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Welcome Maxim, There has been lots of discussion on this topic. You can begin with this recent post : Converting PTE to AVI and then to Flash http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....18&hl=flash Try a search for others.

John, Lins proceedure is the best to use in my opinion ... as it requires no mods of the linking shows. Keep in mind though the other shows settings must close at the end. I have used this technique somewhat in v448 but v5 gives a few more options (less fade to/from desktop) I prefer to see my menu (simple image) rather than setting the image transparent. (Running images in transparency can use some xtra pc resources. I also like a bit of visual control of the menu by showing the Navigation Bar. Best to show only the Pause and Exit buttons as using the others may create undesirable results if you are a happy clicker. 1st Slide - Customise Slide 1 Timing to 1 Sec and set to Stop at End of this Slide (This gies you option when your ready to start playing the auto linked shows from the Nav Bar. The Nav Bar shows up betwwen the linked shows so you can Pause or Exit at that time if you desire. The remaning shows are still in the auto link if you just want to sit back and dont interact with the Nav Bar. Follow Lins steps for the remaining project options and slides config. You can be more creative here if need be ... experiment !

Its really fast, simple, and painless to Back-Up your show files ... just click Create Back-Up in Zip from the File Menu. If your not too happy with the Template label/phrase ... open your (*language.ini) in the PTE folder and edit any Template text contained that is shown on the right side of the = sign only, with your own text. This way anybody can call it what they want if they so desire. *** Please make a backup copy of your (*language.ini) prior to editing just in case.

Ive always use the Templates feature in PTE. Why always start from scratch building a new show when you can use a previously made show that you have already setup with your favorite/often used settings ? The purpose of Templates is to speed up production. I would not go the route of making every show a template ... proper file management is still a necessity. Users should not confuse the use of templates and zip creation features in PTE. Zips should be considered as intended ... a safe backup copy. Two major points to remember when using Templates : - Open your Templates Manager first and set your templates folder location. - Always best to open your saved/created template from within PTEs file menu-tab/dropdown Templates list. This assures the file settings/contents is not accidentally overwritten ... by clicking Save it options you with a Save popup window. If you just open your .pte template file by double-click you can lose your previously saved/created settings when you just Save the file. Ron ... I commend you on this great service which will inform new users on this often unknown and unused PTE feature.

Its amazing how this topic recirculates every so often. The music industry seems to have injected the Fear Factor so well they have many users nowadays even afraid to discuss this topic openly. But we must beware ... they are the shepards and we are the goats ... occassionally they must select a few of us goats for slaughter so as to keep the fires burning and please the gods. History might even portray this time and age as the Music Inquisition !

Eric, Have you read this article ... from VideoBuilder pinned topics ? http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/aspect-ratio.htm

Philippe, To help you better ... how about posting a few details so we can get a better idea on your burn issue ? Show size (time length) Disk brand and type ( dvd-r, dvd+r ... +rw ... etc) DVD Burner (brand, model) DVD Burner program (brand, version) Hard Drive free space available (mb or gb) Have you tried using different Disk brands and types after the failed burn attempts ?

John, If all else fails try this : Just simply Drag-Drop your project file onto the PTE program executable ( Apr.exe ). This has worked just fine for me from projects made on / saved on different pc and drives. Note: You cannot Drag-Drop your project file into an opened window of PTE program executable ( Apr.exe ) ... this wont work. The PTE program executable ( Apr.exe ) cannot be open/running.

Ususally this can be found in most help (CHM) files. Once Igor finalizes the betas to the full release version ... im sure one of his other priority projects is to update the help file (CHM) with all the new, basic and relative content.

Welcome kaileen Ive seen this issue quite common on older, slower hardware ... esp from slow Disc Initialization and Rom Read Speed. A combination of other factors can help contribute to this double loading: insufficient or slow speed RAM, virus checking /background processes and certain Media Disk brands. Simple Test : Load the CD Disk into Rom Drive and Reboot. If the Boot Time seems alot longer than usuall ... this indicates slow Disk Initialization. But once the Disk has been Initialized most CD programs run without errors or the double loading you experience. Also Note: PTE does not provide Burn to CD provisions for executable files created.

