isabel95

That was it. I had to check Timed points/Arrange all points...don't remember having to do that in previous versions. I have to tell you why I am making this particular slideshow... One of the members of the online Digipets group I moderate for Yahoo group, Tammy Rudd, has kept us in stitches with the antics of her incredible border collie, Shebang, who has appeared on Pet Stars and Ripley's Believe it or Not. A couple of days ago, we were horrified to learn that Shebang had succumbed to severe pancreatitis at only 8 years old. Tammy's sister emailed me and mentioned that they wanted to encourage Shebang's "humom" to put together some sort of memorial, and wanted to know how to make a slideshow. Immediately, PTE came to mind - I love how easy and truly trouble free it's been for me. I bought Photoshow Gold and just couldn't be bothered with it. I like simplicity and fade in/fade outs are enough for me (I wish the default in PTE, by the way, was to NOT have them all checked!). At any rate, in the interest of speed I put something together to send to her sister and will probably add puppy pictures once I get them. Perhaps the group would enjoy seeing this incredible character. I will upload it shortly. Isabel

Haven't used PTE in a long time and it used to be very simple to synchronize the music to the length of slides. I've chosen to synchronize the music with the slides and checked autospread on the time line and yet the music ends way before the end of the slides. Can someone please clue me in on how to set this straight? TIA. Isabel

I've owned PTE through many versions and in the past was unable to successfully burn a DVD. I checked in yesterday after not visiting for a long time and saw that we now have a Video Builder that works right in the program. Downloaded the latest version, paid my upgrade fee and had a DVD, all in about 15 minutes. I think that's pretty nifty. Of course, now I will read the instructions...but it says a lot for the developer that I was able to do this without reading any instructions. (Of course, I really should have paid attention to the Resave in Version 5 warning!) Isabel

Thanks, Al. I've tried several different ways of making slideshows and PTE is still the best!...with the most helpful forum! Happy holidays. Isabel

Gosh, I sound like a b--ch on wheels! Lacking patience is a large problem. I do appreciate all your input...just so frustrating when equipment finks out on you! Isabel

Just before the holiday - that's when bad things happen, isn't it? While trying to figure out how to access the temp avi PTE makes and places in a mythical folder (because when you open your folder where it is supposedly parked in your video editing program it's not there - and not having any success, I gave up and saved the project as an exe file...then took it to my Plextor 760A DVD burner, which is just three months old and the darned thing would read the file but not burn it - and it just sat there, locking up the computer. I had to reboot to get the thing out. Tested other files and other blank disks to burn and the same thing happened each time. Obviously, I shouldn't attempt any of this until the holidays are over. Bah humbug. Isabel P.S. I have made some lovely programs with PTE and have a web page from which they can be downloaded. Just want you to know that I have used it successfully! They can be found here: http://isabelcutler.com/MyPTESlideshows.html

Trying to use Sony Vegas Movie Studio to create an avi, but when I go into explorer to find the temporary AVI file (and yes I've left PTE open) the temp. file is not there. I also have Adobe PRemiere Elements. How do I get it into the video editor? Thanks! Isabel

Not working for me. See this screen grab... http://www.pbase.com/isabel95/image/71995256 I hit play and then pause so I can drag till near the end of the program, then hit play and the program starts playing from the first slide. And...although I chose in the project options to synchronize the music to the length of the music. I can't get it to change from 4 seconds between pictures and with 30 pictures and 5+ minutes of music it's just showing 4 seconds between pictures. I'm completely confused. I don't remember having this much trouble with previous versions of PTE. I appreciate your input. Isabel

Embarrassed to say it's been a long time since I've used PTE and I'm having a bit of a problem in adjusting the timely. I'm updated to version 4.48. I drag the triangle to a point near the end of the timeline because I want to preview from that point and the show always starts at the beginning. What's the secret to get it to play from that point? TIA. Isabel

Please let me know if you can figure out how to do this. I have a P2000 and would love to be able to put my PTE shows on it, but I'm afraid I don't fully understand the instructions offered. Isabel

I love the subtle detail shots like the ties on the wedding dress, the bridge getting "made up", the couple climbing on a hay bale. Delightful presentation with very tasteful use of restrained transitions. Isabel

Interesting web page on compression of wav files: http://malektips.com/98auw0002.html Isabel

Ok so you do have Quicktime installed, and it is still being used as Browser Plug-In to play mp3's. I have e-mailed you some screen shots of were I changed settings in Quicktime. Take a look at them Isabel and let us know if they are the same as you changed. Why I'm didn't get WMP as the default player ...apparently I have to do some fancy registry entries for Firefox: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Windows_Media_Player (Don't know about IE which I rarely use...only use it when Firefox doesn't work right! Isabel

