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I doubt whether there is any 'main street' application nowadays that does not routinely 'call home'. I don't have a problem with it in fact I appreciate it if it incorporates an alert to users of available updates and bug fixes. It is an absolutely essential part of controlling software piracy which I hate with a vengeance!
Cyberlink sometimes go a little o.t.t. with their marketing pop-ups but I do recognise that they like all other software developers have a problem with maintaining an income stream. I do not like the annual releases driven more by income generation than improvement although I may be in a minority in seeing them that way.
There is absolutley no doubt in my mind that the real guilty party when things suddenly stop working as they should is Microsoft. Heaven forbid that other applications ever start updating and overwriting installed software without the owners permission as happens with the O.S.
Are you running Windows 10 by any chance Phil ? 
Yes, Windows 10 but all this jittery delayed action only started today when I received another different ad telling me that this last discount offer only lasts till the end of the month.
I don't need to upgrade every time they bring out an upgraded version and can easily get by for at least two upgrades and save myself the sum of about $70 each time. Whatever they are adding on or improving will make little difference to me.
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I used my Panasonic Lumix FX2500 to film my son's Rugby match which took about an hour and used up about 1/2 of the battery.
The 4 MOV files totalled 41GB at 1920x1080 at 50fps.
On the PC it descibes the files as Data Rate : 95,066kbps and Bit Rate : 96,608kbps.
Having trimmed the files a bit in Edit I then wanted to create a disc and it was easily below the 4.7GB limit so I created the disc.
When the disc was played on a BluRay player it didn't look anywhere near as sharp or good as it did on PD14 or each individual clip did on my monitor.
Can anyone please explain what is happening here and also how do I improve the DVD quality?
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I have PD14 and every time I open PD14 I get a pop-up ad that promotes PD15 saying -
"You are missing out on a smoother, faster, better......." or words very similar to that.
It certainly says "smoother."
That sounds a bit odd I thought until I started to process my new project. It was not smooth at all. It was also very slow, having to wait for all kinds of operations to take effect which had NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT BEFORE!!!!
So, we know that Cyberlink knows I have PD14 and eagerly want me to splash out another pack of dollars their way because they are telling me my experience will be oh so much better. We know that Cyberlink has access to my computer and they know which version I have and suddenly my experience of using PD14 is much worse! How come Cyberlink? It was alright before I started getting these pop-up reminders!
What is going on?
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I know what is causing the formatting problem here. Reply on an earlier thread instead of the one just above it cause the formatting issue that hopefully Cyberlink can correct.
Doubt it, I do that all the time. More than likely what hacks the formatting is people unknowingly edit the BB code syntax when they reply to the msg leaving open code that gets carried. CL is probably simply going in and editing bad message that had the BB code syntax hack to correct. Hopefully CL will put a little effort into fixing several layout anomalies that have been reported at some point in time, until then, people could at least edit their bad message construct.
Just like here, http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/50705.page#post_box_266359 until CL fixes hacked BB code in the post, msg will probably be displayed in formatting error.
Jeff
Not sure if anyone has actually given the correct answer about AVCHD here but this is what I found out a few of months ago using PD14.
Cyberlink will make an AVCHD 2.0 disc if you use XAVCS in the "PRODUCE" section of PD15.
(XAVCS appears to be the only format that has 50fps as an option)
Samsung BluRay players will not play AVCHD 2.0 discs but they will tell you that the disc is AVCHD 2.0 so Samsung knows all about it!!! Ha!
Panasonic and Sony agreed on this format of AVCHD about 11 years ago so Sony BluRay players will probably play it too.
But Samsung will not. Way to go Samsung!
But what about Cyberlink who give no indication that you are creating an AVCHD 2.0 disc and just leave you to find out your problem on your own.
Come on Cyberlink! Get your act together! Does PD15 explain this to the unsuspecting user?
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all right phil.
after formatting your thumb drive make sure it has more space than the file.
note: windows xp will not recognize exFat file system
follow the yellow brick road...
oh happy happy joy joy
PepsiMan
'garbage in garbage out'
Yes, I had to format the thumb drive as it was set to FAT32 which is max file size of 4GB I understand.
Thanks.
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I have previously been able to transfer a variety of files from my PC to a thumb drive.