Steve, Have you checked your firmware updates on your Pioneer ... as this can have a dramatic impact on using certain mfg. discs/types. ? I see you are also abit behind on your XP Service Pack updates. ESP this notice from Pioneer : "To Customers using the Pioneer DVD/CD Writers "DVR-109 series" Pioneer is offering a free upgrade for certain DVR-109/109BK and DVR-A09XLA/XLB/XLC and DVR-109XLA1/XLB1/XLC1 and DVR-109AXL/BXL/EXL DVD/CD writers to correct a problem that may occur when recording on DVD+RW discs. If the host computer experiences a buffer underrun during +RW recording, user data may not record properly on the disc and may not be retrievable. The problem can be fixed by downloading and installing the free Firmware Update (v1.09), which is available here. All users of DVR-109 and DVR-A09 drives with firmware versions of 1.05 or lower are encouraged to install this Update " Heres the link : http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/ibs/...e_e/dvr109.html

Dave, I stand corrected. Follow Sergey's post above as the definitive answer ... as he is part of PTE Dev Team. If you can get v1 AVI files imported into PTE at this time ... can you get your video editor program to export to that format ?

Dave I dont believe PTE can import any other video file formats, esp standalone types ... other than its own proprietary format . Its all a matter of codecs used in the compression and decompression of the file contents. I believe PTE uses only its raw data created to export to its own proprietary (dvd burn formats) or to other standalone type video formats ( certain codecs you must already have installed.) What you may try is to get your video editor to export to the PTEs format ... if thats at all possible. heres a old topic: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....mp;hl=avi+codec

Are your Clients able to RUN any other CDs with Autorun.inf ... install programs etc ? As noted from Microsoft: "The Autorun.inf file and the programs that the Autorun.inf file is designed to run may not run if you are logged on to Windows XP as a user without either Power User or Administrator rights. By default, only users who are logged on to Windows XP with Power User or Administrator rights are allowed to install software. In Windows XP, files that have an .inf extension are considered to be setup information files. As a result, the Autorun.inf file does not run if you do not have Power User or Administrator rights." Basically the Autorun.inf acts as a setup installation flag in XP ... even though the user is not actually installing any programs, XP wont run that inf file if the user does not have the proper permission. -------------------- Easy test to see if your Client has permission to RUN a Autorun.inf file : Browse the CD and right-click the Autorun.inf file from Explorer. If the right-click pop up menu does not have Install in its options ... proper permission is the most likely issue.

Nice one Al ! My work has alot of travel these days ... so I dont get to enjoy the routine freetime and homelife as in the past. My PC is pretty current , as its about a year old since I built it. What I do lack is a quality digital screen. I havent found one that matches my current analog in display quality etc ... at least not one in a respectable price range. I do commend Igor and team for the impressive work and quality which has been implemented into the recent beta versions ... !!! One thing that has not changed is that some users still dont seem to understand the difference between beta and full release versions.

Hey Guys !!! Ive missed this place too ... and it gives me a happy smile just coming here and seeing all my friends Sad news is I wont be able to make regular visits, but I shall attempt to be more timely. The forum here is in real good hands with all of you. Ive gotta get using the new PTE releases ... as I may need your advise on all the new features !

Hello David, I do not know how you setup your button links in your show ... but can you get any other CDs to run active content on your PC ? You may want to open your Internet Explorer and check your settings in : Internet Options - Advanced Tab - Security - and look at the check box : Allow active content from CDs to run from My Computer. Is it checked ? ... as this may be one of your problems.

Ken, Yes, I have touched base with the forum in a untimely manner ... not as often as I should. Igor (as always) continues to perform his magic on PTE to deliver a phenomenal quality slideshow package. The forum here seems in quite capable hands to help all its new users ... but Ill try to pop in from time to time to offer any technical advise I can. As for my valid details, thats an old useless email address. My general use mailbox is [email protected]. Again, Greetings to All !!!

