I'd spend months utilizing PD8, learning, editing, researching, trials, etc. Needless to say, it took a lot of time and patience because the system kept crashing. I had also developed an awkward understanding of the program, from its crash habits to the editing steps. I'd also went out and bought a new quad 4 computer, Blu Ray burner and 28" HD monitor. I'd finally accomplished the project last fall and was very pleased with the outcome.
This past spring, I went to Asia on a two month backpacking tour and came back with over 100 gigs of video and 5000 pics. There was no way I could use the same set up. So I went out and decided to upgrade my computer some more. New motherboard, new Phenon II 965 Quad, ATI 5770 graphics card, 8 gigs of DDR3 Memory, 2 TB hard drive, and most importantly... 64 bit Windows 7 OS. This setup should be enough to handle anything !!! It is overclocked at 3.8 ghz stable.
Overall, I am very happy with the setup. I'd spent two weeks editing with PD8 with ease. Most importantly, it now renders my MTS file projects into MPEG 2 1920x 1080 at a mind blowing speed ( Hardware accelerator is automatically enabled because of my new graphics card ). You can hear and feel the system taking off like a jet. I love it !!
And you know this is coming... BUT it still crashes from time to time !!
Again, if Cyberlink can fix this problem for their next rollout, it would be the best editing program. That's why I came back to it.
I've also noticed that it can also " freeze up " too . In addition, several frames will jerk after coming out of the
" powertools " effect.
You can check out the two finished videos on Youtube. The links are.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNjy1G8TauY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOzm6AZQyK4
Regards,
Alex