Of course the file size must not be bigger than the thumb drive.
I have a 7.03GB H.264 MP4 file but it will not transfer/copy to a 16GB thumb drive.
It says the file is too big!
I also have the same video in MPEG-2 format but that is 11.3GB and it too will not transfer/copy to the 16GB thumb drive for the same apparent reason.
I also tried transferring an original 5GB video out of the camera onto the same thumb drive but it would not work either.
However, it would transfer photos of 9MB.
Can anyone help please?
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Question 1 - mpeg-2
Question 2 – Create a custom profile.
The usb thumb drive need to be formatted as ntfs to utilize the full 8 GB.
Thanks but I have no idea how to create a custom profile.
And how did the MPEG-2 disc fit the video in Create Disc but not when I make an MPEG-2 file?
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I fully realise I must be the only person with this problem.
I made a video (1920x1080 25fps 50mbps) of a 1 hour football match and went to Create Disc and burnt it onto a standard DVD.
Each of the original 4 quarters videos are just over 5GB making a total of over 20GB.
On the Create Disc Screen in the bottom LH corner it showed using 4119MB of 4700MB available so it fitted reasonable easily on the disc so I burnt a disc.
Question 1- what format is the video on this DVD?
Question 2 - how do I create a video file (1920x1080 25fps) that I can transfer to an 8GB thumb drive?
Everything I have tried so far (MPEG-2 and H.264 create videos over 7GB).
Thanks,
Phil.
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Try this: Click on the waveform where you want that portion you want removed to place the cursor. Drag the right ear of the cursor to the right end. You can then hit the scissor icon to remove the end portion of that file.
Thanks so much!
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I want to use Wave Editor to trim MP3 tracks I have downloaded.
The MP3 track is in the Timeline filling both LEFT and RIGHT channels.
But how do I quickly move the Timeline blue marker towards the end of the track to find the place where I need to trim off the last part of the track?
The only way I can find to move the blue marker is to click the Start icon and wait 3 minutes for it to slowly get to the end of the whole track.
Surely there must be a quicker way than that?
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I downloaded a music track from YouTube and used it as a backing track for my video containing lots of photos of children's faces.
I then uploaded it to a Facebook page and Facebook said "No, no, no - Copyright might be owned by someone else"
"Someone else" I thought. My mind raced through lots of words that cannot be printed here. I asked them who is this "someone else"? They replied that I should go to their intellectual property page - https://www.facebook.com/help/intellectual_property
The music is piano music played by a famous pianist who died in 1989.
The music was written by a composer who died in 1827.
The music is on YouTube but can't be used by me in a video uploaded to Facebook.
There are millions of tunes on YouTube that can all be downloaded.
Can anyone give me a reasonable explanation why Facebook refuses to allow my video to be published please?
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Why can't we copy and paste here? Why does Cybelink make this an impossibility?
Now I have to write the whole thing out AGAIN! Duh!
Here we go then.
I have a Timeline of 50 photos which have a music track backing.
I want to copy and paste the 50 photos in the Timeline to another project's Timeline and put in a different music track.
I can copy the Timeline but cannot Paste it into another Timeline because the "Paste" option is whited out.
Any ideas please?
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If you enter the number of copies in burn to disc area it will only author once and burn many.
You can always "Save as a disc image" or "Create a folder" and then use your favorite burn utility, like ImgBurn or similar to burn as many copies as you like.
Just don't select both "Burn to disc" and "Save as disc image" as then a reauthor will take place. That bug highlighted here: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/135/45634.page#post_box_248322 And no, something as simple to fix as this was not patched in PD14 nor corrected in PD15 or even patched in PD15.
Jeff
Thanks Jeff!
However,.....after stting it to 4 copies and burning the first disc and then putting in the next disc and clicking burn again it still does the authoring process again and still shows 4 copies to be burnt.
But the next time it worked ok with just burning and no authoring.
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Can someone please advise me the best way to burn multiple discs in 2D?
At present I go to Create Disc and burn the disc which means it goes through a long authoring process before the actual fairly short burning process.
If I want to make several more DVD's it has to repeat the authoring process all over again. Is there a way to avoid this repeat process 10 times if making 10 discs?
