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Please tell me what usual time interval between slides on time-line? What configuration of your PC and screen resolution. On 1600 Mhz PC slide with JPEG image (1024x768, 350 KB) loads within 130 ms. (1/7 of second) And about 240 ms. on Celeron 900 Mhz. So no problem with 500 ms. interval between two slides. We have fast JPEG library. I know popular libraries that works in two times more slowely. But of course, there is more fast libraries. ACDSEE works in 1.5 times faster. But PTE loads JPEGs as Irfanview. Duration of loading of JPEG image depends only on size of the file. Resolution of image (1024x768 or 800x600) doesn't matter. So 200 KB 1024x768 Jpeg file will loads in 2 times faster than 400 KB 1024x768 Jpeg file. But please don't increase compression in all cases! It is not necessary (and senselessly) if time interval 1 second or longer. Because even loading of large 350 KB JPEG takes only 1/7 of second! If you want to place some slides very closely, in this case and only these JPEG files better to save with lesser size (150-200 KB).

Thanks, I remember about this suggestion. Maybe we'll add this feature in the future versions (after adding of Pan/Zoom, animations). Can't promiss exactly now when it appears.

Ok, I see now that it's not simple moment as I thought. I'll not change with option and as earlier it will be disabled by default. I understand and agree that exact pixels without resizing gives better sharpness. But personally I prefer fit to screen (as with analogy with TV picture). There is another cases then Fit to screen very useful: 1) For Push effect when whole slide moves; 2) When we add *optional* mode with proportional scaling of objects, pictures, textes, width of smoothing line effect. We never will add non discussed important change. Thanks! Another option. Keep 4:3 proportions. I would offer another *optional* option for discussion. For example, we have Push effect. We have 1024x768 screen and 1024x768 pictures. Picture fully fill area of slide and background is hidden. Push effect moves WHOLE slide from top to bottom, but all looks OK. Now we have 1280x1024 17" LCD display. Such displays has almost square screen. So as earlier slide will all display. But besides main picture we will see background of slide - two large black strips at top and at the bottom of the display. Because Push effect moves entire slide these blackborders also WILL BE MOVED as and main picture. It's not good. So I suggest option which limits area of SLIDE as rectangle with proportions of sides as 4:3. And as earlier with another displays picture will fully cover all slide. 1) This option doesn't effect to main picture and doesn't resize it. 2) No difference on usual displays and only on 17" LCD or widescreen 16:9 displays this option will keep necessary proportions of slide. Also this option will be necessary for future Pan/Zoom, for Push effect, for proportionally scalable objects. This option can be DISABLED by default, but can be automatically turned on in case of using above specified situations. What you think about it? P.S. we can't leave only one effect, because it's necessary to show all possible effects (which works fast on any PCs). But you can create template and only one effect will be used for all new projects.

What you think about turning on "Fit to screen" option by default for new projects? (Of course, this option can be disabled as earlier). I suggested this option by default, because, as you know, when author adds 1024x768 photo it will be placed on entire screen of the display with 1024x768 pixels. And author hopes that it will equally on any PC. But in 1280x1024 this picture will fill only half of screen and there will be large black borders. In 1600x1200 it it will look more worse. So I recommend to use this option because photos always will be shown on full screen, as you watch TV (and it doesn't depends on size of screen or pixels and always on full area of the screen). If you prefer to keep some border and show background, just change option of 100% available screen area to 80% or 60% (in Screen tab) How is your opinion about it?

Of course, this message will appear only when author of slide-show add new protected .wma file in the Music tab (Project options).

I need your advice about converting of WMA files. We just realized code which will automatically detects those protected WMA files and show warning and recommendation how to convert these WMA files. Please couldn't you correct this text and add info about coverters from WMA to MP3 (and is there free converters?) I hope it will help to solve this the most frequent asked question

Please write me what exact problem (with text of the error message) happens with Sonic MyDVD. I've fixed one bug with this software product in v4.31 and really earlier the problem always happened, but now PTE should works fine with Sonic MyDVD. Personally I very like TMpegEncoder and Ulead DVD MovieFactory. Adobe Encore and Pinnacle Studio also are good.

