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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.
Neil.
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Prompted by another post elsewhere, when installing, require only that CDKey number typed in to FULLY activate PD15 WITHOUT need to go on-line to finish activation process. This will make life easier for users of Cyberlink Power Director 15.
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Hello!
This situation suggests Cyberlink is possibly making life difficult for a new PD14 user. In earlier versions of Power Director(possibly before PD9) installation only required the loading of the disc, following the prompts, then at the end, to activate, typing in the CDKey number, Signing on with Director Zone was optional. This is how I was able to install PD5 then PD7 before I had internet access. When I got PD8, the same situation applied. I didn't need internet access to complete the process(activate the programme), but with PD14, an internet access WAS needed to finish the process as typing in the CDKey number was no longer enough, and this is where K2347's problem lies. It's time Cyberlink did a complete rethink on this situation and REMOVED that last stage which required internet connection, in other words, take the process back to the point where only the CDKey was required, and save a lot of grief for a lot of new PD14 users.
The moral here is: If you make it harder to install a programme(for whatever reason), you'll end up driving potential custmers to your rivals.
Neil.
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A thread on similar theme to this had been posted to Richmond Dan. Sorry, not sure what to put in URL to create a link.
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Hello, Juan and everyone!
I assure you I'm NOT off-topic on this but a very similar situation to this had occured on a British television series, originally titled "Old Dogs, New Tricks", title later amended simply to "New Tricks". In the very first series, one of the co-stars, Dennis Waterman, sang the Traveling Wilburys song, End Of The Line, the episodes with this theme had already gone to air, even here in Australia, but Warner Music, owner of the mechanical(and possibly sheet music) rights to the song, "flagged" it, and as a result, a new intro and closing credits theme had to be "retro-fitted" to those early episodes, the new song, End Of The Day, co-written by Dennis Waterman(talented dude, ain't he?) was slotted in, in place of the other song, problem solved.
Copyrights in music is a minefield when it comes to putting music into video clips. The only ones who really benefit in such actions are the lawyers with their humungous(read: excessive) fees! I've effectively been "scared off" posting on YouTube because of this, so anything I produce goes straight to DVD for family and friends to view. If I use music, it may well be commercially-made, (instrumental hits from the 1950s to the 1980s) but the DVDs are for private viewing(family & friends). I just don't need or want any of the legal grief.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, Binky1945!
As I read it, this is just a straight installation of Power Director 14 to a Windows 10-based computer. Seems to me you're taking a long, convoluted path to wht should be a short, simple solution. As you have the necessary discs for PD14, simply load them and follow the prompts and PD14 will install without any grief, PD12 can remain on your old computer and doesn't need to be moved across to your new one by any method.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, Fletcher500
Power Director can handle MP4, MPEG2, AVCHD, AVI, WMV(Windows Media Video) and a few others that I can't think of at the moment. Some of these file types will generate "shadow files", but if you've been following any of the comments on this forum, you'll be aware of what shadow files are, don't let that put you off though. PD will very likely meet your editing & producing requirements.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, all!
My interest in this subject is at an end. The idea of converting MIDI files to any other PD-acceptable file type no longer appeals to me. It's simply not worth all the bother.
Neil.
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Hi, drosenbe08132!
Tomasc is quite right. I forgot that bit. The higher you go in grades within a given version of Power Director, the more "goodies" you get in the bundle! Of course, you have to fork out a few more bucks to get those "goodies" PD14 Ultimate is the top-of-the-line version with everything in it(including the kitchen sink... ha-ha), all the transitions, particle effects and anything else you'll ever need or want. Ultra is the next version down the scale, I figure you might only have the delux version of PD14 as aginst Ultra or Ultimate in PD13, that's probably why you're not seeing as much in each, transitions or particle effects. In some of the transitions, though, in order to save a bit of space, Cyberlink had(probably back as far as PD9) combined some of the transitions, so that when you select one, say Threshold, for instance, to get eith Threshold 1 or 2, you go to "Modify", select between Threshold 1 or 2, then select(optional) between overlap or cross for the transition's behaviour.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, drosenbe08132
There's no real need to do so. The transitions available in PD13 are essentially the same as those available in PD14. This applies also to Particle effects and any other in-built effects that were in PD13, however, in PD14 you might find a couple(transitions, particle effects etc.) that are new in PD14, and were not available in PD13. Over the past few versions of Power Director, I suspect not much will have changed in relation to transitions and such. If they do not appear to be in PD14, it may be because there's a slight variation in how they're presented. Perhaps another contributor may be able to explain this more clearly.
Cheers!
Neil
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H, DesperadoRiding!
You've fairly-well answered your own question. I've struck this or similar myself when importing MPEG2 clips from the SD card of one of my older cameras, I've tended to take the long way round myself by right-clicking on the file and going to "properties", there I find the details I'm chasing, spend time noting them down, then using those notes, rename the clip, giving it a new number which will then sort it into the chronological order I want. With my newer camera, which shoots MP4 or AVCHD(I've set it for MP4) it's already chronologically numbered its clips so that's a job done before I start.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, Jirka!
