How to Edit a video in .AVI with PowerDirector

This tutorial will offers you a quick and easy workaround to help you get PowerDirector to work with AVI files perfectly. 
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We usually saw PD users encounter importing issues when attempting to edit AVI files with PowerDirector even with the latest version. Let's see some frequently asked questions on this:

Q1: AVI in PowerDirecotr No Audio

"I was about to edit a video, its a .AVI file format and when i put it on the timeline on cyberlink powerdirector the video plays but there's no audio, but when i preview the video in the library theres audio and the video shows fine, do you think you could help me?"

Q2: Why wont PowerDirector won't import my AVI files

"Every time I attempt to import a AVI file, PowerDirector tells me it's “unsupported or damaged”. Any helps?"

So, what caused the problems. Well, this is due to AVI file codec: AVI is a container format (like MP4MOV) can contain various video codecs[/b, which may contain some incompatible codec for PD. To get AVI files to play in PowerDirector, the codec that a particular file uses must be installed on the computer. If you receive an error message or the video does not display correctly, you may need to install the codec used by the file. However, AVI can contain various video codecs. It's difficult for you to find and install the codec.

In fact, there is an easy way to fix the issue along with some help from the third-party program like Brorsoft Video Converter. With it, you can easily adjust AVI to MPEG-2 codec which seamlessly fit PowerDirector without quality loss. What's more, it also supplies powerful profiles to other NLEs, like Avid Media Composer, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere .etc for Windows users. Just get the program and follow the step-by-step guide below to convert AVI videos to for editing Cyberlink PowerDirector.

The Steps: Converting AVI files for PowerDirector

Step 1. Launch the Video Converter on your Mac, and you can either click "Add" button to import .avi files, or directly drag and drop the files into this program.



Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to Adobe Premiere/ Sony Vegas column and select MPEG-2 (*.mpg) as output format.



Tip: If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3. Finally, click "Convert" (like an arrow) button to start encoding AVI to MPEG-2(.mpg) for PowerDirector.

After a while, you will get the converted MPEG-2 files which are ready to be imported to PowerDirector for further editing without problems.

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