David Porter

Further info - I've just tried burning a DVD of an 8.0 minute show I did a few months ago and am having just the same problem. So it seems to be a Video Builder problem. I will check if I cut the show down to 3mins 58 whether it will work then, similar to my Stations show. Off to hospital now and to get more DVD discs so may be tomorrow.

HMMMMMMMMMM indeed. Afraid I'm at the end of my limited knowledge.

Or I've now uploaded the zipped file on this link. http://www.mediafire.com/download/dg408q2b43i21z4/Stations_of_the_Cross_G_no_audio.pt.zip Mickp

Okay here is the definitive problem after much analysis. Show is 19 slides long - 8 minutes 30 secs long. Have deleted sound files DVD for full show plays on Computer but not on TV Cutting last 8 slides (ie up to slide 11) - 3 mins 58 secs DVD plays perfectly on TV Replacing last eight slides with simple slides from different project with no animation but with same slide times- DVD will not play on TV So something occurs at 3 mins 58 secs but Slides 12 to 19 appear not to be corrupted. A template of the show can be downloaded from Medifire but it 130mb so maybe it is something Igor could look at. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/nigsbdzbajum6/Stations_of_the_Cross Mickp

Thanks for the suggestion Dave. Cut down the show to four slides out of 19 - DVD worked! Then cut it down to 10 slides and DVD worked. Then just cut the last slide ie 18 slides left and DVD did not work. So tomorrow will investigate slides 11 to 18. I don't think it is a size problem as exe file is 107mb. Sorry Eric just sen your post will read and reply tomorrow as out on the razz tonight. Mick.

Eric, So does mine work perfectly with the new temporary show I created but there must be something in my main show which is causing a glitch. I have used the default settings in video builder as well as various other settings all with the same result. Running out of DVD's now. Mickp

Yes Eric I did check this out and as I said I am confident there is nothing wrong with my Video builder settings plus I have tried most variations to no avail. I have now created a small show with five slides and a gradient blank slide to start (as my main show) and music and the DVD works perfectly on the DVD player to TV and also works on computer on WMP. But when I use exactly the same settings in video builder for my main show I get the same problem as before - the disc plays on computer but not on TV despite the DVD player recognising it and the timer showing 0:00:00 but it will not play. My main show uses quite a few masks, lots of animation together with text but no video but cannot find anything in Project settings that could cause a problem. Is this something Igor could look at and what information or files would be required? Mickp

Thanks for all your help so far and thanks Eric for your Projects Options screenshot. One of the default options is "Add Chapters" ticked and at 1 minute. When I first did it on these settings the dvd stopped playing on wmp after one minute - not what I wanted so I unticked that and it played ok on the computer but not on TV. I was using PAL/Secam by the way. I do not think I am doing anything wrong in the settings but will do a simple show later and have another go - watch this space. Mickp

Hi Tom, And I have latest version. Previous iso that worked was from 7.5.

Problem with Publish to create a DVD video disc of my latest show. Both my DVD players recognise the disc and that there is something on it as indicated by “Play” being on the DVD screen but it will not play. DVD does play on computer via WMP. I have tried creating an iso file and burning that with Imgburn but with exactly the same result. I have burnt and old iso file from a previous version and that works perfectly. I have tried all various settings and also re-installed the program and wasted 10DVD’s to date. Help please

Totally captivated by your show, best I have seen on the site for some time. Thanks for sharing.

Love Whitstable especially fish restaurant at the harbour. Went there recently with a friend and had a little too much drink to drive home so had to hire one of the fisherman's lofts to sleep it off. Happy days. I'm Live in Chatham, pm me if you are in the area. Mick

Hi Eric, As a resident of Kent and probably the only member of my 110 strong camera club who has not taken photographs at Dungeness, I was particularly keen to see your show. Such a shame about the weather but many of the shots I recognised and it was good to see you take on them. Not sure I understood your reasoning for repeating most of your shots in monochrome, I think I would have stuck with a three minute show with a shrug as did your wife. Anyway I hope you enjoyed the rest of Kent and had some better weather. Mick

Hi Lin, Got it and now and it is on the original post. Had a re-boot in the meantime so maybe that had something to do with it. Use IE and don't usually have any problem. Great show using good imagination and excellent sync to the music - could ditch the end video for the English version. Mick.

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Where's the show then! Is it coming on Slideshowclub - if so seems a bit pointless having comments on it before the rest of us can see it.

All previous superlatives apply here also.

Hi Jim, I had a similar problem with 7.5 and did as Dave suggests and just created an iso file then I put in "imgburn" free software to solve the problem. I never found what the problem was but 8.0 seems to have resolved it although I have only burnt one DVD with it.

Hi Eric, That's so much better - well done. I must admit trying to sync 96 times is a bit daunting and the one show I did with similar quick transitions, I divided the number beats over say 30 seconds to get a time for each beat and then made the length of each slide a multiple of this. If there are tempo changes as with Radio Gaga then you have to do it in sections but even then it runs out and needs some manual adjustment. BTW, Radio Gaga is my second most favourite Queen track, hence the interest.

The song is great, the images are just fine but surely you could have made a better attempt at putting the two together. No synchronisation with what must be the easiest piece of music to sync to. Sorry, why not have another go.

Good to know Barry, you've just saved me the £100 plus I was going to spend.

If you paste the Print Screen into "Paint" it will do the same thing using "Select" - doesn't it.

Hi Andrew, You cannot see very much of the cathedral from the streets and the whole cathedral is surrounded by buildings and walls so you have to go through one of the gates to get into the precincts and this is where they charge you £10 which covers you for inside and out.

Hi Dave, A year ago I was in Canterbury with half an hour to spare and thought I would go to the precincts to take some outside shots of the cathedral but found they wanted the full price of £10 to do that. I vowed I would never come back. But later some relatives wanted to visit the cathedral so I relented and paid the £10 and gift aided it which meant I could go back any time for the next year. There was no extra charge for photography and I could use a monopod with care (not sure about a tripod as I didn't take one) and flash with sensitivity if I had wanted. Also the guides were extremely helpful and pointed me to various points of interest that I might have missed plus I also got one of the head guides to vet my script for accuracy. So for me I thought it was £10 well spent. Sorry you did not like the rotation shot of the inside of the tower but I thought that it would relate it better to the outside shot but thanks for you other comments

Thanks Eric and Dave. Tried previously copy then paste but nothing would paste (although it would paste in Word) so typed it in by hand.