Bill Artman Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I have always used PTE with an expiration date for CDs that I give to my wedding photography clients to view their wedding images. I would like to start creating a PTE DVD instead of a CD so the client can play the slideshow on their TV. My question is will the expiration date still work on a DVD. Thanks for your help. Have a great day!Bill Quote
Ronniebootwest Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I have often wished that PTE could provide more options to restrict the use of .exe files distributed to clients. Other programs (for example Prowshow Gold from Photodex) allow a number of restrictive dates to be applied)PTE would be greatly advanced if it were to include the same kind of provisions.Perhaps the Administrator will take note and include this in a future release. Quote
Bill Artman Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Posted January 30, 2004 Ronnie thanks for your reply. PTE does allow you to use a password and an expiration date if you burn the slideshow to a CD. I have done this ever since I started using the program. Now my question is if you create an AVI file with PTE and then create a DVD to play on a person's television will the expiration date feature still work?Have a great day! Quote
Ken Cox Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Billwhy not try one day expiry on a dvd rwand let the whole forum know ken Quote
Kurt S Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I doubt you could. Computers have a built in clock. I assume that is where PTE slideshows check the date from. Stand Alone DVD players have no clock so there is no way the slideshow is going to know what the date is. Also ther would have to be some code in the executable that checks the date. AVI's or any video file for that matter do not contain any sort of code like that. Quote
nobeefstu Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I havent heard of anybody making DVDs expiring ... at least not yet. Im sure someone is working on the idea.The problem right now is DVD players have very little computers ... probably just enough to perform their play functions. Getting them to perform more processing would require DVD players with something more sosphisticated.Im sure these improvements wont come cheap either ... plus would we all need one of these new types just to play/detect a expiring DVD ?Discs and Players already have quite a bit of compatability issues ... so theres already alot of growing pains to sort out first I would think. Quote
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