You answered my question with your next post! I was curious if it was happening with other video clips and apparently it does.

If I can find it....I will have to dig...but I swear that someone had posted a similar problem....if not the exact same one...of the "eye" vanishing from the track. But I can't seem to find it using the search function. It might be buried in another topic.

KEvin
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Also your video drivers are almost 2 years old. I would update them direct from Nvidia to get the latest version. My youtube channel====> http://www.youtube.com/user/relate2?feature=mhsn

I'll have a look for newer NVDIA drivers, although I'm quite happy with the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude.
Fortunately I can restore a previous configuration if needed. It seems odd though that this one eye icon is affected by the drivers whilst others are not.

The mkv file doesn't have any subtitles of its own. But as I said later, any example movie shows the same problem. In fact opening PD9 without any movie initially on the timeline already shows the title track without eye/cross.

If it were me I would uninstall PD9....then reinstall it to see if it corrects the problem.

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Possibly the mkv is causing a problem.

PD9 requires the latest graphic drivers - this isn't a no do item, ensure you update through the Nvidia site.

If you had provide a 5 to 10 second sample we would have been able to replicate the issue. Unfortunately I see the video you have is a ripped commercial video.

Dafydd

No it is not a ripped commercial movie as it has not been released commercially - otherwise I'd have bought it (but I would still try to add the credit titles to it that seem to have gone lost in the film originals that remain). It is a HD TV broadcast.
The NVIDIA driver is on a OEM videocard GeForce GT230 that came as an "out of the box" media-pc that seems to have no update (as far as I could find sofar). GT230 is unknown to NVIDIA at least.

Re-installing might be a temporary solution but who guarantees that the same event won't happen again? You cannot keep reinstalling repeatedly to be taken seriously.

I could extract the movie from its mkv file as mt2s file (which is the only thing inside the mkv file) and see if it makes a difference. I was already pleasantly surprised that PD9 did recognize mkv. Unfortunately not my SD or HD .trp files from the satellite receiver. But that's another topic.

I don't intend arguing the point on this forum. "Thunderbirds are Go" is copyright commercially made video not intended for individuals to re-edit.

A simple looksee does reveal information:

Drivers: Google search

Thanks

Dafydd

I don't think the mkv causes the problem. I have the same problem and i can make the icon dissapear by only putting a jpg on the video track (see screenshot earlier in this thread).

Repel

Back to the main topic: I've found a OEM update of the NVIDIA drivers and installed it (see dxdiag - a difference with the earlier one shows changes only in the driver area). Then ran PD9 again and saw the eye briefly appeared in the title track (but perhaps it did before too, I didn't notice) but with only the provided files at installation, it disappeared again before one gets control.

I removed the program installation, rebooted and installed PD9 again. Starting it showed no change: a brief appearance of the eye but removal before you get control. Pity.

I'm tempted to er on the side of caution and lock this thread. CyberLink and members here should not be asked to explain or participate in actions which are contrary to the motion picture experts group's terms of use and which CyberLink belongs to.

Please test other video file formats and do a repeat test without using commercially made footage.

thanks

Dafydd

Edit: Thread edited with Theo's consent.