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Sorry, the poster here seems to be anonymous, anyway, to the person concerned, your video shrunk by two seconds because you used a two-second transition in overlap, rather than cross. The out-of-sync situation is unusual as it shouldn't be happening if the audio is from the camera itself(native audio, in other words) and if the video is on the "master" video track(Tr.#1).
Just a tip though, even if you use a pseudonym, we on the forum like to know to whom we address our replies.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, Rune123!
It might be practical to send the template as an attachment, but it depends on the size of the file as some internet service providers put a limit(for practical reasons) of so many megabytes(can vary from ISP to ISP). The only sure way to find out is to try it, If you succeed in sending such a template, you then need to find out from the person who received same, whether he/she was able to successfully add it to the templates in his/her Power Director. If PD9 onward, could be done but I somehow doubt it for PD8 or earlier.
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Neil.
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The one thing I can suggest is, whichever file type you start with(from your camera), convert it to a video file type which is "friendlier" to the version of Power Director you're using, the best types to convert to would be MPEG2(SP or HQ) MP4, WMV(Highest quality). The one to avoid here is AVI as it can gobble up the gigabytes.(Hmmm, "gobble up the gigabytes", nice catch-phrase! LOL).
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, Lena and Robert!
Greetings from Australia! You mentioned AVI files in your comments, Robert(Shadowman), My one brief experiment with AVI was a near attempt to "produce" to an AVI file but when I saw how big the file would be..... OUCH! I quickly changed to MPEG2. There is a compressed AVI which can have a two-hour video come in at a little over 600 megabytes but there's no way I can see to produce to that type of file.(Tried rendering to AVCHD once, took over an hour to render a clip, never again will I try that one either). Nope, Just gime me MPEG2, I'm happy with that!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, jcardana!
I've just this moment sent you a PM, headed "Thoughts On PD8 & PD14" Fairly-well explainging why I retained PD8 on my computer when I was able to do so(installing PD8 required uninstalling PD7 before it, but PD14 made no demand to remove PD8 ). Because these later versions can cohabitate on one computer, having the earlier version handy to compensate for shortcomings in the newer version has proved itself more worthwhile that removing the older version. Though PD8 is no longer commercially available(and hasn't been for a number of years), it has features that should be brought back in PD15 or, if not PD15, then PD16 when they start to plan that version. Crucial in the planning should be the removal of the internet requirement to activate. It's that which got someone else all "hot and bothered"..... remember.....? Hmmmm. Don't want that again, do we? The CD-Key alone should be the final requirement to trigger activation and have Power Director "up and running" once installed, as it was from the first PD up to PD8.
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.....so if my projects expand and I need a feature or capability of 12 or 13, I still have them.
Hi, Jcardana!
That's pretty close to what I meant. Hanging on to earlier versions of PD will prove handy at times.
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Hi, Jcardana!
Having PD12, 13 and 14 sitting side-by-side on your computer can be very useful indeed. You only need to read some other posts in other threads to see how useful they can be. There has been quite a lot of discussion here of late about inefficiencies in PD14, Richmond Dan has already stated in this thread that he currently uses PD12 to work around some issues on PD14. And if you have PD13 as well, you have that extra avenue to work around any problems that pop up un PD14. I have PD14, and also have retained PD8, for reasons I've often explained, the two versions together on my computer have proved VERY useful in that PD8 covers for some design hiccups in PD14.
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Neil,
Thanks for your suggestion. I will try that tomorrow. Seems that I have PD13 on my office computer. I do have other ways to re-render the file. But, I really wonder why that would be needed, and if it indeed solves the problem, why ?
Here's one of the problem files...
https://goo.gl/photos/wxh5C9X8W56YGDfLA
But, it's 3.5 GB in size, so I doubt that anyone would want to download it.
Clark
Hi, Clark711!
I hope the solution may work for you. It had occurred to me that if a problem exists in one version of software for a given purpose(in this case, video editing) that could be remedied by using either an earlier version of the software, or another brand of software, if all else fails, then that may be the path to follow. The only true way to find out is "suck it and see".
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Thank you Neil for your feedback.
