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Barry, Good idea. Is it reasonable to add a limit for max number of opened images? For example, 25.

Denis, Please try a new version: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/picturestoexe-setup.exe

Hi Darryll, EXE format is ideally optimized for images, not for videos. If a project contains high quality video clips (1920 x 1080 or even 4K), especially a mix of two or more video clips on one slide, we recommend to create MP4 video file. So PicturesToExe 9 can work with video content and video output would be the best option. We announced only video output in 4K, not for input video files. In future PTE 10 we did a large work to improve support and playback of "heavy" video files. It became possible since new video decoders finally got support of hardware acceleration. So PTE 10 should easily handle playback of 1920x1080 videos (even a mix of 2-3 video clips). And I can warily declare that 4K video clips (1 on a slide) should be played smooth on modern computers. We plan to show first public Beta of PTE 10 in November-December of 2018.

Mick, Dave, Thanks! I fixed this problem with comments on Slideshowclub. Please can you check this?

It's a false positive. I sent a report to developers of this antivirus. P.S. We highly recommend to use a free and safe Microsoft antivirus.

I agree, we'll fix it. Thanks.

Denis, Thanks for the confirmation!

PicturesToExe 9.0.18 is available: Fixed problem with playback of audio clips which appeared within first 50 ms of audio as a sound “click” and waveform was distorted. Usually this problem doesn’t appear, because first 200-300 ms of audio files contain silence. Fixed problem of cutting of last 20-50 ms in last audio clip. This problem also usually is not visible, because end of audio clips contain silence. Slightly improved accuracy of audio keypoints (sound volume) during playback. Fixed problem with PNG images in a fullscreen preview and in created EXE files which were rotated in the File list or Slide list. Fixed problem with drag’n’drop of variants of custom transition.

Denis, Try new Beta version: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/picturestoexe-setup.exe

Denis, Try a new version. This problem should be solved now: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/picturestoexe-setup.exe However the problem still will occur with PNG images which you recently added to any PicturesToExe 9 project. To completely solve the problem: A. Rename PNG images and add again to PicturesToExe 9. B. Or remove all files from the folder: C:\Users\YourProfileName\AppData\Local\PicturesToExe\Versions\9.0\ConvertedImages\

Thanks, we know about this problem and it will be fixed soon.

I created a new topic Poor performance under Win10 (v1803) on laptops with dual NVIDIA graphics and moved last posts there.

Please try a new version 9.0.18 BETA: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/picturestoexe-setup.exe This update improves audio playback and quality of waveform: Fixed problem with playback of audio clips which appeared within first 50 ms of audio as a sound “click” and waveform was distorted. Usually this problem doesn’t appear, because first 200-300 ms of audio files contain silence. Fixed problem of cutting of last 20-50 ms in last audio clip. This problem also usually is not visible, because end of audio clips contain silence. Slightly improved accuracy of audio keypoints (sound volume) during playback.

Dave, Desktop computers with NVIDIA Geforce 1060 work fine with the latest update of Windows 10. Fast and smooth work of PTE. And hardware encoding of video works fine. The problem occurs only with laptops with dual graphics (NVIDIA + Intel).

I noticed another problem on laptops with NVIDIA + Intel graphics after update to Windows 10 (version 1803), Hardware encoding of video does not work in future PTE 10. And ffmpeg app has same problem. So we observe at least 2 problems: 1. Poor performance of NVIDIA graphics. 2. No hardware acceleration for video encoding.

I will report to NVIDIA about this problem today.

We tried to update drivers, or install old drivers (for Intel and NVIDIA graphics). Without success. Performance is very bad in many 3D applications including PicturesToExe 9. If you have a laptop with dual graphics NVIDIA + Intel DO NOT update Windows 10 (to version 1803) while NVIDIA and Intel are not fixed problems in their drivers. I think it may take 1-2 months.

I checked work of executable show created in Proshow Producer 9 and found same problem with performance. By default, Proshow executable plays not smooth, FPS is low. If I force this app on NVIDIA card - I see same problem. If I force app for Intel graphics - it works better. Same for PTE 9 shows. So we can conclude that it's a critical bug in NVIDIA drivers for Windows 10 (v1803). Sample with Proshow executable

Dave, Philippe, We reproduced the problem with a slow work of PTe 9 on our test laptop with NVIDIA+Intel dual graphics under latest update of Windows 10 (v1803).

Adrian, It may take more time to fix this problem. Such companies don't work quickly.

Philippe, Thanks, I will check and will reply today later. P.S. We think that this problem is related with incorrect work of drivers.

Dave, Thanks, check my new reply in PM. Please send me dxdiag information. Press Win + R, type dxdiag and press Enter. Click Save button to export dxdiag report. Also make a screenshot of your Device Manager (tutorial) expand item Display Adapter to see name of your video card(s)

It's a quite strange behaviour of updated Windows 10. There should be difference between NVIDIA and Intel graphics. I'm sure that video card works not correctly. I will ask tomorrow my colleague, he is a good expert for Windows 10. Send me dxdiag information (Win+R > type dxdiag )

Dave, In theory, PTE 9.0.15+ should use NVIDIA graphics instead of Intel if drivers are working correctly. Try to manually re-install NVIDIA drivers downloaded from their website. P.S. I also recently updated Windows 10 and I feel that my old PC worked faster 5-7 years ago with Windows 7... My colleague IT professional recommended re-install Windows 10 from a scratch. If update from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10, and then update several times Windows 10 to newer versions - it vastly slows down a computer.

Thanks, Lin! I also find interesting the option to create MP4 video with 60p mode for smooth animation. And future PTE 10 will support hardware encoder for MP4 video, so video encoding will work faster in 3-5 times on modern video cards. There are two problems: 1. Large file size of a created video. 2. Slight banding on smooth gradients in some scenes.