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Desperately seeking a polygon selection tool for photo editing. I hope someone can tell me where to find it. Difficult to believe this super basic functionality isn't included in the PhotoDirector software. Come on CyberLink, don't let Adobe win.
I didn't see a polygon selection preset in photodirector's selection tool, but you can use lasso selection to select area in free shape.
I think it could be a good suggestion for cyberlink to add the feature.
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I found these FAQs are useful for the new changes:
https://www.cyberlink.com/support/faq-content.do?id=27679
https://www.cyberlink.com/support/faq-content.do?id=27678
https://www.cyberlink.com/support/faq-content.do?id=27680
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I upgraded to PowerDVD 22 from 18. One thing I thought would be nice is it's ability to show individual movies and TV shows as thumbnails and hopefully getting a fix of the audio decoding of DSD to PCM. I guess I was expecting indexing something like Plex. This definetely isn't Plex. It found 1708 movies on my NAS of which it failed to identify almost 40%, so somewhere around 700 titles ( I did a sample of 200 titles). I found it had also mis-identified some (I only made it through 50 titles); for instance same title multiple different years/actors etc. There were no faces to the actors listed in the details assuming there was supposed to be. I have no intention of trying to fix this mess after a few of the unidentified movies didn't even have the right version available when I tried to fix them.
TV shows were even worse. The naming convention on my files is set up the way Plex wants them. Why would PowerDVD want something else. I'm not going to have two versions of each file with different names, that's ridiculous.
There is an option under Settings/Audio/More Audio Settings/Miscellaneous to decode DSD to PCM automatically but I still get the same errors on half a dozen movies I know are a problem in 18. My NAD M10 doesn't do DSD and the error says to "Please switch your audio source to PCM in order to play". Isn't that what the setting was supposed to do? VLC doesn't have this problem and its free.
I think I was simply ripped off, $60 bucks down the drain. PowerDVD 22 was 4 full versions higher than 18 and I don't see any additional functionality or features that matter (or work). I've uninstalled 22 and I'll go back to using 18 (which sticks to file/folder where I can actually identify what I'm playing) or when I want in Explorer by right clicking on the file and choosing "Play with...". I'm so sick of companies charging for software that simply doesn't do what they say it does or wanting users to find the problems for them; I'll certainly never buy from Cyberlink again. You shouldn't either.
I found that the new features and improvements that added in recent powerdvd versions are mainly about media library sharing on LAN, and streaming video or music via Cyberlink cloud.
None of them are relevant with your major concern : online movie or TV shows info mapping.
And, as what I've known, DSD is not supported on video file playback at all in powerdvd. It is for music only.
As we know, the online movie database that powerdvd uses has been such a bad one for many years.
If you expect something that they are not focusing on or think it should act like your probably favorite "Plex", I'm afraid you won't satisfy with that ever (but not me personally).
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How can I hide the library images below the YouCam 10 video feed window? Or hide anything below the camera window.
Thank you for your advice.
I didn't find there is any option to collapse the library row.
The scenario you asked is probably not supported at all.
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The new version has big changes. I can see the virtual copy is no longer there in the Guided or "Expert" room.
What you can do now is select a photo to edit, and save the edited photo as a new photo. Or, discard the changes.
In the new design, your source/original photo file won't be touched either like what the original virtual copy did.
You want them to make the software act like what it did in previous version?
I consider the old virtual copy very confusing and bit bothering whenever I am editing photo between different editing tabs.
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It seems the Blu-ray playback function got killed every time after you reboot Windows.
Do you install any antivirus or security software additionally?
Try uninstall them temporarily and then reinstall powerdvd and play blu-rays without the antivirus software.
And, see if the antivirus is the cause that kills the blu-ray feature whenever reboot Windows.
Windows 11 has its own native antivirus service if you have uninstalled your non-Microsoft antivirus software.
Or, contact cyberlink for help.
