Hi NigelVideo -

It's unclear to me what you've done with ProDAD Adorage, but "ProDAD Adorage 3.0" should be listed in Programs & Features, along with ProDAD Vitascene 2.0.

Re: Question 2 -

• The Contents Packs - Essential, Premium & Premium 2 - are installed at C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates


• In that same folder is a sub-folder "Creative Design Packs", which contains Holiday Pack 7, Travel Pack 3 & Wedding Pack


• All the NewBlue bits (Video Essentials, Paint & Titler Pro) are listed separately in Progrtams & Features


• ProDAD Adorage 3.0 & ProDAD Vitascene 2.0 are listed separately in Programs & Features. You can also check in C:\Program Files\NewBlue and C:\Program Files\proDAD

Cheers - Tony
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OK let me try to explain again:

1. After running the Direct Suite 5 (DS5) installer "CyberLinkDirectorSuite5.0_DRS160721-02_TR160909-021.part1.exe" I found that in addition to DS5 core applications it also installed "proDAD Adorage 3.0 64bit version 3.0.114.1" (displayed in Windows Program & Features control panel)


2. I then ran "adorage-dspvol02-64bit.exe" (also included in my DS5 download bundle of programs) however it UNINSTALLED the newer "proDAD Adorage 3.0 64bit version 3.0.114.1" installed above & installed an older "proDAD Adorage 3.0 64bit version 3.0.108.2".
   Note: 3.0.108.2 is an older version number than 3.0.114.1.
   So as displayed in Windows Program & Features the newer "proDAD Adorage 3.0 64bit version 3.0.114.1" was now gone & replaced by the older "proDAD Adorage 3.0 64bit version 3.0.108.2".

So my question is:
Why is the "adorage-dspvol02-64bit.exe" program included in the DS5 download bundle as all it "appears" to do is replace "proDAD Adorage 3.0" with an older version?

NigelVideo, add proDAD Adorage effect to timeline in PD15 and load stand alone effect and see what version it shows, my guess, 3.0.114.1.

Jeff

As per your recommendation I opened Adorage in PD15 and got these version details from the plugin:

Adorage 3.0.113 (Copyright 1999-2015 by proDAD GmbH) Created by Holger Burkarth (17.07.2015) 64bit [En]

FYI I UNINSTALLED the older version (using Programs & Features) then rerun the DS5 installer which replaced the newer version 3.0.114.1 which is now the only version listed in Programs & Features since you can't have both together as each installer removes the other one's installed version.

So now I'm even more confused since we now have another version number since Program & Features shows 3.0.114.1 but the plugin says 3.0.113. Perhaps it really is 3.0.114.1 but they forgot to update what the plugin displays.

Either way it doesn't explain why I have this other older version Adorage package included in my DS5 download bundle which if installed removes the newer version installed by the DS5 installer. I've got a ticket in with CL re this but as usually they reply with statements that don't address the issue so I have to reply and restate the question... this usually goes around for several iterations until you give up in frustration... that seems to be how their support works hence I posted the question here.

Quote:
Adorage 3.0.113 (Copyright 1999-2015 by proDAD GmbH) Created by Holger Burkarth (17.07.2015) 64bit [En]

That's the PD14 addin, not the newer PD15.

Jeff

Yes I left PD14 installed because I purchased an "Upgrade" I thought I might have to leave it installed until I had installed DS5.
So how do I ensure I'm using the latest Adorage version with PD15... do I need to uninstall PD14 and all the plugins (inc Adorage) that came with it?

Quote: Yes I left PD14 installed because I purchased an "Upgrade" I thought I might have to leave it installed until I had installed DS5.
So how do I ensure I'm using the latest Adorage version with PD15... do I need to uninstall PD14 and all the plugins (inc Adorage) that came with it?

No, I wouldn't uninstall anything. The latest Adorage version with PD15 will include vol 2 Fx as noted (NEW) in item 13 of your OP as well as vol 13 (item 14 OP) but not flagged as new. PD14 did not offer vol 2. However, once you install PD15, then vol 2 will also be available in PD14. It gets rather confusing because of that, as items that were offered in previous PD versions are not necessarily supplied again with a recent release. So what you have ends up being a conglomeration of how you got there. My guess if you look you may have vol 1, 2, 13 Fx perhaps as part of Adorage at PD15 since you had PD14. If vol 2 is listed, and you never outright purchased it earlier, then you have the latest. The vol 2 is what's supplied with adorage-dspvol02-64bit.exe which you list.

Same issue exists for other addon type packages. You see a request here asking for some end user simplification http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/75/40351.page#221090 but it has never made any traction.

Jeff

EDIT: I should have also added SmartSound to the list of addon packages, CyberLink PowerDirector 15 no longer includes the package. If you have SmartSound from a previous version of PowerDirector, it's still available, but not for first time buyers of PD15