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  5. Beta testing of Mac version of PTE AV Studio

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Igor,

    I would like to beta test PTE AV Studio for the Mac.

    I have 3 Macs :

    #1. MacBook Pro 16" 2019, 2.4 GHz, 64 GB RAM, 8 TB SSD running Catalina.

    #2. Mac Mini 2018, 32GB RAM 2 TB SSD running Mojave.

    #3, Macbook 12" for travel, running Mojave.

    I have a licence to PTE AV Studio Pro 10 which I run on a desktop PC with the current version of Windows 10.

    Best regards,

          Steve Mullarkey 


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    Codec Not Supported [SOLVED]

    in PicturesToExe 10 Beta

    Posted

    Hi Igor,

    Your suggestion worked really well.

    I converted the MP4 file from PTE 10 under Parallels using Handbrake with the parameters you suggested.  The output MP4 file from Handbrake worked fine on my TV.

    I hope eventually I can produce a suitable MP4 file directly from PTE but, in the meantime, this will work fine for me.

    Many thanks.

    Best regards,

          Steve

    Codec Not Supported [SOLVED]

    in PicturesToExe 10 Beta

    Posted

    Hi Igor,

    I have done some further testing today.

    I installed VM Fusion and ran PTE on it.  Same problem.

    Then I installed Parallels and PTE 10 on another Mac, a MacBook Pro.  Same problem.  PTE 9 is fine.

    So I definitely feel that the problem is PTE 10 running on a Mac under Parallels or VM Fusion.

    Best regards,

          Steve

     

    Codec Not Supported [SOLVED]

    in PicturesToExe 10 Beta

    Posted

    Hi Igor,

    Many thanks for your help.

    I had wondered whether the problem was to do with running PTE on my Mac under Parallels.  This morning I installed PTE 10 Beta 36 on my wife's Dell Laptop running Windows 10.  I generated an MP4 file using the parameters you suggested and it runs fine on my TV.  I then went back to my Mac and re-generated an MP4 file using exactly the same parameters and it will not run.  So the problem is something to do with Parallels and the Mac.  However I then went back to PTE Version 9 on my Mac and generated an MP4 file which runs fine on my TV.

    I have used PTE since 2006 and up to and including PTE9 on my Macs.  I have produced MP4 files with no problems. So, in summary, I feel the problem is not my TV but the combination of PTE10 and Windows on a Mac with Parallels.

    If you have any further ideas I am happy to try them.  However I'm sure you have much bigger issues to deal with.  I am very excited for the upcoming native Mac version of PTE and hope that this problem disappears with that version. I have given workshops to several Sydney camera clubs on PTE and I am really looking forward to promoting the cross-platform version of PTE which in my opinion makes PTE a real winner.

    Best regards,

          Steve

     

     

     

     

    Codec Not Supported [SOLVED]

    in PicturesToExe 10 Beta

    Posted

    Hi Igor,

    I have tried all the files you sent me and the only version that plays successfully on my TV is pte10-1080-30p-hw-NVENC.

    I have tried to emulate this format/codec but without success.  I searched for NVENC in the PTE Help file but could not find the term.

    Please can you explain how I can create the format/codec in your pte10-1080-30p-hw-NVENC file.

    Many thanks.

    Best regards,

          Steve

    Codec Not Supported [SOLVED]

    in PicturesToExe 10 Beta

    Posted

    Hi Igor,

    Many thanks for those test files.

    It is late in the evening here but I have done some quick tests. I'll post here my early results and test further tomorrow if you need it.

    Files that do not work on my TV : All 60p.  Also pte10-1080-30p.

    Files that do work : pte9-1080-30p and pte10-1080-30p-hw-NVENC.

    Perhaps it is time for me to upgrade my TV but I it would be good to resolve this for other potential PTE users who have older TVs.

    Thanks again for your very responsive help.

    Best regards,

          Steve

     

     

     

     

    Codec Not Supported [SOLVED]

    in PicturesToExe 10 Beta

    Posted

    Hi Igor,

    Many thanks for your quick response.

    My TV is an old, around 2010, but it has always played MP4 files from PTE 9 with no problem.

    I went back to PTE 10 and set the parameters to 1920x1080, High Quality, 30p, Pan Scan Enabled, Motion Blur Disabled, Hardware Acceleration turned off.

    As far as I can see these are the same as the parameters I successfully use in PTE 9.

    I still get the message "Video Codec Not Supported".  The PTE 9 version of the same AV runs fine.

    I should add that I am running on a Mac using Parallels and Windows 10.

    Overall I am delighted with PTE 10.  With the great advantage of upcoming versions for both Windows and Mac I have suggested at my photo-club where we have a good interest in AVs that we run some workshops on AVs using PTE as our recommended software.

