PowerDirector 7 Overview (Note: This portion of the review was initially taken from our first CUDA article.The CUDA information is identical, but we added a lot of extra information on ATI Stream and how PowerDirector 7 uses this technology.)Main video editing screen PowerDirector 7 is a consumer-oriented video editing program that supports high definition video, from importing to editing and output.It also includes support for GPU-accelerated H.264 encoding and 10 CUDA-accelerated video effects, significantly reducing the time it takes to render projects.It also uses ATI Stream to utilize the GPU to transcode high-definition video.PowerDirector 7's support for ATI Stream technology lets users leverage advanced hardware and software technologies that enable AMD graphics processors, working in concert with the systems central processor, to accelerate the video production process.This ensures more balanced system performance for faster handling of HD video capturing, editing and encoding.

Video effects screen The program gives the growing number of consumers with high definition video cameras a user-friendly platform for all of their video editing tasks.PowerDirector 7's support for CUDA technology delivers significant gains when encoding HD video into the H.264 format.Cyberlink claims the program offers performance gains of 270% for encoding high-definition video using CUDA.It also works with ATI Stream to accelerate the conversion of standard and HD video into multiple formats for use on differing consumer electronics devices.PiP objects screen Upon opening PowerDirector7, I’m greeted with a more traditional video editing interface with a movie timeline, preview pane, and various effects and transitions tabs.This layout is a lot more accommodating to experienced video editors or even novice users who have played with other types of video editing software.One major factor to note is that PowerDirector7 only uses CUDA when encoding high-definition video.Encoding lower-resolution video formats will rely exclusively on the CPU to handle the entire workload.

This software also allows the output of H.264 content for playback on PSP, iPod, iPhone and PS3.It uses CUDA to accelerate video rendering for effects like abstractionism, color painting, Gaussian blur, glow, replace color, pen ink, kaleidoscope, color edge, radial blur, and light ray.These ten effects use the GPU instead of the CPU during final rendering.Audio mixing screen Power Director7 was the first application to use the CUDA video encoder library, but others have also integrated this library into their software.This library is an enabling tool that was designed by NVIDIA for video software developers to use in the development of high-performance GPU-accelerated video encoding applications.According to Cyberlink's website, ATI Stream is only utilized in PowerDirector 7 if users have one of the following ATI graphics cards installed: Radeon HD 4650, Radeon HD 4670, Radeon HD 4830, Radeon HD 4850, or Radeon HD 4870 X2.But, we're testing it with a Radeon HD 4770 and it works fine, so this list needs to be updated.

Cyberlink's website also says users will need to install Avivo video converter in order to enjoy all the speed benefits while transcoding.Out of all the transcoders we've reviewed over the past couple of weeks, PowerDirector 7 is by far the closest one that resembles a traditional video editing application like Premiere or Final Cut.bitcoin farm chickenThe interface is pretty intuitive and doesn't leave you hanging for pre-installed transitions, effects, or other more advanced video options.litecoin claimMerged mining works by solving for hashes which are valid across multiple blockchains.bitcoin miner für androidThe best-known example of merged mining is Bitcoin / Namecoin, a simple explanation of which can be found here.litecoin asic 2017

As Namecoin cloned the SHA256 method employed by Bitcoin, a miner’s hash could solve a block on either chain with equal probability.Of course, this equal probability demands both blockchains be of equal difficulty.Namecoin’s difficulty was driven far higher than its value by maintaining merged mining through linkage to Bitcoin’s difficulty.ethereal cryptic axeBut it seems a new type of pool has overcome the synchronised difficulty hurdle via some P2Pool wizardry, allowing full-powered merged mining across 1 scrypt coin of higher difficulty and 4 other scrypt coins!bitcoin growth mcapsSounds too good to be true?Well, for a curmudgeonly, hobbyist GPU-miner like myself it’s not all good news: The Drawback – your primary coin must be either: Litecoin, looking technically flimsy and power-expensive after Auroracoin usurped it’s #2.

throne, Litecoin may recover if Náttfari’s folk dump AUR after the Airdrop.If you have the hashpower for its difficulty, I recommend a very 2012 choice; mining Litecoin.Not to beat a dead horse, but LTC could still get onto a major exchange and catch a hot price updraft.Update: quite the lucky guess!Litecoin just got listed on BTC China!Digitalcoin, which seems to be just another Litecoin clone.Its website mentions its designed for relatively lower volatility but gives no specifics on how this is achieved.Its forum page only waffles when answering its own question of “What Sets digitalcoin Apart?” If you have low hashpower, go for Digitalcoin.It seems somewhat mediocre, but if this world proves one thing it’s that mediocrity often triumphs.42 coin, whose claim to fame is having a total issuance of 42.This artificial scarcity makes the price of a whole coin very high.I haven’t really considered the implications of its deliberate scarcity.It seems very hit or miss at first glance.