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I just bought Logitech G560 speakers and found that playing any format of video or audio requires the sound of PowerDVD to be at 8 channel. Any time is switch to another speaker number (I.E. 2 4 or 6 speaker) I get the following message
"Temporarily Unavailable for Current Audio Format ( ch/0bits/4456551 KHz)"
Is there a solution to this problem
For Clarifacation the G560 speakers is a Logitech G560 PC Gaming Speaker System with 7.1 DTS:X Ultra Surround Sound, Game based LIGHTSYNC RGB, Two Speakers and Subwoofer, Immersive Gaming Experience
It seems your speaker set supports multitypes of audio input interfaces (AUX, USB and BT).
I've never heard that a speaker set strictly requires a player to output multi-channel audio signal.
Have you ever tried using the AUX cable (3.5mm audio cable) to connect your speakers to PC?
If you used the USB or BT digital interface to connect your speaker to PC, the speakers definitely do not have DTS or Dolby decoder on the hardware natively. It supports DTS:X effect but does not necessarily mean it supports DTS audio decoding.
Just disable the DTS and Dolby decoding options at the supported format tab of your speaker in windows sound control panel > playback device > properties page to not use the speakers to decode Dolby or DTS audio.
And, do not select the audio output as multi-channel in powerdvd audio settings. Select it as system default.
I consider it might help your case.
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While many today choose to stream content, I play lots of 1080p BDs and DVDs, and much prefer using these Windows players. https://jriver.com/ https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_US.html?r=1
https://www.videolan.org/
They decode DTS-MA to a lossless MCH PCM signal, play all region discs and have the zoom and slow motion features which I often enjoy using, but which are found in practically no hard wired BD players.
Thus, my pc would need to output the video via HDMI, either to the processor or directly to my TV. But as neither SPDIF nor AES/EBU can transmit lossless MCH audio, the processor would need to have a USB audio input to do so, to be fed from my pc, like this DAC has. https://exasound.com/Products/s88StreamingDAC.aspx
But regardless of brand, design or price it seems that few if any MCH processors have a USB audio input.
https://bryston.com/preamps/sp3/
https://www.audiocontrol.com/home-audio/immersive-av-preamp-processors/maestro-x7/
https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/home-theater-processors/MX100 https://nadelectronics.com/product/m17-v2i-surround-sound-preamp-processor/
And even if they did, could perfect syncing and quality of the video and PCM 5.1 audio from the Blu-Ray disk be assured, when played via any of these three Windows players?
IMO, the solution will be on your audio routing.
You can output your video and audio to a A/V receiver first using a HDMI cable, and then let the receiver bypass your video to TV.
Or, you can output your video and audio to TV (HDMI), and connect your TV to A/V receivers using a HDMI-ARC port (if your TV supports).
Both of the above ways will give you the full capacity to play the decoded multi-channel PCM audio, and you don't have to use an USB connection, which is not commonly seen on home cinema receivers or DAC.
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Hi,
I am just starting to work with Power2Go... and already stuck with a problem:
The mp4-clips, which I want to burn on a Verbatim 50GB (double-layer) Bluray, amounts to 34,41 GB total size, so they should easily fit on that disc.
However, Power2Go "explode" them to tremendous 287,27 GB project size: What?!?!
I already tried to adjust the Disc Presettings to conform with the parameters from the original movies, HD 1280x720/50p (26 MBit) but that did not reduce the project size at all.
If I will not be in a position to "convince" Power2Go just to "copy" the source material, the program will be absolutely worthless, anoying waste of money!
Many thanks for every support!
(I already published this enquiry in the German forum, regrettably in vain)
You already depicted all of these as the faults power2go made.
But, I'm wondering you didn't know the difference between a "Blu-ray Video" disc and Blu-ray "data disc".
If you want your MP4 files to be burned on a Blu-ray blank disc without any conversion, I suggest you click the Data disc > Blu-ray option, but not create a Blu-ray Video disc using another Video disc tool.
Data disc tool will back up your files on Blu-ray disc like what you did when copying files to an USB thumb drive.
And, of course the burned Blu-ray data disc is not compatible with a Blu-ray player that does not support playing standalone MP4 video file (on the disc). It will be read-able and playable only on PC platforms with BD drive using a player software, or a player hardware that supports playing standalone video files.
If you really need to create a Blu-ray video disc from the MP4 files, the standard Blu-ray video disc's encoding compression and efficiency are terribly lower than modern MP4 or MKV video files, which are encoded with H.264 or H.265 formats.
