PowerDirector 15 4k support

Lena1994

Newbie Location: Poland Joined: Mar 14, 2016 10:21 Messages: 8 Offline

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Oct 20, 2016 08:16

Greetings!

As we all know, PD14 had a problem with 4k videos cause of the high bitrate. Im working on 4k videos only, so I had to convert them to AVI in Magic+PD x64. After conversion it works very well but video files are too big (about 30GB each). I want to upgrade my PD14 to PD15, but I have to know if this problem got solved with the newest version.

I doubt that it's my laptop's fault since its pretty solid:

CPU - Intel® Core™ i7 - 4700HQ

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880 4GB

RAM - 32 GB

I hope that any of you can answer my question


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Richmond Dan

Senior Contributor Location: Richmond, VA Joined: Aug 07, 2014 17:17 Messages: 673 Offline

Oct 20, 2016 11:57

Quote Greetings!

As we all know, PD14 had a problem with 4k videos cause of the high bitrate. Im working on 4k videos only, so I had to convert them to AVI in Magic+PD x64. After conversion it works very well but video files are too big (about 30GB each). I want to upgrade my PD14 to PD15, but I have to know if this problem got solved with the newest version.

I doubt that it's my laptop's fault since its pretty solid:

CPU - Intel® Core™ i7 - 4700HQ

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880 4GB

RAM - 32 GB

I hope that any of you can answer my question

The most accurate answer will be to test it on your own laptop. Buy it, try it, and if it doesn't work return it for a full refund within 30 days. Regards,
Dan
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Intel Core i9-10900 processor
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SoNic67

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

Oct 20, 2016 18:13

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I doubt that it's my laptop's fault since its pretty solid:

Sorry, that says it all... Laptops are not great at video processing, especially the 4K material. IMO that's wasted money on a laptop when you could had a very good workstation.

PS: That video card is fit just for 1080p work anyway. It's a Kepler generation, and since then... there where Maxwell, Maxwell2, Pascal... and only the last two generations are trully performant in 4K.

As for the CPU... it has 1/2 of the power of a desktop one. Thermal limits maily...

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AlS

Senior Member Location: South Africa Joined: Sep 23, 2014 18:07 Messages: 290 Offline

Oct 21, 2016 10:55

Hi Lena,

I'm still using PDR14 and M+PD for 4k.

To answer your question, PDR15 users have not not found any noticeable improvement in 4k editing over PDR14 so far according to feedback I've had in this forum. Nothing wrong with your laptop.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/49808.page#post_box_262376

Al

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