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Great article about H.266. https://www.videoproc.com/resource/h266-vvc.htm AV1 *might* have a license fee due to IP based on prior H.26n patents. https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/aomedia-will-relent-to-fair-av1-patent-licensing-program/ Google Duo supports AV1. I didn't think the smartphone hardware supported real time encoding. https://www.blog.google/products/duo/4-new-google-duo-features-help-you-stay-connected/ Tom

Right clicking on video and selecting Stats for Nerds you can see what codec the player is currently using. The YT player seems to favor VP9 playback only on 1440/2160(4K) videos but not on 1080 FHD videos. The VP9 codec is more efficient that H.264 and is almost equal H.265. I could transcode (upscale) my 1080 video media to 4K and then upload but that takes a long time. YT recommended upload encoding settings https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en Unfortunately when YT transcodes VP9/Opus codec in webm container it lowers bitrate so we don't see the full advantage of VP9 compared to H.264. Also you can not upload VP9 in webm without YT creating a new version at lower bitrate. If you want to force a certain codec like VP9 on 1080 videos this Chrome/FF extension has been working for me. https://github.com/alextrv/enhanced-h264ify You can also force AV1. Many of the popular BBC David Attenborough videos can playback in AV1 format. https://www.youtube.com/account_playback https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64R2MYUt394 Tom *PTE 10.0.13 can play AV1 in the mini player but not full screen preview or publish as EXE. You can also publish a video with AV1 source.

New information about changing future Windows 10 refresh rate. I'm still using 60 Hz. I don't know if my 64 year old eyes would notice a difference at 120 Hz. https://mspoweruser.com/screen-refresh-rate-coming-to-windows-10-modern-settings/ Tom

https://9to5mac.com/2020/10/12/apple-a14-chip-details-interview/ The 64 bit A14 SOC has 11.8 Billion transistors and uses a 5nm process. My first 8 bit CPU (Z80) had 10K transistors and used a 5 um process. That's 1 million times the number of transistors in a die size one thousand times more condense in just 45 years. Although I really like AMD Ryzen CPUs It will be hard to resist a new Mac Mini or Macbook with the A14. Tom

Increasing number of GPUs supporting the decoder. Still waiting for hardware encoding. Maybe in AMD 6000 series GPU. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rx-6000-series-gpus-to-support-the-av1-codec Tom

There doesn't seem to be an upper limit to computing performance. Apple silicon might not be able to match this processor. Tom

+1. I submitted a related request in the past (lossless SVG import). Maybe as an object library (folder) like Styles and Transitions would work. There would be default objects and user created objects that could be added or deleted. I use various SVG programs like Inkscape and Boxy SVG to create objects and then export as high resolution webp or png files for import into PTE. My guess is most PTE users are more interested in photography than animation, so maybe PTE created geometric objects (circles, triangles, ...) are not the most requested feature Tom

https://www.photopea.com/ It's amazing how much a modern javascript enabled web browser can do with images. Tom Background of the program.

Hi Rosy, I understand now. It does not work for me either. I have not converted/trimmed videos in PTE since upgrading to version 10. Thanks, Tom

Hi Rosy, To publish a HD video is one method to export your slideshow. The Publish Show button is usually in the upper right corner of the screen (unless you customized the toolbars). HD and 4K video is one of the options when you click on the button. By publishing the show as a video you can click on the play button to verify your video player is working with PTE. After the video is created the screen should look like the convert video screen with the play button. Also I would try double clicking on the created mp4 in Windows explorer to verify a media player opens and plays the video. There are many video players besides the default Microsoft media player. I use PotPlayer most of the time but others use Media Player Clasic Home Cinema or VLC. Thanks, Tom

Hi Rosy, Yes. It should play the converted file using your default mp4 video player. What is your operating system, Windows 10? What happens if you click on the play button after you publish a HD video (.mp4)? Tom

Hi Igor, Interesting. I didn't know the video decoder was used for certain image types. Thanks, Tom

