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  1. <note>Hmmm, the Warbirds post on this thread from appeasegen looks like a lame attempt at SPAM.</note> But for Henri or anyone else reading this thread - the problem I was having was an audio problem, not a video or graphics problem, and is solved (for me, but not for PTE). PTE apparently could not handle some of my MP3 files when playing on Snow Leopard. I reconverted all the files to MP3 again, rebuilt my slideshows, and was able to work around the problem. Linda
  2. Looks like they've added more control with the custom option since I tried this long ago. When I first started converting AAC to MP3 for use in PTE some eight years ago, iTunes didn't have conversion capability, so I have always used other converters. But a few years ago when I switched to Macs I did try using iTunes briefly for conversion and found issues and limitations. These may all have been fixed by now, but I don't have any reason or desire to use it at this point. I have other, better software for that task that gives me more capability with less hassle. You totally missed my point. I wasn't saying I shouldn't have to convert from AAC to MP3. I said "reconvert", not "convert". And yes, the problem could be anywhere from the converter to any point in the audio playback stack. The fact that I don't have any problem playing these audio files with other players on the same system would make me want to find the root cause for the bug if it were my software. But I am leaving that up to Igor. Anyway, it's done; all my slideshows have been rebuilt now, so I hope I won't be spending further time on this issue. Linda
  3. I don't use iTunes to convert, because there is no control over audio parameters with iTunes and I have found it to truncate some of my files in the past when converting as well. I already own other converters and editors (soundbooth, audition), so I have a workaround, though it really shouldn't have been necessary for me to reconvert all these old clips and regenerate the slideshows. I mentioned the data about the converters and LAME since it might provide a clue as to the root of the problem if Igor chooses to investigate it. Linda
  4. Hi Peter, I saw that report yesterday, but it doesn't appear to be related to the problem I'm having, since this is happening with a single stereo clip. The problem all appears to be with clips that I had converted from AAC in MP4 (m4a) to MP3 using the Xilisoft audio converter, an older 2.1 version, which uses the LAME codec. If I reconvert from AAC using their latest version (which I don't own but can use a trial copy), or if I reconvert using another application (such as MusicMan for Mac OSX, which also uses LAME), I don't see this problem. I still think there may be an issue with PTE in the setup parameters it is using for playback of these clips on Snow Leopard, or it could be an issue with the audio driver itself. I think it would be a good thing for Igor to take a look in case it's something that needs to be fixed in PTE, but I can also reconvert all my clips as a workaround for now. Thanks to all for the suggestions. Linda
  5. Great suggestion, Lin. It does appear to be related to the audio files in the problem slideshows. I eliminated the audio from one of the shows that was exiting immediately, and it played (without audio, of course). I then added a known working audio track from one of my other shows, and it played with audio. I then took the problem audio track and put it in another show that had been playing fine, and it exited immediately. I haven't yet found the issue with the four audio files that seem to be problems. They have the same parameters (128kbps, 44.1khz, 2 channel, cbr) as the working ones. These audio files do play on my Snow Leopard system if I use another player (quicktime, VLC). I'll dig further, though. At least now I have a clue! thanks, Linda
  6. I recently upgraded my Macbook Pro to one of the new models that came out in April: 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, Snow Leopard 10.6.4, Intel High Definition Audio, Intel HD Graphics + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M (512 MB) I also have a Mac Pro running Leopard. I have about 10 slideshows in OSX app form that I've created from PicturesToExe 6.0. They all run fine on the Leopard machine. On my Snow Leopard machine, I'm having issues with 4 of the 6 shows. Two of them exit immediately. Two others play, but with no audio. The six other shows play fine. I've tried rebuilding the four problem shows with the latest 6.5 beta, and there is no difference. The problematic shows are similar to the ones that work, in that they all use MP3 audio files, similar screen size, etc. Any clue as to what could be going on here or what I can try? Where do I log an official bug? I'm willing to do some experiments to capture logging, etc, to get more info. thanks, Linda
  7. Just wanted to add to this thread that I regularly create AVCHD disks using PTE and Nero. Similar to what Lin described, but I skip a transcoding step. From PTE, I create an AVI file (using PTE video codec and PCM audio) in the 1080p resolution. Then I use Nero to directly import this AVI file and create an AVCHD disk (with menus) and burn using a standard DVD disk in my DVD writer. I've tried the route of creating an HD MP4 file, but most of the software I've tried is not smart enough to avoid transcoding the video again (uncompress/recompress instead of passing through the video stream) which degrades the quality. So when I have Nero take in the AVI rather than the MP4, I avoid the initial compression. Maybe Pinnacle is better at passing through the video and just remuxing it, but I haven't tried that one. And they looked beautiful on my HD TVs! Note that just as Lin says, while you don't need a blu-ray writer to do this, you do need a blu-ray/AVCHD player (and not all blu-ray players can play AVCHD). I have a Playstation 3 that I use and I've taken my slideshow disks to friends' homes where they played on Samsung players. (yes, I bore my friends with my vacation slideshows!) Linda
  8. Youtube now supposedly supports HD, and I wanted to find out when the Youtube publish option on PicturesToExe might be supporting this change? Right now it looks like the resolution is limited to 480x360 in the publish option, but youtube recommends higher, especially for HD. I'm still using beta 15, so if this has changed since then, please disregard my question. thanks!
