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Doug, I just sent you PM message. Please reply me.

Jeff, There is no bug here. You set fixed size for slides (in Project options), but not for objects. Slide setting doesn't override settings of objects. If you wish to see your images (3:2) on entire display (5:4, 1280x1024) you need to resize/crop them or set "Cover slide" mode for every image in the editor. Ken, Gary, Media Player Classic Homecinema is more new product than Media Player Classic. Developing of MPC was stopped and other developers continued to release new version using new name - Media Player Classic Homecinema. Media Player Classic Homecinema includes built-in all necessary decoders/codecs to play H.264 MP4 video files. potwnc, We use 1-pass encoding, but we use quality based encoding, so it's very near to 2-pass mode. Currently 2-pass encoding impossible in PTE, because it generates different transition effects on second pass - we have to adapt the code of PicturesToExe to generate same video on 2-nd pass of video encoding.

Tom, So the bug with thin line in iPod preset still exists with Beta 2? Please send me source files of this project in ZIP file. And attach screenshot with settings of encoding parameters (a window where you click "Convert" button).

Jean-Pierre, Excuse me that I ask, please divide different problems by paragraphs - it will be more easy to read for me. I can't reproduce it. All modifications in the tool window are immediately visible on the screen and I don't see this bug. Right. It's dynamic edit control (value applies immediatelly) and maximal value is 10000. When you exceed this limit it automatically replaced entered value to 10000. Thanks, I've reproduced this bug and will fix it! You can place Frame object as a parent (instead slide) and set its virual size (in Properties tab), say 1024x768, and it will work you want.Sorry if I didn't understand rightly your question.

Peter, Fixed, thanks! Fixed. On my five year's old ATI Radeon 9600 Pro both play very smooth. I think the problem not in text, but it's one additional object and scene becomes more complex. Geforce 8400 not very fast video card especially under Vista.

Andreas, You can use some tricks for better smoothness of animation when you use Masks: - Better to use several Masks inside one Container than several Container with one Mask in each. - The most difficult moment for rendering happens during transition effect when two slides both have masks. Because of this better to interleave slides with masks with slides without masks where it possible. (1th Slide with mask, 2nd slide without mask, 3rd slide with mask, etc).

Reworked text objects are not ready for v5.6 yet. Sorry. Please wait for the next version (5.7). As temporal solution you can use "Rasterize to PNG image" option in text object.

Thank you, it's a simple bug. We'll fix it in Beta 3.

Gary, We will try. Right. DVD players don't support playback of next-generation H.264 video (all presets in PicturesToExe). You can play this file on PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, and some advanced multi-format players with HDD (TViX, Popcorn A-110, etc)Andreas, Masks requires more powerful video card. I played your demo on my PC with Geforce 6800 - very smooth animation, but my display is 1024x768. What screen resolution of your display? We'll think probably it will possible to optimize this code.

I apologize for this delay! Did you receive automated email or email with license key? If not yet, please let me know order ID of your purchasing. If both letters didn't arrive probably there was a mistake in email address or anti-spam filter blocks these emails.

Dave, Please use our recommended player - Media Player Classic HomeCinema (includes all decoders and very smooth playback). To play in other players you need to install decoders. And don't forget use only Beta 2. With previous Beta 1 you might get worse quality and slow encoding due to mistake in the code.

Steve, Please make sure that you use Beta 2 (see caption of main window of PicturesToExe).

I just posted Beta 2: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (6 MB) It should solve the problem with creating video.

I just posted Beta 2: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (6 MB) It should solve the problem with creating video.

Beta 2: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (6 MB) * Fixed problem with locking of the program at beginning of encoding video (for PC, iPhone, Youtube, Vimeo). * Fixed bug if set rarely used aspect ratio of a slide (more than 9:1) * Fixed bug with thin black line in encoded MP4 video for iPhone/Youtube. * Increased limit of bitrate to 24 mbit for "HD video for PC and Mac". + Activated "old" features: - Print/Save dialogs in slideshows (if they used). - Screensaver mode. + Updated French language file. + Various small improvements.

Gary, It's necessary to find and terminate all apr.exe processes with Task Manager or restart Windows. If you had problem with video in Beta, it tried to encode video file in background with high CPU load.

Dave, Gary, I just found reason of this bug and reproduced the problem. It's really stupid bug. Beta 2 will be within a hour.

Gary, Thanks! That's important info. By the way, could you please check up "old" feature - Create AVI file and then click Preview button. Will it work?

It's free. Just resulting image looks a little more soft. But it isn't blur: You can read more about mipmapping in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIP_mapping

Dave, In new "Create HD video for PC..." feauture we use built-in video encoder and it's impossible to change it. I still have no idea why installing of external codec pack helped.

I would like to ask other users who have problem with creating video in the new beta - please wait a little and don't install 3d-party codec packs. Or we will not able to check up how an updated beta works

Dave, It's not user mistake, PicturesToExe should include all necessary built-in libraries. We'll investigate why it might happen. Thank you! Ray, It's same as you choose quality for JPEG in Save for Web feature of Photoshop. But we'll remove "%" symbol. You're right. We'll increase this limit. Thanks. Only progressive video. Interlaced video will possible in future Blu-Ray output (next version(s)). While not. Encoding to H.264 already very slow process.

A demo how "Mip-mapping (anti-shimmering)" option for objects works in version 5.6: http://www.wnsoft.com/test/MipMapping.exe

Dave, Gary, I just prepared a special Beta version: http://www.wnsoft.com/test/apr-deluxe_beta_17-10-2008.zip Please try to create HD video again. If it doesn't work, please find a log file in VideoBuilder folder and send me. This file usually located here: C:\Program Files\WnSoft PicturesToExe\5.6 Beta 1\VideoBuilder\VideoBuilder.log

Jill, Currently it's impossible, maybe later.