cgbraggjr Posted January 15, 2009 Report Posted January 15, 2009 This has been answered but I can't find it. How do you start an executable in the middle? What are the command line options?Thx - Argo Quote
nobeefstu Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 Argo,Im not aware of any that start a slideshow from the middle ... only from a Slide number.Heres what I have. n = number value of the Slidecover = pan and scan displayCommandsslideshow.exe -coverslideshow.exe -slide nslideshow.exe -log -frametimes Quote
cgbraggjr Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Posted January 16, 2009 Thx Stu, that was what I wanted. But if I start a show at a particular slide, the slide appears but the sound track plays from the beginning. That has to be a setup mistake on my part, but where?Argo Quote
fh1805 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 Argo,Have you got "Synchronise slides and music" ticked in Project Options...Main?regards,Peter Quote
cgbraggjr Posted January 17, 2009 Author Report Posted January 17, 2009 Peter - OK, that works! Thanks! But, it doesn't work unless you have a soundtrack added via Project Options, or you have added sound to slides using the "Add Sound" button. Synch is not allowed if you add sounds via the Customize Slide option.The reason I used the Customize Slide option is that it allows any length track to play to the end even if the slide is shorter. I was doing a manual advance show and didn't care how long the slides were so I set the default to 4 seconds. "Add Sound" truncates the track if it's longer than the slide, and doesn't warn you about this when you add the track. Here's my ideal solution to the Catch-22 for sound tracks: (1) drop either the Add Sound or the Customize Slide music option and allow whichever option is kept to allow Synch (is there any benefit to Not Synching except preventing program logic conflicts?); (2) whichever option remains should either allow a long track to play even if the slide length is shorter, or give the user the warning/option to lengthen the slide.Easy for me to say, because I don't have to do the programming!In the meantime I guess the workaround is to set the default slide times very high, use the Add Sound option, and check the Synch box. Quote
fh1805 Posted January 17, 2009 Report Posted January 17, 2009 Argo,I've never tried this in practice but....At the bottom of the Project Options...Music tab there is a tick box "Don't interrupt sound comment when next slide appears". Does ticking this allow the individual slide sound (via Add Sound) to play on even if the slide is advanced before the end of the sound clip?regards,Peter Quote
cgbraggjr Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Posted January 20, 2009 Peter, that does seem to work. All my slides are set to hold until a mouse click. A 7 second track on a 4 second slide plays to the end with that box checked.Thanks! Quote
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