Ken Cox

Stan for starters the default preview prior to create an the temp avi is 10 secs i just tried a small show that i have and the way my show was setup it played +- 2 1/2 slides so try increasing the preview setting to 30 secs ken

Mark Igor has kept the size of the program so that it will fit on a floppy and has made a program that does a world of things for +- $25 dollars Granot listened to members and with the help of members developed a program to fit their needs but the exe itself is 1.6 mb with out the readme or the other pieces in the zip. and from the demo page i quote Special promotion price $ 30 US Registration is for use of one name Official price: 50 $ so my remark to your question still stands but i still think it is way down on the wish list how many times have you read " this may be a silly dumb stupid" question / idea there are NO "silly dumb stupid question/idea's" so as Ron has said do not stop posting your ideas ken

keyboard quickest way to find out is to write to Barry ken

and still make it fit on a 1,44 floppy -and all this for $25 -- and who is paying Granot- gimme a break good idea but sorry i have to agree with Ron ken

I quote some values from my tests in this thread -- it started when we first got the avi ability http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...f=4&t=1350&st=0 to save some time my last documented notes from my log DVD TEST NOTES 8:26 PM 7/2/2004 USED WINDVD SUITE -- CAME WITH ASUS MOTHERBOARD USED P2E EXISTING SHOWS -- I HAD MADE THESE SHOWS TO VCD AND SVCD FORMAT MANY TIMES AND I KNEW THEIR FAILINGS REVISED AS NECESSARY - IMAGEs TO FULL SCREEN settings -- 95% SCREENSIZE -- SOME WERE MADE ORIGINALLY with ver 3.6 --WERE SCANNED INTO SYSTEM FROM 4X6 PRINTS, 8X10 XEROX COPIES AND 8X10 PRINTS ETC I DID NOT ADJ THE TEXT POSITON FOR THE PICT ID SO IN SOME CASES I LOST THE TEXT AND IN OTHER CASE'S IT IS LOST IN THE PICTURE - -I WAS NOT ABOUT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL AS I WANTED TO SEE THE OUTPUT QUALITY and how the system would operate USED P2E VER 4.3 BETA 1 AND CREATED VIDEO --default settings - INTERLACE AND SHARPNESS FILTER ON AUTO SHOW EXE = 24.484MB - AVI 123.311 MB AIR SHOW EXE = 9.65 MB- AVI = 73.141 CALENDAR EXE = 21.25 MB - AVI = 107.394 BRIDGE EXE = 14.5= MB - 116.500 MB KIDS EXE =4.79 MB - AVI =23.364 MB MOUNTAINS EXE = 11.579 MB - AVI 91.750 MB TUGBOAT EXE = 6.106 MB AVI - 25.827 MB TOUR EXE 3.812 MB - AVI =25.827 MB THE ESTIMATE TOTAL FILE DVD SIZE WAS +- 3600 MB'S TIME FOR WINDVD TO CONVERT AND BURN WAS + - 2HRS 10 MINS SO I DONT BELIEVE I WILL BE GOING THRU THE TMPGENC GYRATIONS -- THE NEW SYSTEM IS WORKING REAL WELL FOR THIS OPERATION VIEWED ON 13", 23", 29" AND 32" STANDARD TV'S -- THE PICTURES OF THE MOUNTAINS THAT WERE SCANNED FROM MY HASSLEBLAD DAYS ARE EXCEPTIONAL THE OVER ALL QUALITY IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THIS OLD BOY NOW I HAVE TO FIGGER OUT THE FANCY MENU SETTINGS IN WINDVD excuse the capitals:)) ken

and what is the problem with making the avi on a pc convert it to mpg put it on a cd or whatever and giving that to the mac ken

ok got a good one this time as fast as my dsl can do it -- 44.8 mb/ 4 mins 18 secs and it runs - ken

well fried the one i download the other day is 45 +- mb and works today it is 2.3 mb and gives an error when i try to open it ken

see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=2&t=3455 and http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=2&t=3236 http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=2&t=2913 ken

for defrag for scandisk k

Ron xp is a totally different breed of cat than your 98 see http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%27sca...le+Search&meta= http://www.pcdon.com/page82.html I have used other windows OS' in the past and they all have a scan disk function. Where is it in XP? I have been using System Mechanic and when I do an optimized defrag, it tells me to use scan disk. HELP!!!:banghead: http://www.short-media.com/forum/archive/i...php/t-7201.html defrag, scandisk, system restore and safe mode are very important utilities i would suggest you "bone " up on them asap with the help of a competent pc tech -- get the check book out ken

