Messages posted by KellyJ1963

I have been using Powerdirector since version 8 and have done over 500 projects and over 1000 renders. The problem I am having is I am unable to render to H.264 AVC. since I upgraded to Windows 10. I get a message saying it is an unsupported format. I have rendered under previous programs to this format with no problems. I shoot hd 1920x1080/60p and it is one of the two formats that allows me to render at 60f (I shoot at the same rate). The other format is the newer H.265 HEVC which is has better compression but when I do a render it just hangs there counting off time. It renders the first 188k and then stops. I have to quit program using Task Manager because there is no way back to the editor or any way to quit the program normally. It seems that the fast render option does not function under Windows 10. I can render out to H.265 HEVC if I don't use fast render but now my renders take 4 times as long and none of the media players I have can play the video portion of the codec. I can only do proper playback in Powerdirector 13. I am going to attempt to upload my first video to YouTube using the new codec and see if it works.

I had been using PD 11 Ultimate just fine on Windows 7 and it worked on Win 10 except for the render problems. I only upgraded to PD 13 to solve the render problem but it remains. The only thing I have gained is the new H.265 HEVC codec but I have lost the ability to render fast at 60f. That's not a good trade off. It's typical of todays technology when upgrades often are downgrades because things are broke. Back in the day this was considered a "bug" and bugs were to be fixed BEFORE release but now it's release and patch and things still don't work....even though we paid$$ for a full functioning product. Can you imagine buying a car and have some things not work like the power windows or locks or air con and they say bring it back in we'll fix it later? Hell no!