The trial version is Powerdirector 7, as mentioned in the first post.
This has been working fine on an XP computer for quite some time although I have only started burning CD's recently.
Trial versions of Powerdirector do not do H.264 video on Windows XP. (No Codec).
Not sure what you mean by this.
I used the trial version for quite some time and was impressed with it.
I upgraded to a purchased version 10 on another XP machine and could not get it to work.
It couldn't find the capture source and various other problems.
I recently purchased a new computer with WIN8 on it and gave version 10 another go. The editing software works fine but as mentioned in the original post, it attempts to burn a CD but locks up after 10%.
I could burn the few DVD's I do, on the XP machine but that too has stopped rendering audio on productions and is now unable to load media.
I have contacted the company's support section but have so far received no response.
Eventually, computers will become reliable.