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Greetings Igor, I see that I can easily use F12 to advance each image while in O&A and select Main Object 1 for each image, so it will just take some time to do this. But I think I will be able to bring it back into V11 to do some editing and rework the project. Gary

Greetings Igor, I did install V8 and tried to open the old project. However, the Slide List does not automatically populate with the images. If I drag down an image, it is just a black image with an error message. Gary

Greetings, I d/l'd version 8. It showed the files in the File List but would not populate the Slide List. I tried 10.5, too, but same problem. I've got over 200 slides in this one show so I don't look forward to having to do one-by-one to make each a 'Main object 1'. It won't even let me drag an image into the Slide List. Gary

Greetings Jill, The show was made back in 2003. I don't have PTE8 anymore. Any other way to do a batch change for the images to be 'Main object 1'? Kinda strange I can't just save the .pte with the new location and have it stick. Gary

Greetings, Previously, I had this problem copying files from a folder in a hard drive to another location on the hard drive. It was solved by temporarily renaming the original location's folder name. However, this time I have a very old show that was put on a CD. All the images, music and .pte files. After I copy all the files to my hard drive from the CD, all the files show up in PTE but none are highlighted. I removed the CD so the .pte could not refer to its old location but that did not help. I poked around and found that none of the images show 'Main object 1', each one is blank. If I change them to show 'Main object 1', that image then shows up highlighted. So my question is, is there a way to change all the images to show 'Main object 1', so I don't have to do one-by-one? Another thing I noticed that 'File Info' for the images does not work until I change it to 'Main object 1'. Then it shows the new location. Not sure what that means... Gary

Yes, that is true. That is why my Golden Rule is to have all the images, audio files, or anything for each project is to be in one folder. But I know not everyone follows this Rule. Thanks...Gary

Greetings, Ok...but...if I put the correct location in the File List in the new project, and save the .pte, it would seem that PTE would then know the new location of the images to be used in the new project. Having to rename the old folder temporarily just to allow PTE to 'find' and then correct the new location of the images is kinda strange. But, OK, it worked. Thanks... Gary

Greetings, Yes, I had one more project folder that I needed to do the same thing to. I followed those steps and it worked. Just a bit strange that renaming the old folder allows the new folder to recognize the location of its files. Thanks.. Gary

Greetings Jill, I renamed the original folder. The new folder then showed the correct folder for the images. However, when I renamed the original folder back to its original name, the new folder went back to linking the images from the original folder. I went back and forth many times and finally, not sure what I did differently, the images for both projects are linked to the proper folder. I think there is something not right. If I copy everything of a project to a new folder, set the file list to the new folder and save the project, you'd think everything would be working as expected. It did not. Not sure if there is something that can be done so this does not happen again. I never got any 'Missing File' in either folder when I renamed the original folder. Gary

Greetings, No, I don't get the 'missing file' notice. The File Info shows they are all still linked to the original folder's location, not the new folder's location. Gary

Greetings, I completed creating a new project. I want to do some testing and changes, but I want to put this entire project into another folder. So I copied the entire contents of the old folder to a new folder. I opened the new folder's .pte that was saved when the new folder was opened in PTE. However, none of the slides are highlighted...they are still referring back to the old folder's location. How can I create a completely different folder with the same contents of a project? I don't want to have to replace each image in the new folder, one by one. Any easier way? I don't really want to do a 'Create in Zip' because it would exclude images that I might want to use in the new folder. Gary

Greetings, Sure, I do scroll through the YouTube AudioLibrary first, for hours. I've checked Macleod...used some at times. AI...not ready for prime time yet. But if you want folk, public domain, copyright free music, related to the country your show is about, it is very difficult to find. Finding ethnic music for India and Nepal that is really copyright free...and free, very hard. But my point is that when Facebook dings a song that is listed as copyright free, there does not seem to be any remedy to contest it. YT might have some way to do that. And many 'copyright free' sites require a monthly or annual subscription. I just filed a protest for another song I tried to use that is from the NCS site ('No Copyright Sounds'). This audio file was dinged by Facebook. I sent the info to NCS about this ding and waiting to hear back. So that is the struggle to find the music that you can use. I do try to use copyright free music but it is not always obvious that it really is or is not. Gary

Greetings Rosy, I had forgotten that I started a Vimeo account many years ago and don't really like it. But I prefer the setup that FB (and YT) has. I can upload a video and friends and family will be notified and can watch without me having to send out links for notices. And there seems to be a restriction for the amount of videos uploaded. I'll just stick to FB and YT and deal with the copyright issues and they pop up. Gary

