I crop by a certain exact amount - i.e. 720/1080? I similarly do not want any degree of distortion in my output video because, as careful as I may be, I can never be exact as a computer can be with exact numbers typed in.
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You're right, you only need to create one title. However you must drag that title down to the timeline 43 times, then expand it to the width of the clip 43 times, then double-click it to change the number, 43 times. It wasn't terrible, but it did take me over 20 minutes. And after I've edited this version, I might have to do it again because the numbering will be off. Oy.
I could do the automatic chapter numbering, and it would be nice if I could then check a box somewhere to have the chapter number displayed on the video or as a caption or something.
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Hi, I've been using PD13 for about a year now and I love it.
I'm creating basically an instructional video and have footage of the entire procedure being performed. I've cut this down to multiple small clips but the entire video is still too long. Hence I need to send this to the professional to let me know which steps we can cut out. I think the easiest way to do this would be to number every clip and produce a low-quality video to send out, then he can simply let me know which clip numbers are unnecessary.
Is there a way to add a number to every clip? Obviously I can select each clip individually and go to the title room but this would be quite tedious.
Let me know your thoughts please. Thanks
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I see. I will check.
In some cases it might be preferable to simply delete a small section of audio right in PD; is that possible?
Also can I add fade-in/fade-out of audio sections in PD or must these be applied elsewhere?
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I have a PowerDirector project that is complete with the exception of the voice over.
I've imported several WAV files and now wish to trim them as needed and move them to the appropriate sections of the video.
The best way I've found to do this is to split (Ctrl+T) each WAV file where needed, then right-click - Edit Audio - AudioDirector and make desired changes. That's all fine and I've taught myself to use AD pretty well.
The issue comes in when I wish to save my changes and return to PowerDirector. About half the time when I click Close, AD asks me if I would like to save my changes and return to PD; I simply click yes, and everything is hunky dory. The other 50% of the time, when I click Close in AD, it locks. up. I get no pop-up about the file changes. Nothing. I simply get the windows warning that the program has crashed and windows is "looking for a solution to the problem". When it finally force closes I am returned to PD and of course all my edits are not saved in the WAV file and I have to repeat them.
Please help. Thanks
I am using a 32 bit Windows 7 machine with an Intel i5-3470 and 4GB of RAM.
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I see what you mean about simplicity & uniformity, but can't see the point of opening a title to modify & be confronted with superfluous features.
I agree. Combining the features was just an idea; the crux of the suggestion is that the controls to adjust the fades in PiP Designer and Title Designer should appear and behave the same way.
The key take-away from my post was the diversity of controls to perform these functions. A basic principal of software design is control uniformity. The fades ideally should be adjusted the same way in all aspects of the program.
Here's another idea: Rather than housing the fades within the clip controls, perhaps a "Fade Room" or an "Ending Effect Room" (or something similar) could be added to the program. In this way an ending effect could be dragged down to a clip in the same way a transition is currently applied. This would really simplify the process of applying fades and give a visual representation of both the length and position of the fade. Also, then the same ending effects could be added to the base video and to titles and overlays.
Again these are all just suggestions. I'm just brainstorming ideas here that you can take back to the lab and help determine what the best solution should be. Companies pay good money for customer feedback; here it is free of charge from a highly educated and tech-savvy consumer. Please feel free to internalize and apply as you see fit, but do take these suggestion into consideration for patches and later editions.
Now for another issue. Why are the fade times applied in an absolute manner (to the timeline) rather than relative to the clip? In my mind the fade-in/out times should always be relative to the clip. I cannot imagine a situation where you would want to move a clip and suddenly have the fade in the middle of the clip! In other words, a "Fade-in" should always do just that - fade into the clip. Similarly a fade-out should always be at the end of a clip. Please fix these settings so that they are stored relative to the clips themselves. Adjusting keyframes, aside from the control uniformity issues mentiond above, is confusing and often does not behave as desired.
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Well it looks like these formatting issues finally went away!
I believe it was a file format issue. I converted the MTS files to MPG at 1080x720 and the preview playback is now smooth throughout. Maybe PD just doesn't like the MTS format. The resolution of the files may have contributed, I'm not sure, but I believe the file format to be the culprit more than the resolution.
Anyway, lesson learned. Also perhaps CyberLink can use this as feedback if there's any product improvement that can be gleaned from this.
Thanks to everyone for your input.
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I have just converted an MTS file to MPG using Format Factory
I just tried this. Format Factory apparently took my 16:9 MTS file at 1440x1080 and "squashed" it to 3:4 at much lower resolution.
I'm using FF version 2.9 because I found it portable.. Maybe there are options for the resolution and aspect ratio with the newer version?
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I would say that that is about a basic as you can get for what you want to do. A bit more RAM would be useful
No arguments there! It's a work computer I'll take what I can get. All the computers were recently "upgraded" too ![]()
What date is your Intel driver from? I believe mine was 8/2014.
I shall have to try Format Factory next. Again, work computer, so I prefer portable apps to avoid the hassle of calling IT.
EDIT: To be perfectly honest, aside from this one issue, I have been thoroughly impressed with how user-friendly and fast PD has been. I worked with a media guy a few months ago who used Final Cut Pro on a professional Apple workstation and we experienced far more "rendering" issues. PD13 seems to be faster and smoother, even on my crappy desktop. Besides, this way I get to edit everything to my own exacting standards. Overall PD is a great package.
I posted here looking for a quick fix to this minor concern but it doesn't look like I'll get to the bottom of it any time soon. I'll try the file format thing and after that just leave it be. Thanks for all your input.
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The computer met all installation critera and then some.