As I said in my original post, now locked as it has run its course, I don't wish to cause any offence to you or anyone else, but what responses I had in the original thread led me to the point where it was not worth pursuing any solution. Those MIDI files are still where I found them but the folder I copied them to had been deleted and I won't bother trying to round them up again in future. My videos are ot posted to YouTube or Vimeo, they're burned directly to DVD or saved on an external hard drive and are intended for viewing by family or close friends. To this end I may employ commercially-sourced music or no music at all, one a few occasions I might use some of the few Smartsound tracks that were made available with Power Director, but these don't always suit my purposes, so most times I don't use music at all. That's about it for me, that's all I have to say.
Neil.
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There are some events on Beta that I wish I had on DVD. Is there a good service you know that I can get them copied to DVD or something?
Hello, Obx02!
You can do this yourself! You only need a capture device connected between your computer and the A/V outputs of your Beta=format VCR. Assuming t6he VCR is a hi-fi stereo deck, the outputs will be RCA connections: white = left ch., red = right ch., for audio, video out will be either a yellow RCA or a BNC(Bayonet) connection(for which a BNC-to-RCA lead will be needed). Connect these outputs on the back of your VCR to the appropriate connections on the capture device, then connect the capture device to your computer via a spare USB port, give a short time for the computer to "recognise" the capture device, then when you open Power Director(Version 14 back to whatever other version you might also have), select "Capture", make whatever profile settings you want, click on the Record Icon while pressing "Play" on the VCR, and you're "rolling!". In relation to your original question, glad that all worked out okay for you.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, elscybe
If you're referring to adjusting the width and height of the TV safe zone in either 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios, sorry, It's been fixed at the height and width for both aspect ratios, and is not adjustable. The only thing you CAN do, however, is set a grid on your screen which allows you to set Pip images and graphics or text on your screen if you're concerned your TV might be overscanning(images and tex partly obliterated by the outher limits of your TV screen's dimensions).
Neil.
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Hello, all!
A recap first, I found these MIDI files tucked away in the clipart folder for my Microsoft Publisher. I thought originally "What are these doing here?". As I got further into video editing, an idea struck me(the next time I browsed that clipart folder) "These might be okay for background music on some of my videos". So much for the recap.
Now I know the true nature of these audio clips, and the amount of bother I'd have getting them converted to usable files, I've decided (after a few more recent posts on this thread) they're not worth all the grief, so I ditched them(sent them, in the folder I copy/pasted to, to the Recycling Bin, then emptied it). Jirka, If youdiscuss this further, please don't include me. I have no further interest in MIDI.
Neil.
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Tony,
Quite simply it all goes back to what was drummed into my head during primary and secondary school..... 60 seconds = 1 minute; 60 minutes = 1 hour, and so on. That's what I grew up with and that's what I stick by. When dealing with video editing, I add one extra fraction, which again does not confirm to decimal convention, and that is "frames per second", either 25 fps or, for high definition file types like MP4 and such, 30fps. Summing up, I reiterate, I've stuck with what I know and have grown up knowing.
Neil.
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Hello, SteveK,
In your first suggestion, Make sure your DVD player's firmware is up to date, hangs a big problem. DVD players in general, don't have a USB port to allow a flash-drive to be connected to update any internal "firmware", at least not the ones I've seen. Generally they have their RCA connections for left & right stereo audio(generally red & white) and the yellow composite video output, but some may have component(red, green and blue) video, but no sign of a USB port anywhere. Blu-Ray players may likely have a USB port, but not for loading firmware updates, rather they'll be for playing video files off the flash-drive. For the rest of the solution to obx02's "shadows"(ghosting) problem might be solved in a similar way to another thread, burn the video to disc via an "outboard"(external) DVD or Blu-Ray rewrite drive. That's my suggestion, for whatever it's worth.
Neil.
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Obviously no-one picked up on the fact that I was also "sending myself up" with the bracketed question: (or should that be "byte"?)
And for those who have not heard the phrase, "sending someone, or even oneself up" means mocking someone or oneself, "Taking the Mickey", in other words.
Neil.
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Dafydd,
The comments I made at the end of this thread were "idle chatter". The thread had already been resolved and the problem sorted, I had simply noted Angela had been involved with Community TV in the USA and gave her an insight into the situation in Australia in relation to Community TV. As I said, the Voice Sync problem she experienced, had been resolved about three or fours posts earlier than the comments I made.
Neil.
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Hello!
After what Jirka said, No offence Jirka, but I'm ready to just give up on these MIDI files and leave them resting in the PUB60COR subfolder of Microsoft Office(Publisher) Clipart folder. They're not worth all the extra hassle of chasing down a conversion software. Thanks anyway, Barry, but fingers have been burned on this one.
Neil.
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It seems you all want to "send me up" on this topic! Okay, have your fun but it doesn't change my view one bit(or should that be "byte"?)
Neil.F.1955
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