sending a show

[targa912]

Hi! I am doing a show for a friends b-day. I'm running out of time. Need to send a done dvd by thurs night. Show is done as far as slide order, music and duration. Dvd player is a new Sony. Haven't used it yet. If I should have problems making a dvd, can I make an exe file and send it to the bday man's wife using Sendit or some such program? It's a surprise and must be there by Saturday afternoon so I have a little time. My other problem is I will not be hooked up with high speed internet until late thursday. New house. So experimenting time is limited. Any suggestings greatly appreciated!

Bob W

[Ronniebootwest]

Hi! I am doing a show for a friends b-day. I'm running out of time. Need to send a done dvd by thurs night. Show is done as far as slide order, music and duration. Dvd player is a new Sony. Haven't used it yet. If I should have problems making a dvd, can I make an exe file and send it to the bday man's wife using Sendit or some such program? It's a surprise and must be there by Saturday afternoon so I have a little time. My other problem is I will not be hooked up with high speed internet until late thursday. New house. So experimenting time is limited. Any suggestings greatly appreciated!

Bob W

Hi Bob,

You should have no real difficulty in producing a DVD with PTE beta 8u using the Video builder, but because of your limited time scale I reckon that you will be better off just sending the slide show .exe file (providing that your recipient has a computer to play it on because it will not play on a DVD player)

You can easily 'zip it up' and either send via 'Yousendit' or burn it to a CD and use good old 'snail mail' (Post).

Another thing to be aware of, is that a PTE.exe file will be much better quality than you will get from a DVD player.

Ron West

[Guest Techman1]

Bob,

If you decide to send the PTE.exe file to your friend and you are using Version 5 (Beta), make sure your friend's PC has a Video card with at least 32mb of RAM. You could create a small test file using Version 5 and send it to them prior to sending the large version just to test.

I recommend the DVD if at all possible because they probably have a larger TV Screen than they do a PC Monitor (just a guess). Ron's right about the quality being better on the PC, but the lastest versions of PTE (DVD Builder) the quality is very good.

Good luck and I hope your new high speed link comes in fine and your Sony DVD "Burner" works without issue.

Regards,

Fred

[targa912]

Bob,

If you decide to send the PTE.exe file to your friend and you are using Version 5 (Beta), make sure your friend's PC has a Video card with at least 32mb of RAM. You could create a small test file using Version 5 and send it to them prior to sending the large version just to test.

I recommend the DVD if at all possible because they probably have a larger TV Screen than they do a PC Monitor (just a guess). Ron's right about the quality being better on the PC, but the lastest versions of PTE (DVD Builder) the quality is very good.

Good luck and I hope your new high speed link comes in fine and your Sony DVD "Burner" works without issue.

Regards,

Fred

[targa912]

So far all went well. I created an exe file, uploaded to yousendit and the people dl it with no trouble. She said it looks good! I'll know Sunday. I did experiment with the dvd on a portion of the show. Just wouldn't have had time to get it to the people in time. Using PTE 5 I had no trouble making a dvd. I'm very happy with PTE 5. Looking forward to full version of 5 but for me the beta version does all I need.

Bob W