Hi,
Not knowing what the original video is, I would not chose the avi format offered by PowerDirector 13 (it's going to be a very large video file). The original will suffer ome form of degradation when re-rendered to this format (windows avi).
mp4 issue = file association. Right click on the mp4 and chose open with, set as default player.
The end user/client may have to set their own PC or use QuickTime.
For wmp, why not chose to output as a WMV.
Just trying to assist.
Dafydd

Quote: Hi,
Not knowing what the original video is, I would not chose the avi format offered by PowerDirector 13 (it's going to be a very large video file). The original will suffer ome form of degradation when re-rendered to this format (windows avi).
mp4 issue = file association. Right click on the mp4 and chose open with, set as default player.
The end user/client may have to set their own PC or use QuickTime.
For wmp, why not chose to output as a WMV.
Just trying to assist.
Dafydd

Thanks for you help i have tried WMV and this also is a problem ,

Quote: What am i doing wrong , if i produce any file into an avi , it plays like it is overexposed like washed out when using Windows media player.

You do not tell us what type and size of the original video.

Also that size and quality this saving your video.

The Windows Media format (WMV) is native to Windows, MP4 as well.

If possible choose size HD or FullHD and higher bitrate, depending on the original video. AMD-FX 8350 / 8GB DDR3
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Just to clarify - do the produced files appear as you describe on every machine they are played on, your own for instance? I am thinking that this may be a global system setting on the machines where the file is being played back (brightness, contrast, colour saturation etc.)

How about producing a small sample that exhibits the problem and then posting it on here. You're sure to get better feedback then.

Ok i will do that , but just one more thing it works ok on VLC and DIVX but not on Windows media player . mpeg4 shows up as a music file on the screen but the video has sound but no pic , and with avi it is washed out , i will post some of the video tomorrow,, thanks for your help

Audio but no video is a very different scenario to "washed out" looking video. For the former my first guess would be a codec problem but for the second I'd be looking to graphic display driver settings - as I say only best guesses.

It's important to know at first hand whether you get a specific problem with one file on many computers/devices (have you yourself tried playing a file that has caused problems on several different computers to verify the problem).

p.s. Before I retired I found myself in a similar situation a number of times ( I used to, among other things, produce CD's and DVD's that were distributed to our local schools). I solved the problem by only producing to completely compatible file formats either .wmv or standard DVD's.

... don't know what I did there - ended up with a new post quoting myself when I was trying to add a p.s.