This problem happened with old versions. Please try v4.31 where AVI video output works OK with Sonic MyDVD.

It's a very terrible that so many people are suffering in South Asia now!

Please try to re-install Ulead DVD Movie Factory 3 program. Run PTE and open "Video" window. Then try to again open Ulead DMF3 to add AVI video file. If it won't help, please check up folder: D:\Program Files\Ulead Systems\Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3 Disc Creator Trial\vio\ This folder should contains PteVideo.vio file.

After you've choosed "Create custom AVI file" option, you also should click "Video codec" button and assign necessary format of AVI file. By default, Windows doesn't contain suitable codecs. The most best are MPEG4, DIVX and Motion JPEG.

Dear friends! I wish you all Merry Christmas! Thanks! P.S. Al, I celebrate both dates

Thanks for your all ideas! I add each suggestion to my todo list. I hope to answer on new messages. By the way, today we've realized absolutely new transition effect for v4.40 (with many variations).

Probably in the next versions. After we've done all important announced features.

PicturesToExe supports only AVI video codecs. It doesn't support DirectShow codecs. But all AVI codecs are supported. MPEG-4, MJPEG, DivX, XVID, etc.

Thanks, Ken. Yes, we want to keep PTE as a smaller and stable software. If we add own MPEG2 encoder it will increase prices, add 3 MB to size of program. After this we will be asked to add own DVD burner and creator of DVD menu I can't guarantee that all it will work without bugs on every PC. So we've added ability for experting slide-shows to any video format via universal AVI file. There are two different ways to use it: 1) Use our temporal (virtual) AVI format as link for lossless transfering of video and audio directly for converting into MPEG2. 2) Or choose "Create custom AVI file" option and choose any AVI video format. MPEG4, MJPEG, or even lossless AVI formats and you'll receive usual stand-alone AVI file. P.S. Also using our own temporal AVI file (PicturesToExe Video codec), then you can open this file in Microsoft Movie Maker program and produce small stand-alone .avi file for playing on PocketPC 2003.

PicturesToExe has own engine for playing of WAV files. Because of this, it can't supports all different codecs of WAV format. Please use PCM 16-bit Stereo, 44,1 KHz format for WAV files (i.e. 100% CD quality). Or it better to convert WAV file into MP3. In this case your slide-show will be more smaller.

I'm working on improvement of these moments right now. It should be much more comfortable in v4.40

Wine is not emulator (W. i. n. e.) as Virtual PC or VMWare. It emulates system calls and functions as in Windows. Their developers customize Wine for almost an each program. But it's a very interesting that slide-shows work without special optimization on Linux

Thank you all for exploring this interesting moment! PTE automatically sets "Exit after last slide" option, if you enable this "Show transition effect to desktop after last slide" option. I'll turn off this automatical enabling in case of screen saver.

In v4.40 it will possible to play sound comment for the several slides. Also there is an one internal option which allows for "Run Application after last slide" option be always workable, even if user terminates a slide-show by Esc button. Open your project .pte file, find and set 0 for the next string: opt_runapponexitiflastslide=0

I've fixed one bug (with help of Guido) in "Show transition effect to desktop after last slide" option. The error message always occurs, if your slide-show synchronized; uses "Show transition effect to desktop after last slide" option; and first slide without main picture. Please try this small update (v4.32) http://www.wnsoft.com/beta/pte432beta.zip

It's a so often problem! In the next option we plan to add option which will detect *protected* WMA files and PTE will not add such files, showing warning with recommendation about converting into MP3.

I'll try to add anamorphic DVD and HDTV resolutions in the next versions.

Dear Jean-Claude, A wonderful tool. Let me express my best congratulations to you and to your product! I've tried it, and it also contains "dark table" view. We must learn, how you've realized help system I hope SY(P) will be useful for the authors. Thank you,