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Norrie, For DVD it is recommended to use in O&A | Common tab ... Cover Slide mode for your pano object. Make Mpeg2 file instead of DVD burn to first verify results.

Bob, Have you tried using Video Builders- Project Options | Project tab -- Audio Format setting to LCPM and not use MPEG Audio ?

Freddy, Does the DVD disc play with the same issue when played from Pc vs Player/Tv ? Iam running out of possible resolves in your issue. If your using D3D checkbox option .... disable it and test burn again to verify if issue persists.

Adding to Lin's post above ... If your original images are no longer in their original path/folder : Just copy the all the known images and the associated .pte file to a new/common folder as Lin suggests. Now, just open PTE and from Main Menu bar select File | Open and select the .pte file in that new/common folder. The images from the new/common folder should be viewable in the slide list and fully functional. Preview to verify and save the .pte file. * PTE will use relative path of .pte file if original full path files are missing. * This option avoids .pte file editing. Always create backup zips before file relocations, etc.

Freddy, Try VideoBuilder with Debug report options. -Open VideoBuilder and press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Q -Debug Options window will appear. -Select Additional Option tab and enable checkbox Create Burning Log. -Proceed with your DVD burn process. *You will find the created log files in your user\Local Settings\Temp folder ... and/or the C Root. Debug log should report any errors encountered. Other Notes: * Have you verified your Video Card drivers are current and upto date ? DVD process requires properly functioning Video Card/Drivers especially if using D3D acceleration.

Jean, Its perfectly safe to remove any older versions of PTE you no longer use or require. Go to to Windows -Add and Remove Programs an select the PTE versions you wish to uninstall. Note: As a safeguard ... save/backup any .pte file created with those versions you may need in another location.

guym, Have you tested using other dvd brands/formats ? If you tried only with DVD+R format type discs for example ... try with DVD-R. DVD burners can be pretty picky on particular disc 'brands' and 'formats' they prefer. Consult the manual that came with your DVD burner for recommended brands and formats. Have you tried as Sari Davis posted above as to reducing burn speed and closing unnecessary programs ? Pcs can usually handle multi-tasking ... but disc burning isnt necessarily one of them.

Norrie, Read this post : http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7691

Freddy, Your issue appears indentical to a very recent post. Updating the dvd burners firmware resolved the issue ... check yours for firmware updates. Read this post ; http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7791 *While your at it ... might as well check for any video card driver updates so you know your hardware is up to par on its latest drivers.

eunice, Open the .pte project file and from PTE menu bar select File | Create Slideshow As .. and enter your prefered exe showname in the filename editbox and save to a folder/directory of your choice. The Taskbar name will now display the filename you entered. If you want your displayed Taskbar name (the bottom of screen button with icon) to be different than that of the actual exe filename ... open Project Options | Screen tab - Caption of Show and enter another prefered name in the editbox. The Taskbar name will now display this 'caption name' even though the exe filename is different. Note: Make your button links for your index ... using the filename of the .exe and not the 'caption name' or Taskbar name displayed.

Ken, This procedure allows user a menu choice to play your show.exe, play dvd show or open your image directory ... upon insertion of DVD disc inserted into pc. DVD/TV system will just play the DVD show ... without showing Menu.exe choice. Building: -Create a single slide Menu.exe (non-D3D) with button objects -1st button - To play yourshow.exe on disc ... Set Action on mouse-click to Run Application *command to enter is : yourshow.exe -2nd button - To open your Image Directory on disc ... Set Action on mouse-click to Run Application *command to enter is : your directory name used or zip file name -3rd button - To play DVD movie from disc on pc ... Set Action on mouse-click to Run Application *command to enter is : MPlayer2.exe VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB *other option : MPlayer2.exe /fullscreen /play /close VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB *option from chapter/menu: wmplayer /fullscreen /device:DVD (Requires Windows with Windows Media Player) * Create a Autorun.inf file with command : Open=Menu.exe * Place your Autorun.inf, Menu.exe, YourShow.exe, and your Imagefolder (or zip) into the same folder for 'Include additional folders and files to disc' * The Menu .exe will load from Autorun.inf when DVD is inserted to pc ... user makes choice from buttons, Menu.exe is always open in background due to use of 'Run Application' and not 'Run Application and Exit' command. Note : Remember ... exe loading and play can be slower from CD/DVD disc. Best to copy/play from harddrive for best results.

dabbler, If your using Pte-VideoBuilder ... save/export your shows using Create MPEG2 Files checkbox. Import these MPEG2 files into your Adobe Encore program. VideoBuilder does have dvd menu building features. If you do not have VideoBuilder upgrade ... you must save your individual shows using Create Custom AVI File radiobox and select your own Video Codec. You can not use PTE Codec for this avi production ... as its only for DVD processing. You must select something like MPEG4 or similar codec that must already be installed on your pc. *MPEG2 quality is much prefered over MPEG4 output.

