Igor

We're still working on beta #1 of v5.00 I almost wrote main code of the Visual editor - it ready for beta #1 version. However work on beta #1 still in progress. Yesterday we decided to add an one important optimization, which especially very useful for slower video cards. Because of this, Aleksey is closely working on this question now. I hate to say about this new delay, but beta may be ready in a week or two. I can't say exactly, but we really very very near to beta version. One last effort. I can't express all large volume of the work we've already done for v5.00

Of course, both - as options!

You are right. Two good ideas! We'll make it so in v5.00

"Pause" key on the keyboard already works in not-synchronized slide-shows. Only if you have synchronized slide-show, you need to set "Permit the control of a show" option (Main tab in Project options.)

1) Invision technicians just updated our forum to the newest version of Invision Power Board. 2) Also they carefully checked up all settings and files, and added some changes for protection of the forum. I hope, it will be more reliable now. Please let me know if you find some problems.

McAfee shown it as "JS/EXPLOIT-HELPXSITE" AntiVir shown as "EXP/VBS.Phel.AV" Kaspersky Antivirus shown "Exploit.VBS.phel.av" p.s. right now Invision support is upgrading forum to the newest version to maximally protect our forum.

Invision support and we will work on additional protection of the forum, so please ignore possible temporal problem with accessing during nearest several days.

Also there is a wonderful antivirus program - AntiVir www.free-av.com (It's fully free for non-commercial use) p.s. I very like first results with new graphical engine of v5.00, especially almost ready new Visual editor.

Dear members! It's very unpleasant to say about this problem, but it seems that some hacker(s) infected our forum. We temporarily turned it off and will solve this problem together with Invision support. I highly recommend you to check up your PC with antivirus (for example McAfee or Antivirus Kaspersky) with newest updates if you visited our forum 14th or 15th December. Please excuse us for this problem.

You're right, of course. Excuse my mistake. I wanted to say "make DVD-Video disc".

My colleague, Aleksey Elin created this smart system of loading.

Sorry, I have to correct my previous message. If *unceasing* sequence of slides (e.g. from 4 to 10) contains same Picture.jpg image file (as objects, or main picture, or as background), then this image WILL NOT be loaded and decompressed every time. PTE v5.00 has smart system which uses same decompressed image in the memory. For example, if loading of a large background image Picture.jpg for 4th slide may takes 100 milliseconds, next slides - 5, 6, 7, etc (with same Picture.jpg background) will be loaded and shown INSTANTLY (no additional delays for decompression and loading). But if some next slide in this sequence doesn't contain this Picture.jpg, this image will be unloaded from memory.

1) If you added several objects which uses one Picture1.jpg file (in borders of an *one* slide): - In PTE v4.44 slide-show loads several times this Picture.jpg for all these objects when this slide appears on the screen. Because slide-show think that it's different objects with different JPEG images. - In PTE v5.00 slide-show loads only one copy of this Picture.jpg file and all those objects use this one decompressed image. 2) About loading of slides. When some slide appears on the screen, right after this moment, slide-show starts pre-loading of the next slide (decompression of Jpeg, Png, Gif images) and keep all decompressed images of the future slide in the memory. When timer says that it's time to show a new slide, PTE immediately shows this new slide to the screen. And starts pre-loading the next slide. So there are only three possibilities to place slides more closely: - use smaller images in smaller Jpeg file. - use more powerful PC - or make DVD disc.

For example, if v4.30 or v4.40 required to write 300 pages of the new code. For this new v5.00 we already wrote about 1000 pages of very difficult code. I understand it's terrible to wait so long, but I hope that the result will cover and justify all waiting. Open beta-testing will be long, don't worry about it. I think at least during 6 weeks.

We're trying to prepare the first public beta of v5.00 to Christmas.

Thanks. PTE and well known WinAmp - both show 8:34 for this MP3 file. Media Player 10 shows 8:02 So I suppose that some low-bitrate and especially non-usual (43 Kbit/s) MP3 files may have problems with detecting their real length. Please use usual 128 kbit bitrate or higher. Or try 48 kbit instead of 43 kbit. Because it better to use default bitrate values like 48, or 64, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 256, and etc.

Jim, Please could you send me this MP3 file which shown with the different length in PTE? Write me to int_support@

Please look at an attached image below. Do you have this option enabled? If yes, and the problem still exists, please could you repeat this problem again and send me step-by-step instruction how to reproduce this situation?

No problem, Bill! We also changed server and I know that it's only a temporal delay before opening of a new server.

I already wrote new Navigation bar for v5.00. Currently without editor, but using .ini file (like .pte project file), you can create own Navigation bar with any form, buttons, textures, and partial semi-translucency, shadows.

No, please don't do it. BMP files have large size, and they loads long time because of their large size on the disc. Please use JPEG files. JPD Currently, if you add 10 copies of one JPEG/BMP/MP3 file, EXE file with slide-show includes an one copy. But in the memory of PC, all 10 copies of one JPEG image in the some slide loaded as separated images (as they are different). In v5.00 we added optimization for it. And you can have even 100 copies of one JPEG image objects on an one slide together. And PTE has only one copy of this image loaded to the memory of PC.

If an original image in BMP file, PTE just copies it (almost as is) to the memory of PC as a bitmap data. If JPEG or PNG file, PTE decompresses it and also copies to the memory as a bitmap data. Some image (for example 1024x768) may has various file size in PNG, BMP or JPEG file formats, but being loaded to the memory of PC, PTE keeps it as a bitmap data and all images with 1024x768 take same size as BMP file. PTE decompresses PNG files directly to bitmap in memory and store as 32-bit RGBA (4 bytes per pixel). However PNG decompression is not very fast as JPEG, so it better to use PNG for text objects, buttons, and various graphical elements in a slide. And it better not to use PNG for large (1280x960) images, if you want to set short interval between slides. Of course, if you have enough time between slides (4 seconds and more) you can freely use PNGs even for large images. - As usually use JPEGs for all slides. - And PNG for special effects, like some slides with partial semi-translucency, text objects, buttons, borders of a slide.

As I wrote recently, a brand new Visual editor of objects will be included already to v5.00 So all your key suggestions will be realized. And we've almost realized a lot of new important features concerning animation of objects. It makes possible a number of terrific visual effects. Although it has many new features, the new Visual editor still easy in use.

All sound cards play differently MIDI music files. As a play of two musicians. So some sound cards give more long delay on MIDI ending and incorrect position of playing (several jumps to forward and backward) falls synchronized show of slides. Many MIDI files may give above mentioned problem and I highly recommend to use reliable and exact in playback MP3 music files.

Gary, I reproduced this problem also in Microsoft Media Player 10. The first MIDI file in your slide-show stops earlier on 1.5 second. Please look at attached screenshot. So I recommend you: - Make this slide-show not synchronized. - Or visit Time-line window, press Timed points button. Click "Add arranged points". Then find all places between music files (vertical blue lines) and set at least 6 seconds for slides which placed between two music files. Unfortunately it's not our bug with MIDI files, and it difficult to solve it right now in PTE.