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Peter, I have e-mailed you and attached my JPEG. I couldn't find a way of doing it via the forum. DG

Xaver, Interesting test!! I tried it on my Sony and found that whilst the Zero and 8 readings were very close there was a clear difference between all of the patches. I also included the opposite end of the scale i.e. 100 downwards and the differences between all patches were VERY clearly seen. I deduce from this that H.264 is adequate (for me) and that you might possibly look at the settings of your TV? DG

OK, then I'll offer you a suggestion. Instead of using a "preset" why not use the CUSTOM setting and make sure that everything is IDENTICAL in both of the shows that you are converting? Also, why not try creating the MP3 files at the same Bit Rate - get rid of any anomalies and then compare the two versions? DG

Peter, As you know I have been using this method (USB) for some time now and whilst I can't offer any words of wisdom I can give an example of one of the shows on my 16Gb USB Memory Key. Time = 10m 35s Resolution = 1920x1080 MP3 file = 9.7Mb at 128kbps Video details: 1920x1080 / 24fps / 2 Passes Bitrate / Bitrate = 10000 Final MPEG4 size = 769Mb Quality = SUPERB. I have also been using my Sony TV's Media Centre for playback of MP3s and JPEGs. The slideshow function is basic compared to PTE but allows for reviewing of images for family consumption. B+W JPEGs just JUMP out at you! DG

You can use Sow Down (or any other) if you go into Setting Up and click on SEPARATE HERE for each of the intermediate keypoints. DG

http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/order.htm (Upgrades for Existing Users of PicturesToExe) DG

Xmas 2011 will be quite early then? Great news!! DG

Hi John, The last stage in the PTE process gives you the option to "Create ISO". The ISO is the contents of a DVD in one package which you can burn to the DVD later. Turn all other options OFF and create the ISO at a known location on your HD. Generally speaking, if the ISO can be created successfully on the HD, any problems experienced later are not the fault of PTE but your burner, discs, player etc. That's my experience. After creating the ISO, I just double click on it and the correct "Burn Image" module in ROXIO 8 appears and does the burning for me. There is also something which can play the ISO file which I never got around to trying - "Virtual DVD Player" or similarly titled. I think it might have been KEN who mentioned it - perhaps he would be kind enough to do so again? DG

burn iso first - then burn dvd!

One way would be to set ONE slide up the way you want it and copy as many times as necessary. The go into O&A / Properties and change the Image each time (in each slide) to the ones that you want. DG

Works with XP and Vista (...and 6.5.4). DG

8fps is 125ms per frame. 900ms is slow motion? DG

Ken, The 6.0 Reg.txt should still work with 6.5 for the basic package. Don't you get that with 6.5? DG

Congratulations Igor and team. I remember the change to INVISION - I can't remember how long I was involved before that! DG

Snapshot: With the screen looking the way you want hit the PRINT SCREEN button. Open Photoshop and click on FILE/NEW Resolution will be set automatically. Click on EDIT/PASTE to add the Print Screen. Crop and/or Save As JPEG and add to your reply as ATTACHMENT. USE ADD REPLY - not REPLY. Please include full screen O&A to show the WHOLE "picture". DG

I have always found this to be difficult to achieve retrospectively. If you highlight and COPY all of the existing objects and PASTE to a newly inserted FRAME does that help? (You then delete originals if it works!). If you then alter the frame ZOOM percentage to 89% it will apply to everything below. I still think it best that your Border be added as a PNG AFTERWARDS. DG

You don't have to use a Mask Container to create an External Border. Simply put a PNG file at the top of your layers in every slide and you will be looking THROUGH it at the underlying images. You haven't quoted any resolution figures so here's a general example. If your show is being made at 1024x768 and you want to have a 100 pixels border then your PNG file, made in PS, will be 1024x768 with a 924x668 cutout in the middle to create the hole. Save as a PNG in "Save For The Web" and add as an Object to ALL slides in O&A at the "top of the stack". This simplifies all of the calcs on the underlying layers.

I'd like to clarify something which MIGHT be relevant (might not!). If you are using OUTLOOK or OUTLOOK Express to access your mail then it is POSSIBLE that your e-mail provider has already filtered out any and ALL *spam* messages before you download your "real" mail. I usually access my web-mail and filter out (delete) any unwanted e-mails (even though they are not necessarily *SPAM*) before downloading the ones I actually WANT onto my computer. I can also check the JUNK mailbox at this location to see if any e-mails have found their way in there inadvertently. If you are already collecting your e-mail via "web mail" please ignore the above and read on....... DG

People here have been quoting 48 hours lately but in the meanwhile please check your JUNK e-mail - it is possible, because of the nature of the e-mail, that it has inadvertently gone in there. As soon as KEN picks this up I'm sure he will make representations for you. Igor is also online. DG

The way I understood it was (briefly) if you buy PTE DeLuxe 6.5.5 today and NEVER EVER upgrade it to a future version then the whole package will work "forever". If, however you upgrade to a NEW VERSION (of VIDEOBUILDER) after the two year period then a new payment to upgrade the VIDEO BUILDER portion is required. Correct or not? DG

I think that what you ought to do is start a COMPLETELY new show by transferring (COPYING) the MP3 and one or two images to a new project folder. In a NEW PROJECT!!!: Add the images to the slides. Add the music via PROJECT OPTIONS / MUSIC. Tick SYNCH MUSIC and try the PREVIEW. If it works OK then you are home and dry - it's not the music. I think that you have (inadvertently) added music to your project in more than one place and by more than one method. DG

Mary, With the GREATEST of respect, my reply had absolutely nothing to do with the "good housekeeping" issues of PTE. Of course you should keep everything in one folder! But I was dealing with the LOCATION of that folder. I merely suggested that you could help yourself by keeping folders that were the MOST important in your computing life i.e. those containing PTE images, sounds etc at the top of the tree. Hence, their "addresses" would be shortened and much easier to change in the existing little box that you find so irritating. NEVER keep data, scratch discs, temp files etc etc on your C drive and keep the most imortant, current data near or AT the top of the tree! As my grandson keeps reminding me: It's not rocket science! ........ and I'm sure that Igor has more important issues to "address". DG

The answer might be to keep all images pertaining to a particular project etc in a folder in the root directory of a USB drive i.e. Z:\PTE\Image001 DG

The improvements to the SOUND handling in V6.5 are a major step forward. It's their IMPLEMENTATION and the "interlocking" of the various ways of adding sound that is giving cause for concern. Beta Testing is finding loopholes in implementation and these will, in the fullness of time, be addressed OR users will know that mixing methods WILL NOT WORK. Without Beta Testing PTE will not move forward. DG

Thanks Tom!! DG