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I do all of my DVD burning with PTE including ISO produced with other programs. Limey

Hi Redbutton, No problem for me. I get the same screen as Eric, click Download and I watch your entertaining show. Regards, Limey.

Colin, Just to add another benchmark. I'm running with Windsows XP, Intel Pentium D 2.8Ghz, Nvidia GeForce 7300LE. This is probably an inferior spec to your system. Using PTE 7.0. Video Builder compilation of 12 minute, 112MB, 130 slides takes 30 minutes. I suggest you review your Videobuilder Project Options settings, perhaps show us a screenshot. Regards, Limey

Hello Mick, Before you spend time troubleshooting your monitor I thought you would like you know that I confirm your findings of "shimmer" during the pans. Earlier versions of PTE had a selectable "mipmapping" option to fix this. I believe this function is now automatic. Regards, Limey

Yes Eric. The Youtube video available for download in your message is the last one I was streaming from Youtube yesterday, nothing to do with your video. Not a glitch at your end Dave. Regards, Limey.

Hello Michael, My solution to this problem, and it works in most cases, is to add a contrasting Drop-Shadow to the text. This option is available in both Project Options, Comments, and when adding text in Objects and Animation. Regards, Limey.

If you are using Video Builder, why don't you burn your DVD from the ISO file using Video Builder? Or am I missing something here? Limey burn.doc

Hi Isabel, No worries on low power machine. Streamed perfectly on netbook with atom processor and 1GB RAM. Limey.

(On a MODERN DVD player it should not make a difference. Standard DVD players are now PAL/NTSC compatible. At least that's been the the case over here in the UK for a few years) Not in North America Dave. Standard store bought DVD players are NTSC only. Limey

Gary/the Dom Why do you add text in O&A? Do as Yachtsman suggests. Main Page, "Comment" box at top of screen, select Icon at right of box, this opens a text box. Paste your text, edit as required. regards, Limey.

Hello again John. It is possible to set different Comment attributes for each slide. Set your requirements in Project Options for your landscape slides and DO NOT select "Set for existing slides". Title your landscape slides with these settings. Change attributes and do your portrait slides. Hope it works OK, Regards Limey

John My suggestion does not put the same comment on each slide. Main Window, top of screen "Comment" (Caption/Title). Whatever you put in here is only for the displayed slide. Progress through your slides adding comments as required, not necessarily on every slide. You can return to the Main Window at any time to edit a comment. In "Project Options" you can then set the attributes for all of the comments; position, font, size etc. "Set for existing slides". Limey

Hello John, Perhaps I have misunderstood your requirements, but is there any reason why you can't add your slide titles via the "comments" box in the main window. Then set font, size, location etc. in "project options". P.S. I'm using PTE 5.5 if that makes any difference. Regards, Limey

Peter, Just for interest. When you experimented with DVD burning did you play the result on a DVD player/TV combination or on your computer? I have found that when played on the computer the results from Video-Builder are terrible but using the DVD player/TV the results are equivalent to a commercial DVD. Regards, Limey

Jeff & Xaver, I'm using Ver 5.5 Auto Font Quality only seems to maintain the quality of a text object that is Zoomed. If unselected and a low number is manually inserted in the box, the text quality deteriorates when size is increased by zoom. I fail to see the utility of this. I agree with Jeff that it would be useful to be able to specify a consistent font size instead of having to change the size of the text box each time. Regards, Limey