Hi, Theolilou! Sorry if some of what I wrote may not make sense. These computer keyboards are not as good as old trusty mechanical typewriter keyboards at times. Somestimes a keystroke doesn't register or you get the wrong letter in the word you're trying to write. You don't realise the mistake until you see it later(I just noticed when I tried to type "emulate" it came out as "rmulate". I'm sure I hit the 'e' key but the 'r' key registered instead....) it can be very embarrassing! Anyway, back to subject, thanks for your feedback as well. By interest, do you have an earlier version of PD on your computer alongside PD14? If so, how does the audio adjustments on the earlier version you may have compare to that of PD14? I ask because, since PD9, Power Director has not required the removal of an earlier version when installing the newer version. Zum beispiel*, If you had PD7 and were about to install PD8, the installation process would tell you to first uninstall PD7, but if you had PD7 or PD8 still on your computer and were about to install Power Director version 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14, you would not be required to remove the older version, this is proving useful to me as I can make comparisons, use PD14 for some work and PD8 for other work I wanted to perform, Each version could have its own special function. Some users have multiple versions of PD on their computer, probably for that very reason, specialised functions. PD8, I've found to have very easy-to-use audio adjustment for eding work in that department, plus the ability to burn in DVD-SP to make full use of my discs, PD14 has video editing effects I can employ as well, but it is mainly only for video editing that I'm using it. *By the way, Zum Beispiel is German, it means "For Example".
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To all concerned!
I have recently experiemented with Screen Recorder, found it jumpy and erratic in its behaviour, tends to miss chunks of the video you're trying to record. Not very good at all, needs LOADS OF WORK to bring it up to even medocre quality, and LOADS MORE WORK to bring it up to passable quality. Cyberlink, GET CRACKING!
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RE: "and PD14 itself became non-responsive, had a terrible time trying to shut PD14 down after that."
Call up Task Manager and close the unresponsive program.
Ctrl+Alt+Delete = keyboard call up of Task manager option.
Dafydd
Dafydd!
I did do that, several attempts it took me before I finally gave up and did a complete forced shut-down of the computer, then rebooted to finish answering other responses to other posts. As for VHS to DVD, I'm still doing this, not so much for myself now(I've just-about exhausted my VHS home movie content), I'm now doing it for friends who have old VHS content they want preserved.
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You say that you can adjust the sound level by putting direct value in PD8.
IN PD14, you can also put direct value without having to move the slider. The difference i see is that in Pd14 it is written "db"
Do I miss something ?
Hello, Theolilou!
You haven't missed anything! I tried typing in the value, but PD14's audio setting isn't quite as user-friendly as that of PD8. Such a shame PD8 is no longer available. There are features of PD8 that should be brought through to PD15 when it's released, crucial among these is the ability to get it up-and-running WITHOUT the need of the internet to complete the activation process. The audio settings for PD15 could also rmulate PD8 in their configuration. The zero-to-100 range is easier to manipulate. The main bugbear with PD14 is: when the level is set(lower than zero decibels, for instance, on the main video track) it creeps back to zero db instead of retaining the setting, as the video plays. If, in PD8 you set a figure below 50 to make the native audio from your video less intrusive, the setting is fixed at that level for the duration of that clip unless you readjust it. In other words, unlike PD14, PD8's audio settings are very compliant.
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Hi, Tony!
That's a curious effect! Can it be done in PD14? What would I need to do to create the superimpose for the PiP track? It's a very interesting effect too! Such an effect as this could be used as an opening/closing title effect for a video(credits scrolling across or up the screen).
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Neil.
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Hello, Clark711!
Have you a version of Power Director earlier than Vers.14 still installed on your computer? If you have any version from PD8 to PD13(earlier purchases) and any one(or even two) of them still resides on your computer, you can use the earlier version to compare situations. Open the earlier version, import your clips(.MOV files) into it and see if the proper audio/video synchronisation is present. If so, you can effect a repair of sorts by rendering(producing) the clip into another file type, perhaps MPEG2 HQ, then take that new clip across to PD14 and see if it works properly there. If so, problem sorted.
Having an earlier version of Power Director on your computer alongside the more recent version can be quite useful in any number of ways. This situation illustrates one of those ways. It has certainly worked for me!
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Neil.
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To all concerned!
