[How to prepare and burn DVD-Video or SVCD disc]

MalcolmG, there's still confusion hovering over your attempts. Lets see if this can help clear it up. I am also using only the 30 day trial version of Ulead Video Factory 2.

( IF you are trying to use .pte or .iso or .ixa, - they are all NOT part of what you are trying to accomplish.)

Here we go:

Use PTE version 4.20 Beta #4

On PTE main screen, choose AVI and on next screen, Create AVI , here you choose where to save the file you will soon use in Video Factory.

Now, leaving PTE and the created file open, start your Video Factory program and do this in Video Factory:b

Start project

click Next

Add video - this is where you guide the program to the avi file you created by PTE. The created file you need

add here will show up as .avi or .ptev - either way, Video Factory will recognize it as a file it can

work with for you.

Next

Next

Next

Record to disc

Output

Unless I have made a mistake, those are all actual keystrokes you can make to burn your SVCD or DVD.

Please let us know when you make the "glorious" breakthrough and it works for you.

OK I followed your advice, I'm suffering the same problems, but when I bring up the file (.ptev) into Ulead, I get the message..File Format Mismatch. Please tell me what I've done wrong, I've done everything to the letter of your instructions....then this.......HELP..!!!

[View on TV]

I'm assuming you are using a DVD player which is capable of reading jpg formats from a CD or DVD and making an elementary "slideshow" on your TV.

To play a prepared slideshow from P2E or any computer program on a Television it must first be transformed into a format palatable to the television. The TV itself is an analog device which creates an image by tracing lines with data in an interlaced pattern. In the U.S. for normal broadcast thats 525 horizontal lines of which not all are actually visible. These lines are "traced" across the screen in an interlaced pattern so that lines 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 etc., are traced completely followed by lines 2, 4, 6, 8, etc., and this is all done so quickly that the persistence of the phosphors which make up the red, blue and green hues make it "seem" like a continuous image.

The computer uses a digital rather than analog signal and this has to be converted into an analog signal for the television to "understand" it. The DVD players which allow you to see jpg images have a built in analog to digital converter, but only for jpg images.

To make a computer slideshow compatible with the TV in PicturesToExe, you must choose the option to output to Video and create an AVI template. This template then must be converted to a DVD format by another program such as Ulead Movie Factory then properly burned to a DVD disk. In many cases the actual DVD player may not recognize the DVD+r format so you need to use DVD-r DVD's and your player must be able to read DVD-r formats. Some of the older DVD players do not do this, but most of the newer ones do.

Check the video section of this forum for further help with actually creating a DVD slideshow compatible with your TV.

Best regards,

Lin

[View on TV]

Why can't I view my presentation on TV like I can view my Digital Images. I've used the same images but added MP3 format music and copied to CD-RW. The DVD player rejects this as a "Bad Disc". Any ideas would be welcome guys....I'm a bit of a newcomer to computers, so go easy with the Technical jargon guys(gals) in explanations.....Regards Joe.