Hello everyone ... its been a long time since Ive posted here. I hope all are doing well. Boxig. Sorry guys and gals ... but I must tell this old secret. I believe you deserve to know how easy it is to extract your music out. A little trick I happened upon a long time ago concerning music and pte. I accidentally renamed a pte file collection from .exe to mp3. The pte shows music played in Winamp to my surprise. To get just the music out ... I converted the (pte)mp3 file using dbPoweramp to another .mp3 file which strips out all the other unecessary data contained in the exe. The conversion links all contained mp3s as 1 music file. To separate into individual files you will need anther tool to do that. The above process is not always guaranteed, sometimes you may have to rename the file to .ogg and then convert ... etc This works on Win98se and XP. The renamed pte show wont play in Windows Media Player untill you do the conversion. As for Tools : I cant remember an old dos/window commandline tool ... but it will extract music files. It is not a user friendly tool as it requires some knowledge of file header pattern sequences. All mp3s are encoded using various codecs and the process can become quite challenging. I will email you the details if I can find it. Remember recently another posting/reply concerning dbPoweramp 10.1

gr8digital, If creating a new text document didnt seem to help your issue ... and editing an existing text document doesnt work either, I would suspect you have some file association problem with your .inf files. Check/verify your .inf file extention association settings/properties (fix if necessary). I find this your most likey target at this time ... since clicking a inf file brings up some error message.

gr8digital A good idea: I dont know if your OS settings is showing your file extentions or not ... but its a good idea to have all extentions shown when building or compiling any programs (as you need to see exactly what your working with). Check your folder/file view settings. Autorun inf : (I dont know whats with your Notepad.exe ... maybe you have some other new text editor thats taken control) However, why not just right click your desktop and select create new text document and save it as Autorun.inf (make sure its not saved as Autorun.inf.txt ) Contents as labeled: [autorun] open=FD2004.exe Note : Your FathersDay2004.exe filename may be too long for some OS to read correctly ... so shorten/rename your filenames to 8.3 chars to resolve this issue for all other users. Icon= labeling is not required ... windows will use your default exe icon anyway. As for Expiration: Only the exe show expires (not the pte program itself nor does the reg key have any effect on the compiled show exe) You may have possibly built your exe show with some expiration setting. Check your .pte file to verify or correct.

Roger, Glad to hear all has worked successfully. As for times to burn and encode ... this is all dependent on the DVD creation program ( each brand name takes diff times to produce ... they all encode/process ever so diff). Your processor speed also plays a key role in the time to produce.

mdesant, Using screen capture devices or programs such as Boxigs Restore PTE will only produce a screen capture copy of whats displayed on the pc screen. It will not reproduce or extract the exact copy of your original inserted photo contained within the PTE executable. So if your photos or images lost on your hard drive were of some high quality (printing use) ... you wont retrieve that information in your screen capture process.

fxdesigner, Are you saying that when you press the VIDEO button you dont see a pop-up menu with selections named "Making of AVI Video File" ? The only time it doesnt pop -up is when there is no photos or only 1 photo in the Slide List to process. Make sure the Slide List is not empty and has more than 1 photo. The Video button then becomes enabled.

Welcome Dave, Choosing WMA music files is actually an unwise choice for music. Many WMA music files are protected and only play on the host pc that has the privledge to play it. In otherwords, they wont play on just any pc ... they only play on a pc that has rights to. Check the WMA music file to see if it plays (alone itself ... not in PTE) on your pc correctly. If it doesnt play ... it is protected . Distributing or sharing PTE shows (with protected WMA music files) wont play on another users pc (usually freezes/locks) * Keeping protected WMA music files for long term storage is also risky. Whenever you eventually reformat the pc thats entitled to use them ... all privledges are lost and the WMA wont work and becomes useless.