Transfer of data

Judithh121

Newbie Joined: Aug 07, 2011 06:26 Messages: 14 Offline

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Jan 01, 2012 14:41

I am having problems transfering power director files from one laptop to another for working on a Community News project. I have tried to use memory stick and external hard drive, but when it is plugged into another laptop all the video pictures are black and often there is no audio. Can anyone help? Is it relevant that one laptopis running with Vista and one with windows7? [If the video is produced onto MPEG-2 it plays fine, but obviously then you can't share the editing which is the purpose of the project]

Dafydd B

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

Jan 01, 2012 15:23

Hi Judith,
Please use File > Export > Pack Project Materials > Browse for a Folder (new folder) and save the contents.

You will have pack all media you have used to create the project - only the media located in the tracks and NOT in the Library.

Place the Folder content onto a portable storage device. Take the device to another computer and transfer the complete Folder.

Within the Folder there is a *.pds file, double click it. The project will only display on another computer which has PowerDirector 10.

Dafydd

Judithh121

Newbie Joined: Aug 07, 2011 06:26 Messages: 14 Offline

Jan 01, 2012 15:33

Thanks for a prompty and detailed answer. I have tried to 'pack the project' but not the way you suggest, so I'll try again. Do you mean I need PD10 on the other computer even though it was originally edited on PD9?

jerrys

Senior Contributor Location: New Britain, CT, USA (between New York and Boston) Joined: Feb 10, 2010 21:36 Messages: 1038 Offline

Jan 01, 2012 18:02

Quote: Thanks for a prompty and detailed answer. I have tried to 'pack the project' but not the way you suggest, so I'll try again. Do you mean I need PD10 on the other computer even though it was originally edited on PD9?

Your best bet is to have the same versions on the two machines. If you edited the project in PD9, the other machine should have PD9 (at least).

Dafydd B

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

Jan 02, 2012 09:13

Sorry Judithh121 , I was thinking I was in the PD10 forum when I answered the thread - read it as PD9 or as Jerry has explained.
Dafydd

Judithh121

Newbie Joined: Aug 07, 2011 06:26 Messages: 14 Offline

Jan 10, 2012 16:54

Hi again,
I thought I had packed the project onto the external hard drive as suggested, but when transferred onto another laptop with the same PD 9 program on it, it only downloaded the clips etc in the library, nothing on the timeline.
Can you tell me how to transfer the timeline too, so that another person can look at and edit the same project?

jerrys

Senior Contributor Location: New Britain, CT, USA (between New York and Boston) Joined: Feb 10, 2010 21:36 Messages: 1038 Offline

Jan 10, 2012 17:31

Quote: Hi again,
I thought I had packed the project onto the external hard drive as suggested, but when transferred onto another laptop with the same PD 9 program on it, it only downloaded the clips etc in the library, nothing on the timeline.
Can you tell me how to transfer the timeline too, so that another person can look at and edit the same project?

Did you import the folder (or the individual files)? If so, that's where you went astray.

Copy the entire packed project over to the other system, and just open the project. That will put everything exactly where you expect.