If you have Acrobat Pro you could make a PDF out of the website. https://lenashore.com/2019/06/how-to-make-a-pdf-of-an-entire-website/ There are other online conversion websites (not free). Here is an example https://pdfmyurl.com/entire-website-to-pdf Tom

Since I have been using webp files (exported from Boxy SVG) in my animation slideshows I have noticed the video version is smaller than the executable. Usually it's the opposite and the video is larger. I have compared file sizes and it appears that webp files are maybe stored uncompressed for faster loading? A single 545K webp image creates a 17MB executable file. If I want a small EXE I should use .png files? Just curious. Thanks, Tom

+1 or enable drag and drop of images into object editor. Thanks, Tom

SpaceX Starship animation of high altitude SN8 test flight. One 30 second slide and no sound. Most of the vector objects created in Boxy SVG and exported as .webp files. PTE modifiers used to animate rocket exhaust. Thanks, Tom

Hi Igor, Yes. It's working now. Thanks, Tom

Hi Igor, Yes. The Publish Video, Preview problem happens on 4 different slideshows I have tested. I have noticed that the Publish Video, Preview, has the label of the temporary .pte file. After the temporary video is created it auto opens my default video player (PotPlayer without clicking on Play). If I click on the Play button in VideoBuilder it opens a new copy of PTE editor. Thanks, Tom

Hi Igor, Great news! Preview works again on my Windows Insider which is currently. Version 10.0.20215 Build 20215 Video preview might still have a small problem. It creates a video preview file correctly. But the videobuilder encoder window still displays .pte file extension (like graphic in previous post). When I press play button to preview video it works properly but it also opens a new PTE program window. Thanks, Tom

When adding a video as a slide you can easily separate audio from video when you right click in Timeline view (even multiple times, maybe useful for additional audio level increase or echo?). It would be nice if we could do the same when adding a video object from Objects and Animation editor screen. There are a couple of existing methods like adding the video as an audio file or adding the video as another slide, separating the audio, and then un-linking the audio before deleting the video slide then dragging the audio to the correct slide. My suggestion would just save a small amount of time. Maybe more audio options will be implemented in PTE 11 or 12. Thanks, Tom

NVIDIA's latest GPU using Ampere architecture. 28 Billion transistors. 24 GB memory. My first computer in the early 1980s had a 4 Mhz 8 bit CPU and 32KB of RAM. ASCII block graphics, no GPU. I don't think Apple silicon can compete with Ampere. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2020/09/01/nvidia-ceo-geforce-rtx-30-series-gpus/ Tom

You have a great system. AMD and NVIDIA work great together. PTE is very efficient (system memory < 500 MB and GPU memory <2 GB). Photoshop CC might use 16 GB on large images. The only upgrade to my 2 year old Ryzen 7 2700x has been a 1 TB Samsung EVO SSD. Starting to plan for my next computer. If Apple sells a Mac Mini ARM with 14x cpu I will probably buy one. If not maybe a AMD 5000 APU computer. The integrated graphics on the new AMD cpu should be enough to run PTE. Maybe someday PTE will be ported to Android since it can run on the Mac ARM instruction set. Tom

I don't think it's possible to make the background slide transparent. You can change the color but not the transparency. It might be a limitation of direct3d or media foundation. One of my other apps wallpaper engine is also limited to a solid color background. You could add the request to ideas and suggestions subforum. Tom

Another strange behavior possibly due to Windows update is when you select Publish Show, HD and 4K video, and then Preview it creates a short 10 second video clip. My default video player (PotPlayer) will auto start and play the video which is correct. If you click on the Play button it opens PTE again with the project instead of the temporary mp4 file. I would expect the Play button to use the .mp4 instead of .pte. This is the way it works when Publishing a full length video. I am presently unable to test on another Windows PC. Thanks, Tom

Yes. I created an EXE of the Sample Slideshow and other slideshows. The EXE versions play perfectly. The problem is only with Preview. Since this is a Windows Insider Preview edition it may fix itself in the next (frequent) patch. I will update this posting if it starts working. Thanks, Tom