Greetings Igor, YouTube will also give dings for copyright infringements, so it is just inconsistent in how YT and FB do it. I have used the links for royalty-free music you mentioned but it is very hard to find exactly what I am looking for. For example, my current project needs Nepalese music for a trip to Nepal. Very hard to find copyright-free instrumental Nepalese music. And even if it says it is copyright-free, it gets dinged by YT and no way to protest the ding. I was hoping to see if anyone has received a similar notice from YT and if there was any way to protest it or what it really means. I probably will just use the music and let it be muted in the '45+ countries' it mentioned, wherever they are. Finding appropriate copyright-free background music is probably the most difficult part of creating a PTE show. Gary

Greetings Rosy, The AudibleMagic site is only used to check if an audio file is copyright'd or not. It is not for posting or hosting of videos. I used to use it for a long time but it seemed to have been removed for such use some time ago. I just happened to try it again and it seems to be functioning again. It is good to use because you can test your music or video file before you put it up on FB or YT. I don't have a paid or monetized account, either FB or YT. If you just post a link on FB to a PTE show, you still have to have the show hosted on some other site, which I don't have. I just enjoy making the PTE shows of my travels and events and put them on my FB page. I put some on my YT channel for my family/friends who refuse to open a FB account. Gary

Greetings, I am having problems with music I’ve used in PTE shows. According to the site where I got the music, it is copyright free. However, it has been dinged by Facebook. But when uploaded to my YouTube channel, it shows no restrictions for the music. Also, when I upload the show to AudibleMagic, that checks on copyrights, it is approved to use. This happens many times. The Facebook ding shows this: Seems like Facebook just automatically adds this notice arbitrarily. And it does not make much sense. First of all, there are no links to challenge the ding. The ‘Restore Audio’ and ‘Post Muted’ links are dead. And when I play the show, nothing is muted. And who are these 45 and more countries? Also, it says it ‘…removed from 3 minutes and 10 seconds of your video.’ The actual music, a single file, lasts over 5 minutes. So none of this makes sense. Do I ignore the Facebook ding? Does it really matter? What is also weird is that some shows will not be dinged on Facebook. But the same show posted on YouTube my channel will show a copyright notice saying ‘Copyright-protected content found. The owner allows the content to be used on YouTube.’ There seems to be no consistency. Can anyone explain the Facebook ding about the video being muted in over 45 countries, while YouTube and AudibleMagic don’t show a copyright problem? Choosing background music for PTE shows is one of the hardest parts and important parts of making the show. I can spend more time trying to find appropriate and non-copyrighted music than putting together the show. I understand that some people claim they own the music just to get monetary results. But this Facebook ding seems impossible to deal with. Gary

Thanks, Aleina...that's two of us! Gary

Greetings Jill, I understand all that you have mentioned and I have done those steps. In this show, I have already put in all the still images that I want to use. Then, I am inserting the short video clips from the long video file. Yes, I can drop in the long video file, then roughly Trim the Beginning. Since I already have my still inserted in the Timeline (and the next slide is way, way far to the right), I have to drop down a dummy image where I want the long video clip to end, roughly. Ok. Then go back to the Slide mode and remove the dummy image. Then to trim the beginning and ends of this short clip more precisely, I bring it into the Adjust Time Range function. But even though the new video clip is only 20 seconds, the entire remaining long video is still there and I have to drag the far right triangle roughly to where I want have the final trim established and use the Start Time/End Time box to do the minor adjustment. If one does work with long video clips, I understand the lack of understanding with my work method. I prefer to do an actual trim and save the clip as its own file and it show up in the File List. I don't think my suggestions would affect anyone in a negative way, but actually make it more intuitive and easier. The Trim function can be made to be more logical and useful for trimming long and short clips. And, using the Convert/Trim process, as I prefer, allows you to use different Convert Presets for each trim if you wish. Gary

Greetings, I fully understand the ability to scroll to the end of a video clip and move the next slide to trim the end of a video clip. However, with long video files (1.5 hours), this is not easy to do. For example, you can only drag the next slide a screen at a time. So you have to keep repositioning everything. This works with short video clips but not for very long clips. If you could keep dragging the next slide in one movement (more than one screen), that would sort of work out. But you can not do it more than one screen at a time. I tried changing the file name as you suggested. But then you don't have that trimmed clip listed in the File List as a separate file. Too easy to lose track of it. I am trimming out many short clip from the long clip. I want each one to be a standalone file listed in the File List, as you get when you use the Trim function and be able to use the settings in the Trim function. You might say that PTE is not a video editing program. That does not mean that whatever it does can not be made more intuitive and more useful. I consider it to be a video editing function that works without all the bells/whistles others have, and I don't really need. Being able to trim video clips is a primary function and can be made to work better in PTE. Gary

