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Dave, The problem that I was having with the 'blocking' of the embedded videos caused a bit of confusion for me. After I fixed it, I now I see that you embedded my video in one of your above postings and it played. Before, I could not see that happening. Since I got rid of the 'blocking' or 'tracking' thing, the embedded videos now show up in the Forum. Gary

Igor... I see the problem! For some unknown reason, I see that there was some 'blocking' added to the Forum page. Maybe something to do with 'tracking' that I might have inadvertently added. Not sure. But since you mentioned 'stopped to show embedded videos', I looked around and unticked the 'blocking' icon. I have no idea why this just started to happen. But when I unticked the 'blocking' icon, the embedded video showed up. Thanks for the help. Solved. Gary

Igor, Here is a link to a page that shows the problem. Look at the very first posting. I haven't changed any settings on my PC. Just started yesterday. Here is a screenshot of my display settings. Gary This is what I see on my PC:

I tried it but it did not change anything. Still there. Gary

Super...Thanks... Gary

Barry, Ok, I think I see what is going on. With either link, the MP4 does not play. I see the second link is requiring you to Log In. Ok, you can't. With the first link, it only 'presents' the cover image, but, still does not play the MP4 video. When Bert said he saw the video, I guess he meant just the cover image, but it did not play. Ok...thanks all for the test. So even if I put a link in the SSC, as Dave shows, it would not be playable. Oh...just found a link for videos in Facebook that says 'Embed'. Got a different link. I pasted it into my browser but it did not work at all. Would this type of link work in SSC? Probably only for putting into a webpage? <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgary.oddi%2Fvideos%2F10214048050269550%2F&show_text=0&width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe> Thanks..., Gary

I use Firefox. No problem until today. On a desktop PC, Win10. They look OK when I get the individual email notification, but not once when I get into the Forum. Gary

Dave... No, I just have not tried it yet. But it is too bad we would have to go through these extra steps when all that has to be done is increase the upload size for the SSC. Igor said he would but it has not been done. Most people would not know about this unless they happen to read these posts. Gary

Greetings Barry, Can you clarify something for me? You say you see the video but not the images. The link to the MP4 was just for the MP4 video. Not sure what you meant by 'not images'. There should not have been any separate still images out side of the MP4 video. I'm just not sure what you see or not see. Since you don't have Facebook, you could not see my full Page, as I understand it. Sure, I would expect my mother to say nice things. I'd like to post in the Slideshowclub to get critical remarks but, as I've said before, the reduced upload size limitation leaves me out. Gary

Greetings, Just started today. Lines in postings are missing the bottom of the text. And, they seem to be links but don't work. Here are some screen shots. Gary

Dave, No offense taken, but just wonder why you would say what you said since most every video can be considered a 'home' movie. It is usually something personal or from a personal experience. I'd say that every show (that is not instructional) on Slideshowclub can be considered a 'home' movie. When I make a show, it is not only for 'friends' as defined in Facebook. It is for people to enjoy. So I think any site, YouTube, Facebook or the Slideshowclub would be ideal. We make them and hope others would enjoy them and just want to find a way of displaying them in any media that works the best. Gary

Dave, Thanks for the info. But gee whiz. I didn't know we now have certain categories we have to avoid or adhere to. Yes, my PTE shows might be classified as 'home movies' but I look at them more as 'travelogues'. I enjoy traveling and like to share my experiences to encourage others to travel. They are not so much as 'home' but more about outside the home with adventure. So I should 'beware' and not upload my PTE shows??? Please advise on what type of shows we should be posting. I'd really like to fit better into the requirements. Gary

Thanks, Bert. Dave.... I just checked my YouTube 'Home' and now I see the 'Channel'. I haven't really used it or looked at it for a long time. I had tested this out some time ago and uploaded a few shows. But if you use YouTube, don't you have to inform your viewers to go to the site to see the newly added show each time? With Facebook, it automatically informs your 'friends'. I don't understand the fear of personal info on Facebook. I don't put anything other than my PTE shows on it. So there is more info out there in other places than Facebook. You have some control. So I am not sure what the apprehension is. Am I missing something? When someone goes to my YouTube link below, I'm not sure what they would see. Would it be my 'Channel' with the few shows I have posted there??? YouTube just seems a bit more complicated since I don't understand what I see vs. what a 'subscriber' or visitor sees, or does someone have to 'subscribe' to my 'channel'? For example, I don't understand what the difference is between the two links to my YouTube site, below. Which one do I send out for viewers? https://www.youtube.com/user/goddi2/featured?disable_polymer=1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxD2GT0VXKttO7E3IPItxnQ/videos Gary PS Wouldn't YouTube have similar personal info as Facebook...? Really don't know.

Greetings Tom, Thanks for the reply. Interesting you (and I now see Dave did) could see the individual video link, but not my Facebook homepage. Did not know that was possible. But I don't understand what personal information might be on Facebook that makes people anti-facebook. I guess it depends on how much you put on the page. I don't put any personal info except email address and birth date (not sure why I put that). So there is probably less info about me on Facebook than most other places. Am I missing something? I understand the need to reduce our personal data out there, but, for me, I only use it for posting PTE shows, and not much else. Maybe I am living dangerously???? So maybe I can embed links to my individual Facebook shows on the Slideshow club site(?). Gary

