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Dave, I also use Firefox, so I don't think it is a browser thing. Peter says to click on the 'Today' icon. That does not make sense. What if it has been a week since you viewed the Forum? Does the 'Today' only show what was posted 'today'? What about the postings prior to 'Today'? Selecting 'Contents I have not read' makes perfect sense but it does not do that. I added some screen shots. Gary

Peter, I don't think you have understood my posting. If I go to 'View new content' for a topic, and, say, there are 3 pages of replies, and I have viewed every one except the last one, I expect to automatically be taken to this last posting. This is how it worked in the previous version. However, now, it dumps me at the very first posting in the first page of the three pages and I have to manually scroll to that last new posting. If this is the way it is 'supposed' to work, they have taken a step backwards for no good reason. Sure we can adjust, but why make the viewing of postings more difficult??? What good is 'View new content' if it shows you already read content? Gary

Igor, The original topic was apparently removed but I don't think one of the problems was resolved. It still is not working as it did in the previous version. It does not recognize postings that have already been read, as I described in my posting in the original topic. Is there a setting I am missing or not?? It does not skip over the already read posts. I have 'New since my last visit' selected. Gary

Igor, It still is not working as it did in the previous version. It does not recognize posting that have already been read, as I described in my previous posting. Is there a setting I am missing or not?? Gary

Peter, I'm not sure if you are saying it is working corrrectly or not. But I think it is not working correctly, yet. For example, I have "New Since My Last Visit" checked. Then, I click on "View New Content". Then I choose the "Updating of the Forum Software" topic. It currently has 2 pages. Since I have been following this topic for each posting, I expect it to automatically go to the last posting on page 2. It does not. It goes to the first topic on page 1. Then I have to manually go to page 2 and scroll down to the last posting. This is the way the previous software worked. I hope it can be fixed. Gary

Igor, Along this same line, it seems that the new software does not automatically recognize the postings that we have already read. I seems to always return to the first posting of a topic. So we can apparently manually click on "Mark Community as Read", but before it automatically placed us at the new unread posting without having to keep scrolling down to the new posting. Nor does it seem to pay attention to "New since my last visit". Gary

Greetings JRR, I have mentioned this before in other postings, but this might be of help in getting more info from video and sound files. I like to use the MediaInfo program. It gives much more information about these files than the Windows Properties/Details tab. See the attached where I ran an mov in MediaInfo. Here is the site to download (free) if you want to try it out: http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo Gary

======================== Greetings Dave, Just wondering, how can you tell if Full Slide Duration was used in the show? Are you talking about the 'Keep Full Slide Duration' menu choice? Or something else? Yes, very nice show. Gary

Greetings Lin and Dave, I've been playing around with it some more. I was just doing something simple by adding a video to the first still image (making it Master) and then copying/pasting the Master video clip from the first still image to subsequent still images (with Link to:xxx). So the video is playing on top of the background still image. Works well. I also discovered that you can skip an image and paste the Master video clip (as a Link to:xxx) to another still image and the video will pick up playing on that slide, if the video is long enough. I wish, when you fade out the video by changing the video's opacity, that it would also fade out the video's audio. I know we can extract the audio from the video (and muting it) and do the fade out of the audio in the Timeline. Thanks for the help. Gary

=========================== Lin, I gave it a test in one of my shows. At first I thought I got it, but now I have a few more questions. I 'added' a video clip to a still image. Set it to be 'Master'. When I play the show, the video stops as expected at the end of the still image, but the video's audio continues. In a previous test, I thought the audio stopped as expected. Shouldn't the video's audio stop in this circumstance? I then copied the 'Master' video clip in the first still image and pasted it in the second image. It automatically was 'Link to:xxxx' the Master video clip. Great. And then I pasted (from the Master) it to the next still image (automatically was 'Link to:' again) and the video played across all the still images. Great I skipped the next still image and then pasted the 'Master' video clip to the following still image. The video did not show as expected on the image without the added video, but the video's sound did play and the video picked up again on the last still image. Is this the way it should be working? I don't think this follows where you said " Do not copy and paste the video from the first slide because if you do it will set the instance to Master Video on each slide", unless I misunderstand it. Gary

=============== Dave, Got it! Thanks... Gary

============== Dave, Yes, that is what I was missing. Maybe it should be mentioned in the On-Line Help. So you would continue the 'Linking:' to still images to match the length of the video's playing time. Thanks... Gary

