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I was hoping there might be other voices I could download somewhere so I can get some more variety.

But that's still an extra step, though. Why can't the text boxes just start out blank?

Well, a full uninstall seemed to do the trick. Now, I can finally switch between versions. But now there's a new problem. It used to be that, if I saved a project in one version and then switched to an earlier version, I couldn't pull up the project because it relied on a later version of the software. However, if I (A) saved in one version, (B) switched to a later version and made some edits, and (C) switched BACK to the version it was originally saved in, I would be able to continue. The only thing I couldn't do is switch to a version that was earlier than the project was originally saved in. So I've made a habit of starting my projects in the earliest version possible, so as to maximize the number of versions the project is compatible with. However, since I did the full uninstall, I've worked on a project that was initially saved in version 7.00. I then made some edits in version 7.05, since that was the only version compatible with my license that allows me to use "crop and zoom" when I export so I can get a vertical video for Youtube shorts. I then reverted back to 7.00 to continue my work, but it said that my project wasn't compatible with this version, even though it's always been compatible before. I was forced to finish the project on god-awful v7.05. Aside from that one feature when I export, I detest v7.05. It introduced a lot of features that are more of a hinderance than a help, including but not limited to ... adding "title text" when I pull up a text box (forcing me to delete the box to add my own text, creating a pointless extra step that wouldn't exist if the box was just blank) Whenever I take a snapshot, any transparent sections of the image would be filled with black, instead of transparency. It's generally just all-around less stable and tends to clog up my CPU even when it's sitting idle. For all of these reasons and more, I generally prefer to only use v7.05 for the "crop and zoom" export feature, and nothing else. I can't afford to upgrade to a new license (and even if I could, I've noticed that a lot of the latest versions still have that aforementioned "title text" garbage, so I probably wouldn't want to), but up until now, I've never had a need to. Simply switching back and forth between v7.00, v7.03, and occasionally v7.05 in order to make use of each versions' features has served me well. But if I can't revert to an earlier version within the same project like I used to, that's a problem. But it shouldn't be a problem. It's never been a problem before. So do you know how I can fix THIS?!

It is absolutely NOT in task manager. Also, I just tried rebooting the computer. It didn't solve the problem. I'm going to try and uninstall the app completely and re-install it from the ground up. If that doesn't work, I'll let you know.

Whenever I try to switch between versions, I always get this error message: https://i.postimg.cc/y8qcHmwj/A.png VideoPad is already closed down. I even checked the task manager, and there are no instances of NCH anything (let alone video pad) active. I've never gotten this message before. I've always been able to switch between versions without any problem. How do I fix this?

I tried that. Whenever I load the video files into the project, it still just goes up to 100 degrees C.

Yeah well ... I'm not using a water-cooled PC. If I need something as advanced as a water-cooled PC just to run this app without melting my PC, then that seems like it should be included in the minimum system requirements to use this app. I don't even have a clue what you just said. I already told you: If the problem wasn't VP, how come VP is the only app that gets my CPU this hot?

I've applied new thermal paste. According to CoreTemp, my CPU, when idle, only has a temperature of 47-52 degrees Celsius. Even when I'm playing a game (the most hardware-intensive thing I do), my CPU temperature rarely surpasses 55 degrees Celsius. For the record, I just played Ghostrunner - the most hardware intensive game I currently have - while monitoring my CPU temperature, and it only ever went up to 55 degrees once and it never went beyond that. But whenever I load some clips into Videopad so I can chop them up and make a new video out of it, that causes my CPU temperature to go up to an absolutely scorching 95-105 degrees Celsius! I don't even have to actually do anything with VideoPad. Just by having the clips be in the project, VideoPad is heating my CPU up to borderline-meltdown levels! VideoPad is literally the only app that does this. This is the one common denominator, and the difference between it and my second-most-intensive app (the game Ghostrunner) is absolutely massive. So how do I fix this? Because at this point, VideoPad isn't just slow as molasses, like I complained about in my last thread. At this point, it's literally dangerous for me to use it!

For what it's worth, when I finally get around to exporting, that tends to go about as fast as it usually does. Exporting at 1280x720 @30fps typically exports at a 1-to-1 speed (that is to say ... it typically takes 1 second in real time to export 1 second of video with those settings). Then again, the exporting phase is already the phase that I'm least involved in. Once a video is exporting, there's literally nothing I can do except wait for it to finish. It's everything else - the adding of transitions and effects, the trimming out of unnecessary clips, the settings in the export wizard - those are the things that take forever to finally do the things I tell it to do.

Geforce GTX 1070ti

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If it wasn't a videopad issue, I'd be having this problem with apps other than videopad

Apparently, you didn't read the OP. I already tried a fresh copy of version 10.16 to no avail. Besides, why would a "fresh" copy of this app make a difference? I thought that was the primary advantage that digital media has over analog; the former doesn't deteriorate.

You want to send me another PC?! I'll happily test it on that! Just make sure to provide return shipping if you want the PC back! Then how come I'm not having this problem (at least not at this scale) with any other app? My Videopad cache folder is already empty.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 32GB DDR4 RAM 119GB free space on 😄 So I'm good on hardware.