I beleive that the PowerDirector Moderator once said that the Magic +PD solution does not work in PD15 because the author changed the codec in it. That may be why those stickys have been removed from the forums.

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Makes sense Thomasc.

Barry - agree but does one have to have the most powerful CPU - GPU and clock speed in order to avoid that timeline marker from 'jumping ahead' like it did in when I was editing hour or longer productions - jumping ahead in the preview window (that is)?

I was hoping that the latest PD addressed some of that. I know it takes a bunch of computer processing to process video editing. I had a project a couple of years ago that had dozens and dozens of clips, pics, edits, and transitions in it that over-taxed my hardware (if not software).

I'm not in the place where I'm fed up with what I've got yet. So as a result I am not looking to invest in newer and more powerful equipment just yet. But when I do I'll want to have some reasonable idea if this characteristic ('timeline jumping') will not happen to me again.

Thanks for the rewponses guys!

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Hi CS -

tomasc is right. The current version of Magic YUV (apparently) doesn't work with PDR. The process implemented by optodata & his team does work, but only with Version 1.

As others have stated or implied, timeline skips and jumps come down to (a) what you've got (PC) & (b) what you're doing with it.

Typically, even with UHD editing, I don't get too much skipping, jumping & freezing. Yesterday was different! I was doing a screen capture (3840x2160) to show Google Earth zooming. It ended up being a lengthy capture because I had so much trouble getting something like a smooth zoom. When I finally brought the 35 minute screen capture into PDR, hoping there'd be something I could use, what followed was more skipping, jumping & freezing than anything else.

Fact: it was too much work for my modest PC. I tricked it into producing this, but it was a battle.

Cheers - Tony
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Quote If your editing needs exceed your computing power you will continue to get skips and jumps.

Barry, have just upgraded to PD 15 Media Suite 15 and upon using timeline marker for first time get this attached pic?

I rarely use timeline marker and just assumed it was a basic part of PD.

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Best start a new thread/message Pettros1. Not sure your issue talks about the same exacet issue.

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