Joining slide shows

[Leo Palmer]

I have four 6 minute slide shows all with music and saved as PTE and Exe files. Can I join them together, keeping the slides and sound aligned, and run them one after another in one 24 minute show?

[xahu34]

Export all shows using the same version of PTE (e.g. 7.02). Concatenate the shows using the command "Run slideshow on exit".

Regards,

Xaver

[Leo Palmer]

Export all shows using the same version of PTE (e.g. 7.02). Concatenate the shows using the command "Run slideshow on exit".

Regards,

Xaver

[davegee]

You can join two or more shows by:

Open Show two and select and copy all slides.

Don't close PTE but open Show number 1 and Paste.

Save as "new number 1".

Open Show three and select and copy all slides.

Don't close PTE but open Show "New number 1" and Paste.

etc

Should work.

Alternatively create a Menu and link to each show (same version for all) and follow Xaver's suggestion.

DG

[Lin Evans]

Hi Dave,

I think he needs the sound preserved as well - I don't think that the copy paste will preserve audio?

Best regards,

Lin

[Leo Palmer]

Hi Dave,

I think he needs the sound preserved as well - I don't think that the copy paste will preserve audio?

Best regards,

Lin

[Leo Palmer]

It worked fine for the images but not the sound which stopped after the first show....any ideas?

Leo

[Lin Evans]

Hi Leo,

I think the only way to do this without losing your audio track is as Xaver suggested in the first answer.

Best regards,

Lin

It worked fine for the images but not the sound which stopped after the first show....any ideas?

Leo

[Leo Palmer]

Hello Lin,

It sounds good but I dont know how to do it. Would you be able to tell me in simple terms please?

Leo

[Lin Evans]

Hi Leo,

First - in order for this to work, all slideshows must be "created" in the same version of PTE. So if they were created with different versions, open each with your current version of PTE then re-create the executable files - put them in a single folder for convenience.

Next open the slideshow you want to start your 24 minute sequence with and go to Project Options - More Tab. Locate "Run Application/.Slideshow on Exit (2nd block down) and click on the down arrow beside "Do Not Run" and choose "Run Slideshow". Next look to the right and navigate to your next choice of slideshow. For convenience, let's call the main show "Master" and the next shows "show 1, show 2, etc.). After you have selected Show 1 - save and close. Open Show 1 and repeat the steps choosing show 2 as the one to run on exit. Continue this until you have reached the next to last show.

When you get ready to present these, have them all in the same folder with the same name or put them all in the "root" of your drive. If you are running them from a USB "thumb drive" then put them all in the root folder.

The essence is that the Master show calls show 1, show 1 calls show2, show 2 calls show 3, etc. The last show calls nothing. In this way, all sound tracks, etc., are preserved and the sequence will continue until the last show has played.

Best regards,

Lin

Hello Lin,

It sounds good but I dont know how to do it. Would you be able to tell me in simple terms please?

Leo

[Leo Palmer]

Hi Leo,

First - in order for this to work, all slideshows must be "created" in the same version of PTE. So if they were created with different versions, open each with your current version of PTE then re-create the executable files - put them in a single folder for convenience.

Next open the slideshow you want to start your 24 minute sequence with and go to Project Options - More Tab. Locate "Run Application/.Slideshow on Exit (2nd block down) and click on the down arrow beside "Do Not Run" and choose "Run Slideshow". Next look to the right and navigate to your next choice of slideshow. For convenience, let's call the main show "Master" and the next shows "show 1, show 2, etc.). After you have selected Show 1 - save and close. Open Show 1 and repeat the steps choosing show 2 as the one to run on exit. Continue this until you have reached the next to last show.

When you get ready to present these, have them all in the same folder with the same name or put them all in the "root" of your drive. If you are running them from a USB "thumb drive" then put them all in the root folder.

The essence is that the Master show calls show 1, show 1 calls show2, show 2 calls show 3, etc. The last show calls nothing. In this way, all sound tracks, etc., are preserved and the sequence will continue until the last show has played.

Best regards,

Lin

[Leo Palmer]

Thanks Lin,

I'll give it a go....you are a real star!

All the best

Leo

[fh1805]

Leo,

I've deleted the duplicate of this topic that you inadvertently created.

regards,

Peter

[AVMaestroFRPS]

In answer to Leo Palmer's original query, I do this quite often using the programme "Sy(P)" (PTE organiser)

This is a very useful tool for editing PTE programmes via a spreadsheet, and for changing the path to sound and picture files e.g. when using a different computer

Download v1 for PTE 4x

Download v2 for PTE 5x

Available from the French site:

http://www.diapovision.com/articles.htm

[fh1805]

As far as I know there is no Sy(P) version for PTE version 6 or higher.

regards,

Peter