Recent forum posts suggest it to be suffering from a lack of Kimoto Gravity Well to counter pool-hopping.Dogecoin, an inflationary coin for precocious children.Sure, their community is (hyper-)active but they’re pushing a broken wagon.Inflationary coins should use Proof of Stake to minimize their ecological impact.Also, all you Shibes about to bite my ankles over this description should relax because there’s a Wolong joke later in the article.On the theory that cats are better than dogs, we have this… thing.I dunno, I couldn’t be bothered to investigate it very far.Maybe Catcoin harbours a secret technical innovation but I’m not betting that way.It has a website, a quiet subreddit and a forum thread.Here’s hoping more primary coins are added to the mix soon, as none of these would be my first choice.I’d love to see Auroracoin or Anoncoin featured.Whatever you decide on as your primary, you’ll be able to devote equal hashing power to the following minor coins: 1) Huntercoin, the coin that makes a game of mining.

At least it does something new, although the game looks boring.Ticker HUC, currently #38 by mineable market cap.2) Orgcoin, designed for merged mining with no maximum issuance, so another inflationary PoW coin without Doge’s community.Ticker ORG, market cap unavailable until it gets listed on more exchanges.3) Pesetacoin, whose badly-translated website doesn’t inspire confidence.Ticker PTC, currently #65 by mineable market cap.4) United Scrypt Coin, seems to be a simple clone designed around merged mining.Ticker USC, cmarket cap unavailable until it gets listed on more exchanges.Potcoin is available as a wallet to add, but it’s unclear whether it’s fully supported as yet.No fee or other data is available on the ManicMiner site for Potcoin as yet.At any rate, its ticker is POT and it’s #79 by cap.No choice here, as you’ll be mining all of them along with your primary.Hash attempts which prove incorrect for your primary will then be tried across your secondaries, multiplying the odds of finding a block by 4.

This makes your mining far more profitable for no apparent downside.2) You’ll need to give them an email.Google is creepy with a laborious registration process requiring your phone number (and soon, thumbprint and DNA sample), so I recommend creating a throwaway address at Safe-mail instead.3) Hit “add worker” then “add wallet” and choose your primary coin’s wallet.You should create a new address in your wallet for the ManicMiner pool, for which you’ll need the wallet password.You do have a strong, minimum 12 character password which exists in the mind of you and your next-of-kin and on a non-degradable physical medium hidden in a disaster-proof location to which you control access, right?4) Enter the info for your primary wallet.Then repeat the “add wallet” process for all the secondary coins.You can mine multiple primaries but this will divide your hash power between them.Secondary coins will still be mined at 100% of your hashpower though.5) If you’ve never mined before, you’ll need to download suitable mining software.

The options are: CGMiner for Linux/Windows – for AMD graphic cards, running Linux or Windows.Versions at or below 3.7 work with scrypt.CGMiner Mac OS X– for AMD graphic cards in a Mac system.Again, versions at or below 3.7.2 work with scrypt.SGMiner – same as CGminer but with a few more bells and whistles.BFGMiner Linux/Windows – for ASIC and FPGA mining.CPU Miner Mac/Linux/Windows – for mining on your CPU.You’ll get a comparatively minimal hashrate this way.CUDA Miner Linux/Mac/Windows NVDIA – for mining on Nvidia graphics cards.Performance will be much lower than comparatively-priced AMD cards.This Litecoin mining guide should give you a rough idea of what to expect from your hardware, plus the optimal settings people have discovered.6) Copy the mining software to a suitable folder, then run the following commands (or create a batch file to do it for you) depending on your software: CGMiner: cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.manicminer.in:3333 -u logik.modok -p any SGMiner: sgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.manicminer.in:3333 -u logik.modok -p any Minerd: minerd -a scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.manicminer.in:3333 -u logik.modok -p any BFGMiner: bfgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.manicminer.in:3333 -u logik.modok -p any CUDAMiner: cudaminer -o stratum+tcp://pool.manicminer.in:3333 -u logik.modok -p any Of course, the above user name (-u) is for my account and worker.