davegee

Go to Settings > Preferences > Tools and TICK EVERYTHING. Then untick the ones you will "never use"?? DG

Sometimes, because the audio is VBR?? DG

I think a little more detail and a screen shot would help? I have a project which runs three converted videos in the same slide and I'm not getting those symptoms. I have just tried altering the durations and offsets of all three videos and cannot reproduce what you see. The closest I can get is if I leave the cursor at the end of the videos and alter the Slide Duration, when I click OK the O&A screen then shows 3 Green rectangles, but altering the cursor position puts this right and the green rectangles do not return. I think that the action of changing the Slide Duration momentarily causes this problem. Once you tell the system where it is in terms of time it recovers. I can't replicate a situation where a video will not play. W7 / 64 nVidia GT545. Is the second video a child of the first video (by accident or design)?? DG

Here it is Steven: http://dl.dropbox.co...13_20-34-10.zip DG

Hi Steven, So much for Media Fire. I will try to find it on my computer and PM you. DG

Hi Steven, I was inspired by Dan Brown's description of the "Rose Cross" in "The Da Vinci Code" and posted this back in 2009: DG

Thanks Steven, Nice to have some feedback and that I haven't dropped any Clangers!! DG

Jeff, That was my suggestion. What is inelegant about it? If the blank slide that you link to is something like 1-2 seconds and you have a 1-2 second transition on your Master Menu then it will slide in quite elegantly. Another option - no transition - and fade the opacity of your MainMenu Objects - that way you don't see the previous slide. Another Option - no transition - put a black rectangle above the Menu and fade Opacity to zero in about 2 seconds. Lots of Options? DG

Highlight PREVIEW and press UP or DOWN. DG

My method for making a Standard DVD for showing a 1920x1080 Project on a HD (16:9) TV. Making a DVD.zip Nav bar is enabled. DG

My reasoning: Most of us PREFER the 16:9 AR to be the Default. Some (Bert, Geoff, Maureen) would perhaps PREFER the 16:10 AR to be the Default. Is it therefore not a matter of Preference? I won't labour the point but that is the way I see it. DG.

Igor, Is it not possible to make both of these OPTIONS into PREFERENCES?? DG

Interesting use of the technology. I liked the Opacity effects. I also noticed that you are using the "Rose Cross" method to make the initial cube. I thought I was the only one doing that B)/>:)/>. Good work, DG

Igor, I confirm this. If PREVIEW is selected the correct Air Style is shown. If the "Four Arrow" Button is used then the Nav Bar is Video Style. DG

Good thinking Lin. If the video was added after the text that's very likely!! DG

Open the video in OandA and add the text there. if you want the text to change during the video you need to (perhaps) split the video duration into as many clips as necessary? Use Key FrAmes on the text to fade in/out. DG

I have added my two choices. 16:9 and "Fit to Slide". DG

Could you explain a little more? Opacity is already variable between Keyframes via the O&A Animation Tab. DG

Douglas, Try something along these lines: After you have saved your current project, open a NEW PROJECT (Project1). Save it as a Blank Project or with just one slide (Blank) with "Load last project on startup" in Preferences > Project ticked, That way it is not trying to open a large project on startup. Try closing you PC down and re-starting and then opening PTE from your START Menu. If it still hangs I think you need to look at your System Setup. You don't need "User Account Control" to be coming up every time you open PTE or any other prog. If you are the only user of the computer do you need it at all?? DG

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