    Best regards,

          Steve

     

    Codec Not Supported [SOLVED]

    in PicturesToExe 10 Beta

    Posted

    I created a couple of slideshows in PTE 10 Beta 34 and published them to MP4 output.  I copied the MP4 files to a USB stick and tried to play them on my Samsung TV.  The TV reported "Codec Not Supported".

    I opened the PTE files in PTE 9 and created MP4 files.  These played fine on my TV.

    Do I need to set any special setting in PTE 10 ?

    Best regards,

          Steve

     

     

  17. For Mac Users....

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Luc,

    On my Mac Pro I found that PTE and its .exe output slideshow files run smoothly under Boot Camp but are panning and zooming is jerky under VMWare Fusion.

    This makes sense as under Boot Camp the system is really a straightforward PC running Windows. Under Fusion, or Parallels, there is all the additional overhead of running both Mac OSX and Windows at the same time.

    As a starter I am hoping a future version of PTE will be able to produce a slideshow file that will runs smoothly directly on Mac OSX.

    Then hopefully in the not too distant future we will see a native Mac version of PTE :P

    Regards,

    Steve.

  18. For Mac Users....

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Lin,

    After reading your post I downloaded a trial copy of CrossOver Mac. Unfortunately PTE and its output .exe files are not supported applications under CrossOver and have to be run in unsupported mode. When I tried to 'install' a PTE .exe output file under CrossOver my whole Mac locked-up so I've decided not to pursue that approach.

    Have you tried it. Any success ?

    Regards,

    Steve.

  19. Slideshow Output for Apple Mac

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Lin,

    I have run PTE and its .exe output files under Fusion and Boot Camp on my Mac. PTE files run jerkily under Fusion but are fine under Boot Camp.

    I tried the MPEG output files on the Mac with QuickTime and also the free VLC app but both gave jerky results.

    It would be good to have a PTE output that would run directly on the Mac. When I saw "HD Video for PC and Mac" as an option with PTE 5.6 I thought that this would generate something I can run directly on the Mac under OSX. Unfortunately the Pan and Zoom effects, though quite gentle in my slide-shows are still jerky.

    There is a slide-show program for the Mac, Photo Magico. I haven't tried it but I looked at the web-site, http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/, the feature set looks quite limited when compared with PTE.

    I am hoping the Mac version of PTE arrives sooner rather than later.

    Steve.

  20. Slideshow Output for Apple Mac

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I want to produce a Slideshow to run on an Apple Mac. I tried using PTE 5.6 to produce a HD MP4 but the results are embarrassingly jerky. I see that others in the forum have the same problem.

    The results are equally bad on both a PC and a Mac Pro.

    Any suggestions as to how to produce an acceptable show to run on an Apple Mac ?

  21. Text Objects in 5.6

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Igor,

    Reworked text objects are not ready for v5.6 yet. Sorry. Please wait for the next version (5.7).

    As temporal solution you can use "Rasterize to PNG image" option in text object.

    Thanks for your reply. I do hope you can include this in the next version, 5.7. I use quite a lot of text and run slideshows on various different PCs over which I have no control. After a couple of embarrassing moments with replacement fonts looking terrible and not fitting the screen I found the "Rasterize to PNG image" option and now use it. However the new feature would increase my productivity considerably. It would also ensure I don't forget to Rasterize any text objects. :o

    Thanks for such a great product.

  22. Text Objects in 5.6

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Earlier this year in this forum I saw that 5.6 was to include a solution to the font transfer problem :-

    "In 5.6 we plan to automatically store text objects as vector images (unlimited quality for any display resolution) and a problem with absent unique fonts will go away forever."

    Is this in 5.6 ?

    Best regards,

    Steve.

  23. font transfer problem?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    In 5.6 we plan to automatically store text objects as vector images (unlimited quality for any display resolution) and a problem with absent unique fonts will go away forever.

    Many thanks, Igor, that will be great.

    I hadn't known this was an issue until recently I presented a PTE AV at my Photography Club. It was shown on the club's laptop and I was confused and disappointed when the lovely Papyrus font I had chosen displayed as a large-size Arial and many text objects couldn't be seen in full.

    Despite this problem PTE absolutely starred when compared with the Proshow presentations prepared by several other club members. The quality of the images plus the smoothness of transitions and PZR effects was brilliant. I think several club members might be changing from Proshow to PTE !

    My thanks to the PTE development team for such a good product and to the many helpful guys on this forum for such great and tireless support.

  25. PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.5 Release Candidate 5

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    fh1805 and The Dom,

    Many thanks for your suggestions. If I understand you correctly you are suggesting I step through a show slide by slide until I find the missing image file. This is very tedious and time-consuming if the missing slide is towards the end of a long show, say 99th out of 100.

    I do think the dialog box should be re-sizable and also scrollable to the end of the file descriptor; another helpful aid would be a tool-tip showing the full file descriptor when the mouse is over the missing file(s) in the dialog box.

    Best regards,

    Steve.

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