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dtigers30

Newbie Joined: Feb 05, 2011 19:41 Messages: 12 Offline

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Feb 21, 2012 12:27

When I place clips on the timeline, clicking on them shows the beginning shot. When I go to play the clips though, the preview window is either empty (showing a square of whatever program is behind it) or shows a black screen. The audio plays, but the video is always blank. Has anyone run into this problem before or know a solution for me?

The first one is reg. and the 2nd is 64bit

Filename	EvanWahlDxDiag.txt	Download
Description
Filesize	30 Kbytes
Downloaded:	322 time(s)

Filename	EvanWahlDxDiag2.txt	Download
Description
Filesize	43 Kbytes
Downloaded:	309 time(s)

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Feb 21, 2012 13:54

Hi,
Appears PD is calling upon the Intel 64mb graphics card rather than the Nvidia. You need to change your Optimus settings to have the Nvidia active all the time.

The above is a guess and from experience at answering issues. I do not have a dual GPU set up.

Dafydd

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Feb 21. 2012 13:55

dtigers30

Newbie Joined: Feb 05, 2011 19:41 Messages: 12 Offline

Feb 21, 2012 14:31

Thank you! I had always had it running with the Nvidia card for PD9, but what made it work was resetting the graphics settings for PD9 nine in the Graphics Control panel.

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