Igor

I added this idea to my TODO list. Thanks.

Eric, I'll explore this problem and will send you email.

Just ignore this message. Tick "Do not show this dialog again..." and it will not appear again. It may happens because by default settings PicturesToExe creates virtual AVI file for immediate encoding to final video file (e.g. MPEG2 or MPEG4).

Thanks! I plan to make an AV show from these photos.

Barry, Probably burning library in PicturesToExe 5 is not compatible with his particular DVD writter. Unfortunately problems with burning exist in various programs and happen because of bad burning API. Similar problems also happen in competition product, as I read. In this case we recommend to create ISO image file and then burn DVD disc in another special program. For example: www.imgburn.com

I think this MP3 file has an incorrect duration written in the header of this file. PicturesToExe 5 plays MP3 music file exactly as described in the header of MP3 file. And no problem with correctly encoded MP3 music files when announced durations corresponds to real duration.

Barry, I think it would not be enough just add a special option in the properties of a slide dialog. Because you might want to adjust fade in and accordingly fade out settings. So I suppose it would better use Objects and animation editor at this moment. Because you will use same file, PicturesToExe will cache this image and will not waste time loading it again. In the future we will add special tools for fine programming/adjusting such and many similar tasks with objects. My colleague Aleksey Elin is already working on this code for version 5.2 or 5.3

Barrie, Do you observe this problem on static images (without panning) ? If picture looks blurred only during panning, I think the most likely it can be caused by LCD display in this laptop - too long pixel update time. I watched similar effect on some laptops.

Hello, I just came back from my vacation on sea and mountains. It's my first full vacation since 2001. I'm ready for any difficult work now I'll reply on all emails soon.

It may happens if real duration of the first MP3 file shorter than duration written in the header of this file (say damaged MP3 file or incorrectly encoded MP3 file in sound editor). If MP3 files taken from another source don't give this problem it confirms I've wrote above.

It is definitely the bug in ATI drivers for Windows XP (all is OK in drivers for Windows Vista). I'm sorry, but we only can wait when ATI will fix it (they promissed me). The problem that ATI mistakenly considers DirectX and 3D acceleration as thing intended for games, not for serious purpose. In fact, ATI ignores an important specification - Windows Color Management which should works equally in both modes - desktop and 3D fullscreen mode. I like NVIDIA video cards which perfectly follow by Color management standards. You may wonder, why ATI video card supports color calibrated display in Windows Vista and doesn't under XP? The answer is simple. Vista uses DirectX and 3D fullscreen mode for the desktop. Because of this ATI had to write correctly their drivers for Windows Vista. I could feel better and not so tired, if ATI wrote better drivers. As small consolation, no so many people use color calibration of their displays, usually professional photographers.

Thank you Lin and Jeff! I very appreciate your help for PicturesToExe.

Yes.

Lin, Sorry for the delay, I'll reply tomorrow! I still feel very tired and some problems with my health because of nervious pressure/work. Doctor advised me take additional a month of vacation. Don't worry, I already reached some progress in the work on the next version and my colleagues are working on the new version, too. After restoration I will able better work.

It refers us to a problem of mixing exclusive hardware accelerated fullscreen mode and usual windows. Under Windows Vista it will work terrible. Because of this we show a startup screen before a slideshow. Dave, Please send me source file of this project where I can see the the problem described above. (Leave only one slide in this project to reduce a size of the ZIP archive). And included screenshot will be helpful. Thanks in advance.

John, Please set Normal font instead of Large font. Then go to Advanced window in display properties and set 120 dpi (96 by default). Restart Windows. 120 dpi mode - much more correct way to scale interface and controls.

It's impossible, sorry.

In v3.75 was first music player we have used. Since v4.10 we fully rewritten music player and now using built-in MP3 decoding library. In v5.00 we again rewrote music player. Version 5.0 contains the most reliable music player, simple code, and potential for future improvements.

Updated build 5.03: + Creating of ISO image of DVD disc in VideoBuilder works much faster now. In 10x faster. * Fixed bug under old Windows 95/98/Me in the slideshow engine. When Help window, or startup screen adjusted without an image appeared, slideshow crashed. * Fixed bug when startup screen with an image could be larger than current screen resolution (for example, if you used huge 3500x2200 image).

I improved it in the newest buld 5.03: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7056 Please let me know how it works now.

Please try updated beta of PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.03 http://www.wnsoft.com/test/apr-deluxe_503.zip (4 MB) It should work very reliable and changes are small, but I called it beta because I would like to receive confirmation that described problems solved: + Creating of ISO image of DVD disc in VideoBuilder works much faster now. In 10x faster. * Fixed bug under old Windows 95/98/Me in the slideshow engine. When Help window, or startup screen adjusted without an image appeared, slideshow crashed. * Fixed bug when startup screen with an image could be larger than current screen resolution (for example, if you used huge 3500x2200 image).

If I remember rightly, some time ago Apple started sales of unprotected tracks in MP3 format 256 kbit/bitrate. Not all compositions and with higher price. These tracks can be used directly in slideshows without prior converting.

Urmas, It was very difficult to realize this behaviour as in v4.48. Due to Pan/Zoom effects. I can't promiss that we will able make it as earlier in the next v5.1

John, since build 5.02 PicturesToExe displays the build number in the About window and in the installer (left-bottom corner of a window). According your screenshot you use build 5.00 or 5.01 It's an usual practice - displaying only major version number in a caption of the main window.

At this moment I don't know where to better storate rotation information. If it's JPEG image with rotation flag in EXIF section, this problem will not occur when you backup your project. For manual rotation of an image, it better do it in "Objects and animation" editor. Because in this case rotation will be performed with hardware acceleration by video card during rendering of a slide with zero cost of CPU time for this operation. If you manually rotate images in the File list or in the Slide list (or JPEG image contains rotation flag in EXIF field), image will be rotated after loading of an image (but before rendering of a slide) and it will take 20-400 ms. depending on size of an image (1024x768 = ~ 30 ms. or 3400x2200 = ~ 300 ms.). Probably we'll find a way to do both rotations always with hardware acceleration. There are some logical difficulties with it.