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AVCHD > format for putting AVC H.264 on DVD and/or flashmedia that supports menu playback
BDMV > format for putting AVC H.264 on BD that supports menu playback
PD actually added AVCHD 2.0 support in PD11 as referenced here: http://www.cyberlink.com/support/product-faq-content.do?id=14955&prodId=4&prodVerId=-1&CategoryId=-1&keyword=avchd 2.0
As indicated, if you want to see if you can playback your content on your player, best I see is to create a AVCHD disc in a format compatible with your player supported formats. If you want to create and playback a AVCHD disc with 1920x1080/50p content, one needs to get an appropriate AVCHD 2.0 supported player of which yours is not with the info you supplied from Samsung.
Jeff
Jeff,
You are absolutely correct and talking directly to Samsung and sending them emails is a complete waste of time....so....this afternoon I took my AVCHD 2.0 disc into JB Hi Fi and they ran it on a Panasonic BluRay player and it played ok.
So I bought the cheap DMP-BD84GN-K for AU$80 and the disc plays fine and also can be run at various slo-mo speeds to boot!
So much for Samsung!!!!!
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7Phil77,
To me there appears confusion on what you want. You mention AVCHD specifically so I assume no to BDMV. Yes both approaches use H.264 MPEG-4 AVC video compression standards but also major differences in file constructs and playability.
I know of nothing that has been taken out or sacrificed in PD14 by users request for 1920x1080 progressive support provided on many players. If there is, a detail post of pertinent info should be provided so that CL could potentially remedy. For those that have compatible players, from what I've seen it appears to playback correctly for CPU encoding. I also see no reason that you cannot still create the format your non AVCHD 2.0 compliant player supports. Have you created a AVCHD disc with formats supported by your Samsung BD-H6500 and they don't play? I'll leave it at that as I don't have any more non AVCHD2.0 compliant BD players handy to validate.
Previously my non-compliant player could playback 1920x1080/60p content from Harddrive/Flashdrive just not AVCHD on DVD if that ever suits the need.
Somewhat tough when one upgrades a camera, one may also need new playback capability, may need new TV, new editing power...... to really enjoy what was purchased.
Jeff
Thanks Jeff, I'm really not tech savvy and don't even know what BDMV means.
I did find this from July, 2011, "The AVCHD video format specification has been updated to include 1080 60p and 50p video. The AVCHD 2.0 standard has been approved by Sony and Panasonic - the co-promoters of the format. The move also includes additional support for high definition 3D movies in the format. Up until now, both companies have made high-end camcorders that incorporated out-of-specification 60p video in what was otherwise an AVCHD arrangement."
Tomorrow I will try my disc in some other BluRay players including Sony and Panasonic and see what happens.
Looks like Samsung might have had a fall out with Sony and Panasonic.
I have just sent an enquiry to Samsung Australia.
Phil
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Jeff, I now see that Shadow files are activated but not by me as I have never changed that setting so the box must always have been checked.
Usually when you load your first HD video into the timeline PD will offer a dialogue option box for acknowledgement if you want to enable shadow files. If users answers yes, the check mark gets activated in pref and the question is not asked again and setting remains for all future projects. You can always manually adjust as desired in pref.
If you turn off shadow files, set timeline to 50fps PAL, drop your 50fps progressive clip in the timeline, you will see each frame as you use the frame advance feature.
Jeff
Jeff,
Ok I have checked all that and am happy with your suggestions.
But now I have come up against another problem.
I purchased the Canon 80D because, amongst other things, it had 50fps video capture.
So I made a DVD in AVCHD, H.264 ay 1920x1280 50p but alas my Samsung BD-H6500 BluRay player will not play iy, saying, this DVD is in the AVCHD 2.0 format which this media player does not support.
So Canon and Cyberlink combine to make a DVD that Samsung (BD-H6500) cannot play.
There are no updates available for the BD-H6500 available.
I am currently chatting to Samsung who are no help to me at the moment!
The guy said have you tried using a different AVCHD 2.0 file. I don't know of a different AVCHD 2.0 file to use.
They are now saying that my BluRay Player will not play AVCHD 2.0 which I have read is deemed for Progressive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD#Specification_addendum_.28AVCHD_2.0.29
Can ANYONE help please?