The produced video size on the disc will be much larger than original video files and the video size (on the disc) will be affected by the time length of your source video files only, but not the source video file size.
The video transcoding/conversion is required and un-avoidable when you're producing them into a "Blu-ray Video" disc that are universally playble on Blu-ray certified TV players.
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As far as what I know, there is no such options in powerdvd to let you carry the configuration or library to other platforms, and the movie library import depends on the local stored paths of your video files. It won't work if you just carry the folder or library settings or data to other PC as the local stored path of your files might not be exactly the same on another PC.
It might be the time to rebuild your library from scratch and perhaps this setup can also help resolve any of unknown glitch that might exist in your previous library data, which caused browsing issues.
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How do I stop PowerDVD from automatically playing videos? I am searching my HDDs for video files to see what I've got over the years, and I click on one file, it plays, then the next, then the next, etc.
I've made sure "Automatically play next video when video ends" is *unchecked*, yet it just does its own thing.
Cheers.
PowerDVD Version 18.0.3105.66
It seems the latest version of powerdvd 18 is 3010 but not 3105 you wrote.
Anyway, I cannot reproduce the auto play condition in powerdvd no matter I started the file playback in windows file explorer or powerdvd file browser.
You may try reinstalling powerdvd and don't keep program settings nor import the settings from previous version after reinstallation.
It might help resolve most of weird configuration problems.
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I am trying to use Youcam V3.5.2.4725 (DE) on my HP laptop using W10 and a brand new Creative LIVE! CAM SYNC v3.
I can take photos including BURST and see myself on screen, so for sure it is connected and recognized. As soon as I click CAPTURE, the button turns to STOP for a second or 2 and then the entire app closes. I tried this on the built in W10 CAMERA app - it works OK, just noy Youcam.
I also closed all apps first and started W10 task manager. It confirmed no apps running before I started your software. Made no difference. I seem to have lots of disk space (hard disc).
Any suggestions?
Wow, Youcam 3......It is such an old version that might probably released for a decade, and you operated this legacy version software on a new Windows 10 platform?
I believe this old version Youcam is not compatible with new windows OS at all. If you really like its features pretty much, consider their new version instead.
I'm wondering your HP laptop is a very old model as well that released for many years if it was bundled with free youcam 3.
Although you can install Windows 10 on your laptop, it does not mean the hardware has full and proper compatibility to run multimedia process in Windows 10.
Perhaps you can also consider using your new webcam on a newer PC to operate the capturing in higher video resolution.
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Hi all,
I have just started to use photodirector as part of the Director suite 365, migrating over from AcDsee. Now AcDsee alows one to tag and view video files that have been taken with various cameras over the years but it looks like Phtot Director ignores them
Can someone enlightn me on the best way to tag and view them preferable along with like tagged images please? I have not explored PowerDirector yet so unsure if this somehow links in.
Thanks
Photodirector supports snapshots on videos, but does not support importing or managing videos in the library. this software is for photo management and editing purpose only.
Powerdirector is for video editing. It cannot tag your video files additionally either but only let you group videos within powerdirector's media room per project. It means you are not able to carry the tags out along with your video files independently to other video projects or PCs.
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I have been using YouCam for some time with only minor issues. In the past it has not recorded audio, but if I uncheck and recheck the record with audio box or restarted it worked.
This time, nothing will work.
In YouCam - Audio in enabled, correct device selected
In Screen Recorded - Audio settings correct and enabled
In windows - Device set to default, not muted. Icon in tray shows mic "in use by YouCam"
Captures are in .mp4 format
Please let me know what else to try. I have uninstalled and reinstalled mic in device manager.
YouCam 10
Windows 11 (up to date)
HyperX QuadCast S
**Note, if I use the "capture" feature in PowerDirector the audio works.
Please tell me what I am missing! Thank you!
The clues you shared is few.
If your microphone is a high-end standalone model, you may seek driver or firmware update to check if it helps resolve the issue.
And, make sure the microphone and its connection work steadily on the whole recording session.
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Yes I am. When I was doing my own troubleshooting I specifically tried it with discs I knew worked before. I also tried multiple non-Fox Blu-rays with the same result. Every Blu-ray disc comes up with that message. DVD's work with TrueTheater though, so there's something weird going on.
