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I prefer MP4 too. But in this case, it is for a customer. I burned the BR bus she doesn't have BR player.
Then you have no choice. Just burn 8.5GB DVD. Yes, the resolution will drop and so will the bitrate to make it fit. You could create a AVCHD DVD, but those can only be layed on Bluray.
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See other thread. If your customer only has a DVD player, you don't have a choice. With 4.7GB DVD, you can get about one hour at the highest quality. On 8.5GB, that just about doubles. If you are using a 1080i MP4 to create that DVD, the video will be automatically down converted to conform to the DVD standard.
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Converting some files. When they are done, will test it out. Were you producing using H264 or H265?
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Ok downloaded the file. Produced to H264 MP4 3840x2160 @29.970fps 60MBps CABAC took abt 35sec. H265 MP4 took abt 45 sec. I don't have Color Director to test LUT.
According to GPU-z 2.2, Video engine was at 76% and GPU load was at 43%. Since you have the GTX1080, would make sense it is faster and the load not as heavy.
I think PD15 is doing as good as it can.
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yes fast rendering is on. hardware rendering is on what I forgot to mention that it was rendering UHD.
Thanks, sounds like everything is working like it should although GPU utilization is low. I don't edit 2k or 4k video yet. Perhaps someone with 4k experience can help you optimize your system.
Where did the original files come from? If I can get a sample online, I can run similar test here if you post the PD settings you used.
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Hi, you can use a Nvidia Video card w/ Optimus and PowerDirector 15 or less.
No, that did not work on the MSI Laptop with Optimus. There was NO OPTION to edit that list at all. Yes there are ways to do it by editing some obscure nvidia file, but users should not have to do that.
Even on my Sager Laptop with MSHyrid mode turn on, I can not edit the preset list.
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I took 1 min length video and rendered it twice for each settings:
with i7 GPU : clean video was rendered in 53 second - brilliant.
If that was a 60 sec video rendered at 53 sec, doesn't sound fast to me.
How do you have all the settings in PD15? When you go to Produce the file, is 'Fast Rendering' available and checked? Doesn't sound like to me. Are you rendering to MPEG2 or MP4. That makes a huge difference.
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doesn't seem right still. I can add a one hour HDTV MPEG2 show to the timeline. No editing, then produce to MP4 1080p. Only takes abt 3mins.
If you are editing, adding transitions and special effects, those can add a lot to the produce time.
Are you using GPUZ to monitor the GPu utilization? There are two options in the Sensors Tab: GPU Load and Video Engine Load.
What type of input file? What type of output file? How do you have all the PD15 options: Settings / Hardware Aceleration? When you go to Produce the file, is 'Fast video rendering Technology' availabe and checked?
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Are you using a laptop with Optimus technology or MSHybrid mode? PD15 is not compatilbe with either technology. I bought a high end MSI laptop with Optimus. I had to return it because PD15 would not use the GPU. I ended up buying a Sager laptop which has an option to completely turn off the i7 GPU in the BIOS and only boot with the nVidia GPU. PD15 works great on this laptop.
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I have GTX1060 and PD15 uses the GPU to render the video. The GPU is only used on certain transitions/FX and with particular file formats. Have you installed the latest nVidia driver 385.41? What file format are you producing or are you creating a Disc?
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Buy it...BUY IT NOW!!! You will get rendering performance like you have never seen before! The deeper the timeline...the further utilization of cpu cores and gpu cudas! So GO FOR IT!
Thanks, sounds like a dream machine. As to the suttering, I seem to recall some users have posted that using HA caused some issues. I have GTX1060 , but haven't seen any issues. However, I don't push the software like other users.
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AMD Threadripper 1950X Nvidia 1080ti 32GB RAM .
{jealous} How does PD15 utilize all those cores/threads? Saving up my $$ for Threadripper. Editing should be really smooth.
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rarely use MKV but wantedt o try it out since it support 5.1 audio and MP4 doesn't. First TV show converted fine. Second crashed PD15. When I ran PD15 again, then hardware acceleration would not work. Reboot the PC and it worked again. P15 crashed like 3 times and afterward, HA would not work. I always had to reboot my PC to get HA back. Appears that PD15 has a few bugs using MKV output.
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There is no deactivation process that I know.
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If they are both FULL versions and the Ultimate was not an 'upgrade', then you can install Ultra on another PC.
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Just curious, how is the 1060 performing in PD? and what card did you have before? Can you stream Netflix or Amazon 4K with it?
Don't have Netflix and never looked for Amazon Prime 4K. I'll have to check it out.
As for PD15, GTX1060 works great with it. Don't have a 4K camcorder, but I do a lot of 1080p MPEG2 to MP4 TV shows. PD15 can down convert 1080p(8 to 12Mbps depending on channel) to 720p 5Mbps one hour show in less than 6min. usually no editing although sometimes I might trim the beginning some. My previous GPU was ATI R7870 so the difference was VERY significant. PD just seems to have better support for nVidia GPUs.
I have a Sony 3D camcorder, but I haven't gotten into editing in 3D much. I'm the only one in the family with 3D TV LOL
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The sad fact is that perhaps 75% of UHD discs are hardly better looking than their HD versions because they did not originate in 4K.
I bought a combo box with Independance Day and Independance Day Resurgence in 4K reasonably priced at Walmart. The first movie looked bad on my 55" OLED TV. Like the original was digtized from a really grainy film. Resurgence was flawless. Will think twice about purchasing older movies in 4K.
I have the LG 55" OLED55C6P with matching LG UP970 4k Bluray. So far, this player does a great job of upscaling BD disc to 4k. I also use my TV as a computer monitor with HDHomeRun universal app to watch cable TV. My nVidia GTX1060 handles 4k fine and upscaling cable TV looks pretty good (as long as you don't get up real close LOL).
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UHD discs have three layers on one side and will need new burning laser and firmware for the task.
Only commercial UHD 4K disc use the odd 66GB. However, several UHD Bluray burners already support dual, triple and quadruple layer burning (25, 50, 100, 128GB).
I've read several other forums on this subject and most posters appear to be hung up on the idea of the 'commercial' standard. Consumer software has never been able to produce 'commercial' quality or most of the 'commercial' standards.
If PD16 could just create a regular Bluray structure and menu, but encode the file to 4K (AVC or HEVC), the disc would probably play in any 4k player. Personlly, I could care less HOW the disc was create as long it played with the menu.
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When you edit images in PHotoshop, are you saving the image with the color profile? Most app use the sRGB standard and I know there is an AdobeRGB profile. Looks like PD15 doesn't know how to handle the AdobeRGB inbedded in the JPG file.
As a test, I loaded you image along with several of my own directly from my camera that uses sRGB. My images are fine, but your image definitely has a color shift.
Open the image again in Photoshop and save a copy with sRGB. Try that copy in PD15
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Just created a 4:3 DVD and worked fine here. Got to be one of those settings or how you are playing the disc back.
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Has been awhile since I've ceated DVD so I took a look. Make sure the Timeline is 4:3. When finished editing, go to Create Disc. First check the menu Preferences Tab and select or create your menu(s).
Click on the 2D Disc Tab.
Select DVD
#2 Video and Audio settings: DVD Video, REgular display (4:3), MPEG2, HQ or Smart Fit
Choose Audio options
Can Preview to make sure it looks correct. Then burn. If it looks correct in preview, but not after you burn, could be the software you are using to playback the DVD. Try playing the disc in a DVD player.
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It looks like you have the timeline editing mode set as 16:9. When set to 4:3, PD15 should ceate the DVD as 4:3.
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