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Also, if this is on standard PAL (4:3) the pixel size should be 1.094. If you use the Targa format for pictures there's a setting to adjust that.
For 16:9, the pixel size should be 1.33 but I can't remember straight off the top of my head.
I think the cause of your 'crops' is a square pixel size (ie: 1.00 setting).
Try, test, try again... and if you haven't tried a pixel size of 1.00 try that even.
Oops... just had a thought... if you're showing zoomed pictures on the TV perhaps someone accidentally pressed the zoom button on the TV remote at home or the setting is 'stuck' somewhere along the disk burn process. Worth a check. Double triple check.
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Ideally, your images should be imported as 16:9 to start with. Also check to make sure they're framed at the same width/height size for the project timeline or slightly larger (but still in the same ratio) if you want to zoom in.
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Hi all,
Has anyone got any experience with PowerProducer?
Are the DVD and BlueRay disk production options the same or does PD12 have more to offer?
More in the way of menu creation, background, disk effects, laying things out, etc. Any difference, better, more robust?
Thanks in advance.
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RAM chips can be dusty, badly seated or just dodgy.
Try running a memory test with memtest. Link here.
Can take a while so leave it running while you're out and about or over night.
1Gb is 10,000,000,000 bytes.
There's a lot that could go wrong if even just 1byte is duff on a 2Gb stick. 
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There's a reason...
and to put it gently it could cost you a copyright infringement law suit and time in jail. 
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Bev,
FWIW: a mono file can be copied dual-channel. In fact early versions of Stereo Audio were actually Mono output on left and right channels.
Modern Stereo (pre-5.1 surround sound) was an evolution which involved real sound engineering to give the effect of sound in motion.
So your AVI files might be stereo, but with identical audio on both left and right channels.
My first digital recorder behaved like that.
The audio wasn't really Stereo but Mono on both channels.
Hope this helps.
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Hi Russell, did you physically unplug the monitor or just switch it off on the power button?
Keep us posted.
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Russell,
Intel made a muck out of USB3.
You're better off buying an add-on card with the USB3 spec which, if you think you can wait 6 months, the updated standard will be 2x as fast as USB3 is now (USB 3.1 I think they're calling it).
Don't hold your breath!
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If it worked that's good.
If it really is what I think it is, it's not a bug but a symptom of the encoded video which isn't ideally suited for editing (like VOBs). Not PD's fault but a natural symptom of editing VOBs.
To give the impression of being in sync, it's easier for the econder to drop frames than jump audio (priority is on audio). Video can fool the brain into not noticing dropped frames until you realize half way through that things are out of sync.
So you have to fake things a little for the editor. It's not reliable to work with an already compressed data stream (as you've experienced) so to handle the video in a more editor friendly format you have to feed it something which makes it think is fresh footage (like uncompressed AVI on PCs or uncompressed MOV quicktime on Macs).
You're simply repackaging the same footage into a different shiny container.
Hope this explains things more a little and you learned a bit about how to work around future problems.
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What file format is the video you're trying to import?
I suggest to start a fresh new project with setting close to NTSC (29.97fps) without interlace and output/export to the fps and format you're trying to achieve. Then re-import to your old existing project. Just make sure you match your frame size (width/height) to what you need.
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You need to know what the NTSC/PAL settings are for what you want to do like frame rate and frame size (width/height).
AVI is a container.
The codec you use for compression should be something standard.
V210 is the codec option in Premiere and the AVI option is called Uncompressed Microsoft AVI.
Match it to what you can in PD.
For AVI video based on 720x576 25fps PAL:
Progressive ON
Video Codec: V210
Quality: 100% (no compression)
Aspect/Pixel Size: 1.094 (standard size for PAL video)
OR
For Targa:
Export as sequence ON
Progressive ON
Aspect/Pixel Size: 1.094 (standard size for PAL video)
Make sure you have plenty of hard drive space for this and match your frame sizes accordingly.
WAV can be anything.
48000Hz at 16bit Stereo is a starting point.
If there's an option to be uncompressed then use that.
Then let it start and come back in a couple of hours.
Start a new project using the AVI (or Targa sequence) you created and drop the WAV file at the same starting positions (this is usually 00:00:00:00).
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I don't think your problem is with the WAV file.
I think your video is dropping frames because of a frame rate issue.
An old Adobe Premiere Pro trick was to output the video as an *Uncompressed AVI* and output the audio as WAV as separate files from VOB sources.
