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Thanks Jill, Synchronise was not ticked. I always add the music track when I have randomised all the images and attach the audio file to the first image. I have just set "loop the audio" and will see how that works. Thanks again for comments.

Update insofar as I have added an .m4a file linked to the first slide and set the volume to one. So technically there is an audio file in the show even if it only lasts for 4 minutes and the show runs for 66 minutes...... Published show as mp4 file and played on a LG TV set and got a similar message that "this video does not contain audio". What am I doing wrong? I am assuming that as there is an audio track shown under project options and it is linked to the first slide this is all I need to do to get the audio incorporated? The first two slides are in a fixed order but the remaining 1000 images are "randomised" via Alt-R if that makes any difference.

Thanks Dave, Will try adding a muted sound track and see what happens.

I have a 1000+ image show (mp4) that has each image on screen for a couple of seconds before they fade into the next one which works well. There is no sound / music included as it is designed to play silently as background at a music gig. Last time I played it on a Samsung TV, when the show opened, there was a message displayed by the TV that "the sound track was not supported" or similar wording. What do I need to do to avoid this message? Thanks for any help.

Dave, Many thanks for both a very prompt and beautifully simple reply - works without issue. If only everything in life was that simple!! Thanks again.

I have been asked to include a "VOB" video file into a show and am wondering how I can achieve this? This format is not shown in the "approved" video format list and would appreciate advice as to how / if I can convert this file to a useable format. I know there are online "converters" available, but I have have a paltry 0.8Mbps upload speed so would be very slow!! Many thanks for any help with such a "simple" query!

A Happy Christmas to all and may the world know peace again.

<%MainImg1.Exif.Date%> I am using the syntax here to add a date to all slides in a show. This gives me YEAR-MM-DD. Is there any way I can have the date as DD-MM-YEAR as per my Windows PC in the UK? I have looked in options / preferences but do not seem to be able to find any related options. Thanks for any help in pointing out what I may have missed. Using v 11.0.9.

Having just discovered "type templates" I was wondering how easy it would be to be able to "customise" these? For example, I want to show the year only not the full date. At the moment the "workaround" has been to mask out the day and month not required. I can also see where having the GPS or lens / camera data automatically added could be useful. Any help here would be appreciated.

Dave, have managed to look at style you sent and appreciate how you have "covered" the unwanted part of the date - have never used masking in PTE before so have learnt something - thank you again.

Dave, Once again, many thanks for your help - it will now be tomorrow when I get to apply your latest style which is now safely downloaded.

Dave, Many thanks for your response - appreciated. I have downloaded your style and bookmarked the references to allow me to try it out this evening. Thanks again.

Thanks Jill, The use of a "manufactured" image as a watermark will work for the logo(s) on this project. If I am thinking correctly it will not allow me to show a variable "year". To automate a variable year the images was taken, am I correct in saying I need a field in a template for the exif date? The "built in" field seems to give me the full date - 23rd May 2009 - is there a way to just have the year appear? Thanks agin.

Thanks Dave, Am trying to replicate the above screen shot with a fixed logo in the corner and the year the image was taken - as the images were taken over several years, the latter will change throughout the show.

I am trying to produce a show where each slide should have a static line of text and two logos appearing on top of each image. In ProShow I could achieve this using a "master" slide. Can someone kindly advise me as to how I can achieve this in PTE Studio? I am still trying to understand the difference in terminology and how it all works! The show will be 1920 x 1080 and I want each image to be the full size of the screen with the logos / text on top of the image. Help to point me in the right direction would be appreciated!

Hi Davegee, There is nothing in my junk mail...at least not from PTE.... still no notifications....

I have just changed my email address to see if that will "kick start" notifications for me!

No notification of this reply by late afternoon Friday in the UK....

OK - will do.

Igor, have sent you pm with link to some files for download.

Igor, denisb, Yes, the format has many options but I suspect that denisb is correct is his portrayal of "photo" tiff format.

Barry, Thanks for reply - have no problem with being able to do batch conversion - for some reason I do not like jpg, so would most likely go with png. Igor, Will watch this space with interest. Thanks again.

Hi Lin, Thanks for reply and information. I have a large number of tiffs built over over the years so I would have to convert all of them.... Dave

I understand that PTE does not currently allow the use of the tiff file format. May I enquire if there are any plans to do so in the future? Many thanks.

Igor, I am pleased to say that I have managed to get a mp4 version to run on my Android. Leaving the laptop overnight and starting fresh with hardware acceleration off (medium quality) seemed to work ok. Thanks.