The only thing that has changed since it worked prior is the video card (and subsequently the video drivers). Moved from Nvidia to AMD.
Have you tried reinstalling powerdvd after you changed your GPU to AMD?
Did you uninstall NVIDIA drivers completely in Windows?
And, for new GPU, it is recommended to keep the driver version as the very latest one that released from the GPU vendor.
Bugs could be many in new software and hardware.
Or, you can contact cyberlink to investigate it further.
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Hi all - new to this forum.
As I've just bought a shiny new Windows 11 m/c I thought it would be a good idea to upgrade my 'ol faithful PowerDVD 13 to the latest 22. Oh my....I hate it. Most of it I'm sure I can get used to, but the real let down for me is the media libary. All of the thumbnails now are portrait size which for be is a backward step but one I could live with if I could change the cover art. This is a breeze in '13' but doesn't seem to be an option in '22'. I am REALLY hoping that one of you helpful people are going to tell me I'm missing something and that it CAN be done!
Thanks in advance.
The thumbnails of the video files in "Video" library are still in landscape size if you really want to browse them in this layout.
But, they are not customizable but auto selected from your videos.
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The latest IOS (16.3) update to my iphone 13 produces HEIC images and MOV videos that cannot be read by PowerDirector 20 on my WIN 10 Pro PC. Does anyone know of a simple and free set of codecs that will allow PD20 to read the latest HEIC and MOV files? PS. I am able to convert the newer files with Microsoft movie maker, but that’s one unnecessary extra step.
Moderation Note:
Moved to PDR20 forum from Previous Versions forum
Have you updated powerdirector 20 to the latest version using the patch?
https://www.cyberlink.com/support/index.html?action=download
the notes saying the compatibility of MOV has been improved but I'm not sure it is the solution for your case.
If not, you can contact cyberlink support to report your concern.
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Hi Folks,
I've got a seasons worth of flag football footage from my kids team. As a treat for the kids, I'd like to do a highlight reel. I'd like to watch all the footage and make clips or subclips from the existing footage to eventually assemble a highlight reel of all the best plays for the season. I'd also like to be able to tag these subclips with player names and types of plays (touchdown, interception) so I can easily make individualized highlight reels for specific players or just of all the interceptions.
I've done basic film editing in Adobe Premiere & other editing software and in those other platforms it would be fairly easy to make subclips from bigger clips in my media library and tag them with info to make searching and assembling clips fairly easy.
But I can't figure out an easy or the simplest way to do in PowerDirector.
Any ideas?
powerdirector has custom tags option in the media room for the files you've added to the Media room.
The "add tags" option are directly on the left panel of the media room.
It might help you group the media further.
It also have a precut feature if you want to trim your videos before adding to timeline.
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/21/win/enu/05_04_01_precutting_video.html
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Is there a option to move PowerDirector 365 over from 1 MacBook to another?
and not with apple Migration tool.
Where are the movie/picture/sound files stored (local) so I can move those files also to go on editing my current project.
many thanks for your tips.
I remembered that the subscription version can be reinstalled on other device directly using the cyberlink application manager by signing in your subscription account:
https://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/application-manager/download_en_US.html
I'm not sure what kind of local files you want to move. I consider there is no auto migration features.
You can pack your video project using the pack project materials option in powerdirector to pack all the media files you used with the PDS project file together.
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/21/mac/enu/04_02_00_exporting_projects.html
Move the packed project files to other macbook to continue the editing.
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Some thoughts for your reference:
Is your free trial expired?
Have you tried reinstalling power2go to check it out?
Any antivirus software possibly blocked the process?
Or, you can contact cyberlink support for help.
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HOW TO AVOID BORDER´S MASKING VIBRATIONS. See enclosed file
Andres
I found that the background (behind the person) of your video is shot in a relatively messy scene.
It is expected that the mask area you selected on the person will work in vibration because of the motion nature of the video.
The professional shooting setup for this kind of background removal and keying scenario will use green curtain at the scene, and then use chroma key feature to key the background out in post-production phase.
I'm afraid there is not much you can do to remove the background in a better way for the video you currently use.
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