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I'm using PD9 for making music videos and this "linear" editing thing is a nightmare! I'm moving different camera shots and clips all over the place whilst still trying to keep the pre-recorded audio track in sync; and this program makes the whole thing so time-consuming. For what I'm doing, I never want any of the clips I've placed to move as they are positioned in sync with the audio.
I too discovered that the only way I could insert a clip without everything else moving, is to put it right at the end, then move it into position. Deleting or changing the length of clips brings on the same problem. It even happens when I insert or remove transitions.
It's hard enough to get the audio in sync in the first place. The visual wave form doesn't move when you zoom in and move a track by a very small amount like a few milliseconds. So its impossible to see whether you've moved it by the correct amount without playing it back. Then you have to play it right from the beginning of the film anyway, because playing it from anywhere else puts the audio out of sync again.
Maybe I'm just asking too much. I'll have to save up for a professional program 
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I've been trying out Power Director 9 with a view to purchasing the new version for making my music videos. Unfortunately I'm finding it very time consuming trying to synchronise the pre-recorded audio track to the mimed video. Every time I zoom into the audio track to position it, the visual wave form doesn't move with the track, so its almost impossible to see if the audio is lining up.
Also, when I'm cutting and pasting new scenes, etc.; unless I play the video right from the beginning each time I want to preview a new edit, the audio will not play in sync with the video. I'm sure you understand how frustrating this is when I'm editing a scene that is 30 seconds or more into the video.
Please can someone tell me if this was a bug that has now been fixed in later versions? Or am I just asking too much of a program at this end of the market?
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