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Do you mean connecting/disconnecting of monitor? Sorry for obvious request, but please make sure that you're testing latest Beta 11. I thought we fixed this issue. Probably it's a different situation, because we tested with desktop PC. Please send me screenshot of entire screen.

I think it's a right behaviour of PicturesToExe. But I agree that it may cause misunderstanding. So I suggest automatically rename video clip when it linked to a master video clip to have same name (excluding a case when it had an unique name set by user).

Barry, You have raised a good point, but I don't see a simple solution for adjusting of last slide to the end of background music. PicturesToExe optimized for manual settings of slides and it conflicts with automatic options like this. For example: 1. What should happen if you move last slide to another place in the slide list? What slide duration will be for new last slide and for old last slide? 2. What happens if you add a new slide to the end slide list in the Slide list mode? Should it reduce duration of current last slide to fit a new slide within background music?

Please send me sample video clip. We'll check up. Barry, Could you please try reproduce this situation again? I'm afraid I need exact step by step instruction and project files to recreate this problem and fix it. Also does the Project options window was opened when this error occured? Thanks in advance.

You can try now Beta 11 with the new conception of slide duration.

PicturesToExe Deluxe 7.0 Beta 11 is available now. The most significant change in this beta version related with slide duration. Please read my post here: Download link in the first post above. List of changes: + PicturesToExe now shows full slide duration in the Slide list, the Customize slide window, and in the Project options. Full slide duration is a pure slide duration including duration of transition effect to next slide. Also the program keeps full duration of slides after moving of slide(s) or after adding of new slides. You can disable this mode. See options "Show full slide durations" and "Keep full slide duration" (Main menu | View | Advanced Options). + Added the program option "Set Video Editor". See the main menu | View | Advanced Options. Then choose a video file in the Slide list or in the File list, click right mouse button to show popup menu and click "Edit file". + Replacement of a main image/video file will update related object name (if user didn't change object name manually) * Improved stability of PicturesToExe. * Improved stability of VideoBuilder and compatibility with DVD drives. * Fixed problems (v5.6-7.0 Beta 10) with creating of H.264 video (MP4, YouTube/Facebook, iPhone/iPad video) on some PCs. * Fixed issues (v4.20-7.0 Beta 10) with creating of AVI video files on some PCs. * Fixed bug (v5.50-7.0 Beta 10) with edit controls with a slider (for example "Opacity" in the Objects & Animation editor) on a PC with two monitors. * Fixed bug (v7.0 Beta 1-10) with launching of another show which contains video clips using "Run slideshow" command. * Fixed several old bugs in the timeline.

It should work. I just created a short sequence and tested it on my Mac with OS X 10.5 Leopard. "Go to slide" command worked fine (for slide name and for slide number). Could you please check up again or give me a link to show where it doesn't work?

Dave, Thanks for details! 1. Please try to load this project in version 6.5 (ignoring a warning of possible incompatibility). Will same problem occur there? 2. Try save the project by another name and modify it keeping only one-three slides - just to reproduce the problem. And if it possible publish executable file on the forum learn feedback from other users. 3. Try run the executable with this problem on another PC. What result it will give? Thank you in advance!

Dave, Thanks for the sample project! But I still can not reproduce this problem. 1. Do I understand rightly that you're speaking about 2nd slide with rotating message? Looping is flawless on my PC. 2. Did you have this problem with previous version 6.5? 3. What version of Windows do you use? 4. Do you see this problem in both - executable file and in fullscreen preview?

Dave, Please upload ZIP file to www.mediafire.com

Dave, Yes, I've understood And I reproduced this problem after reading your first description. But you also wrote above: And I've replied:

Dave, Thanks, I'm checking up now for the problem with a second monitor. But I was asking for another problem you've described here: Update: I've downloaded the test project. It doesn't contain a looped slide.

Version 4.49 should solve this problem. Also you can use a special utility to convert old slides to provide compatibility with Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Is it possible to obtain a copy of this project with source files? I can try reproduce this problem. If yes, please upload files via www.mediafire.com or Dropbox and send me a download link on your reply or in private message.

All I can say for now - we're creating a good solution for this problem. No details, sorry.

