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JudyKay: Thanks for reminding me about adblocker. I use FIREFOX 90% of the time. I "installed" AD BLOCKER and it did block all the distractions with MEDIAFIRE. Thanks for the show Ray

raybridges: Good to see another show posted for "public" viewing. I have had too many issues using mediafire in the past that I won't go there anymore. Any chance you could put it up on "SLIDESHOW CLUB" ??

Thanks Lin Sounds so easy....

Hypnotizing at the start. Nice art work Nicely produced presentation as well - how you do these I don't know, but keep 'em up Music was well chosen PS: the downloading of the files just flew, unlike other times

Thanks for the explanations Peter Oh I'll come kicking and screaming into the 21st century..... I have to try to keep up with my grandkids after all

Thanks Dave I had a few minutes so I started working on your solution (er "trick" ). It works very well and gives me what I want. The only issue I am having is that this particular show is one of my earliest shows, likely from 2002 or 2003, prepared in PTE ver 2.8 (?). Way back then, I had not worked out techniques for handling verticals as well as hortizontals in AVs (I was used to 35mm shows where they all were horizontal.) so in this show I have several standalon verticals in amongst the horizontals. The horizontals work great with the stroked matte, but I am not sure I like the standalone verticals in that matte. But that is my problem, not anyone else's. I could re-do the show in a different way to handle the issue, but that is not on my plate right now. Thank you very much for presenting the solution !!!

What you say makes sense (of course ) Peter when I stop and think about it. I just need to learn in video terms. I have found in converting the files that I can "get away" with 30fps if the AV is all fades and the images are "strong". While I am working my way through Dave's solution to my problem on this one show, I wish there was a way to stop video going to the size it wants - but that likely is a result of poor understanding of the basics by me. Why can't technology stop advancing..... :wacko:

Thanks Dave I'll try to find some time to play with that today PS: Thx for the "More reply Options" hint

Yachtsman1 These were scanned 35mm slides there is no video in the AV. 60fps improved the transitions from that which I got using 30fps.

Thanks Dave. I understand the principle, put the images in as an object within the the "matte". I assume I have to do this for each picture? PS: how do I attach a file when replying like this ?? Can't see a BROWSE or ATTACH options

Thanks for the thought Yachtsman1. No joy, in fact worse. Still full screen, and bad pixelation on fade (used custom 1000x668, 60fps, quality 100)

Sorry about the long story to get to my question, but I thought it better to give the background..... I am trying to understand the video output from PTE….. A little background. I am in midst of converting about 100 of my many PTE shows that I have produced over the past 11-12 years. Most of the images are 1280 x 960 (or smaller) because that was what computers could handle best in the “old” days. I am not going to take the time to rescan, re-edit, re-crop all the images in the presentations. Been there, discussed it, and settled. The MAIN and SCREEN Project Options are set for: - aspect ratio 4:3 - full screen mode, 1280 x 960 fixed size of slide I am setting the convert to video options usually at: - 1280 x 960 - 30 fps - one pass – bit rate - 12,000 bit rate (99% of the shows do not have video, nor pan, nor zoom, so those settings seem to work OK.) However, I am working with one show that, for some reason or another that I cannot recall, has images at 1000 x 667. They are night shots with some very pale colours in the sky. After adjusting the settings to change for the 3:2 ratio and different sizes, I converted at 30fps, one pass, 12,000 bit rate. But this seemed to give too much pixilation on the fades with the pale colours and black. So I changed it to two pass, 60 fps and 24,000 bit rate which produced a better result. However the images are going full screen (1080 high) which seems to be stretching what few pixels there are in the files. All my videos use the full height of the screen (1080) despite the settings being for 960, or even 720. My general question after all that….. Why does the video go full height ? Is there no way to cap it’s height at whatever I specify on conversion ? I always kept the size restrained in the exe versions to preserve the quality of the image, can I not do it with the video output ? See attached screen captures. Thanks

Thanks Peter and Lin Muchly appreciated

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I didn't see it in this part of the forum, nor the help (but I may have missed it) I am converting all my shows to MP4 and have two questions (at this point) 1. My images are 1280x960. Should I be "publishing" at 1280x960 or 1280x720 ? "People" are recommending "720p" which I assume is 1280x720. I don't think I see a difference when I try both. 2. I am offered a choice of one pass or two passes one the encoding. I asume for simple shows (no videos, or pans) that two passes are perhaps overkill. The resultant file sizes are the same (±) Any thoughts would be appreciated Thanks Jim

You are right Peter !!!! Hope all all is well with you

Thanks Gary. I know where to go to get the details now (whether I will understand it all is another matter..... )

Not sure where I got the 48,000kbps.... I was intending to refer to the video, but I still got it wrong. (see attached screen capture) Can't trust these luddites :rolleyes:/>/> :rolleyes:/>/> Thanks for the offer of advice. I'm OK now, but if I hit an issue you can be sure I will be back. The forum has always been a great place to talk and resolve issues.

Thanks Lin I hadn't discovered the "Custom" feature yet in PTE. I'll read the reference you gave me and try to understand it all better. Muchly appreciated !! Jim

Question re the bitrate in the MP4 file. It seems to be just under 5500kbps. Is this the highest that is achievable ? My camera outputs video at 48,000kpbs. I am by no means knowledgeable in this techie stuff, but it is being suggested to me that the higher the bitrate the better. I am having no issues playingback on my computer, but just wondering.... Thanks Jim

Wonderful control, great job Thanks Lin and Jean

Bill: I just rec'd a notice for a new show all seems to be OK Thx Jim

Thanks Bill: Took me a few minutes to find it all, but I see my email notification was not "ticked", only the Notification list was ticked. I ticked the e-mail options and I'll let you know if it all works in due course. Could have sworn I had rec'd one notification, but I guess I was dreaming... Thx again Jim

I seem to have the same issue, although it did notify me once

Yup there it is. Thanks Ken I hadn't selected the SLIDE SHOW category, I was sitting on ALL CATEGORIES........ Easy when you know where to look

Gary and Davegee: Guess I'm getting a little bit blind, where do you see "Follow this category" ?? Thanks Jim