H264 Codec - Import Issue from Bandicam

Steve Slechta

Newbie Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Joined: Apr 28, 2015 09:10 Messages: 14 Offline

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May 13, 2015 08:24

Hi guys. Having fun with learning PD13 but having significant audio delays when recording with the H264 codec to an .AVI format. I tried many combinations of the codec as shown in the Bandicam post below, VBR, CBR, high quality, low quality. It doesn't seem to matter which combination I use, they all have audio delays of up to 5 seconds. For audio, recording PCM, stereo 44.1 kHz. As soon as I record with a different codec like MPEG-1 or Motion JPEG, the audio sync issues go away. I thought it may be an issue on the Bandicam side but I can use any standard .AVI player and the issue is non-existent.

Are there known compatibility issues with PD13 interpreting H264 codec videos?

Found a similar post that Carl helped on here: Sync Post

Bandicam Post: Issues with H.264 NVIDIA NVENC Settings - Outdated System?

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System Overview

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PC : DELL PRECISION WORKSTATION - Model T5400

OS : Windows 8.1 (64bit)

CPU : 1902 Mhz x4 ( GenuineIntel )

RAM : 10 Gig

DISKS : C:\ 256 Gig SSD : D:\ 500 Gig HD

IE Version : 9.11.9600.17801

DirectX : version 9.0 or later Installed (4.09.00.0904)

VGA (3 screens) : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Sound Card : Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 USB Audio Interface

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Windows 10 64-bit / Dell Precision T5400 / Dual Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz Quad Cores / 10 GB RAM / EVGA GTX 970 / 1 TB SSD / 2 TB HD / PD14 Ultimate

Anja the Dane

Contributor Location: Denmark (North of Copenhagen) Joined: Mar 03, 2011 15:02 Messages: 347 Offline

May 13, 2015 12:20

Hi, there has been other post like yours.
Bandicam use variable framrate when recording MP4 - this is not supported in PDR.
try to look at this link for more info.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/43197.page#223273

Cheers, Anja PDR 14.0.4207.0 / Windows 10 64-bit / Asus / Intel i7-4790 3.60 GHz / 16GB RAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / DirectX 12

Steve Slechta

Newbie Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Joined: Apr 28, 2015 09:10 Messages: 14 Offline

May 13, 2015 12:37

Thanks for the info Anja.

I've seen those posts and the thing different on mine is that I'm using .AVI, not .MP4 to create the video. I have also tried both VBR and CBR and it does not work on either.

I'm assuming I'll just have to use the MPEG-1 or Motion JPEG codecs in Bandicam until this gets resolved from either side.

Thanks again! Steve S.
Windows 10 64-bit / Dell Precision T5400 / Dual Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz Quad Cores / 10 GB RAM / EVGA GTX 970 / 1 TB SSD / 2 TB HD / PD14 Ultimate

Dafydd B

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

May 18, 2015 04:50

Hi Steve Slechta ,
Primarily this isn't a PowerrDirector issue, it's one to do with your choices made using a third party video screen capture software. However, making the right choices in the one, allows the video to be edited in PDR.
Pointers to consider.
1. Video is being recorded of a motion scene (played video).
2. Your computer is playiong the media and is recoding the video.
3. The PC is having to render/process the captured video as it is recording further scenes. This processing is made more stressful for your PC by choosing a high compression codec.
My opinion is for you to test and check and see which selection in your screen capture software (Bandicam) is handled best by your computer and is editable by PDR. Recording about a minute each time will give you something to work with. Your call.
Dafydd