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MUR, Has it been authorized? Direct Link? DG

I use these: http://www.johnlewis.com/bose-companion-2-multimedia-speaker-system-series-iii/p531306 There are lots of variations by other makers. Try before you buy. DG P.S. These are Mains Powered and have two inputs - Computer and Auxilliary for MP3 player etc.

Ron, I have just pressed F4 and gone into Full Screen View of Slide List. I am able to re-order Slides in this View. Same thing applies to any other method of getting to the Full Screen View. DG

Erno, Firstly the resolution of your images is iirelevant to some degree because they are reduced to 768x576 to make the DVD. Depending on the quality of your DVD Player etc a DVD can be quite good when played through a DVD - but not as good as an EXE File played on a computer. I use a BluRay DVD Player to play my standard DVDs through my TV connected via a good quality HDMI cable and the results are good, but not in the same league as the EXE approach. Another alternative is to make a 1920x1080 MP4 and play that on your TV's Media Player (if available). DG

ExperimentalHomesteader.com is unavailable. DG

F4? Settings / Toggle Fullscreen. http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/hotkeys/main or http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/techniques/basic_av_creation?s[]=full&s[]=screen DG

Douglas, "Fit to Slide" IS the default. O&A / Common Tab / Mode = Fit To Slide. In a NEW FILE (Project) when an Image is added to the Slide List it defaults to "Fit to Slide". There are (Image) slide styles which can be applied to single or multiple slides for both FIT and COVER SLIDE. If you want to apply COVER SLIDE to multiple Slides, add all of your images to the Slide List, highlight them all and apply the Style - COVER SCREEN. Slide Styles / Image / Cover Screen Can you explain a little more? DG

Hi Joe, First, you need to be aware, when searching for help, of the age of the thread that you have discovered. The two threads that you have picked on today come from 2009 and 2011 respectively and the information contained in them is now (possibly) out of date. The current version of PTE is 8.0.9 and you need to go to this thread to read in full and download the latest version: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17226-picturestoexe-8/ Currently, the "Check for updates" in Help only applies to MAJOR updates (e.g. 8.x.x to 9). In Customize Selected Slides (V8.0.9): You need to tick the Slide Duration Box, then enter a new time in seconds. Until you tick the "Slide Duration" box the time shown is that of the first selected slide. When you then Click OK all selected slides will be at the set time. In the Transitions Tab, tick the CUSTOMIZE box at the top and then make your alterations. When you then click OK your set transition/time will be applied to all selected slides. DG

Read it again Gary. Prt Sc captures the whole screen. Alt+PrtSc captures the Active Window. DG

You can resize an active window to whatever size you require before pressing Alt+PrtSc? That's how I did all of the Figures for the Online Help. The size of the Window changes but not the elements inside the Window. DG P.S. "into Paste"??

Gary, I posted this because not everyone seems to be able to use the "Prt Sc" keyboard function. It is a little easier to use BUT, unless I have missed something, it is not as easy to add text to the Snipped JPG. I still prefer "Prt Sc". DG

Eric Legallet (Baumettes), If the number of installations exceeds 2, then WNSOFT will be aware of it and can take action. DG

It is always useful to add screen shots when posting queries / bugs etc. Here's an easy way of creating a screen shot of, perhaps, an error message: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-snipping-tool-capture-screen-shots#1TC=windows-vista Works in Vista and W7. Apologies if it has been mentioned before. I think this post is in the right section but if an admin wants to move it - I'm OK with that. DG

Canico, I Objects and Animation / Properties you can see where PTE is "looking" for the image. Check that this location is available and that the image is in the folder. Also it is possible that your external drive is being assigned a different Drive letter to when the "Save" was made? Is the external drive unplugged regularly? DG

Igor, Version 8.0.8 - Check for updates tells me that I am using the latest version? DG

Bert, The "Four Arrow" Button starts the show from the Cursor Position. When you click on a slide in either the Slide List or the Timeline the Cursor is placed at the end of the Transition. DG

Settings, preferences, toolbars. Tick all of the boxes. DG

If your "Background" image (bg.jpg) is created specially for the job then It could include something like: WIDEANGLE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS .......and maybe your photo etc........ DG

Take a look at the "Templates" Folder in C/program files/wnsoft/8.0/VideoBuilder. That will give you a pointer in the right direction. In VideoBuilder: Tick the "Create Menu" box. In the Next Page, "Customize" an existing Template by adding your own Background Image in the Left Hand (Edit) section. Click on "Choose Template" and "Add a template" - Save in a suitable location with a suitable name and all of the components of the existing menu Template are saved with the renamed "bg.jpg" Background Image. It (the Template) then becomes a choice when you "Choose Template". An alternative method would be to "Add Template" first and then edit it by changing the Background etc. The Button Style is determined by the current chosen Template when the "Add Template" is pressed. Buttons can be created and saved in the "New Template" folder. They must be named "Play" etc and overwrite the existing Buttons. DG.

Cedric, I tried your test (in 8.0.7). I confirm what you are seeing. DG

Nice workaround. DG

It is possible that by using separate tracks, PTE is better able to cope with Bite Rate anomalies. The ISO created with the original files works perfectly when assembled as per my original diagram. However the problem of the waveform being cut off (but still playing) persists. Taking the "Blue Danube" track into Soundbooth and saving as a 128kbps MP3 solved that problem and the complete waveform now shows. Once again the ISO plays perfectly. None of this is "good pratice" but serves to show that, as earlier posts suggest, having known and trusted sources for MP3 files and checking that they are all the same bit rates etc pays dividends. DG

Peter, I had no intention of mis quoting you but careful examination of the contents of the zip indicates that some of the mp3 files are (might be) downloads and therefore the only option is to convert those to wav. Quality would eventually be compromised but surely what we are doing here is fault finding and any method used is valid? DG

See post #41. This suggests that our earlier references to cbr vs vbr had some substance. I think that you should rebuild the audio tracks. Peter's suggestion of converting the tracks to wav would eliminate the vbr problem. DG

But, presumably, the same codecs are being used for both the ISO and the DVD versions? My ISO version made from the modified project worked perfectly and saved the need to burn a DVD. DG