Ken Cox

Ken, we cant even get members to put their faces up on "Bussty's" site http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~bussty/forum/forum.htm so, there is not much chance of gettin the members in a room, but if the JR. Bush gets re elected maybe you could influence him in sponsoring an all expense paid gathering ken

Maureen now get yahoo msn or icq account and i can send you august's collection -- save on postage ken

Bill went out of his way to set up his website and i think he would have looked into the point -- i had some discussion with him re certain things and he did not want certain sites linked to his site and I quite imagine Michel and Luumenlux and others did the same for their site Most of us are not "sellers" of shows think you are stretching the point here Dave ken

NR welcome to the forum see you need to make a temp avi - -leave the p2e program running and then import the avi into roxio dvd maker ken

if the svcd is not too big , cdr's are generally put on a dvd -- and you do not have a dvd burner try it and see - you will only be out time and a cdr disk then you can tell us how you made out and the best for last You will be able to advise the next person that is just getting their feet wet in this game ken

BSM welcome to the forum. see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=2&t=1746 and http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...2157&hl=reg+key for starters. When you get your reg key , you must copy it out of the email message, then double click it to install it then save the key to floppy, or cd and take the key to a spot you will remember on your hard drive support will get hold of you so be patient - they are in Russia so there is a time difference if you are in North America ken

Shelley your burning softwware must be capable of preparing a dvd. vcd's and svcd are lower forms of the dvd format and depending on the size , will fit on a cr-r. you do not need a dvd burner for this step the avi created by p2e is only a temporary file and will not play if it is put on a cd -- it must go thru the authoring software -- and if you do not have the platinum or full roxio suite you will not be able to create a svcd -- your version must have the dvd builder portion the software makers are like the auto mfg's in the 1950"s when you had to order turn signals and the heater separately -- software that comes bundled is bare bones and will do very little. ken

Dave are you going to query the Futureshop Author -- best to get it cleared up? I have questioned them on other things and they retracted the statement later. ken

THIS IS A QUOTE FROM AN ELECTONICS CHAIN newsletter might be of some help KEN Ask the Expert: DVD Region-Free by Sam Chow Copyright © 2004 Future Shop "Like many new Canadians that live in this country, we have some DVDs from our origin countries that are often not Region 1. Could you please tell us which solution Future Shop would have to help us to watch those DVDs?" Unlike CDs, which are generally universally compatible, playing international DVDs can be tricky business. Basically, there are two factors that need to be addressed in order to make it possible. NTSC/PAL There are two types of television systems used in most countries throughout the world. In North America we use NTSC and in most of Europe and Australia, PAL is used. Some countries, such as France, use a third standard called SECAM. NTSC vs. PAL is not an issue on a computer but if you plan on watching your DVDs on a TV, be sure your DVD player is capable of converting a PAL DVD to NTSC. While it is quite common for modern DVD players to have this feature, most cannot properly convert anamorphic widescreen PAL DVDs, resulting in a slightly vertically stretched picture. Full screen or non-anamorphic discs do not suffer from this problem. Check out JVC's XV-N310B or XV-N312S Progressive Scan DVD Players for PAL compatibility. Region Codes As a method to address licensing issues and control the home release dates of movies in different countries, Region Codes were developed. The globe is divided into seven regions with North America being Region 1. Region 0 discs are suitable for players from any region. When a DVD is inserted into a DVD drive or player, it checks the disc to ensure that the disc's region code matches the drive/player's region. If they do not match, the machine will refuse to play the disc. For a computer system, there are several commercial software packages, such as DVD Region Free or Any DVD, which, among other things, allow you to bypass the region codes. Standalone DVD players, especially those from lesser known manufacturers or smaller companies, often have a "back door" in order to make the player all-region via secret remote control command or firmware update. A search on the Internet can often reveal the secret remote control key-presses. While circumventing region codes is not illegal, nor condoned by Future Shop, please note that any tampering with your DVD drive or player will most likely void the warranty. (If you have a question for our experts, please email us at asktheexpert@futureshop.com. Please note that we are limited to publishing only one question and answer in each newsletter edition per week. This enables us to keep the newsletter length manageable for you and all of our subscribers.)

KC get rid of the white border if you can and turn on the sharpness when you start to make the avi most members feel tha picts do not need to be greater than 150 kb in size with a screen res of 1024/768 ken

KC see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=0entry15459 ken

KC set your screensize to 100% to hide the border for the dvd pesentation when you made the avi prior to importing to myDvd software -- did you set the sharpness on ken

in addition to Fred's suggestion http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=2&t=2328 did you try playing the dvd on your computer with windows media player or your dvd authoring software ?? was this your first dvd what authoring software did you use any additional info you can add will help quivering on right vertical is normal if you have a border -- go to full screen k

Kerry have you tried the show not in sync mode then have you tried it in just auto sync you could have not enough music for the # of picts or the opposite -- too much music for the # of picts you are going to have to do a saveas /create as under a different file name to do your experimenting i worked all Sunday morning on a small show and tho' i did not have a customized show the pict/music mix was out of whack and the only way to fix was by trial and error\ just picts add # 1 tune add #2 tune etc then clicked auto sync ken

Harvey see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...d+to+beechbrook http://beechbrook.com/upload/ follow the instructions to the letter and be patient and enable view/status bar in internet explorer and you will see your progress ken

David see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...675&hl=80041c21 ken

scooley better yet , buy them a windows based system for xmas c/w an install of p2e c/w reg code ken

Larry i would hunt out a local electronics store - the specialty type - not best buy - wally world or the like - find one that does pal and secam vhs tape transfers -- they may be setup to do pal testing or xfer of dvd's Yamaha do make a dvd player that you can set to play various country codes -- but i do not know the model -- i overheard a lady asking about one she had ordered as an experiment i did make a pal dvd but my tv would not show it and i was not up to diddlin my dvd players -=- have advised my local specialty shop that it is available if the need arises so if you find a local shop do as Lumen suggested -- make a pal show -- the only thing you will be out is time and the price of a couple discs -- then you will be the resident expert on the forum re pal xfers send both types properly labelled ken

Larry welcome to the forum see http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8...le+Search&meta= http://www.j-fan.com/edit.cgi?selected=dvd_region http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/dvd.html ken

Bill welcome to the forum. did you try http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm what is the name of you piece you are looking for. write me off forum and i will have a look also pbyk@sympatico.ca ken

John Thanks for the change of venue:) ken

John welcome to the forum and thanks for the nice step by step instructions Now would go one step further and repeat it in the proper area of the forum under a new heading - not in Igors thread http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index....php?act=SF&f=4 we will be able to direct newbies there quicker thanks ken

Jim did you see my last entry here http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=2&t=2215 ken

a similar problem has come up on another forum and they directed people to FIX: Playback of some AVI files skips in Windows Media Player http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q327609 have no idea whether it will help this problem but is worth looking at ken

Craig buttons worked for me. why would you put a wedding on a black background? ken