PowerDirector 9 crashing when rendering MPEG4

SeymourButzPlease123

Newbie Joined: Jun 06, 2013 21:02 Messages: 49 Offline

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Aug 29, 2016 14:30

I'm trying to render my latest project. It renders fine to avi, but every time I try to save it as an MPEG4, it crashes 32 seconds in.

Here is the Windows error message I get:

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: PDR9.exe Application Version: 9.0.0.3305 Application Timestamp: 4e64f00c Fault Module Name: CES_PlugIn_2.dll Fault Module Version: 7.0.1.3129 Fault Module Timestamp: 4e321c75 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 0000000000007169 OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: db3d Additional Information 2: db3daffcc633049afe644240cbe6976f Additional Information 3: cd6d Additional Information 4: cd6d10bf1220d86b483b6f94ae41e0ab

The Shadowman

Senior Contributor Location: UK Joined: Dec 15, 2014 13:06 Messages: 1831 Offline

Aug 29, 2016 17:33

just a thought but, have you looked to see what happens at the 32 second point in your project? It may be there is something like a transition that PD can't convert to mpeg4 Panny TM10, GH2, GH4,

SeymourButzPlease123

Newbie Joined: Jun 06, 2013 21:02 Messages: 49 Offline

Aug 29, 2016 18:28

Quote: just a thought but, have you looked to see what happens at the 32 second point in your project? It may be there is something like a transition that PD can't convert to mpeg4

I think you're on to something; there is a clip at this point that has the Color Crayon effect applied to it.

I unapplied the effect and the clip renders. I tried to add the Color Crayon effect to the effects track, and again it crashes during rendering at the point where the effect starts.

So why does PowerDirector include an effect that won't render?

Dafydd B

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

Aug 30, 2016 04:53

PDR9, that's an old product. Make sure you've applied the very last patch. I would suggest it was time to look for the latest version of PowerDirector, I see they have had a 70% discounted price offer on.
Dafydd