jkb
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It will be something in your sound settings, not PTE.
What program are you using to play MP3?
Maybe that is taking over the sound.
Right click on the speaker icon in the task bar and select playback devices and see what is set. You may have to enable the wlan speaker.
Jill
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if you can play MP3 files then I don't see why you can't play the exe.
Have you tried an MP4?Also can you hear sound when you play in Preview in PTE?
Jill
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open a 2nd copy of PTE, trim your video in that & then replace the original with the trimmed version.
personally I use O&A, unless it is a really long video & I only want a few seconds of it.
But I always make an MP4 these days rather than exeJill
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19 minutes ago, Igor said:
Fixed problem with a full screen mode of the File List which wrongly marked files recently removed from the Slide List.
Thanks Igor, this is now fixed
Jill
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Thanks.
Something else I have noticed is in O&A
When Cloning a keyframe it used to set the new Cloned keyfram 0.5 sec after the original.
Now the distance seems to be an arbitary number & varies depending on the screen time of the slide.This also happens in 10.14
I don't have earlier versions on this computer to check.
Not really important as I never look at the numbers, but noticed it when giving demos to beginners - especially all the new Mac workers.Jill
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Yes it works well
Jill
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Igor, the problem of files remaing Bold & Blue occurs in Full screen view of filelist.
Add slides, either by dragging from filelist, double clicking in Filelist, or from Full Screen view of Filelist.
Those selected show Blue & Bold.
Remove one or more slides from slidelist (or from full screen Slidelist)
The name goes back to normal in the Filelist, but in Full screen Filelist it is still Blue & Bold.
Coming out of Full screen & clicking on another Folder, then return to original Folder and full screen view & the filenames are now back to normal.
The Blue colour needs to be brighter as doesn't stand out that much in either Light or Dark Mode.
Jill
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Hi Igor, thanks I will try again with the new version tomorrow.
Another problem we discovered tonight when giving a demo of PTE to both Mac & Windows users.
If you add slides in slideview (or fullscreen Filelist) the filename now goes Bold & changes to a blue colour.
The blue is not that easy to see in light mode, maybe red would be better.If you then delete all the slides in the slidelist, the filenames still remain Bold & Blue.
You need to click on another folder folder then come back to the original folder for them to reset.
Tried on both the Windows and Mac version & it happens in both.
Jill
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When installing PTE 10.5 b28 it no longer asks which previous version to copy setting from.
So I have had to set it up from scratch.This is the first 10.5 beta I have downloaded.
All previous versions of PTE ask which version to copy settings from.
Will this be corrected in the final version?Jill
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Mark see PM
Jill
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Hi Mark, depending on how long the video meeting tomorrow lasts we can have a quick zoom session & I will try to sort out your problems.
Otherwise maybe on Friday after the Leeds meeting.
Jill
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Mark, I agree that just using effects sparingly as you have is better than all the way through. I think that would have spoiled it.
I assume that both the Windows & Mac do the same thing, would seem strange if they don't.
There are bugs in the Windows version if you try to change timings after setting up the Master/Link.
Not tried it for a while so assume they still exist.Maybe Igor can look at it once the mac version is finished.
Jill
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Mark, you should be able to create the longer video in PTE, just be careful to align the start & end points of each clip so that it flows.
If it is falling snow (as in All Human Beings?) then you may just be able to add the single video to each slide.
Again depends on how it flows from slide to slide.As Dave says the video must be long enough to cover the slides you require to use Master & Linked video.
You could try slowing it down to make it longer?
Jill
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Hi Mark, the video should play continuosly over the 3 slides.
Do the images on these slides show?Jill
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Saving the show as a Template will do exactly what you want.
It also has the advantage in that all of your shows will be in one place - a Templates folder.
Plus all of your shows can be accessed directly from PTE without the need to go searching and unzipping.
You can easily copy the Template folders to another PC and they will be available within PTE on that computer also.
Not sure about it but I would assume they will also work with the Mac version in the same way.
I create a Template for all of my shows.
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Agreed Mark, I think this has been asked for before.
It would be so much quicker if we could just click on the Slide to set the centre position.
Jill
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you can't normalise in PTE, use something like Audacity to do that.
With PTE you will just have to adjust the volume of teh individual tracks.
Jill
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Hi Mike, use VLC Player it works with all video files.
As per our conversation on Sunday
If you need help in setting it up to display full screen & automatically return to the Menu then contact me
Jill
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if we are able to use .ptshow files with windows then I don't see why not.
The .pte file can be read by Windows & Mac so even if they don't work straight off it would be just a case of Publishing the Menu again on the other systemI have sent & recevied Windows Menu exe files to/from others & they work as long as the path is not included (and all the shows have the same name on both computers)
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if you need any more help then we can have a quick tutorial after Wilmslow on Friday
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Mark, if it works in the same way as the Windows version then for Run Slideshow the menu & all shows must be made with exactly the same version of PTE. ie if your Menu is made with Mac beta24 then all of your shows will have to be,
I never use Run Slideshow as for a competition or running an evening's programme I can get shows made with many different versions.
I always use Run Application or Open File but I see from Eric's comments above that doesn't work yet on Mac.
Again with Windows you only need the actual show name in double quotes eg "show1.ptshow" as long as all shows & the menu are in the same folder.
That way they will work on any computer.
All I ever seem to make these days are Menus, so I am quite 'expert' at them
Jill
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1 hour ago, jt49 said:
only a very small minority of PTE users who would have a benefit from a whole lot new functions. For most users they would be rather confusing than helpful.
I agree, PTE is so flexible that you can do anything if you think about it.
If I want to copy the parameters of a keyframe, I just copy that Object to another slide & then delete any other keyframes that I do not want.
I can then change the Object (image) to another in the Properties tab
I find it quick & easy.
Jill
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Maybe I am misunderstanding your requests, but if you Clone a keyframe it copies all the settings.
To copy a layer - Object - to another slide is easy, right click copy then move to the slide you want & paste.
If you then change the file in the properties tab all of the setting will be transferred to the new object.PTE is very easy once you get used to it
Jill
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Files used are marked in Bold.
This only applies to those added directly to the Slide List.
Those added via O&A do not show the Bold tag.Jill
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Hi Matt, great pictures.
The text is moving much too fast to read it.
Moving text is much harder to read than still text
It would be better to just put up a line at a time, leave it on long enough to read.
You know what it says, but your audience only has one chance to read it and they will be looking at the video as well.
Then put up the next line.
Add a drop shadow - make the size of the shadow large so it adds a soft blur to the background of the text which helps it stand out against the image.
Jill