Greetings Rosy, Not completely. The reason is that the long videos are from a Hi-8 tapes that I digitized, so the quality is not too good. Keeping it a bit less than full screen helps the eyes not get too worn out. But that does not really make any difference in the problem with long video files. The main problem is that the Play's position (red triangle) is not reflected in the Start Time or End Time boxes. So as you Play the clip, it would help if the Start Time/End Time boxes would show where the red Play triangle is at and you could click somewhere and the yellow triangle would snap to where the red Play triangle was stopped, for the start and beginning positions of the trim. And then you can make minor adjustments easier. Gary

Greetings, I like the 'Trim Beginning of video' function. However, it does not have 'Trim End of Video' function. It is easy to trim out the beginning of a long video clip using it. But, why not also have a 'Trim End of Video' also??? This would make it easier. However, there is the problem of renaming that trimmed clip if you are going to trim out more sections of the long video clip. It is already in the Timeline. What do you do then? I don't think you can rename it. If the video is very long, you have to scroll to the end and drag the following slide to the left to remove the unwanted portion. That is a pain in the neck when you don't have a marker where you want to set the ending of the video clip at. You can't do it in one fell swoop. It just is a cluggy way of doing it. My way will get the job done in one step. I am trimming out many very short sections from the long video clip, some 15 to 30 seconds each. The triangles are very close together but I can get them to start and stop at the exact frames I want. I can get the triangles to be close to the beginning and ending of the short clip. Then work them to the exact frames using the Start Time and End Time box, and when I do the trim, I can then rename each clip I have trimmed from the long video file. Sure there are work-arounds but why make it complicated when all we need is a useful and easy way in one step of marking the beginning and ending of a clip in the Trim function? This would even be useful when trimming short clips. Gary

Jill, That might work for a video clip that is somewhat short. It is easier to find the trim points with short clips. I have video files that are 1.5 hours. So it is helpful to Play to a point that you want to start the Trim, and adjust it to the right frame using the Time boxes. But when you try to then move the yellow triangle to where the red play triangle is, you lose that exact spot. Why can't we just Play to the spot for the initial trim point and have it not be moved from that spot for the beginning trim point? And the same for the ending trim point? At least have the times for Start Times and End Times be indicated as you set the Trim points. I understand not every one deals with very long video files but when you do, just dragging the triangles to find the beginning and ending trim points does not work very well. With long video clips, a small movement of the mouse and you pass a much longer part of a video clip than with a short video clip. Very hard to do detailed work or find the frame you need. Gary

Greetings, I have brought up a problem with the Trim function before. I'm not sure if it has been addressed yet or I am missing something. https://www.pteavstudio.com/forums/topic/33387-v-110-beta-2-trim-needs-improvement/#comment-168201 The problem with the Trim function is that if you Play the video and stop the red triangle where you want to start the Trim, you can not get the beginning yellow triangle to match where the red triangle was stopped for the beginning of the Trim. (And the position of the red triangle is not reflected in the Start Time box). Then, if you want to move the ending yellow triangle to where you want to Trim the end of that video, the red triangle gets moved to the ending yellow triangle. So now you've lost your beginning Trim point location. Yes, you can get the yellow triangles to the beginning and ending points of the Trim using the Start Time and End Time boxes. But there needs to be a better way. Is there a better way that I don't know about to set the beginning and ending points of a trim, using the triangles? Seems the fix would be to be able to move the beginning and ending yellow triangles to where the red triangle is set, not visa versa as it is now. Gary

Or, you could link each audio clip to its slide. The audio clips should stay in their positions as you add the video clip in the front. This might work... Gary

Yes, those days are over. But here's something that will make you cringe or smile... On a trip back from S.Africa, I forgot that I had packed all of my slide film in my checked baggage. I had checked all my bags and then suddenly remembered what a stupid thing I did. I ran back to the South African Airlines desk and explained. This wonderful lady took me down into the bowels of the baggage conveyor system to spot my bag as it was moving through the system. We grabbed the bag and removed the film. Can't get that kind of excitement with digital. Gary