Ausmortay for a step by step how to read http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=4&t=1408 it is also covered in the help file of the program ken

you have to work in the utility business -- especially water treatment ) ken

my wife says i am a sucker so i always believe they are honest but when i was taking money for services rendered i had to get hard nosed at times i will tell a little story -- i used to video tape skating -- and in order to get orders out i had as many as 14 vhs and beta machines for copying -- a lady came around and wanted her money back because the tape i had sold her would not track -- so i fired up thesystem and played it in the mache that recorded it - i coded the tapes for this reason - then played it in all the rest of the vhs machines and it played perfect -- i told her it was her machine that needed adjusting - sorry no refund - she left unhappy as hell with her tape -- this instance can be related to the number of times p2e is bad named and invariably it is not the program -- the problem is PEBKAC when Igor issues a new beta and there is a problem -- just watch the threads fly -- and all related to the same problem I do not have any luck with the search endine either so what i have accumulated over the years is an index of the questions and periodically i zip them up and send them out to various members as well as to Igor so dont be surprised Jim if you get a zip full of urls:) remember my signature is written that way for a reason "share your knowledge, the wheel has already been invented" when i worked i banged my head against the wall too many times because people would not share their knowledge and it frustrated me to no end. what i miss about work is going to conventions drinkin free whiskey and trading ideas wowee what a trip it has been ken

Ron my computer/c drive/properties/tools/errorchecking ken btw we are 5 hrs behind you -- where i live any ways will email you a clock program if it is not too big should be in your mailbox now you will play all day with it

you still have not said what fonts are causing you a problem what operating system you have and what program the offending fonts work with here is a list of standard fonts http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/...ct.aspx?PID=135 http://www.kayskreations.net/fonts/fonttb.html http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/Windows...wsMacFonts.html http://www.pleasantscounty.net/misc/fonts.html http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/FontsStandard.htm http://www.ellies-treasures.com/font%20tut.../essential.html font packages here http://www.eknp.com/ and this site has some font tips for repairing etc http://www.momscorner4kids.com/fonts/fontshowto.htm ken

Ron have you ran check disk(scandisk) with the box checked to check surface and repair and have you tried a safe mode start to remove the folder when was the last time you were able to open the folder ken

EASIER SAID THAN DONE JIM:) ken

using the above term in the search feature reveal a whole page of hits some people use it some dont i have always used it since the avi feature came about i think you would best try making 2 shows 1 with it on and one with it off right through to a finished dvd to see which is to your liking ken

I have been experimenting with digital pictures belonging to my daughters and friends -- i do not touch them other than rotate as necessary - and when i do a save as i save at 100% quality so theoriginal picture size stays the same. now these picts are anywhere from 1 mb to 2.5 mb each and by the time i put mp3's in the exe's will be 250 to 300 mb when i first started doing this with other people's digital picts i did it to see if my system could do it -- it can so i continue to do them that way to save time with all the resizing. shows are then converted to avi/mpg -- i do the mpg step to get the show on to a cd so i can proof it asap on the tv -- even I can miss a bad pict then when i am satisfied i burn to dvd they show fine on widescreen tv -- we have played with the 2 different settings on tv 4/3 and widescreen -- 4/3 is best but widescreen setting is not objectionable ken

at this point project options/screen set screen size at 90 to 95 % and see what your show looks like ken

cHAD where did you read that statement in the forum the exe must be converted first to an avi and them imported into a dvd authoring program see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=4&t=1408 ken

JPD got it ran it but bear with me here -- my last frnch class was in 1950 tradusey sil vous plait what is your objective? ken

Jpd Special use of PTE file /zip is not a valid archive is the error message i get have d/l'd it twice with a temp int folder flush in between d/l'ds files is 5.5 mb +- ken

Patrick 'tis a keeper ken