The only thing I can suggest is an uninstall/reinstall from original installation disc. If you downloaded PD14, then perhaps drop that download onto a disc, then use that disc to install(only a guess) but in either case, avoid any recent patches. My own PD14 installation is directly off the retail package version, no patches added.... so far, so good! It's clear that Patch #2527 has been the problem and that this patch has been temporarily withdrawn(bugs in the system). Clearly, 2527 should be avoided.
Benoit's problem,(partially copied from his post) shown below, sums up the situation:
"Just to keep you informed, PD support team contacted me yesterday for the third time. Again, they where asking for the Produce page settings prints screen that I already supply to them in my first reply. It's look like now obvious that they just don't know how to deal with this problem, or there just trying to avoid it, who knows ? I contacted them the first time March first. I received 3 answers so far from PD support, and every time there just asking for same things. Currently were just running around the problems ..... I already supply all Print screen about my PD settings and more to help them." This is not surprising, given recent posts elsewhere. Again, try the uninstall/reinstall - minus any patches, see if it helps.
Neil.
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Hi, Quigley2009!
Good luck in getting your wanted info. As it happens, in order to explain what I was talking about, I had PD14 opened in the Capture section and when I picked up the device, the blue light on the device went out(blown bulb, perhaps) which normally indicates the device(capture card) is active, and PD14 itself became non-responsive, had a terrible time trying to shut PD14 down after that. But all is well again, for now. For this situation of yours, or any other situation I try to explain, I always open PD14 to the relevant section, it helps a great deal in enabling a clearer explanation of various aspects of PD14.
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Neil.
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Hello, terrykemm!
"Sigh" here we go again, folks! Terry has issues in burning to DVD or uploading to YouTube, Messages from Cyberlink Support(when approached by Terry) offer no real help or solution. Terry, I would probably think someone on this forum may have the answer your looking for, someone a bit more senior than me, but Cyberlink seems to have issues that need sorting out urgently, customer relations-wise. Hopefully You'll get an answer soon, so keep plugging, ay?
Neil.
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Hello, Quigley2009!
Just a thought, have you checked the settings in Capture mode? Near the bottom-right of the screen, you'll see the profile and settings for your capture device. Click there and a window will appear giving you the options of setting capture source(and audio input, but we're not worried here as you've already said you're getting sound okay). The Capture source gives the option, for video, of either composite(from the yellow RCA connection) or S-Video(through a thincher lead that terminates in a type of DIN-like connection. Just select the appropriate input to what you're using, this should hopefully sort out your video signal problem.
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How can a company even stay in business with this sort of customer service???They told me I must not have internet service was their emailed customer support reply!
K2347, see my comment, posted only moments ago. I'm truly sorry you've had this experience. Perhaps my apology to you might SHAME Cyberlink into doing something - anything - to remedy this situation, but alas it's likely too late.
With deepest regret
Neil.
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Well, there you go, Cyberlink!
Looks like you've lost yourself another customer! A glowing report K2347 will NOT be giving, I'm sure! It is fortunate for you, Cyberlink, that this forum is run by the USERS of your product rather than yourselves. At least we users can find ways around the difficulties you seem to want to create for us. As for K2347, well, he's off to get a rival product to produce his videos, you've well-and-truly lost him, and if word-of-mouth is the best advertisement for a product, what K2347 has to say, based on his very recent experience, then don't expect a rush of customers to your door anytime soon, Cyberlink. As good as your product can be, and it can be quite good, it's customer relations that will be your ultimate downfall.
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What if I wanted it installed on a totally offline computer?
Hmmm. yes. I can only recommend you see my post dated 07/03/2016 16:45:57. Pretty-much covers it for me. Can't blame you for wanting a refund, you seem fairly hacked-off by all this. Earlier versions of Power Director did NOT require an internet connection to finish the activation process. Back as far as PD8 they could be fully activated(up and running) simply by typing in the CDKey. Registration was optional and really was simply a process of joining in on the Director Zone Forum to get help from other users. Cyberlink really needs to go "back to school" to learn some customer relations here. Your experience, K2347, is how Cyberlink should NOT go about things, customer relations-wise. I guess Cyberlink will only learn its lesson if people stop buying its product due to the "road-blocks" put in their way when trying to activate the product they paid "big bucks" for.
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