Ken, Ive always found its best to ZIP (package) numerous individual files and folders when it comes to burning files to any disc. Try packaging your file/folder contents into a .zip prior to burning reduces possible writing to diisc errors.

greenok, Actually both DVD processing and the exe file greatly benefit from use of D3D setting if video card hardware supports the feature. Read this link: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7642 I suggest as Tom has recommended ... verify/install latest video drivers and Direct X. * Also try D3D checkbox disabled to verify if better results.

Are you using D3D enabled hardware setting or not ? Does your video card specs support D3D setting ? ( provide video card specs) Find this checkbox setting in: Project Options |Screen tab -Screen Options

Ken, You should be able to burn to DVD disc with 'Include additional folders and files to disc' ... which includes your show exe and individual image files. Just use checkboxes : -Burn DVD Disc -Include additional folders and files to disc *Test first with shorter file size shows on DVD-RW disc to shorten process/burn time *Try lowering the DVD disc burn speed in VideoBuilder ... and /or ... diff brand disc/format

Ken, I have just dispatched an emergency relief run ... the St. Bernards with brew filled barrels are treking to your location asap !!! Get Well Soon !!!

yachtsman1, The .pte project file is a text based data file that contains parameters and settings of your pte project. The project file references your files used thru file paths/locations where the originals reside on your disks ... it does not bind/embedd any external image/sound files to this file. Therefore, the .pte file will always be considerably smaller than the produced exe. If you have moved your image files to a new location/from its original location after you saved your project file ... you will receive such 'cant find' message errors. Its possible that your project file may have becomed damaged. Sometimes, its possible to manually edit/fix the project file if you know what your looking for. Being a new user ... its faster to start over again. * Try Ron's suggestion as posted previously ... these things sometimes find a way to resolve themselves.

bob w, All tv mfgr. brands will overscan at diff %. Newer digital tvs seem to overscan at a lower %. So whatever setting you decide to use ... its each tv that has the final say of how much % its going to overscan its display. All you can do is realtime testing upon various makes and models to get your settings-best average to use. Exactly. VideoBuilder currently does not support burning multi-ratio content dvds. However ... it is planned feature for future versions.

Welcome, yachtsman1 Try opening your project .pte files from the PTE menu bar using File | Open . *Some users have experienced issues in opening project files with v5.0 ... v5.1 releases should have most fixes for this.

Welcome, dabbler Just use your keyboard ESC key to exit from Preview at any time. You can also Preview from any slide by use of buttons or right click options. (see attached image) Other Info of interest : http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7607 See image example below:

David, Interesting fact for the CD to run the same with or without virus scanning. Is this CD show a .exe file extention or some other ? Does the CD have multiple files or one single file of 691MB ?

Kurt, Not knowing you monitor's native/optimum resolution ... but your 1920 x..... setting may be too demanding of your video card to run your show smoothly. Progressively lower your screen resolution settings to see if your issue resolves. * If your image size is too large ... this can also add to your issue.

Dick , I suspect the effect you see has nothing to do with your Power Management. PTE Shows built using Full Screen w/D3D uses the 3D accelerated capabilites of your video card/drivers. The effect of that " for about a second " is created when the desktop no longer uses the D3D mode drivers and reverts back to your normal desktop mode drivers at the closing/end of the PTE show. Many members also refer to this effect a momentary flash or flicker. PC gamers also experience this same desktop effect when the games closes that use 3D acceleration. Only v5.0 and newer PTE D3D shows will display this effect ... previous PTE versions did not use the D3D capabilities of the video card. As a Test: Build 2 shows ... one with the D3D checkbox enabled and one without. View the results. The non D3D will not produce your screen effect as described in your above post.

Dom, The reference of by default (user timer to show next slide) indicates the shows global value ... whereas the show next slide after indicated time interval refers to an optional customize slide value. If the Project Options-Main tab : 'Wait for a key press or mouse click' checkbox is enabled the shows global value would become 'by default-Wait for a key press or mouse click' for all slides except for any customized slide changes/setting if used. Peter, This new feature is only available in version 5.1 releases. The feature allows total manual control over a slideshow ... or allows multiple combinations of manual with slide timing override settings or vise versa.