Ken Cox

Brian we are not "hollywood" we dont have unlimited resources like you seem to have to buy unlimited qty's of memory sticks -- they are +- $50/gb canadian http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...347&catid=10485 http://www.futureshop.ca/search/searchresu...d=EN&search=KWS all the cd's i have made still work and i had the first HP cd burner -- terrible piece but it did burn using adaptec software moved on to the next version of hp and it was a bit better-- the cd's still are readable -- consumer cd burning came along early win 98 -- i had a cd player on my win 3.1 system but my first office suite was all on that queer ms formatted floppy -- they still can be read as well ken

but this is like selling a 80 yr old man a lifetime guarantee for for a new roof:)) http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html [3.12] How long do DVDs last? DVDs are read by a laser, so they never wear out from being played since nothing touches the disc. Pressed discs (the kind that movies come on) will probably last longer than you will, anywhere from 50 to 300 years. Expected longevity of dye-based DVD-R and DVD+R discs is anywhere from 20 to 250 years, about as long as CD-R discs. Some dye formulations (such as phthalocyanine and azo) are more stable and last longer, 100 years or more, compared to 20 or 30 years for less stable dyes. The phase-change erasable formats (DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW) have an expected lifetime of 25 to 100 years. In all cases, longevity can be reduced by poor quality. Poor quality pressed DVDs may deteriorate within a few years, and cheap recordable DVDs may produce errors when recording or may become unreadable after a while. (See 1.24.) For more info see Lifetime of KODAK CD-R Ultima Media and <www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/otherformats/95x9.htm>. For comparison, magnetic media (tapes and disks) last 10 to 30 years; high-quality, acid-neutral paper can last 100 years or longer; and archival-quality microfilm is projected to last 300 years or more. Note that computer storage media often becomes technically obsolete within 20 to 30 years, long before it physically deteriorates. In other words, before the media becomes unviable it may become difficult or impossible to find equipment that can read it.

Lin cant see any significant change from ver 2 yet the exe is +- 1/2 mb larger in ver3 ken

PicturesToExe ver#? screen resolution etc all these factors are needed ken

sly old fox you are:) great sound effects as well ken

joetexan "I just might have to go back to Pro Show Gold. Joe Smith" that is a good way to get help -- does proshow have a forum like this??????? ken

Robert it would likely be cheaper to buy a stand alone dvd recorder and wash your hands of the other one as far as dvd's are concerned -- you likely have input jacks on the old that you can jack the new into and still use the tv http://www.consumersearch.com/www/electron...ders/index.html http://www.bestbuy.com/olspage.jsp?type=ca...mcat57300050006 http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=dvd+re...le+Search&meta= ken

bripat photostitch is a better name anyways -- might be easier for the next person that is looking ken

Andy have to disagree my test show has mixed image sizes 500/375 on the low end and 1792/1344 [1.5 to 4 mb picts] on the hi end and the large picts are considerably sharper when played on dvd/tv i used the default settings to make the tmp/vid/avi then made a mpeg2 with avi then imported both into nero 6.6 ken

Using the search function of the forum for autostitch i found this http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....04&hl=AUTOSTICH guess Andy was typing same time as me ken

WINAVI Larry explore all its features when time permits, make sure you check all its options/advanced settings ken

Larry you said "make a simple Mpeg 2 (one file with video and sound included) to use as a clickable file, like the EXE. I have a customer that wants this." the mpeg2 will play in a standard dvd player/tv a divx file will play in a dvd player with the divx option I dont think there is a dvd player yet that will play an avi -- your computer will play the avi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVI player compatibilty http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php ken

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=winavi...le+Search&meta= http://www.winavi.com/en/index.htm far simpler than TMPGEnc but if you go and follow Jeff's step's you have what you want already built in in the basic 4.48 proggie you just have to experiment the same as we did ken

whatever your system can handle -- p2e will handle them correctly and Igor has added more features to handle various sizes/formats so if i were you Ron, when you get your raw picts adj to the way want , just save as 80 - 90 % quality jpegs and see if your system can put the show together the thing you want to remember is to not be doing things twice -- if your system can handle big then use big ken

PAUL video card specs reg'd incl amt of video ram ken

slick ken

Steve i have run as many as 6 shows at once -- imported into nero 6.6 suite ken

LARRY SEE http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3992 AND http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3943 we went right into things in these 2 threads i prefer to make the mpeg 2 with winavi see my http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4667 entry #6 ken

yes Brian it was you snagit is made by the same company as camtasia so thought you would comment http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....=4302&hl=snagit ken

Tom your statement "You can save the avi from within media player as a different filename and it will be a permanent AVI (at least in my limited testing). The temp avi using a temporary named pipe (frameserving?) works well." i dont think is true -- unless Igor as change the code -- in the past many people have tried to save the default tmp vid and once the p2e was shut down they only had an avi that had sound -- no pictures ken

Ron i think igor brought that up in ver 2 or 3 - bigger the better ken

3. I don't understand the purpose of creating a temporary only AVI output file. well steve that is the default setting -- if you had searched the forum you would have understood the reasoning behind the temp avi what is the big deal -- buy 3 rd party software and convert the temp avi to whatever you like ken

you might hold off till Brian enters his comments re Camtasia he had some problems many people have not complained -- they are still in business ken

"it" is recognizing all the talent that the forum has to offer ken

mp3 pro is not likely accepted try mp3 regular ken