Greetings, I have used Slideshowclub and YouTube and Facebook to post my PTE slideshows. Each as its pros and cons. Nice thing about Slideshowclub is the site is specifically pointed to users of PTE and a good place to see what other PTE users are creating. However, there is the need to download the show first and, as mentioned, you don’t get many, if any, comments. YouTube is a nice way of posting your slideshows but I have not found a way to easily keep them as a group on a single page. I am sure there is a way but I just have not yet figured it out. The good thing about YouTube is you don’t have to ‘sign up’ or register to see anything posted on YouTube. So, I went to Facebook. I have found this to be the easier solution. I can upload my slideshows as MP4s and keep all of my shows in my Facebook page. Quality is very good. I can get comments (from ‘friends’ registered on Facebook) and have control over most of what goes on with the page. And it can be only my postings on my page. It is easy to copy/paste a link to any of your Facebook slideshow postings to share with anyone (right-click on the specific video and select 'Copy video URL at current time'). The big problem with Facebook, however, is that you have to have established an account on Facebook in order to view my videos (I think). So if I send a link to a slideshow on my Facebook page to you, and you have never signed up on Facebook, I don’t think you can simply view the slideshow. Many of my friends don't want to deal with Facebook. For example, here is a link to one of my PTE shows on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gary.oddi/videos/10213069884976029/?t=0 And here is a link to my entire Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gary.oddi Let me know if you can view either links if you don’t have a Facebook account. Even though I have set the shows to ‘Public’, I think it is still only viewable for people with a Facebook account. I haven’t been able to test this theory out yet. The other problem with posting our shows on YouTube or Facebook is you have to be careful with the music you use. They will get after you for copyright infringement. That is the nice thing about Slideshowclub. You can use the music that you want without this problem. Background music is one of the most critical components of a show, I believe, so sometimes you have to compromise which music you use with YouTube and Facebook. But it is easier, for me at least, to post everything on Facebook for ‘friends’ to view. But I won’t be able to get real critical comments from PTE users, which would be helpful. One last thing. My Facebook page used to show the ‘number of views’ for each slideshow. Last week, the number of views disappeared. I haven’t figured out yet why this happened or how to get them back. If anyone knows, please let me know. Gary

smithrg... Speaking of Facebook, number of views of my posted videos suddenly disappeared a couple days ago. Any idea why or how to get them back? I've searched the web and asked 'Facebook' but found nothing. Has it happened to you? Gary

I've run into problems with music I have selected for slideshow posted to my Facebook page. But I have found that if I run my audio selections through this site, it can warn me if there is going to be an infringement problem with my chosen music. I've found it hard (...impossible) to battle Facebook/YouTube when you feel they are wrong when they zap your upload due to copyright problems. But I have found many sites to get non-copyrighted music to get it uploaded to Facebook with no problems. https://portal.audiblemagic.com/ Gary

Sure. I have found that it is easy to just upload them (as MP4s) to your Facebook page. I stopped using the Slideshowclub because the uploadable filesize was reduced so shows with videos were too big. I've put dozens of PTE shows on my Facebook site. You just have to be very careful about the music you choose for copyright infringement issues: https://www.facebook.com/gary.oddi Gary

Dave... Dang it...I had tried the Alt-Arrows. Maybe my eyed did not pick up the tiny movements. I see them now. Thanks much... Gary

Greetings, I used to (pretty sure) that I could reposition or move images while in O&A by holding down the Ctrl key and tapping the arrow keys. Now, it does not seem to work. Has something changed or am I doing something wrong? Yes, I looked in the Help and searched the Form but could not find the answer. Thanks... Gary

Greetings, Though I have made these suggestions in the past, I have not yet heard if they might make it into V10. So, here they are again: 1-Add the ability to establish a default folder for each project. So when you ‘Open Recent Project’ or ‘File Open’ a saved project, the File Tree and ‘File name’ windows will always populate with the project’s associated image/video files located in that default folder. 2-Add filename’s extensions to ‘Slides’ and ‘Timetable’. 3-Widen O&A’s ‘Properties/Name’ input box to see more of the entry. 4-Add horizontal sliders in the ‘File tree’ and ‘File name’ windows. 5-Add a ‘Length’ column in ‘File name’ window (to see length of videos). 6-Make the ‘Convert’ window to always show on screen and not just as icon in Tray. 7-Allow the ‘Border’ setting to be made Global, with ability to turn off individual borders. 8-Allow the O&A’s default ‘Border’ setting (currently 1.5) to be modified. 9-Add in the ‘Project Options/Audio’ an additional option to ‘Add/Extract Audio File from Video’ (not currently obvious). 10-Allow the ability to ‘Trim’ a video independently of other actions. Add the ability to insert ‘markers’ to help the Trim function. 11-Indicate in the ‘File name’ window the non-main files that are used in a project with some notation (i.e., color or italicize, etc.). 12-Allow info to be inserted with ‘Insert template’ information for non-main images. 13-Add ‘Rotate’ to the Frame function. 14-Create the ability to copy all of the O&A’s settings that were made to one slide to another slide (copy/paste). 15- Currently, if you have a video clip followed by an image file, you can move the image file to the left (when in Timeline view) to shorten (i.e., trim) the ends of the video clips (an easy way of trimming the end of the video clip). It would be helpful to be able to do this to the beginning of the video clip by being able to move the video clip to the left to ‘trim’ the beginning of the video clip. This would allow some fine tuning of the beginning of a video clip as you can with the ending of a video clip. 16-Insert a check box to allow the application of a Slide Style to not change the Full Duration and Transition time of a slide. Gary

Tom... Thanks....I will wait in line... Gary

After seeing your posting, I just checked my Windows update status and it shows '1803' and 'up to date'. Where is the 1809 update? This morning, an automatic 'update' occurred but it still shows '1803'. What am I missing? Gary

Igor, Will V10 have 'Rotate' in 'Framing'? Gary

Igor...But will you l leave in the 'trim' function, and, hopefully, add other functions for video clips??? Gary