Peter S
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Has anyone tried using crossover 7 to run PTE? There is a forum for the Codewaevers web site but I could find nothing on PTE. It seems a relatively cheap option but back in 2008 Macworld did not rate it that highly.
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Peter
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I guess I need to read things more carefully!
As I understand it Alpha testing is done by users on the developers system. Is that correct? If so I am more than happy to help in this testing. An explanation of how the process actually works would however be interesting as it is not something I have done before.
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Peter
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Hi Igor,
Please include me on your list of beta testers for the Mac version. I am delighted to hear that you are already making good progress and look forward to testing the first beta.
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Peter
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Hi Jean-Pierre,
You said in an earlier post "it's only the demonstration of what we can do with a tool I am finishing and that everybody will be abble to use to do such slideshow.
I think it will be ready in a month, for free, of course."
Did you make the tool you refer to available on the PTE forum?
The show was amazing and it would be very interesting to try to do something similar.
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Peter
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Sorry Gary, I misunderstood. I thought you wanted to get rid of the black bars. I hate them and assumed you did too!
Peter
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Try using images 2200 x 1240, Project Options set to 2200 x 1240, tick fixed size in pixels. This is still 16:9 and is the only way I have found to completely fill the screen of my 1920 x 1080 Sony TV. It may work for you. I can see no logical reason for this working but it does and 1920 x 1080 does not.
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Peter
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I'm a bit late on picking up on this but great news Igor. I am particularly keen to see the first beta of the Mac version.
The sound editing possibilities look really good although I am quite happy using Audition when needed.
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Peter
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I have run some tests and I find the results very surprising. The tests may help someone and perhaps someone else may be able to provide an explanation. It seems to me that VideoBuilder behaves in strange and mysterious ways.
I made several short sequences using exactly sized rectangular slides with coloured borders and large circles in the centre. I burned these as DVD Video Discs using various settings.
My PC has a 1280 x 1024 display and my TV is a Sony 16:9
I find it difficult to believe but this is what works to get an undistorted full screen show on the TV.
Size of slide 1920 x 1080 - no surprise there.
Project Options Aspect ratio 5:4 (matches my PC screen) Why???
Fixed size of slide in pixels Ticked.
Video Builder options
TV system PAL/SECAM
Menu aspect ration 16:9
TV screen aspect ratio 16:9
Other settings I think I only changed Video type to Progressive but they are:
Bitrate 7000
Video type Progressive
There was no audio
The circles stayed circular on the Wide screen setting on the TV. I lost 40px top and bottom and 80px from each side. Other screen settings such as zoom distort the circles.
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Peter
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Dave
the difference between you and others is I think outside the box -- the computer does the work of building etc then i convert for playing on the ws tv by dvd
I have been told that i have enough junk that i need no more so i use what i have
)the bottom line
an aspect ratio of 16:9
ken
I am not sure what your out of the box comment is intended to convey but it does not really get us much further.
What do you actually do? If I burn a 16:9 PTE show to a DVD using Video Builder I do NOT get a DVD that fills my 16:9 screen when I play it on my TV through a DVD player. Do you?
How does the quality compare with the same show played through a lap top using an HDMI connection?
Peter
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Hi Dave,
I agree that connecting a PC or Mac to the TV using HDMI is the best solution and I have done this successfully.
I appreciate that the DVD will not produce the same definition but was looking to see if there is a "reasonable" solution to sending DVDs to other people.
It seems a shame to have the option available but not to be able to get at least a reasonable quality DVD that can be passed around.
Ken,
I am afraid that the links you provided don't really answer the question.
I cannot find the thread that discussed this topic in 2006 but Hawk published a step by step guide as to how to use Nero to make a DVD and I thought that was for a 16:9 HD TV but my memory is as old as I am and may be failing.
Is the conclusion "It is really not that worthwhile to make DVDs?
Peter
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Back in 2006 there were some interesting discussions on how to produce AVI files which could be burned onto a DVD using Nero. I learned quite a bit from other forum members at the time. Although I had some reasonable results I did not have an HD TV and have not pursued this since. I have just started looking at this again (having bought a 40" Sony) and would appreciate some guidance. Simply burning a DVD Video Disc from various differently sized slides ranging from 1920 x 1200 to 1024 x 768 sized files throws up some interesting resizing effects when viewed on the TV.
Can anyone please tell me what the latest advice using PTE 6.0 is to get a DVD that will play full screen on the TV.
Many thanks
Peter
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If you really do not want to circulate exe files you can always turn your material into DVDs. You will not get the same picture quality but you and the users of your material will avoid the "exe risk".
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Peter
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Rob,
If you have installed Snow Leopard that may be the cause of your problem. Perhaps Igor or Dmitry could confirm if this is likely?
It would also be helpful if any Mac users who have installed Snow Leopard could say if they have been able to run their shows or not.
Snow Leopard does seem to create quite a few problems with certain software. I have been told by Adobe that they recommend complete clean re-installation from original discs for their software after installing SL. Check around other forums before you decide to install SL if you have not already done so.
