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You might have sorted this out already, but I did the following and it let me "toggle" between needing a key and not needing a key for the lite version.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE][SOFTWARE][CyberLink][PowerDirector???][IsCDKeyAct]
You need to change this value from 1 to 0
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Try some Automatic Windows Updates, if that doesn't work manually install the latest version of install shield.
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Of course the software supplied with hardware is either a cut-down version or a demo version, it's standard practice. Where have you been living for the past 20 years, because if it's a place where you get full unlocked versions of software I'd like to move there.
The Everio range is pretty damn good, so if you don't like the supplied software use something else. I really don't see your problem. In case you're not aware the *.mod files that the Everio produces are just regular *.mpg files with a different extension.
I'm trying to think of a time I got a "full" version of a piece of software, the closest is a copy of Adobe photoshop elements, which is just a cut-down version of photoshop.
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No, a high-end graphics card will not make the slightest difference. And a fast CPU will only help with the rendering, but if you make a long video, you will appreciate the faster rendering.
I've used both an Athlon X2 and a C2D with PD6 and they have performed about the same. Most of my machines are high-end, as they are both gaming systems and hard-core number crunchers, so the average PC might behave a little different.
I don't think a C2Q will have many benefits over a C2D for PD6, but obviously it makes sense to get a "G0" stepping Q6600 while they are so cheap.
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Defrag the HD and turn OFF indexing. You say dual core pentium. It is a Pentium or an E4** series Core 2 Duo (which are branded as pentium). If so it should be a pretty quick machine
If it has integrated graphics it might only have 64 or 128mb reserved for the GPU.
Run a HD test to find the actual transfer rate. It might be mis-configured.
Check your AV dosen't scan every file you access.
It sounds like your HD is thrashing for some reason, but I wouldn't have thought it likely with 2Gb of ram.
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I think the TV safe area is fixed in PD6, rather than user adjustable. I guess it's fixed at the standard resolution that is selected. So for UK PAL the safe zone would be 720x576.
Most CRT's only display 720x525, so you might have to keep you film well inside the safe zone. And most LCD's use a process called over-scanning that has the same net effect.
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It's entirely possible that a hardware problem was the cause of your problems with PD6 in the past, and that those problems have gone away since the upgrade, an overheating CPU or faulty ram chip for example.
However most of the problems I've had are code/software related. You're quite right though, a system with specs similar to yours will make a very good video editing setup.
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What system are you running? i.e CPU, RAM, Mobo, Gpu.
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Very simple.
You add a colour board to the start of the timeline. You can adjust the length of the colour board to match the duration of the titles.
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I've just done this myself for a Christmas DVD. Take your original footage and speed it up a bit, this is better than dropping frames. It gives that particular look.
Use a black colour board at points in the film where you want to add the text (just like a silent movie). Use some clipart to create the frame (holy, or some sort of organic border).
Now use the old movie effect for the duration of the film and all the colour boards you've added.
You might need to play with the chroma key for the clipart, but it is possible to get perfect results with some trial and error.
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Quote:
Nvidia Gforce 7600
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Nothing wrong with a 6800, I hope you didn't more than £50 for it though.
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A new machine doesn't mean it's got new drivers, they are probably older than PD6. Graphics chipset drivers are released very frequently, almost a new driver every month.
Make sure you have the latest drivers from the GPU manufacturer, not the card manufacturer. i.e if you have a Gainward card get drivers straight from Nvidia not Gainward.
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Having lots of on-board video ram isn't that important for video editing, it isn't like a 3D game where 100's of MB's of textures need to be shifted by the GPU.
Any video card with 128mb or more ram will be fine. More importantly look for the features you will require, like dual digital DVI sockets or s-video out, or HDCP compliance.
Whether you prefer Nvidia to any other make is your choice, but ATi have nearly always produced better picture quality in DirectX. Matrox make a range of cards specifically for video production. It would be silly to only consider Nvidia when they are probably not the best option here.
The best AGP card for a single core cpu would probably be the Radeon X1950PRO, you can get faster cards, but they would only be faster for playing high resolution games, not for running PD6.
A better upgrade to your system (assuming it's a S939 motherboard) would be a Athlon X2 cpu, the extra core is handy during rendering.
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There may be some confusion here. Firewire is just the name for the IEEE 1394 interface. Basically it's a type of serial connection like USB/USB2. It doesn't have anything to do with video quality.
I don't know that camera so I can't make any suggestions, but for anaolgue video, the quality of video signal in decending order is roughly.
1.) Component
2.) RGB
3.) S-Video
4.) Composite
So if you are only getting a composite signal when using firewire, but an S-Video signal when using I presume an S-Video lead, that might explain the difference.
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I think you might be best to contact tech support. There is also another forum specifically for PowerDirector JVC, You might find some more useful information in there.
As a seperate note, I found the version of Power Director that came with my JVC camera was a bit basic, but when I upgraded to the latest full version, I was really impressed with some of the features.
Dave.
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Right, what you need to do is to move to the point in the timeline where you would like to insert the take from the second camera, and 'split' the the first video. Then you can drop in stills or a few seconds of video.
For the sound, I would probably fade one out at the same time as fading the other in, it depends on what the sound is like to how good an effect this gives.
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I also use a hard-disk based camera. I simply plug the disk into my card reader (it's actualy just a type II CF card, but JVC call it a MicroDrive), and it's then available to PD6 as drive D,E,F etc
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What type of disks are you using? I'm not sure about the U.S as I'm in the U.K. But over here a lot of commercial stand alone DVD players have problems reading anything but DVD-R disks.
My Pioneer is a fairly high-end machine, approx $1200 U.S dollars, and it refuses point blank to play DVD+R, DVD-RAM. It will only play DVD-R.
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Hi all,
I'm very new to video editing so my experience with PD6 is roughly zero.
I have a problem using the 'perspective scroll' title effect. It always causes the program to either crash or hang when I preview it or when I move through that segment of timeline.
If I just render without any preview or clip playback, it works o.k, but obviously this isn't ideal. The file that is reported causing the error is 'title2_ces.dll".
Before I contacted support, I installed on a clean OS using a different motherboard chipset, and the problem was still the same. Therefore it is either a bug in the code or a corrupted download.
I've got around the problem by rendering the sequence and importing the video into the timeline.
I'm very impressed with the capabilities of PD6 considering it's budget price, but I have found it to be a bit unstable.
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I'm running it on a Core2Duo clocked at 2.6ghz, with 2 gig of DDR2 clocked at 800mhz. I haven't had any problems with responsiveness or similar performance related issues.
I'm not sure how well multi-threaded the code is, so I couldn't say whether a quad core cpu would be a big benefit for rendering.
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