Ken Cox

well i couldn't let this rest without trying so i took my picture file for the test and burned a couple dvd's -- i needed to do a backup anyways my system description and results follow PICTURES ON DVD TEST 6:08 PM 12/4/2004 Operating System System Model Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. System Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Processor a Main Circuit Board b 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 16 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800-E Rev 1.xx Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1002.002 02/25/2004 Drives Memory Modules c,d 270.79 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 96.74 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B [CD-ROM drive] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4082B [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] FUJITSU MPG3307AH E SCSI Disk Device (30.74 GB) -- drive 2 GENERIC USB Storage-CFC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4 GENERIC USB Storage-MMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5 GENERIC USB Storage-MSC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6 GENERIC USB Storage-SMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3 WDC WD12 00JB-00CRA1 SCSI Disk Device (120.03 GB) -- drive 1 WDC WD1200JB-00CRA1 [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMA8C4785163, rev 17.07W17, SMART Status: Healthy 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB (serial number SerNum0) Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty Slot 'DIMM2' has 512 MB Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty Local Drive Volumes HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B [CD-ROM drive] LG 16X DVD-ROM Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4082B [CD-ROM drive] LG GSA-4082B 8X4X12 DVD+-R/RW/RAM 24X16X32 CDRW OEM D:\1Pictures> Created on: 12/04/04 17:49:39 Directory(Folder) summary: Size(bytes): 3.2 Gb SubFolders Total:.... 716 Files Total:......... 12733 put disk in this drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B [CD-ROM drive] LG 16X DVD-ROM Drive opened a folder on the disk -- same was opened in +- 2 seconds opened a jpg -- too fast for my fingers to operate the stopwatch so IMHO i have to disagree with some comments seeing is believing ken

Robert the physical space savings alone is a plus -- i sent some shows and it was 7 cd's -- sent again new collection was 1 dvd -- big savings in postage as well as they say you cant have your cake and eat it too:) but i would include a text file to help you document/find what is on the dvd see http://www.homestead.com/algor/ FolderPrint Freeware utility allow save listing of directories(folders) and files on a hard drive or any removable media (local or networked) into the text file(comma delimited option for importing into database). Listing can be printed out in Standard Letter size ( 11 x 8 ) or in ZIP, CD, Jet, Jaz, etc... case layout; sorted by name, size, date, etc. Win95 ,Win98 , NT4. Size 360 Kb (180 Kb compressed.) Note: There are known issue with 'Browse' button under Windows ME and Windows 2000. A new release will have fix. works fine on xp ken

from my dvd burn log SYSTEM Operating System System Model Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. System Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Processor a Main Circuit Board b 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 16 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800-E Rev 1.xx Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1001.004 01/05/2004 Drives Memory Modules c,d 270.79 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 179.37 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B [CD-ROM drive] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4082B [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] FUJITSU MPG3307AH E SCSI Disk Device (30.74 GB) -- drive 2 GENERIC USB Storage-CFC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4 GENERIC USB Storage-MMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5 GENERIC USB Storage-MSC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6 GENERIC USB Storage-SMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3 WDC WD12 00JB-00CRA1 SCSI Disk Device (120.03 GB) -- drive 1 WDC WD1200JB-00CRA1 [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMA8C4785163, rev 17.07W17, SMART Status: Healthy 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB (serial number SerNum0) Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty Slot 'DIMM2' has 512 MB Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (on drive 0) 75.50 GB 61.16 GB free d: (on drive 1) 75.50 GB 50.40 GB free e: (on drive 0) 44.52 GB 34.06 GB free f: (on drive 1) 44.53 GB 31.16 GB free g: (on drive 2) 30.74 GB 2.59 GB free 1 GIG SWAP FILE ON E DRIVE LG GSA-4082B 8X4X12 DVD+-R/RW/RAM 24X16X32 CDRW OEM W/ SW 6:30 AM 11/4/2004 opened DALE FULL.EXE SHOW the exe is 269 .5 mb it consists of 4 mp3's and 238 full size images -- as they came from camera -- ranging in size from 106 kb to 2086 kb using pte -- made an avi the avi was 177.584 mb using nero suite 6.3 nero vison express i created a dvd expected size of show 820 meg time to encode 52 mins total time including burning was 57 mins then using a hacked avi --was a movie/tv file dont know how it was made -- was 351.124 mb's divx file expected size was 1.67 gb transcode time 50:33 mins total time incl burn 52:12 mins second copy took 6 min 20 secs to complete -- nero keeps all the encoding in a cache till you exit show. ken

Grobert welcome to the forum. ulead problems have been brought many times so if you use the forum search function you may get a hint as to the problem ken

