Anyone?

1. I've altered the title to reflect the content and NOT your status.

"rendering it still said it had 23hrs left"

2. 3 basics - see below.. Please supply a screenshot of the edit Workspace.

Dafydd

Hi there,

I am not that familiar with Vista and what you may have to do to make it up to date:

You are using the latest version of PD9...so that part is fine.

If I were you I would first test a production using the test clips in the MEdia Library to confirm that works. This would be a simple test to confirm that your system and setup and produce a video file. Just place the nature clip on the timeline several times and the go to the Produce area and select the same file type and profile as you did before. Give it a name(default name will be "produce"...then select a destination...like your Desktop. What file type and profile did you select previously?

Let us know the results.

One other question...when you did try to produce the file...did you have the "enable hardware encoder" checked off before you produced? If you did, you could always deselect it and see if your results are different. This method would use your CPU to render the file.

It would also be helpful if you uploaded a short 5-10 second sample of the camera footage, straight from the camera. This way others could test it and see what they get for results.

Another possibility is that there is something on your timeline causing it to pause during production. It could be a variety of things. But one way to determine where and what...is to select "enable Preview during production"...this way you can see in the preview window where it stopped.

The only other comment that I could make is that the time it is taking to produce a video from 15 minutes of footage seems exceedingly long. With you CPU...it shouldn't take nearly that long to produce a video.

We'll wait to hear back from your with the results of the test production.

Kevin

Regards,

Kevin
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I believe I found the problem. When adding clips to the library I was dragging them from the flashcard drive and not copying them to the hard drive first. I guess the drag and drop is really a drag a shortcut drop since it does not copy the actual file.

Thanks

Quote: I believe I found the problem. When adding clips to the library I was dragging them from the flashcard drive and not copying them to the hard drive first. I guess the drag and drop is really a drag a shortcut drop since it does not copy the actual file.

Thanks

That is absolutely true, and a fundamental concept. Your clip library is just a set of shortcuts, as you figured out. The project does not include any of the clips, it is more or less the recipe you used to assemble the clips.

This is important to remember if you want to consolidate a project for off-line storage, or whatever. You want to Export... Package when you are done. I always do this because it gathers up all the bits and pieces and puts them into a common directory. That way I don't have to worry about losing or accidentally deleting something I used in a project. Jerry Schwartz

Great thanks.
Do most people export the project to archive?
It seems like a whole lot of harddrive space but I guess drives are cheap nowadays.
thanks

Quote: Great thanks.
Do most people export the project to archive?
It seems like a whole lot of harddrive space but I guess drives are cheap nowadays.
thanks

I can't speak for anyone but myself, but it's either that or lose it. When I get around to it, I'll copy them to some kind of offline storage. That's when packaging comes in handy. Jerry Schwartz

Well I did go and buy this product but now I found out that the version I bought does not support blue ray?
I thought the 64but version was just that- for a 64bit OS.
How do I fix this?

Hi leeroyzzz2,

Of the 2 versions of PD9 available, did you purchase the Deluxe version?
Have a look here at a comparison chart of the features available in each version.
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector/compare_en_US.html

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