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Peter
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I always keep my Mac software up to date so that is not an issue but I gave up and ran it on my PC! Good stuff thanks Lin.
On the subject of MP4 I just came across an MP4 file I made of a slide show and it runs in QuickTime on my Mac and on my PC BUT.... I can't remember how I made the MP4 file in the first place. Can anyone tell me how to do this please?
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Peter
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Dave,
You are quite right. I made it to match my PC resolution 1280 x 1024.
Now I have grasped the resizing concept I will be able to do better in future.
Peter
Peter,
A possible answer to the HDMI "problem" is that you did not build your show at 1080 high and had the "fixed size of slide " ticked.
HDMI and VGA inputs will treat this differently.
DG
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This problem has now been sorted by Dmitry. Mac Versions made with the later versions of PTE work perfectly in mirrored mode.
I found no difference using HDMI or VGA connections as far as this particular topic is concerned.
I found that I had to use PC rather than HDMI etc to get the show full screen on the TV.
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Peter
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Hi Henri,
I tried playing Lin's tutorial on my Mac using Quicktime and got a message saying additional software is required. I got sound but no vision. Luckily it ran OK on my PC. Have you downloaded any Quicktime plug ins?
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Peter
Hi Lin, thanks for this marvellous tutorial. I downloaded it with my iMac and it works very good with Quicktime for Macintosh!
And by the way, for years now I'm admiring your marvellous hat,(of which I don't know name or brand or whatever of course), but remarkable it is, just like you. So, now I've said it!
Thanks again,
Henri.
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Andy,
I am not sure I have understood your problem. You can create your PTE slide show with the music synchronised to the show. If you then crete the show for the Mac it is identical to the PC version and the music/commentary whatever will play in exactly the same way as it did on the PC.
Can you describe in more detail exactly what you are trying to achieve?
Are you using a programme in addition to PTE on your PC? If so what and how does that integrate with PTE?
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Peter
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Well, I have an answer BUT.... I am still no wiser as to why everything except the PTE Mac viewer works perfectly well with Mirroring switched on. Still I am happy to wait and see how the release version caters for this. The same show ran perfectly well when I connected the MacBook to a projector and in my blissful state of ignorance I thought the TV would be just the same!
Peter,
My post above:
"Strange Peter,
Do you have any sort of Dual Monitor arrangement for the MAC which might be causing a problem?
DG"
On a PC it's Dual Monitor - on a MAC it's Mirroring.
DG
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Hi Andy,
Why do you want to use Keynote to run the slideshow? It will run itself on the Mac without any other programme, just as the PTE exe file runs on your PC.
see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10357&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1
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Peter
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I have as usual received excellent support on this issue from Igor and Dmitry.
For anyone else wanting to try this with a Mac here is the answer.
Mirroring has not yet been supported with the Mac Viewer but they will try to include it before the official release.
To show a slide show on a TV linked to a Mac:
Turn Mirroring OFF.
Go to System Preferences - Displays.
You should see two rectangles. I had a small one representing the LCD and a larger one representing the TV. The smaller one had a white band across the top indicating that the LCD was the main display.
Click on the white band and drag it to the TV display making it the main display.
Select the slide show and run it. You have to do this looking at the TV screen and I found it easy to loose track of where the cursor was. At times it appeared to vanish but I could always find it by moving to the screen edges.
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Peter
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Dave,
It is a KDL 40W 5500.
This attachment shows the various resolutions but I'm not too sure what to make of it!Kind regards
Peter
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Dave and Barry thanks for your interest and your replies.
The Mac detects the Sony display as well as its own inbuilt LCD. So I get Display options allowing me to mirror the displays or not.
The options for the Sony TV are shown as 1600x900 60Hz NTSC which is auto selected for me and
1280x720
1920x1080
one of these is PAL.
I have tried them all without success and have tried mirroring on and off.
I am beginning to suspect that it may be something to do with the way that the Mac viewer works but I guess only Igor or Dmitry would know if that is the case?
I can view everything else I have tried on screen such as this forum and Lightroom.
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Peter
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I have recently bought a Sony Bravia HD TV. I have linked this to my Laptop which is a MacBook. I can mirror the displays so I see on the TV exactly what I see on the laptop BUT.... I cannot get a PTE slide show to appear on the TV screen. It runs perfectly on the laptop. When connected to the TV I can get sound but no picture.
I am connecting the video out on the laptop via a DVI-D to HDMI lead and a separate sound connection from the headphone socket to the TV audio in that relates to the appropriate HDMI input. I am puzzled and would appreciate some help.
Many thanks
Peter
Mac Audio Problem does exist
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I have recently made three sequences 2 very short ones and the third just over 3 minutes. I added sound files to each one. On the PC all play perfectly. On the Mac one of the short ones works OK the other two the music seems to play at a very slow speed.
All music files are MP3 produced from Adobe Audition. I was careful to ensure they are NOT MP3Pro.
If I put the music files on the Mac on their own they play perfectly so it is not a problem with the music file itself.
I have tried removing the music and putting it back but so far that has not worked.
I feel sure there is a bug somewhere in the conversion.
Can anyone help please?
Kind regards
Peter