Intel Core i5-3470S
4096MB Ram
EDIT: In a previous post I was mistaken. The other video footage is MPEG-2 in *.mpg format at 720x480. Thus far I have been unable to find a video converter that will take the MTS video and output MPG. It may be a format issue, not sure anymore...
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Have you downloaded the very latest Intel Graphics driver? I downloaded the latest driver and it really helped
No I have not. I'm on a work computer and require admin password to install anything ![]() I can try this though, where did you get it?
Also I just converted one of the videos to MP4, re-imported and reclipped and the same thing happens again unfortunately. For some reason it only seemed to start after I added the transition though. Thus I'm assuming the issue must be with the resolution? Next I guess I will try to convert to 720p and see what happens.
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I think as I said before you will have to bite the bullet and edit the original clips (somebody may know different, but I cant see a way) and then re-enter them into the timeline.
In the future perhaps I will do that. Not sure if it's worth it for this one project though.
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You can always render the film without sound and then import the completed film back into PD and then do a voice over.
Yes I will probably do this. Or else render, record the sound, and add the sound track to PD then render again.
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I think your stuttering is being caused by your heavy use of power tools or whatever is putting that "i" on the clips in the timeline.
Just what size are those MTS clips. highlight one right click on it, go to properties and see what the #### x ####, and what is the bitrate.
The only Power Tools I'm using is the stabilizer because the video is a bit shaky in parts. I added that later though and there was stuttering on the MTS clips since the beginning. It's really only on the transitions (cross-fade), not so much on the clips themselves.
Attached is a screenshot of the video properties.
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Try this. Once you have rendered your MTS clips into MP4 clips import the MP4 clips into your project and use them instead of the MTS clips. I am guessing that you are using the Edit function of Power Director when you talk about playing the project and the playback is slowerer with the high resolution MTS clips than with your lower resolution MP4 clips. You haven't actually rendered the video until you run through the Produce phase. If you produce an MP4 clip from an MTS clip you still have to change your project to use the MP4 clip instead of the MTS clip if you want to get the faster playback. Let me know if that helps.
Thanks but I am still editing the project. I will of course publish once I have finished the project. Currently the preview playback stutters on the clips that were originally MTS source footage. I'm assuming this will go away when I final render to publish but it's still frustrating because we are going to need to record a voice over and when the video stutters it messes with the timing.
So I have disabled the shadow files as others recommended and the preview still stutters on the transitions between the MTS clips. The green bar on the timeline however doesn't span the entire section of MTS clips, only the transitions, which is an improvement.
I attached a screenshot of the timeline so you can see what I mean.
Is there a way to copy a clip out so that I may convert just that clip to MP4 and replace it? I don't want to convert the entire MTS footage to MP4 and re-import because then I'd have to edit the video to the clip lengths again.
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What resolution are the mts files compared to the mp4?
I believe they are 1080p whereas the MP4 are 720P.
No the main source for my videos in the future will preferably be MP4. These come from an endoscope and are actually higher than 1080p from the camera, but somehow got downgraded in the video equipment while saving. In the future I will adjust these settings so that the MP4 will save at higher than 1080p. As the video equipment likely constrains these files to be MP4, I would rather force the camcorder footage to MP4 by video conversion before importing.
Thanks, I will try shutting off the shadow files and see if that solves the problem.
Just out of curiosity, is the main issue here a difference in resolution, or a difference in file formats? If I know this one fact then I can prevent this from happening in the future.
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You could try using Format Factory to convert the MTS to MP4. I find mixing the two doesn't work too well.
This sounds like a great idea, I'll try that.
I did not know about the Format Factory. Can I convert clips that are in my video (i.e. part of the composition already rather than just in my library) as well?
Also I had never heard of the MTS format before I grabbed the files from my camcorder, I thought perhaps it was newer and hence less supported.
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Hi guys, another question for you here.
I've imported a number of videos into a new project and compiled them, edited, spliced, etc as I needed. Now I am running into the issue where it takes a moment to "render" a portion of the video. But it doesn't do this just once and then finish, it must render every time I play the project. I finally figured out what the green line on the timeline means, and I was able to determine that these render issues only happen for the clips that were originally in the MTS format (at higher resolution); the rest of my project was in MP4 format and I have had no issues with those clips. Also, the source footage for the MTS clips in my library have a little green film icon on the lower left hand side of them.
Why must it render every time it plays these clips, is there a way to make PD13 render and be done with it? Should I convert these clips to another format and re-import?
I'm using Windows 7 with onboard Intel graphics (non-dedicated).
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Ah, I see. Great, thank you!
Those little sliders are unlabeled and I was curious as to what they were.
Sorry about the confusion; I was talking about both, actually. To me, these two features - PIP Designer and Title Designer - are essentially the same thing. Both are added to a second track and both give you an overlay on top of your base footage. Both are accessed the same way (by double-clicking the image) and both perform essentially the same functions; One could easily design a "title" in another program, save as PNG, and apply as a PiP, for example. In fact these two features could quite easily be combined into one.
Listen, I love this program, but applying fades is an examble of seemingly disjointed functionality. Here we have three different ways to add a fade, and three different ways to adjust it. In Transitions we can add a cross-fade and the fade-in/out time is changed by right-clicking and adjusting the Transition Settings (with little up/down arrows to change duration), or changing the default Editing settings. In PiP Designer the fade-in/out times are adjusted by moving little yellow diamond-shaped markers, which are unlabeled aside from the vague "Opacity" field. In Title Designer the fade-in/out is adjusted by moving little white bracket sliders, which also are unlabed except for a cryptic capital letter "T".
Would it be possible to unify or simplify these settings? At the least I think the PiP Designer and the Title Designer settings should function the same way, if not be combined into the same feature altogether. This will add uniformity to the program and make it more user friendly. Just a suggestion...
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