Ken Cox

HOW NOT TO DO IT KEN

Andre Welcome to the forum neat but when one converts to dvd, vcd,svcd the midi's will no longer work -- midi is computer generated music so suggest you use small wav or mp3 files and i think it could be done as the program stands but will take a lot of diddlin' ken

GIVE EM'ELL DEN about as much response as we got the the peace project other than the bitchin' and whinning and this one is for their benefit ken

I am supplying sources for codecs that i have came across, i never used a different codec for a show until Jeff Evans brought it up and i did not have the codec that he used on my system and then i went hunting to get it so that possibly we could work togethether to solve the problem making a dvd is very straightforward using the standard default as supplied by Igor -- using the temp avi/vid and importing it into nero suite -- good luck trying to make the dvd if you are trying to do it with anything less than the full suite of any softwware - the suite's have wizards to help you thru until you get an idea how things work A few of us are into experimenting and spending considerable time and material trying different combinations -- we are looking to the future tv's and seeing exactly what we can and cannot do. Along the way we are coming across tips and tricks and utilities to aid us. ken

turning Autorun on or off. see http://www.base40.com/cdtTipAutoRun.htm http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-018 http://helpdesk.wisc.edu/page.php?id=197 http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=turning+A...groups&ct=title ken

gillo the ELY show? -- i have no problem with it is the Sequel to my 2004 Alaska sunset sequence -- it says a nine minute sequence - -which threw me off it does not run 9 mins it was a sequence taken over a nine minute period ken

Bill i thought by the description on first slide it is supposed to run 9 mins mine just runs <30 secs and quits ken

Dave I just downloaded and same from the cottage opens fine but try it direct from DaVe's site http://www.morturn.com/ I cant get a running copy of Sequel to my 2004 Alaska sunset sequence File Size: 9.91M By: ltdedorc@verizon.net Download Count: 36 have dropped him a note ken

Fonz get this free proggie http://avicodec.duby.info/ it will tell you where every codec is installed on your system if you think you need more K Lite have also just issued updates http://www.codecguide.com/about_kl.htm http://www.codecguide.com/features_kl.htm ken

FONZ in order to keep the overall program small,Igor designed it that way.Less problems in the long run. Hawk and I both use the nero suite [$100 +-] and we generally do not have any problems making the dvd if you take the time and go back thru the forum you will find that the Ulead software seems to give people problems. ken

laura anne welcome to the forum r mouse te show tht you created exe file -- make shortcut windows will make the shortcut - then you can cut and paste it anywhere on your system see screenshot ken

Ron search damor http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....c=3927&hl=damor http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....st=entry25053 but if we were to "follow the forum protocol" we would discuss the merits of the show in this section the first thread was the idea to get it going but once it was made all commnets should have been made here ken

you must NOT click Finish until the burn is complete, if you do you will get a black screen and only sound - see screenshot ken

Ron from my faq file "auto start" http://www.guru.to.it/en/tips/autorun.htm http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....st=entry26544 http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....&st=entry5095 http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....st=entry18939 http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....st=entry21438 ken

toast below test ken

JP A dvd played on your monitor is going to look better when played on a dvd/tv set up i belive -- this has been mentioned before -- wmp is not the ideal place to play a dvd and wmp has separate colour, tint contrast controls etc which likely will affect your viewing on the monitor when i make a dvd i play it immediately in the tv/dvd setup -- the computer has just been the tools to make it ken

Robert see Despicable Microsoft WMP 10 bugs http://cdcer.blogspot.com/2005/09/despicab...mp-10-bugs.html http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/20...s-media-player/ http://help.lockergnome.com/lofiversion/in...php/t43173.html re: screenshot of wmp screen i have just spent +- 1 hr trying the methods mentioned the resulting pict were 3-4 mb each and the image was there when i mailed it to myself in bmp format then when i tried to save as a jpg i got the usual black screen and when i shut down wmp the images were also gone in the origial email but patience paid off i did screenshots of the mail and saved as gif your turn:( ken

JP your MIRE 16-235.BMP shows proper separation of the white to black as described on the eye4u http://www.eye4u.com/home/ monitor test ken

well first off if your club is really interested bring in some guest speakers that are knowledgeable -- post your address in this forum migjht be a start and one of our experts may be able to steer somebody your way ken

JP i am going by what i was taught when printing colour in the darkroom -- if shadow areas are not a neutral gray colour then you have the wrong colour balance for the picture/print -- colour correction in the darkroom should be the same as digital pictures. I believe a colour analyzer takes all the colours in a picture and converts them to a shade of grey -- thus the neutral grey card's 18% reflectance -- in some myy old Kodak books they used to say put a grey card in the first picture of a roll as a known value. Then one has to compensate for flesh tones the cameras today have the smarts built in to correct the operator errors:) ken