Then re-assemble the AVI and WAV on a brand new project timeline.
This trick even works if you output the film as a series of Targa files and then re-import them.
Just make sure you have the right frame rate for what you want to do.
NTSC is 29.97fps
PAL is 25fps
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Nina, just a quick tip.
If you un-install a program make sure you reboot before re-installing it.
Ideally you could run CCleaner as well which has a useful registry cleaner to get rid of dead wood on your PC. You can download it from Piriform
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Personally I would re-double triple check that you don't have anything running unnecessarily like Windows updates, Java update, Radeon update, Quicktime update, etc etc etc showing in your system tray by the clock.
I would go through MSCONFIG and disable anything and everything under the roof not related to PD or Win7 including printer control popups, branded whiz bangs, alert boxes, etc etc etc. Keep a written list so you can always go back and switch things on again if needed.
Finally, I would switch off Microsoft's 'Azure' interface rubbish (I think it's what it's called. The glossy candy style START button look and blingy skin on Win 7). Switch it off and you get back to good old XP look without any interference. Having it running has affected certain programs in the past plus it saves you some RAM and cpu cycles and generally speeds things up a little which is always a bonus.
You can get to these through the control panel apart from MSCONFIG which has to be run from the Start > Run menu.
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You'll need more RAM and a better processor. You're running a 64bit version of Win7 with 4Gb RAM, Windows alone is using it all up leaving you with very little space for editing. At least 8Gb if not more.
Your processor is also a bit under powered. You should be looking at something equivalent (AMD or Intel) to at least a 4 core i5 @ 2.6Ghz.
Video editing is memory and cpu intensive.
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Hi, I'm looking to buy a new SD card for my camera and was curious to know what size raw video files are when recorded.
From your experience, how much space does 1hr video use at 1920 x 1080 pixels, 50fps (28Mbps/AVCHD)?
How much video could I fit on a 32Gb card v 16Gb card.
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Hi CJC,
Just a few suggestions (you may or not be aware of)...
Make sure you're not setup to render/output to your external (usb) drives.
These haven't got the bandwidth to handle the data stream required for the job but you probably knew this already.
You don't mention what size video you're working on. Is this a 1hr 720x480 PAL/NTSC source or is it some flavour of HD?
What's the running time and what camera/equipment did your source come from? (certain AVHCD formats are glitchy - early versions especially, from early/mid 2000).
In Win7 you have a 'resource monitor'.
Load it up, click on the 'memory' tab, fire up PowerDirector and start a fresh temporary project with the same video source.
Run a voice over test on it without any filters/effects and see if you run into the same problem.
Watch the 'Physical Memory' in the Resource Monitor (up/down arrow on grey band to reveal) and keep an eye on your RAM.
If you're maxing out your RAM that could be why you're stuttering.
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You can't go wrong with adding more RAM.
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I don't know if this affects anyone but with Nvidia cards running Flash you can disable 'graphic acceleration' and these green screens stop. It's one of the options in the Flash settings (right click on any Flash content to bring it up).
If you use anything like CCleaner to flush your system once in a while, you might need to go back into Flash and re-set the disable graphics acceleration setting again for it to work again.
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RAM is cheap. Check the max your motherboard can handle and see if you can afford it, assuming you're runnning 64bit Windoze. I'd recommend 16Gb if you want to anything close to Warp speed.
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Hi cmorris976,
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The clips come out of my camera looking great. It is just when I produce a movie through Powerdirector that it can become extremely pixellated like that.
That's good to know.
If you are managing to render out to MOV without sound but it still looks good, have you tried changing the audio setting from AAC to LPCM?
In PRODUCE click MOV, then the [+] button below the Quicktime profile drop down.
Choose a new profile name (like "Quicktime with LPCM").
Click the Audio tab and change AAC to LPCM.
Re-render and post back.
Like CubbyHouseFilms said, switch off your Anti-Virus, Firewall and as many programs you have running in the background (unplug your PC from the internet if you have to keep it safe). These really can interfere.
If it still crashes, can you tell us:
1. which version of Windows you're using (32bit or 64bit)?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows7/find-out-32-or-64-bit
2. how long the video is (time wise).
3. how big the Sony file is that you're dropping into PD.
4. and what information PD reports about it (right click the video file in the library and choose Properties, post back with Video and Audio).
Just trying to help.
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