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I'm sorry to hear that you don't understand what I am saying.
If you can't read the full response, and answer a few questions, it's difficult to help.
1) I clearly showed the frames are unique with pictorial proof of 3 consecutive frames.
2) I clearly stated if you are using shadow files you can observe the repeated frame that you noted.
Yes, I do understand what you state, and have given yet another scenario that one can observe that. Shadow files are created at 25fps, since you have timeline set at 50fps, PD simply duplicates each frame during next frame viewing which is the issue you noted. However, it's not a issue, other than what the user has defined his editing timeline behaviour to be.
Jeff
Jeff, I now see that Shadow files are activated but not by me as I have never changed that setting so the box must always have been checked.
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The Settings are set to 50FPS
The video is recorded at 50 FPS
The "Time" box under the monitor screen shows seconds broken down into 50ths of a second.
ie it goes from 00 to 49 and then starts at 00 again for the next second.
When I click the "Next Frame" button/arrow to advance the video by one frame the "Time" box shows movement of 1/50th of a second but nothing happens on the screen. Only when I click the button again a second time does it show any movement on the screen ie it is only moving every 1/25th of a second.
If all the settings and recording is at 1/50th of a second then why does the screen/"Next Frame" button advance the video only 1/25th of a second?
Surely it should advance the screen every time the "Next Frame" button is activated. Likewise for the "Previous Frame" button but in reverse.
Attach a small video clip (8-10 sec) from camera with same record settings for real interrogation. More than likely a interlace and progressive format confusion.
Jeff
Here is a 5 sec video said to be H.264AVC MP4 1920x1080 from Canon 80D.
Sorry 7Phil77, I don't see the issue you note. The clip is 50fps progressive so each frame is unique in the timeline as it should be. I've attached three clips of timeline playback in PD14 with screen captures at frames 20, 21 and 22. Watch the boy in front in the green shirt, his right arm, one clearly sees three unique positions of the arm for the 3 frames.
My next guess since your attached clip is progressive is you have "Enable HD video processing (shadow file)" checked in pref > General which would create the effect you note as you are no longer displaying the real 50fps source, but rather a 25fps shadow file representation in the timeline playback. Do you have the green media clip in the lower left corner of you clips in the media library?
Jeff
I'm sorry to hear that you don't understand what I am saying.
The preview screen in PD14 is only moving every second clicking on the "Next frame" arrow/button when surely it should move every time the "Next frame" button is activated? Otherwise it is wrongly labelled as the "Next frame" button. As the screen is only moving every second click of the "Next frame" button then it is being seen as a 25fps video clip.
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The Settings are set to 50FPS
The video is recorded at 50 FPS
The "Time" box under the monitor screen shows seconds broken down into 50ths of a second.
ie it goes from 00 to 49 and then starts at 00 again for the next second.
When I click the "Next Frame" button/arrow to advance the video by one frame the "Time" box shows movement of 1/50th of a second but nothing happens on the screen. Only when I click the button again a second time does it show any movement on the screen ie it is only moving every 1/25th of a second.
If all the settings and recording is at 1/50th of a second then why does the screen/"Next Frame" button advance the video only 1/25th of a second?
Surely it should advance the screen every time the "Next Frame" button is activated. Likewise for the "Previous Frame" button but in reverse.
Attach a small video clip (8-10 sec) from camera with same record settings for real interrogation. More than likely a interlace and progressive format confusion.
Jeff
Here is a 5 sec video said to be H.264AVC MP4 1920x1080 from Canon 80D.
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The Settings are set to 50fps
The video is recorded at 50fps
The "Time" box under the monitor screen shows seconds broken down into 50ths of a second.
ie it goes from 00 to 49 and then starts at 00 again for the next second.
When I click the "Next Frame" button/arrow to advance the video by one frame the "Time" box shows movement of 1/50th of a second but nothing happens on the screen. Only when I click the button again a second time does it show any movement on the screen ie it is only moving every 1/25th of a second.
If all the settings and recording is at 1/50th of a second then why does the screen/"Next Frame" button advance the video only 1/25th of a second?
Surely it should advance the screen every time the "Next Frame" button is activated. Likewise for the "Previous Frame" button but in reverse.
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