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CyberLink PowerDirector Quick Start Guide
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Optimization
The following are some suggestions to get
the most out of CyberLink PowerDirector
and your computer.
Hardware Acceleration
CyberLink PowerDirector lets you take full
advantage of your computer’s multi-
processing CPU and GPU computing
technologies to deliver faster output of your
videos. CyberLink PowerDirector supports
hardware acceleration for graphics cards
with NVIDIA CUDA technology, AMD
Accelerated Parallel Processing technology,
and Intel Core Processor Family technology.
To enable, do this:
1. First, ensure you download and install
the latest drivers for hardware
acceleration for your specific graphics
card.
2. Next, select > Hardware
Acceleration in the Preferences
window.
3. Select Enable OpenCL to speed up
video effect preview/render to
speed up rendering of some video
effects by tapping into the multi-core
parallel processing power of your
computer.
4. Select Enable hardware decoding to
use hardware acceleration to decode
the video during the editing process
and when producing video.
Note: this feature is not available on
computers running Windows XP.
5. Lastly, to enable hardware
acceleration:
• when producing a video in the H.264
or MPEG-4 format, ensure Fast video
rendering technology > Hardware
video encoder option is selected to
receive the benefits of hardware
acceleration during production.
• when burning a disc in the AVCHD or
Blu-ray Disc format, ensure Enable
hardware video encoder option is
selected in the Final Output window
to receive the benefits of hardware
acceleration during burning.
Tips to Help Keep PowerDirector
Running Smoothly
The following are some maintenance tips
you can periodically perform to keep
CyberLink PowerDirector running smoothly.
Deleting shadow files: if you have enabled
shadow files, it is recommended that you
periodically delete them to free up space.
To do this, select > General in the
Preferences window. Select the Auto delete
temporary files every option to have
CyberLink PowerDirector automatically
delete the shadow files every specified
number of days. You can also click the
Manually Delete button to select and
delete specific temporary files to free up disc
space immediately.
Deleting temporary files and freeing up
disk space: producing and burning discs
consumes a lot of disc space, because
CyberLink PowerDirector must create temp
files to complete these tasks.
For best results, it is recommended that you
regularly delete the contents of your
Windows Temp folder regularly and ensure
there is plenty of disk space available on the
disk drive where CyberLink PowerDirector is
installed.
Trouble-Shooting
The following are some common trouble-
shooting tips you may require when editing
and burning movie productions with
CyberLink PowerDirector.