Cant help you with the sort thing, I cant stand anything sorted other than alpha....

The open spaces (unlinked) is something new for PD9 and it is set to unlinked by default. After you get used to it, it is a great feature.

You can change it in your preferences/settings where it says link all tracks ect ect. My setting shows unlink and I like it now. Didn't at first.



Leaving the it unlinked, Its easy to remove the gaps and bring the time line back to the left. See here about 3 or 4 down, removing gaps... after you get used to it you will like it.

Don't take this the wrong way, but you really need to get in and look around at the new stuff since you are comfortable with PD8.

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Quote: Sort By Date option in PD9 does not stick like PD8, you have to reset this option everytime I open the program, this doesn't seem right, no other setting for it???

Hi Jim

I use PD8 and I cannot get my library to 'stick'. How did you do it?

I prefer 'sort by date' as I use two cameras that are the same with similar file names.

Thanks in advance.

Bubba

Thanks for the 'heads up' about the timeline thing - I had no idea. Happing editing

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This is real anoying that the setting for sorting my library files doesn't stick. Proabbaly not a big issue if you only have a few files, but I do a lot of sports clips, aprox 100-200 on a disc for a game. Most cameras number their files in Hexdecimial, thus standard Alpha sorts for computers does not render the true oreder the plays/scencs were shot, thus proablmaic to get 100-200 clips in order.

Actual Order Shot (Hex)

MOV008
MOV009
MOV00A
MOV00B
MOV00C
MOV00D
MOV00E
MOV00F
MOV010

An Alpha Sort (Hex)

MOV00A
MOV00B
MOV00C
MOV00D
MOV00E
MOV00F
MOV008
MOV009
MOV010

The link setting you mentioned helped a little on the timeline, but didn't automatically adjust the pip or music lines like PD8 did. I spent several hours with PD9 and watched many of the tutorials and agree there is some nice new features, but not many I see myself using on a regular basis and not at the loss of some of the simple feature PD8 had like remembering the sort order and auto adjusting the timeline when the clips are removed.

Also, they still didn't remove the feature to diasble the animated menus like PP and PD7. Waiting for PD9 to creat over 100+ animated icons (which it does for the first 20% of a burn) is a waste of time and space on the disc, espcially if no one really needs it, A plain pic was fine in the older versions and PP3 & 4.

I ran burns of a sample disc before and after PD9 upgrade, the results are not impressive if you expecting to see some boost in performace because of the 64 Bit. Bigger burn and longer time???

Intle i7 2.67 Ghz, Win7 64 Bit, 8 Gig Ram:
PD8 6:54 Min, Size 640Mb, 85 Clips
PD9 7:05 Min, Size 643Mb, 85 Clips

Not impressed yet...

FYI - in the preferences tab, you can make PD9 handle timeline d etions similar to that of PD8 by selecting :

Editing> Link all tracks Win 10, i7

I got that hint from the above post, works a little better, but not fully the same as PD8 reacts. The bigger issue is the sort feature not holding it's setting, this is a pain for mutiple file users (sports types with high chapter counts) with camera systems with hex numbering (most .mov systems).

PowerDirector 9 build 2702 is the version I've had since I purchased and upgraded last week, I wish I have PD 8 back, is there a return policy within so many days. Simply not happy with the default choices they have made with the program with the upgrade, not an upgrade if you have to do more work than the old program (PD.

No way to save a library sort order to the project file or though preference settings, what are they thinking...

Finding more issues where they have changed with the basic operation of the program. On the timeline, when you remove a little of the beginig/end of a clip PD8 would automatically slide all the files after it to the left and fill in the gap, PD9 does not do this, I have to do several more clicks and drags to get it there, again more work becuase you changed the basic defaults of the program, at least put an option in the preferences section for us to choose the way we whould like it to operate.

For how many versions they have had basic features operate one way, you go though a 64 Bit upgrade and now basic items are drastically different, can't see how others arn't complaining about these everyday features.

If you are happy with PD8, stay with it, if it wasn't for the 64 Bit, I drop it for sure...