========================== Greetings, Thanks Dave and Lin for the further explanation. I understand now better what it is supposed to accomplish. But what is confusing to me is what is linking to what. In the example, the inserted video (which is selected) looks like it is being linked to itself because the file name of the inserted video is 600_184.converted and it is set to 'Link to: 600_184.converted'. It seems to me that the inserted video should be linked to the slide image(s) in which it has been inserted. So, I'd expect it to say 'Link to: Image 05'. Maybe that is what is happening but I just can't see or grasp what the example is showing. I will have to play around with it. I like the idea of playing the video seamlessly over multiple slides. But then, the more I look at it, I see the initial insertion of the video is set to 'Master video track'. Then subsequent insertions of the video in the following still images will be linked back to the initial insertion of the video with the 'Link to: 600_184'. So you will have to do the 'Link to:xxx' for each subsequent still slide for the length of the video's playing time so the video will not stop before the video is finished playing? If this is how I should think of this, let me know. Thanks... Gary

Greetings, In the Help On-Line manual topic, 'Add a Video Object', the following text has been added: The Video Clip can also be added to subsequent Slides and "Linked" to the Master Video Track Animation of the Video Clip can then be added across multiple SlidesCan someone explain this a little more? I don't understand what the "Linked" to the Master Video Track will do. In the example, the video file in this image is the same video file name as in the earlier image. So it is not clear what is being 'linked' and what it is supposed to accomplish. Thanks... Gary

=============== Igor, Super!!! Thanks. Gary

==================================== Dave, Yes, I understand you can do that within PTE. I am saying that it would be nice to have the link in the Forum, so if you need to check something out while in the Forum, you have quick access right there. See attached. Gary

===== The Forum site seems to be working OK but an attempt to download the 8.0.2 version is not. I get 'connecting...' and then, timed-out with 'Problem loading page'. Gary

=================== Dave, No, that is not the cause. All were added via Drag/Drop. In fact, all were bolded and then all of a sudden, when I came back to the project, none were bolded. And those that I had deleted from the project were not deleted and none are now bolded. Crazy... Not sure what is going one. I am going to upgrade to 8.0.2 when the link works. Now it does not. Gary

Dave, Would it be possible to put the link to the OnLine Help on the same line and next to the 'Slideshowclub.com' link in the headings of this Forum? When I want to post a question, it is would be easy to find to locate the proper terminology to use. Gary

Greetings, The used images in the File List are suddenly not bolding in a project. Initially, all looked fine. All the used images were bolded because all were being used in the project. Then, I eliminated a bunch of them via the 'Remove' in the Slide View. Then, I Deleted the non-used images using the Explorer/Delete to actually remove them from the project's folder. Now, after coming back to the project, I see that none of the images that I deleted from the folder were removed from the File List (all of the images are still there), and none of the images are bolded. And they are all still in the folder. However, the Slide List correctly contains only the images I did not delete, as it should. What might be going one? Gary ADDED LATER: I tried to upgrade to 8.0.2 but I can't get the file to download. I only get 'connecting...'. and nothing happens. The site must be having problems?

Greetings, If I open a show and it opens with the Timeline View, the images look sharp. However, if I then switch to the Slide View (still sharp), and then back to the Timeline View, the images turn fuzzy. This happens with other shows too. Any idea what is going on? Attached is a screenshot of the fuzzy images in the Timeline View. Gary ADDED LATER: Hmmmm...... It just corrected itself. Something seems to have prevented the Timeline from setting to its correct size. I was able to increase the height of the Timeline and it went back to being sharp. Well, anyway it corrected itself.

======================== Greetings, I found the reply from Bill concerning the thumbnail image size: "He (Igor) and I have already talked about the image size issue. You will notice that no matter what size you upload it’s always a small scaled down image in the listings. However if you click on the small image on the ‘right hand side’ of the download page you will be presented with the image in its uploaded size. Check out my England show or the Welsh Quarrymen show as examples. There are several others as well. Lots to get use to. Bill Smile " Gary

/>======================================== Greetings, Some time ago asked Bill about adding the thumbnail in the new Slideshow site. I didn't see any specs for it. He told me you don't have to do that any more. Just select an image and the upload will do the rest. I guess it will do the resizing itself for the thumbnail. If I am wrong on this, please let us know. Thanks... Gary

============================= Yes, but I thought it would be nice above the Forum listings window, and just below the View New Contents row. A bit more prominent so you would see it no matter which screen you are in. Gary

===================== I've been having the same thought. Gary