Kingbingo1 Igor uses system resources to create the temporary avi - -as long as the pte is open the system can "marry" all the components if you try to save the avi for use later and you closed the pte you will only get sound i have had as many as 8 pte's open at once -- until the dvd is burned and tested on home dvd players they stay open ken

gary see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...=2&t=1404&st=20 page 2 Ken Cox Posted: Dec 29 2003, 05:49 PM Igor Position of Comments At the present time the comments position is 8 preset positions. Other than putting text directly on the original picture with a graphic program, or using p2e's Object editor Is there any way you could change the program in such a way for example that if I picked the top of the screen position i could lower/position it in increments to say 2" by using 4 buttons -- up - down - left - right ? farther down i get an answer ken

goddi i think if you use thesearch function of the forum the problem with interlace and ulead has been discussed ken

Gene, welcome to the forum. I have been making shows from friends and family that are taken with digital cameras - and some of the pictures are in the area of 2mb each -- if you have the computing power to make the show, use the images as taken -- p2e will make them fit the screen when set at 100%/fit to screen -- it is when people put borders on their pictures and then they come to the forum askinfg how they can get rid of wiggling horizontal lines at the edges when shown on a tv -- they might look great on a computer but are lost on the tv screens -- so i have adopted the idea that all my shows will eventually be on dvd /tv so i use big pictures and let the encoding make em fit see what Ken went thru to make things work for him http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=4&t=2604 you can always reduce the quality/size of the pictures but you are not going to have much success making better quality picts when you start with small picts ken

PRINTKEY 2000 you can cut out a box of the screen shot -- i do it all the time to send info of a particular section of the screen to people that ask for help -it also cuts down on the size of the file to send - i guess we do not have to send any screen shots to all the nay sayers -- they must never have to ask for help ken

k3asi welcome to the forum did you do a complete system search for *.pte good practice is to copy all your pictures, music notes etc for a show and paste them to one properly named folder and work out of that folder. ken

dvd santa only problem i see is it wants to be on top all the time did a 16:9 aspect ratio for a widescreen test -- used a PTE show that was on a cd r -- made the avi direct from the cd exe was +-270 meg pte created an avi from files on cd -r = 178+- meg used 894 meg on a standard 4.7 gb dvd disc shows ok on a standard 4:3 29" tv -- has black bar top and bottom and somes squishing of images evident when played on a pair of 13" tv's no bar or squishing evident will have to go to friend's place to do the widescreen test It will also do PAL format ken

Jeanie re your out of sync see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...248&hl=free+ram see http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm for free utility to convert your wav's use the forum search for more info on these 2 subjects ken

did you try copying the exe from the cd to the desktop and running it from there?? this is generally a sign that you do not have enough ram or computing power ken

Ken dvdsanta will make a widescreen dvd see http://www.dvdsanta.com/ but i have not tried it with a p2e avi it is a bare bones program -- no menuu for final dvd but does the job you have the option of 3 quality settings as well only +- 3 mb download ken

Ella welcome to the forum for starters read How to prepare and burn DVD-Video or SVCD disc, Quick tutorial at http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=4&t=1408 ken

have a good one Igor and how about posting a new updated picture of your self on Bussty's site ken

Ray congrats' to the family. If the "Ruben" show turns out anything like your wedding show it will be a keeper! Ken

Robert on first run the show just did the start program -- then went to desktp -- so i started te main program separtely -- stopped it then started the start exe -- it finished and main program started as it was supposed to looks like a good time was had by all fuzzy picts --something better than nuthin' overall great shots ken

a quick search with google for ken burns bio revealed this http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Ken%20Burns:18...:page=biography Burns wanted his films to "live," and to that end adopted the technique of cutting rapidly from one still picture to another in a fluid, linear fashion. He then pepped up the visuals with "first hand" narration gleaned from contemporary writings and recited by top stage and screen actors. Burns' first successful venture was the award-winning documentary The Brooklyn Bridge, which ran on public television in 1981. While he was Oscar-nominated for his 1985 theatrical release ~ k

Yesterday, my copy of Canadian Geographic arrived -- on page 10 a full page ad for his dvd's as gifts for Xmas -- as i have an interest for guys named Ken, I figgered i better have a look at the site that was shown in the ad -- www.pbs.org http://www.shoppbs.org/family/index.jsp?ca...=lftnav_sbs_txt He has quite a collection -- looks like one could be amused for a year I guess i will pass -- i had just bought 4 of Canadian Geographic's dvd's on Canada, and my pockets are empty ken

system double posted -- Admin delete plse ken

James the Hawk has just sent you a show for test ken

captbrando welcome to the forum hate to spill water on your blanket but even tho you paid for a tune does not mean you can use it commercially - -you have the right to use it rules rules they make you sick dont they ken

Pushu if the original disc works on your system - nicely give it back to the client and tell him it works ok on my system ken

Glazzers welcome to the forum it would help if we knew which thread you are referring to as there are many involving your ulead ken