  9. Yes, I have tried both those things. No difference. But thanks for the suggestion.
  10. I have a slideshow that I have been trying to convert to Flash usng Adobe Media Encoder CS4. From PTE 5.6, I have output an AVI file using 1000x750 size, 15 fps, PTE video codec, and PCM audio at 44khz. Adobe Media Encoder is set to utilize input size and fps, and create H.264 F4V file with AAC audio at 96kbps, 44khz. I'm seeing ghost slides showing up as flashes during the transition between slides. The output, if you want to see it, is at: http://www.dancingfish.com/shows/PTEbug/ The ghost slide that shows up first is exactly halfway into the show in its correct spot. Any ideas as to what can be going wrong? Note that the ghost slide flashing is only happening during the transitions. The PTE AVI itself seems to be okay, as it will play in Media Player without the flashes. So this might be a bug in Adobe Media Encoder, which is a shame, as I need to create streaming flash video. If there are some tricks to creating an AVI file that the AME will digest better, I'd welcome hearing them. I've tried messing with the fps settings on both ends, to no avail. thanks...
  11. Hmmm, it turns out it's not VMware, and it's not a problem with the size of the file. It's actually a few bytes larger than 4GB, as I noticed later. PTE is completing the output of this file, but there are problems with the output (again, this is uncompressed video and PCM audio in an AVI). My conversion software (Premiere Pro or Adobe Media Encoder) won't accept the file as input. Windows Media Player will try to play it, but the video is all wonky. It starts out showing 4 copies of a slide overlaid (and the slide is actually supposed to be about halfway through the show). I think this may be related to another problem I am seeing with Adobe Media Encoder and an AVI file using the PTE video codec. I'll post about that in a separate post. Linda
  12. I'm trying to debug a problem I'm seeing with PicturesToExe, and thought I'd ask here in hopes of narrowing down the issue. I'm running PicturesToExe on XP within VMWare Fusion, using a bootcamp disk formatted to NTFS. The host is a Mac Pro. I'm asking PTE to output an AVI file with raw, uncompressed video (so that I can create compressed video on Max OSX). This is a fairly short slideshow, about 4.5 minutes long, at 1000x750. In watching the progress bar as PTE chunks along slowly, creating this file, it looks like it is about halfway done when suddenly it proclaims that it is 100% done. The file that it has created is exactly 4GB in size. It doesn't play properly in Media Player. Is there a limit to the size of the output file in PTE? To determine if this is a VMWare problem, I'm also planning to boot from bootcamp and try again, to take VMWare out of the scenario. But thought I would ask if anyone has successfully created output files larger than 4GB from PTE on an NTFS disk (FAT32 has its own 4GB limitation). thanks for any input... Linda
  13. What I'd like to see to extend this feature further is, if the file (image, music, whichever) is found in a subdirectory of the current directory, retain that path in the zip file as well. I usually put all of my image files into a directory called "images" and that helps me to declutter the root directory of my project directory. I would like to see a way to maintain local structure in the backup zip files as well. If the file is found outside the current directory, then I like to have it copied to the root directory of the zip structure. Thanks!
  14. Thom, The avi file that PTE creates will be deleted when you exit PTE. You need to do the conversion while the PTE dialog for creating the AVI is still up (e.g. you convert the video before you click the "Finish" button on the PTE dialog. If you do this, the avi file will be in the location where you specified. Linda
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