snapper_irwin

Thanks for your help Fred…Sadly though, it still aint working. Not sure if it’s finger/ brain trouble on my part or what, so I’ll explain the sequence of actions that I have taken and maybe you can spot my error…if you aren’t too bored with it yet. P to E Control A ( capture all 115 JPGs Video DVD-Video disk (PAL/ SECAM for Europe) For ULEAD DVD Movie Factory Interlaced video Create AVI Location...File name… Matt & Sarah-VID File Type… P to E Video for Ulead (*PTEV) Save (leave P to E open) Open ‘Movie Factory 3.5 Create Video Disk New project DVD OK Add Media Can’t use ‘Create slideshow’ or ‘Capture Video', or ‘Import DVD/ Video from disk/ hard drive’ as there is no sign of the P to E created slideshow, so use the only option available… Add Video files (Recognises ‘VID’ files but unable to open the file as it comes up with a ‘File reading error…17101:1:42) And that’s as far as I can go. Am I being a moron here? Is it something really simple? Any help appreciated, Dave.

Ok, I've moved on a fraction from my original question of 'how to create a slide show with music attached' for playing on a TV, and have now purchased 'Ulead movie factory 3.5'. (thanks for your help so far folks) I picked up the appropriate slide show file, which I had saved from PTE, and 'Movie studio 3.5' promptly assembled the pictues in some weird order...1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,100,101 ,102. (115 slides in all) and I've no idea why. My first question therefore is..... does anyone know how I can make 'Movie Factory' select images, from an PTE slide show, in the correct order? Secondly, and please don't shout at me for asking this but, why bother to use PTE if Movie Studio will create a slide show with associated music? Sorry to be such a pain. Gotta say this is a very frustrating process, especially as some friends have been making slide shows with music attached and playing the DVDs on their TV for a while now..... And they aren't particularly into PCs or photography. In fact I'm going to pop around to their place and have a look at precisely what program they are using to create their DVDs/shows. (It'll be a good excuse for having a beer...) Would appreciate any help or suggestions folks. Thanks in advance. Dave

Thanks for your help Brian and Ken, I'll start looking at using the information that you've provided. I've also put this question on the Video section as you suggested Ken. (silly me, I saw the word video and instantly associated it with moving picture type output) I will also look in more detail at the questions and answers raised in that section. Thanks again, Dave.

Hi, my name is Dave and I do a bit of wedding photography (twitch, twitch). Using Picture to Exe, I have created a slideshow (81 JPG images using Photoshop CS2) and attached a soundtrack (7min 21 secs) to it, and saved it on my hard drive. I have copied it to a CD and DVD and played it from them onto my PC ok, but I can't run it on my TV associated DVD player... What might I be doing wrong, please? Secondly, can I copy it to a CD/ DVD such that it can be played on a customers PC/ TV, to include the sound track? And if so, what is the procedure? Third, I am running Windows XP, can the CD/ DVD be run on a PC that uses Windows 98? Finally, what file size should I be looking at for ideal presentation? Any, and I do mean any, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, Dave Irwin

Hi, my name is Dave and I do a bit of wedding photography (twitch, twitch). Using Picture to Exe, I have created a slideshow (81 JPG images using Photoshop CS2) and attached a soundtrack (7min 21 secs) to it, and saved it on my hard drive. I have copied it to a CD and DVD and played it from them onto my PC ok, but I can't run it on my TV associated DVD player... What might I be doing wrong, please? Secondly, can I copy it to a CD/ DVD such that it can be played on a customers PC/ TV, to include the sound track? And if so, what is the procedure? Third, I am running Windows XP, can the CD/ DVD be run on a PC that uses Windows 98? Finally, what file size should I be looking at for ideal presentation? Any, and I do mean any, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, Dave Irwin