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This message is old, so I hope someone is still reading it...
I am having similar problems, so I thought I'd try to burn to a file first. But, using PowerDirector Ultra 9 on x64 Windows 7, I am not getting an option to burn to file. Is there something I'm missing to get this option to not be grayed out?
As a side note... I've burned directly to Blu-Ray before. I think my problem is related to the fact that the final image is very close (but still smaller) than the available space on the disk. When the image was larger, it wouldn't even start the burn. Now, having made the image just a little smaller, I don't get the warning, but instead , at 98% complete, I get:
Burning unsuccessful, Error code: e80D00002
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Kevin, Thanks for your post. I agree with you. I think this forum is very useful. My comment was in regard to the official support structure. Most help desks that I've dealt with give you a response within 48 hours. So, I assumed that since I needed a reply in a hurry, that would be the quickest way to ask.
Having experienced the delay in trying to go through the official support channel, I would definitely ask my question here, first, next time.
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I registered a PowerDirector question with technical support on May 3rd. On May 10th, I finally got a reply. The only thing the email really did was to ask me to send my product serial number, and included a link showing me how to get it. What a disappointment! I've been a registered customer for about three years. You'd think they could at least attempt a stab at an answer.
This is the first time I've used technical support. Is is always this delayed? Do they ever come back with a useful answer? This isn't the only video editing software available, and I think when it's time to renew, I'll be looking elsewhere.
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I created my own profile, as I noted in my original post. Apparently, it was not quite right, since I am still getting a significant degradation of the video quality while still ending up with a larger much WMV file. That's why I was hoping someone with more experience in creating profiles might have already created one that would fit the bill.
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I have a demo recorded by a media group using TechSmith's Camtasia. I edited this video to remove some bloopers, and need to recreate the shorter clip in the same WMV format. There doesn't seem to be a default profile in PowerDirector 8 that matches the properties of my original video file. When I tried to use the WMV 9 HD HQ profile, the file was significantly larger, but the video quality had degraded. When I tried to create my own profile, the video quality was even worse. btw... I am not using shadow files, as I thought that might be the problem. Removing them made no difference in the final output quality.
Does someone have a WMV profile that matches the properties listed below (1024x768 ), that I could try using to get the same smaller file size, yet better video quality that I see in the original Camtasia produced WMV file?
Below is the output that MediaInfo produced after analyzing the original Camtasia WMV file.
General
Complete name : C:\MyDemoVideos\MyDay2Demo.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 49.3 MiB
Duration : 54mn 57s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 125 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 577 Kbps
Movie name : MyDay2Demo
Encoded date : UTC 2011-04-08 17:59:04.781
Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : MP@HL
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9
Duration : 54mn 57s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 64.7 Kbps
Width : 1 024 pixels
Height : 768 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 15.000 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.005
Stream size : 25.4 MiB (52%)
Language : English (US)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 - 48 kbps, 44 kHz, mono (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 54mn 57s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 48.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 18.9 MiB (38%)
Language : English (US)
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