quote NEW CONTENT: New Windows Explorer/Windows Shell Problems From Patch 908531 2006 AumHa V.S.O.P. Awards _________________________ NEW WINDOWS EXPLORER/WINDOWS SHELL PROBLEMS FROM PATCH 908531 (The following article is from longtime MS-MVP -- and new AumHa VSOP -- Maurice Naggar. It concerns serious Windows problems that some users are experiencing from one of the Microsoft Update patches released last week. - Mr. E) On April 11, Microsoft released a security update via Automatic Updates and the Microsoft Update site to fix some security issues. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908531/. This update applies to Windows 2000, SBS systems, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Subsequent to this fix, many users have reported various problems in Windows Explorer and also with Internet Explorer, as well as other programs and functions. Many examples can be seen in the MS public newsgroups (and likely elsewhere). Examples are cited in the new Microsoft Knowledge Base article (15 April 2006) "Problems in Windows Explorer or the Windows shell after you install security update MS06-015" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165) and in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-015 (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-015.mspx) as revised on 15 April. * Unable to access special folders like "My Documents" or "My Pictures." * Microsoft Office applications may stop responding when you attempt to save or open Office files in the "My Documents" folder. * Office files in the "My Documents" folder are not able to open in Microsoft Office. * Opening a file through an application's File / Open menu causes the program to stop responding. * Typing an address into Internet Explorer's address bar has no effect. * Right-clicking on a file and selecting Send To has no effect. * Clicking on the plus (+) sign beside a folder in Windows Explorer has no effect. * Some third-party applications stop responding when opening or saving data in the "My Documents" folder. Here are some suggestions if your Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer is having severe issues: 1. Be sure to review the articles noted above. 2. If you have HP external devices or HP photo software as per 918615, AND you still have the update 908531 on the system: do not try to do the registry edit by yourself. a. Follow the article's tips. b. If you have Hewlett-Packard's Share-to-Web software, then I'd suggest you apply **Freudi's registry patch** (http://patch-info.de/WinXP/Downloads/KB908531_Share-To-Web.zip). (Thanks to Ottmar Freudenberger!) Download, extract from the .ZIP file, and afterwards double-click the contained .REG file. Let it import into the registry. Then logoff and restart Windows. See if it is working better. 3. If still stuck with a non-functional Internet Explorer or a serious issue with normal Windows functions, (and you have reviewed the MS articles previously noted) , then consider using Control Panel's Add or Remove programs, and remove update for 908351. To remove windows update KB908531, do the following: Go to Control Panel, then select "Add or Remove Programs." Be sure the "Change or Remove Programs" is active / highlighted (at top left of window). Then look at "Show updates" checkbox (at top). Make sure it is selected (ticked). Once the display is populated, scroll down to "Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531)." It should be near the bottom of the list. Click on that item. You'll see a Remove button. Click on it if you wish to have it removed. Before you use Add-Remove Programs, be very sure you close all your open user programs (after saving any unsaved work). After this change takes effect, and IF this does not ask for a restart, then you should do a logoff and restart of Windows. ALSO: Tweak your settings for Automatic Updates. I'd advise, if you are using automatic updates, you configure it to "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them." Do not have it on "full auto." To get to your settings, right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, select Properties, then click on the Automatic Updates tab. See also: "How to Configure Automatic Updating in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525). ________________________ ken

Bob the black screen problem is another can of worms - there is a codec missing on the system at school example My #1 son in law is a teacher -- he made a movie for the robotics class >4gb i downloaded it from the school's server -- sound but no pict on my latest system but would run proper on my old system -- when Jeff Evans started his thread about codecs, i did not have the ms codecs that he used and what JP used [Microsoft mpeg4 v2 Codec,] on my NEW system so i installed a massive codec pak and got the missing ms codecs -- these codecs are old and have been upgraded - thus they were not on my new system but were on the old. When installed on new system, the son in law's show ran perfect I have also had the reverse happen when i am missing a sound codec -- pict but no sound You are old enough to remember a cartoon whose punch line was "IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE" ken

JP "and the whites were dead on " by this i mean there is no colour tint in the shadows of white sections -- o -- proper rendered white, the shadows will be grey. I used the 2 threads only for reference and only to show the procedures we were using to achieve the the format for tv - we were not faced with your problem. ken

JP I dont know what you mean by"overlay" i put your hubble show on my tv's via the svhs output of my ati 9000 all in wonder graphics card and can see a very slight change in the letters floating across the screen -- yellow/gold on the tv -- less gold on my 19" samsung lcd monitor -- more yellow but nothing to get excited about except for the testing we have run here http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3943 and here http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3992 I always use the pte default settings and import the avi into nero to make the dvd. On Al Robinson's recent trip he dropped off a test dvd of his and one of Hawks and the whites were dead on when viewed on the tv at my place and at other hd ws tv's where i can test. Lin Evans riva, exe, and flv shows are dead on for colours on the tv and monitor I checked my new monitor for colour accuracy with a scanned image of a macbeth colour checker and i verified the brightness levels with the monitor check here http://www.eye4u.com/home/ Maybe if you could make a test show using known values -- whites [white house white truck/car]and not clouds you may be able to sort out what is going on ken

Dave I made exe's with some of word's handwrinting font's one time and when displayed on a system without WORD the fonts were all windows default -- times or whatever the system was set for:) ken