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PDR Slow- Hardware Question
Trenman2014 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Feb 04, 2014 08:46 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Feb 05, 2014 09:01
After perusing the forums it is clear that since windows 8.1 many people including myself are having slow processing/ rendering issues with their software. My computer has an i7 processor, 32gb ram, graphics card and 4tb HDD etc etc. Despite having an updated system, my processing is mighty slow. For instance, when dragging a transition between clips to make the transition effect longer, I will experience lag in selecting/dragging one side of the transition, then the same for the other side of the transition. I have moved my PDR on my 2tb HDD and left my operating system on my 250gb SSD. I was concerned I didnt have enough free memory on my SSD, thats why I moved it.

My question: Could moving my files to the regular hard drive instead of my SSD have slowed me down? Also, should I buy a new SSD and use it only for using PDR?

Pre 8.1, this all worked very quickly. Afterwards, im losing faith that I can get back to quick editing. Its getting old enough to change software, but I like pdr.

Its getting old taking 3x as long to edit. Help please!
RobAC [Avatar]
Contributor Joined: Mar 09, 2013 18:20 Messages: 406 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 01:12
It's better in my experience to leave PD on the main C: drive SSD and just use your mechanical drives like the 2 TB and 4 TB as backup drives.

Ideally if you can use the SSD to store and edit the video files then output the final Produce file to the other slower drives that would be better. After you are done then Pack the Project files onto the slower drives for safe keeping and you can delete the used video files from your SSD to free up space for the next project.

See these two links on Project Management if you haven't already- they are what I consider a must see when using Power Director:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOnn8g0C_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2CYLYIynB0

Rob
PD 14 Ultimate Suite / Win10 Pro x64
1. Gigabyte Brix PRO / i7-4770R Intel Iris Pro 5200 / 16 GB / 1 TB SSD
2. Lenovo X230T / 8GB / Intel HD4000 + ViDock 4 Plus & ASUS Nvidia 660 Ti / Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZw3GPwKMo&feature=youtu.be
Trenman2014 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Feb 04, 2014 08:46 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 09:16
This is my setup, and i have a lot less room on my SSD than I thought. Its only 119gb, I thought it was 256gb. All I have on it is windows OS and a few small programs. Currently I edit on the SSD too. I archive to my 2tb HDDs. I have 42gb free on my SSD. Could this be the culprit?

Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50GHz 36 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASRock Z87 Extreme6 (CPUSocket) 33 °C
Graphics
NS-32E320A13 (1360x768@60Hz)
2060W (1600x900@60Hz)
2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series (Gigabyte) 36 °C
Storage
119GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series (SSD) 33 °C
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA) 32 °C
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA) 32 °C
465GB ADATA HE720 USB Device (USB (SATA)) 30 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NS95
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Trenman2014 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Feb 04, 2014 08:46 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 09:18
After hitting google, I see windows 8.1 is about 40gb.... so I wonder why I only have 40gb of space remaining on my SSD. I ran space monger to see where my memory is being used and it all appears to be system files. I have NO music/ pics/ vids etc on it at all.

....hmmm
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 09:36
Quote: After hitting google, I see windows 8.1 is about 40gb.... so I wonder why I only have 40gb of space remaining on my SSD. I ran space monger to see where my memory is being used and it all appears to be system files. I have NO music/ pics/ vids etc on it at all.

....hmmm

I do not know about how much space is need for Windows 8.1, but I do know that Windows 7 64 bit and all my programs take up nearly 200 GB of space.

I have my OS partition at 200 GB, I end up with about 130 GB of free space which varies all the time.

I used to think 40 GB was enough space for Windows and Programs. That is not true anymore.

If you are going to have a SSD drive, it had better be at least 256 GB.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

borgus1 [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Joined: Feb 27, 2013 00:33 Messages: 1318 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 12:10
W8, then 8.1, plus a dozen-or-so programs occupy about 35Gb here. The O/S exhibited occasional sluggishness when these files were on a 120Gb SATA drive though one would think the space that remained would be ample...

Interestingly, when that drive yielded to a 2Tb drive, performance improved overall. Nothing else was changed. Perhaps PD also benefited. Don't know what this says, but I mention it in passing.
Trenman2014 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Feb 04, 2014 08:46 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 13:58
Thank you for taking the time to respond. It seems I made a grave error but at the time they didnt have a 256gb SDD.

regretting....
Trenman2014 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Feb 04, 2014 08:46 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 14:11
Is 40gb of free space on my SSD enough to adequately run PDR11?


The other thing is that before 8.1 it was speedy as can be. Post 8.1 something changed. Perhaps this plays a bigger role than i suspect.
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 14:23
Quote: Is 40gb of free space on my SSD enough to adequately run PDR11?


The other thing is that before 8.1 it was speedy as can be. Post 8.1 something changed. Perhaps this plays a bigger role than i suspect.

Not enough free space.

Specs for PD 12
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector-ultimate/spec_en_US.html

Note the needed hard drive space.
If you do HD Video and BluRay disks PD requires about 60-100 GB of free space.

There have been reports of problems with Powerdirector and Windows 8.1, Windows 8.0 does not seem to have the same problems.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Feb 06. 2014 14:25

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Trenman2014 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Feb 04, 2014 08:46 Messages: 13 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 15:02
Well there you go. I should have installed it to another drive. Thanks so much or everyones time.
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
[Post New] Feb 06, 2014 17:56
Quote: Well there you go. I should have installed it to another drive. Thanks so much or everyones time.

Installing Powerdirector on another drive does not solve the needed space on the OS drive.

Powerdirector always uses Windows space for its cache space.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

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