JRR

Hi Al: I am using MS IE 6.0. I find if I am patient and click on the small button indicating there is a new reply, read the new reply(s), and then click on "back to pictures to exe" at the bottom, then everthing behaves as it should, the little button on that topic is gone. If I am impatient and run through all the little buttons, clicking plus SHIFT key, I get many new sessions of MSIE going and I can look at all the new stuff very quickly, but when you finally come back to the main page, some of the little buttons are gone, some aren't. I usually REFRESH at that point, or LOG OUT and LOG IN again. Jim

Have you looked at http://www.findsounds.com/ (Not all royality free though) To get a feel, click on "need examples" below the search box. or http://www.acoustica.com/mp3-audio-mixer/s...?src=newsletter (these are royality free) Jim Robertson

Igor: You asked about loading times for large files with the new 4.0. The largest show I have right now is 10 minutes, 99 images with a 14MB sound file. Exe file is 26MB. I have not noticed an appreciably shorter load time from either a CD or the hard drive compared to 3.8. It takes about 1-3 seconds. (not a problem) I have a P3, 256 RAM, 400hz (?) Not sure if that helps you any. Jim Robertson

Robert: I am sure there are people miles ahead of me as I have been digitally recording/mixing only for a few months. I still use my tape deck to record narrations and then run the LINE OUT of my tape deck into the LINE IN of my computer's sound card and record using Acoustica MP3 Audio Mixer. While it is called MP3 Audio, it works with .wav files. I record my music (off CDs) using Music Match. I have only recently acquired Cool Edit 2000 with the Studio plug-in that will do much more, but I have not figured it all out yet. It will likely replace the above two softwares in due course for many functions. In theory you should be able to record directly using the MIC LINE IN on your sound card once you find the necessary jacks etc etc The use Cool Edit or Acoustica MP3 Audio Mixer to mix the sound files Hope that helps a a little Jim Robertson

I'll second Alrobin suggestions and his thanks for the work done !! Jim Robertson

Mea Culpa !!!!!! Looks like I spoke to soon, the "different" naming appears to have been me. It has not happened on further testing. Sorry

Just noticed something else in 4.0 The show's exe file is retaining the ".pte" in its name. For example the exe file for a show called "mypteshow": - in previous releases was "mypteshow.exe" - in 4.0 it is "mypteshow.pte.exe" Not a problem, just different Jim Robertson

Thanks Igor !! Appreciate the work and all the effort that goes into keeping a bunch of demanding people happy !!! In addition to Harold's post re his two anomalies, I would like to add one more and a comment: The transition time for a "cut" shows as shadow on the time line for what looks like 1.5 seconds, when really it is instanteous. But if you change the transition to a fade and show 20ms, then the time line looks right and the "cut" transtion still works. Maybe there is someway to show "cuts" with no shadow ? The comment is that I mis-read (over-anticipated ) the changes as I was expecting the transition to be "editable" from the time line, without having to go back to the custom edit slide screen. (see Al Robin's comments as well) Again THANKS

Al: It works great !!!!!!!! Thanks, it will save a lot of time on my long shows Jim Robertson

LumenLux I appreciate your not calling me names <grin> I have not used P2E extensively but I have 5 shows right now. One 10 minute and four 2-3 minute. All are very carefully synched to the music or sound effects. One thing I like about P2E, unlike other softwares I have tried, is that moving the shows to other computers has NOT affected the timing on the synchs. I have run the shows on aboiut 5-6 computers of various age and specs. Any computer that did not freeze when I started a show has run it exactly as I set it up. Some of the computers were low end, several years old, P2's without a lot of RAM. Maybe I have been lucky ?? Thank Jim Robertson

You can do exactly that. That is what is so great about release 3.80. When you have made your timing changes, press PLAY on the synch bar, yes it starts at zero, but move the scroll bar to where you want to check a change and click on the time line, the music and review skips right to there. Don't hit STOP, hit PAUSE and you can skip around forever clicking on the timeline and adjust to your heart's content. The odd time you will overload the software, no problem hit STOP and repeat above. SMOOTH>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Robertson

I suspect I will get a reaction with this, but why would you want to auto synch anyway ?? Slide shows should be synched to the music, not to the number of images. Auto synched: same timing for all slides, same transition speeds puts audiences to sleep. I can imagine the names that I will get called for this, but.....

Thanks for the advice !!!! Obviously I need to experiment a little more !! jrr

I have been away from P2E for a little while working on other stuff. The current version is GREAT with the ease of synchronization and "previewing" from the Synchronization "bar". I have tried other software and keep coming back to P2E I just put together a 10 minute show with 98 images and have come away with two requests for future consideration: 1. After I had the show synched, I had to add 6 seconds of silence to the front end of my sound file so that the images would appear from #1 when running the preview. The sound file (105MG .wav file) started properly but the images hung back until #3. It would have been VERY nice to have been able to add 6 seconds to each transition start time with a single entry, rather tha have to adjust each of the 98 images times. 2. I had to change the transition effects on several images. It would have been nice to be able to that from the synchronization "bar". Thanks