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It couldn't be neither because I already rendered plenty of videos in H.265 compression using software encoding with PowerDirector 13. I simply want to know, is PowerDirector 13 able to do hardware-acceleration encoding with H.265 compression???? I simply want to know this because Cyberlink already pulled a fast one on me with PowerDVD 14 not being able to do hardware-acceleration for HEVC decoding.
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Because Nvidia on their Maxwell Series lied about having its HEVC encoding up and running out of the box, I never got a chance to use the HEVC encoding on particularly the 980 Classified that I bought way back in February. My question is: Does PowerDirector 13 even allows hardware-acceleration for HEVC encoding or it's only software-encoding which is the most longest thing known to man??
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Once again, this problem is only when I convert 720p video, e.g. ESPN which has a native resolution of 720p, to M2TS format for editing. As for the native 1080p video files from Windows Media Center, like CNN which has a native 1080p resolution, I never have a problem with the conversion.
It's just that after the conversion to M2TS format, the audio starts out right on the 720p video and then after a couple of minutes, it will always go out of sync with the visuals.
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Here you go:
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As I said, the 750 did not support full hardware acceleration, only partial. The first card to support full hardware acceleration for HEVC playback was the 960, released this year. Unfortunately you don't know the difference between hardware-acceleration and DEDICATED decoder. Ditto, the 750, which was out before PowerDVD 14, has hardware-acceleration, the 960 has an actual dedicated decoder like the one in the 4K SmartTVs.
There is no visual difference between software decoding and hardware decoding as long as your CPU/GPU is powerful enough. In fact, software decoding is often BETTER than hardware decoding. Look at what MadVR does by not using hardware accelerated APIs (DXVA) provided by the various GPUs and using instead the power of the CPU/GPU to provide much better results. You need to go to an Ophthalmologist then, because software decoding especially with H.265 is terrible. I have PowerDirector 13 and I rendered a couple of videos in HEVC compression and I used those same media files on PowerDVD 14 and it was ugly as hell; I used those same media files on my 4K SmartTV which has a DEDICATED decoder for HEVC and it looked beautifully.
Software decoding is too slow for H.265 decoding.....that's not a subjective opinion, it's a fact.
The only difference is that hardware acceleration allows to unload the CPU and/or provide a performance increase, often at the expense of quality (if compared with high end renderers/scalers like MadVR). That's what I explain out to you between the difference of Hardware-acceleration and an actual dedicated HEVC decoder.
Anyway, you were asking a question, I gave you my opinion, I'll leave the thread now to let you see if you are alone or not.
All the best 
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I'm pretty sure everyone knows that software decoding doesn't look good in comparison to hardware-accelerated decoding especially with H.265 compression. Cyberlink was kinda misleading with the PowerDVD 14 by heavily-promoting HEVC support but only for software-decoding which is the most terrible decoding them all.
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Hello, it's the same compression- HEVC i.e. the same algorithm; it shouldn't matter if it's software decoding or HW decoding because it's the same algorithm. And by the way, when PowerDVD 14 launched, Nvidia's 750 was out that does have hardware-acceleration for HEVC decoding. The 960 just have a dedicated HEVC decoder.
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I have had different configurations since initially buying PowerDirector 13 and with all of these configurations, it still would do the same thing.
Currently I have:
I7-4790K (I am currently using the integrated graphics with this CPU)
16GB of RAM
Asus Z97-Pro USB 3.1.
I think is has something to do with the conversion from Window Media Center. When converting WTV format to M2TS format for editing it always mess up with 720p video.
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What does my video card has to do with it??? This was a media playback software. It was inevitable, soon rather than later, that a card would eventually have a dedicated HEVC decoder, or atleast hardware-acceleration like the 970/980 Maxwell series from Nvidia back around September of last year which was around the time PowerDVD 14 launched. PowerDVD 14 was being advertised as HEVC supported so naturally myself and others thought that it would support hardware-acceleration when a card/APU comes out.
I think it's logical to think this way.
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I just bought PowerDVD 15 on Friday to much of my reluctance. And the only reason I bought it was for Hardware-acceleration with H.265 decoding. When I bought PowerDVD 14 last year, I didn't know it doesn't support Hardware-acceleration for the H.265 decoding. It stated heavily about having HEVC support so I assumed that it would automatically do hardware-acceleration for that said compression; but now with the advent of PowerDVD 15 and it's publicity of being the 1st media playback to have hardware-acceleration for HEVC decoding, I know that it didn't.
I just want to know was I am the only person who felt stupid/duped into buying PowerDVD14 last year??
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Wassup, I am new here, however I been experiencing a problem ever since I purchased PowerDirector 13 last year; and the problem only happens in 720p resolution not 1080p. The aforementioned problem is the audio being out of sync with the video......is anyone else experiencing this??? I thought after a couple of updates throughout the months from Cyberlink it would sync up properly but it's still out of sync everytime I do a 720p rendering. Feedback is much appreciated.
And also, does PowerDirector13 even allows hardware-acceleration for H.265 compression? Because I bought the 980 Classified back in February and never tested out the H.265 encoding supposedly on the die because Nvidia never even enable H.265 compression to begin with; consequently, I sent it back and got a refund. I already tried out software H.265 encoding and it takes forever to render so I really want to know does PowerDirector even allow Hardware-accelerated encoding for H.265 in the first place.
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