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Gary, One other possibility: Look at Customize Slide to see if you added it in Add Audio or Voice? DG

Gary, Check your Audio Files in Project Options for the Show in which the video was Muted (ticked). DG

Ken, My German is purely for road signs and menus. /> The settings for the Forums these days can be quite sophisticated and advanced - I just wondered if I had missed something. DG P.S. Prior to today's post the last post was Feb 11 so it isn't that much of a problem (for me) but when it came up as "New Content" today it stood out.

Even the posts in the Deutsch Forum, Ken?? DG

Colin, With respect, I think that there is an element of sense in what Peter says. Forget the Project Size (resolution) issue and think about our recent discussion with regard to your XP PC. If you do not state otherwise I would be in order to expect that any show made on my PC which complies with the resolution requirements would run on your computer if it were being used for the competition? We both know that is not the case. Shows with complicated animations (for instance) are not going to run as well on a laptop with a low spec as they do on the Desktop PC on which they were made. Anyone running a competition has a duty (IMHO) to provide a PC of the highest spec possible in order to cope with ALL entries. DG

Is there any way of telling the "View New Content" option to ignore particular sections of the Forum? DG

In addition to Lin's comments I would offer the following. After "Muting" the video's Audio track the the Audio can be be added via the "Add Audio or Voice" button. The result is the same but it has an advantage in that if you have to move the position of the Slide containing the video or the timing of previous slides during the project construction the Audio will move with the slide and will not require adjustment of the "offset" value. Just another way of approaching it and worth consideration. DG

I totally disagree with the last post.(POTWNC). Whatever else they may do they should not alter the projector res. If they are indeed running a 1024x768 comp on a 1920x1080 projector they need to get their act together and take some tech advice on board. I would ask another question: do they have a HDMI equipped laptop? Leave the projector res alone. Sorry POTWNC, DG

Are you OK now??? DG

Did you try closing your computer and re-opening?? It looks like you had multiple versions open at the same time. DG

What security warning?? My security is pretty tight, but I never get a security warning when opening PTE. Is it only with the 300 slide show that you get the problem?? PTE is trying to open that show every time and if there is a problem with the show itself then it will never open. Trying going to an earlier / smaller project folder and clicking on the PTE file for that project - if your file associations are OK then it should open that. It's easy to be wise after the event but when starting out on a BIG project it is a good idea to save different versions of it along the way so that if you run into problems you can go back a couple of versions and find the problem. Good luck, DG P.S. To open an earlier version go to C: Program Files (x86) > WnSoft PTE > 6.5 (or 7.0) > Main and Double Click on the PTE Application File.

If you are projecting at 1024x768 or 1920x1080 then SOMETHING has to re-size your images. in this case it is PTE and once you have squashed those 5000 wide pixels into 1920 wide they cannot magically grow in number at any stage in the process. I find that it is far better to re-size the images myself and have full control over the quality (and the EXE size). It is only when zooming or panning that having anything bigger than project size images makes a difference or is necessary. DG

Here you go: Video formats MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640x480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formatsMotion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280x720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file formatConvert your PTE into MPEG4 (PUBLISH) and play that. DG

Does Apple TV support MPEG4? DG

Steven, Here is the promised Template. I have added a "Black BG" JPEG to act as a MAIN IMAGE (Parent Image). If you unzip this and open it, all you have to do is go to Project Options and set the "% of main Image" to 90-92% before you begin the Burn to DVD process (click on "Apply to All Slides") - I think that you will find that it works. On my TV the 92% figure is just about perfect. Try it as a test? Steven.zip DG

Steven, In order to progress quickly, here's my suggestion. Ignore PTE's TV Safe Zone (for 1920x1080) - it does not represent what actually happens and needs to be looked at again by PTE. (Your project highlighted this). I have tried the following with your project and burned a DVD with it to play on my oldest DVD Player. It works fine. Add any of your 1920x1080 images to a Blank Slide and change its opacity to zero. Mark this as the MAIN OBJECT of the slide (O&A Properties). You can use this as a "MAIN IMAGE frame" to which you can add all other images. Now add the various other images, text etc as CHILDREN of the MAIN OBJECT. Do the same for all slides. When you are ready to burn, (with Fixed Size of Slide unticked), go to Project Options / Defaults and set 90% of slide to show Main Images. This will reduce everything to the same relative percentage. Burn it and try it - if 90% is too much and you get a black area outside of your white line frame, try 91% or 92%. Some other observations: Try to keep a Key frame at Zero for all Objects. Your School image is not a true 16:9 image - there is no need to reduce it in size - use 1920x1080 and place it behind your frame in ORDER and you will get the same effect. I will send you a Template or post it here later. DG

Steven, You can "Show TV Safe Zone" by clicking on the option in Preferences > Editor. Go to O&A and make sure that your project then fits inside the Blue area. Project Options > Defaults > % of slide to show full image will adjust the image if required. Could you post a single image Template or Backup in Zip so that we can see your setup??? DG

Steven, In your case I would play with the TV Safe percentage to see if a larger/smaller percentage does it for you. It used to be around 90% on the OLD DVD Player that I had. DG

Here's the Page: Do this for all tracks after adding your 10 second first slide. If the track has no Offset value make it 10 seconds. If the track already has an Offset value, add 10 seconds to the value. DG

Try: Untick the Fixed Size of Slide box?? Is your dvd player an upscaling model?? Blu Ray players with HDMI handle this best. DG

Do you have just one audio track or more? If just one it is simple - there is a parameter called OFFSET - make that the same duration as the inserted new slide number one? If more than one track highlight each in turn in Project Options / Audio / Customize and apply the same offset to all. DG

For any out there using NX2, Nikon have released 2.4.1 which claims to cure the problems which have been plaguing some users for a while - the "Temporary Folder nearly full" issue. It also updates the software for all newly released cameras. (D7100 etc). https://nikoneurope-...tail/a_id/55827 DG

Hi Igor, 7.5.6 is looking good!! DG

Insert your blank slide and set it to 10 seconds. Go to Project Options , Audio, Customize and OFFSET the music tracks by (further) 10 seconds. (Add 10 seconds to existing offset on all tracks). That's just one way. DG

Made in Version 7.5.5 at 1920x1080: Double Flip 3D.zip DG