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All videos used were just recorded on a new iPhone (m4v format), and are not copy protected:
1280x720, 7866kbps, 30fps
They are certainly supported; movie preview and trimming inside PowerDirector works fine. Its just "Produce" that is horribly buggy. Note I get "almost" correct output if I produce in MPEG-2 default resolution, though there are other issues (incorrect scaling of input JPG for text pages, video does not show in Microsoft Media Player).
I certainly don't want to convert 20 video segments and retrim them all in the chance it might work better...
Aaarrrgggg....
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Just purchased and installed PowerDirector from CyberLink's online store on Friday 7-August-2015.
Win 8.1 64-bit. Gobs of memory and free disk space.
Spent several hours creating/editing a 30-minute video from numerous clips and static images.
I click "Produce", it starts happily, shows movie from the beginning in "Preview", churns for 15-45 minutes depending on format. No error messages are displayed during or after "Produce". In all cases (except one hang), video displayed normally in preview during "Produce", and "return to Edit" was the only output displayed after "produce" finished running.
When I play the output file, it is starting in the middle - beginning of the video is LOST.
Happens targeting AVI, MPEG-2, and H.264.
I'm playing output with VLC or Window Media Player (same result).
This is REALLY BAD! I need to finish this movie!!
This is for WORK, not a silly kitten video!!!
Thanks in advance,Best Regards, Dave
A bit more detail:
Failure 1: Produce H.264 with AVC 1280 x 720/24p
Output video starts in middle, INITIAL PORTION OF VIDEO MISSING (no errors during produce).
Failure 2: Produce MPEG-2 1280 x 720/30p
Output video starts in middle, INITIAL PORTION OF VIDEO MISSING (no errors during produce).
Failure 3: MPEG-2 Default output resolution 720x480
Microsoft Media Player: Shows no video! Audio seemed OK. May be due to MS lame Media Player.
VLC: plays the file OK including video (no missing video segments).
Failure 4: Tried QuickTime HD - partial movie produced, then Producer hung.Had to kill with Windows Task Manager.
Try 5 worked better: MPEG-2 1280 x 720/30p (20 Mbps)
Microsoft Media Player: Shows no video! Audio seemed OK. May be due to MS lame Media Player.
VLC: plays the file OK including video (no missing video segments).
Failure 6: Windows Media WMV 1280x720
Again produced truncated output starting in the middle - playable by MS Media Player.
Most of video missing from very short output file.
Try 7: WMV 720 x 480/24p (2 Mbps), after reboot with nothing else running
Works Acceptably, plays with Windows Media Player, only 400k in size, resolution OK but not great.
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