Hello Robert, Do you see any picture for this video clip converted to AVI format and added to PicturesToExe? I've downloaded this software and converted short video clip to AVI with same settings as yours. And I can see picture, but there are issues with performance during playback. It's related with H.264 video codec and highest resolution. PicturesToExe can't play in real time this format, because we need to mix video with other layers and apply 3D effects. Playback in usual video players is more simple technically. Please convert to AVI format using DIVX, XVID or MPEG4-ASP video codec. One of following beta versions will include built-in video convertor. And PicturesToExe will suggest user converting for incompatible video clips (optionally). Also there is no need set 1920x1080 resolution for output in convertor, because as I discovered Canon DSLR cameras 5D, 7D, 550D, 600D (and probably others digital cameras) don't record true FullHD 1920x1080 resolution. For more details, please see my investigation here: I can extract frames from video clips for comparison.

I'm afraid this video file can not played directly. There are several issues with rewinding that causes error with playback. Future built-in converter in PicturesToExe should help. Some video players (VLC and GomPlayer) also crash or play incorrectly this file. Dave, Does this slide contain video clip? Please send me test project with this problem. We'll check up. Thanks, I'll check up. Mac output is not ready in these beta releases.

The suggested automatic time correction of full slide duration works only when you change an order of slides or add new slides to end of the slide list. If you manually adjust duration of transition effect the correction will not be performed.

We plan a significant change on slide duration in the following Beta 11. What is wrong with current state of things? As you know a real duration of a slide in PicturesToExe = pure time of slide + duration of a transition effect of next slide. The Objects & Animation editor always displayed a full slide duration on the status bar. But PicturesToExe displays only pure slide duration in the Slide list (and in the Customize slide window) instead of full slide duration. It causes four serious problems in all current versions: 1. Version 7.0. When you add a video clip to the end of the Slide list it sets slide duration according video clip duration. Everything is OK at this point? So far as no other slides after this slide, there is no transition effect after. And in this case pure duration of a slide is equal to total slide duration. But when you add one more slide, it adds a transition effect between them and the full duration of a slide (last but one) with the video clip becomes longer. This causes wrong playback of this video clip - video clip freezes during transition effect because now the slide longer than this video clip. 2. All versions since 5.0. A similar problem with a slide which has a rich animation with many keypoints. If we set a complex animation to a 10 second's slide. This animation may look wrong when this slide becomes 11.5 after adding of a transition effect due to new following slide. 3. Another case for a slide with rich animation or video clip. We need to change places of two slides or move one slide to another position in the slide list. It will cause changing of full slide duration, because moved slide will have another neighbor on the right (possibly with different transition effect duration). 4. One more case with video clips. If you need to crop video clips using start time and duration parameters. You need also set a new appropriate slide duration. Say if your video clip is 10 seconds, you can not simply set 10 seconds for slide duration, because the following slide has 1.5 seconds of transition effect. And you have to calculate necessary time value in the mind (subtract duration of transition effect). In this example it should be 8.5 seconds (8.5 s of pure slide duration + 1.5 s of next transition effect = 10 seconds of full slide duration). So we're suggesting two changes in Beta 11: 1) Slide list displays full slide duration on a pictures of slides. Customize slide window also shows full slide duration and accepts these values. There is a global option of the program to revert old style of duration. 2) The second change is intended to keep a full slide duration after sorting of slides in the Slide list or after adding of a new slide to the end of the Slide list . The program can reduce/enlarge pure slide duration to keep total slide duration unchanged. This allows move complex slides with animation or slides with video clips keeping their correct playback. It is also an optional behaviour of the program which you can turn off. This second change mainly intended for the slide list mode. In the timline it will affect only when you add a new slide to end (double-click on a picture/video in the file list above). Of course, it can be difficult rightly understand these changes. You will see it in Beta 11 which will be published in 3-4 days.

I understand Barry. Some news on the following Beta 11. It will include a significant improvement in the time system of slides.

Thanks, Mike! We'll test this file tomorrow.

Mike, Please could you send me sample video file? We'll check up and add support for these video clips. You can use www.mediafire.com or Dropbox to upload files.

Gary, Thanks. I confirm the problem with stopping of waveform loading if a project has a missed audio file. This happens in v7.0 Beta as well as in previous versions. I was not able reproduce the first problem you've described ("adding a 3rd music selection"). If it possible re-create this situation again, please send me source files and step-by-step instruction. Thanks in advance!

Hello Paul, If the problem will back again, please compare with another Invision Power Board forum (for example the link above) at same time.

If I remember rightly we have fixed recently a similar problem in v6.5.x