Slideshow for website

[Steph]

Hello I am a friend of Stephs and would like to ask this question please. I want to create a very simple slidesho to show off my wedding images in an auto fade in fade out 'loop' style show within a web page. I have been told to use monoslideshow 2 - a link to this is here: http://monoslideshow.com/demo - Could you tell me if this is possible to create in Pics to Exe? and if so - how and how to I then embed it into a web page without going thru You tube. Thanks

Liz

[flynnboy]

Hi make your show in pte,create avi, convert avi to mpeg and upload to http://vzaar.com/ and here you will get the embbeded code

Brian T

[thedom]

Hi Steph,

I have never done it but I tink it's possible with PTE in a few steps :

- When your slideshow is finished, produce a video file (avi).

- Then you have to convert the avi into a flv format in order for your video to be streamed.

You can try RIVA FLV Converter (free software) to make this conversion : http://download.cnet.com/Riva-FLV-Encoder/3000-2140_4-10320097.html

- upload the flv file on your web space

- add a link to this file on you html page.

[Steph]

thanks - i will give these a try!

[Ronniebootwest]

Hi there,

If you are a Newbie' to our forum and to making slide shows, then I suggest that you take a look at my tutorial and then go from there.

You can slso visit my web site to see some examples of what you can do http://www.ronniewestdigital.co.uk/flash_index.html

Please email your own email address to me and I will send you a copy of my tutorial.

Ron West.

[thedom]

thanks - i will give these a try!

Steph, I confirm the steps.

Here is an example of the result : http://thedom.fr/divers/video.htm

[thedom]

Here is a complete tutorial about "How to convert to Flash FLV Video and add it on your homepage" : http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/255412-How-to-convert-to-Flash-FLV-Video-and-add-it-on-your-homepage

And here is a code generator to embed the video and a player into your html page : http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player-setup-wizard

I hope it helps.

[Lin Evans]

Hi Liz,

You can do it as suggested by converting an AVI to Flash (FLV or SWF) or you can directly embed an MP4 h.264 by using the Xara Web Designer 6 as I demonstrate here:

http://www.picturest...showtopic=11808

The advantage of doing it with Web Designer is that PTE outputs MP4 h.264 directly and there is no need to convert it to Flash. You can get a free 30 day trial of Xara Web Designer here:

http://www.xara.com/us/

Best regards,

Lin

Hello I am a friend of Stephs and would like to ask this question please. I want to create a very simple slidesho to show off my wedding images in an auto fade in fade out 'loop' style show within a web page. I have been told to use monoslideshow 2 - a link to this is here: http://monoslideshow.com/demo - Could you tell me if this is possible to create in Pics to Exe? and if so - how and how to I then embed it into a web page without going thru You tube. Thanks

Liz

[thedom]

how to I then embed it into a web page without going thru You tube. Thanks

Liz, just curious, why don't you want onto use YouTube?

PTE provides a one click button to upload very easily your video on YouTube.

The same with Vimeo with no limitation to 10 minutes, unlike YouTube.

You can choose the resolution, up to HD.

And those video hosters provides the code to put into your html pages.

The whole process is really quick and easy.

The only restrain is that there is the logo at the bottom.

Is it the problem?

Example :

[Photofanatic]

Hi Dom - I am the friend of Stephs who started the topic (couldn't remember my login whilst at her house!) - Thanks for your replies - yes I have embedded video into my site via you tube like your example above but I wanted it to look a more integral part of the page and also be running when the viewer gets to the page instead of having to start it. Like on this website: http://www.loveandbride.com (not that I am too impressed with the huge amount of text below the video!)

When I right click on the movie it brings up a site called monoslideshow - which I have looked at and it seems a bit complicated and also incurs a cost for downloading their software - I just wondered if this could be created and embedded directly from PTE which I have rather than showing the you tube frame and logo etc on the page? Hope this makes sense a bit more now. Thanks

[ChrisJ]

A few Web building software packages allow embedded video content, I use Serif WebPlus X4 which can use it here is a copy from the Help File

Video

Linked video works like linked sound. Supported video formats are .AVI, QuickTime (.mov, .qt), MPEG (.mpg, .mpeg, .mpe, .mpv), and RealVideo (.ram, .rv). (Non-streaming files must download in entirety to a user's computer before they begin playing; streaming files require a special player that buffers incoming data and can start playing before the whole clip has arrived.)

YouTube videos which are already published on the Internet can be included on your web page. Videos themselves are not be embedded in your site; instead, just the unique YouTube video ID is embedded in your page as you place the YouTube video on your page—a link is created from your web page back to www.youtube.com. This lets you add media content to your pages while avoiding uploading large videos as part of your site.

With both background and linked sound (or video), you have the option of embedding the source file in your site, as opposed to keeping it separate (remember that YouTube videos cannot be embedded in your site). Although embedding any file adds to the size of the site, it is the default option because you'll no longer have to worry about juggling separate files or the chance of accidentally deleting one of them. When you publish your site, WebPlus takes care of exporting and copying both embedded and non-embedded files.

You won't be able to play back or edit sound or video files in WebPlus; you'll need to use an external media editor. Both types of files tend to take up a lot of space, more or less depending on the method of compression you've used. The large file size translates to long download times for non-streaming files. Media files also tend to be platform-specific: for example, there are different Windows, Mac, and Unix sound file formats. For these reasons, except for very short audio clips, one rarely encounters non-streaming media on the web. However, if a fast connection is guaranteed, you can get away with using longer/larger non-streaming files. A technically complex alternative is to use streaming media such as RealAudio and RealVideo.

Certain file formats (such as those for QuickTime and RealVideo,) will only be accessible to the end-user if they have the correct media player or plug-in installed. You may want to direct the user to an external site so that they can download a free or purchasable version of the required media player or plug-in.

As you can see embedding a video file has some problems, not least of which is your viewer having to download the complete video before it will play as well as some platform considerations.

Chris