PowerDirector 13 encoding video at HALF speed of Power Director 8 ???

HansR

Newbie Location: Allen, TX Joined: Jan 15, 2015 16:07 Messages: 11 Offline

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Jan 15, 2015 16:20

I am a long time registered user of PowerDirector 8 and decided it was time to upgrade to 13.

Using the trial version AND, subsequently, a full (ultimate) package I bought on line, I noticed PD13 was only encoding AVC video at 1/2 the speed of PD8. Stunned and disappointed. Cyberlink's marketing literature talked everywhere about massive speed increases. A 50% reduction in speed is simply unacceptable but I hope is resolvable

My platform:
Windows 7, SP1, 64bit
6GB RAM
CPU - Intel i7 920 (4 core, 8 thread)
GPU - Nvidia GeForce GTX 260, driver 197.59

I have used more recent drivers also (a couple) with the same 2x result but reverted to 197.59 because it has been a VERY stable release, shouldn't make a difference if it works with PD8, AND your support says to stay BELOW release 340.3 to maintain hardware acceleration.

I also have the latest patch (240

installed.

Lastly, PD 8 was only 32 bit, but PD13 is a 64bit install.

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Hans R
i7-920, 12GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 780
Windows 7 64bit

SoNic67

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 27, 2014 14:14 Messages: 1308 Offline

Jan 15, 2015 16:24

Since your card is the older tesla generation, after you install the latest drivers, you should apply this "fix":
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/40521.page

However, your i7 deserves a better video card

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HansR

Newbie Location: Allen, TX Joined: Jan 15, 2015 16:07 Messages: 11 Offline

Jan 23, 2015 01:22

SoNic67 - but having trouble making it take my posts.

Big thanks. You got me headed down the right path. I was still using NV driver 197.59 because it was VERY stable. 197.59 SHOULD have enabled HA in PD13. When I went to render(produce), it showed as an available option. I put your 3 DLLs into the sys32 directory. Interestingly, that DISABLED the HA option with 197.59. So loaded 337.88 and it's native DLLs, and now it works correctly - exact same speed as PD8.

Have to admit I am surprised it is actually not faster - 5 generations later and 64 bit. Is like-for-like AVC encoding speed basically unchanged over multiple gens, or does my result suprise you?

Thanks again.

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Hans R
i7-920, 12GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 780
Windows 7 64bit

HansR

Newbie Location: Allen, TX Joined: Jan 15, 2015 16:07 Messages: 11 Offline

Jan 23, 2015 01:30

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Hans R
i7-920, 12GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 780
Windows 7 64bit

Julien Pierre

Contributor Joined: Apr 14, 2011 01:34 Messages: 476 Offline

Jan 25, 2015 00:22

[quote=HansR]
Have to admit I am surprised it is actually not faster - 5 generations later and 64 bit. Is like-for-like AVC encoding speed basically unchanged over multiple gens, or does my result suprise you?
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On your system, with the old video card, the CUDA hardware encoder is likely limited by your video card speed. It likely cannot get any faster with any newer PD for that reason.
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