I do not know if you have Quicktime installed as a browser Plug-In, but here is my findings. I have Quicktime, and I get the drop out on all your links both .wav & .mp3 - each page/photo displays the mini Quicktime Player. When I go into Quicktime Preferences - Mime Settings - Audio - Audio only file format & uncheck .wav Also - Mime Settings - and uncheck Mpeg - Mpeg System, video and audio files. ( Apply ) Windows Media Player - now plays the .mp3 & .wav on each photo/page - with the mini WMP player showing - WITH NO DROP OUT ! If you do have Quicktime installed, you may be hearing the .wav OK and not the .mp3 depending on your Quicktime Preference settings. Just thought I would pass along, of course I cannot verify as I do not know what the other posters to this thread are using for a plug-in. Note - Windows Media Player is my system's default player outside of Browser and plays the .mp3's fine when downloaded Forgot to mention I'm still getting the Quicktime mini player on the pbase page, despite unchecking mp3, wave and the other file you suggested! Isabel

I do not know if you have Quicktime installed as a browser Plug-In, but here is my findings. I have Quicktime, and I get the drop out on all your links both .wav & .mp3 - each page/photo displays the mini Quicktime Player. When I go into Quicktime Preferences - Mime Settings - Audio - Audio only file format & uncheck .wav Also - Mime Settings - and uncheck Mpeg - Mpeg System, video and audio files. ( Apply ) Windows Media Player - now plays the .mp3 & .wav on each photo/page - with the mini WMP player showing - WITH NO DROP OUT ! If you do have Quicktime installed, you may be hearing the .wav OK and not the .mp3 depending on your Quicktime Preference settings. Just thought I would pass along, of course I cannot verify as I do not know what the other posters to this thread are using for a plug-in. Note - Windows Media Player is my system's default player outside of Browser and plays the .mp3's fine when downloaded I made Windows Media Player the default for wav and mp3 files and both the wav and mp3 recordings of my file sound fine when played in WMP, however, even with changing all the files as you suggested (and you didn't have me take out mp3 from Quicktime---I did) I still get the skipping on pbase with the mp3 files. Very weird. Thanks for the input, however! This is very mysterious. Isabel

I guess it's something with my computer system! I'll have to check out the pictures on someone else's computer. Isabel

That is sooooooo weird! I get the dropouts both in IE and Firefox. Isabel

I'm so glad you posted this recommendation and while I was watching the presentation I said I must tell people about Barry's wonderful tutorials...and lo and behold I saw at the end of this superlative presentation that he mentions one. I became familiar with Barry's work several years ago and it just seems to get better and better. I must put in a plug for the music too...the sound was crystal clear and the music compelling. Altogether a stunning presentation. Isabel

Glad you liked the background music idea. One has to take care not to overuse it! Same code, Al...and I do see a viewer on Firefox I just checked at the tuba player has the mp3 file with the dropout (that is when viewed in Firefox.) When played in IE the music drops out and skips!...and the player is incomplete! Isabel

It's really quite easy to have sound along with your pictures in your pbase galleries. First I upload the wav (can also use mp3, but I'm having trouble with dropouts in the files...I posted some links for Guido to demo what I mean) to my space on the web and enter some html in the captions area on the edit image page for the pbase image I want the sound with: Here's the code: <embed src="http://isabelcutler.com/Sunny.wav" autostart=true loop=false> There's another html string that only works with IE but won't play in Firefox or Netscape, so I hunted around and found the above code. I record the sound with the sound memo feature of my Canon A80 camera. Many of the little Canon cameras (non dslrs) have this capability and record the sound when you are in playback mode. It goes on a file separate from the image, so it's easy to save it separately. Isabel

You can hear the sound drop out on the two mp3 files accopanying these pictures. There is no dropout in the same sound saved as wav files and coded to show with the pictures. http://www.pbase.com/image/48811138 (click on previous to hear the same file as wav and here: http://www.pbase.com/isabel95/image/48415894 and then the same file as a wav file: http://www.pbase.com/isabel95/image/48433828 If you play the mp3s directly in your sound player there will be no dropout. It's something about how it plays through pbase? http://www.isabelcutler.com/Band.mp3 http://www.isabelcutler.com/Sunny.mp3 Isabel

I have recently discovered the fun of recording on-site sound with the Sound Memo feature of my Canon A80 camera. I upload the file to my storage area on the web and then use html to play it along with pictures I upload to my pBase galleries. Maybe some of you have cameras with this feature and haven't used it. I am amazed at the quality. I recently became aware that when I convert the wav files to mp3 (using Audacity) after a couple of seconds of playback the sound disappears and then comes back. This dropout does not occur with a wav file. I converted to mp3 because the file is smaller, but not that much smaller. Here's one of the pictures behind which I put some sound. It was taken at the naturalization of my two children, who were adopted from Korea in 1978. http://www.pbase.com/isabel95/image/48433828 The sound file is a wav file, which was made by holding the camera near a boom box as it played back the cassette tape, which was made with a really cheap recorder! Isabel

I'm puzzled. If I record a music track from an audio cd and convert it to mp3 using CDex, the mp3 file is much smaller, yet last night I made a short recording with my digital camera of cicadas and when I converted the wav file to mp3 the resulting file was about 100kb larger than the original wav file. Can anyone explain why? Isabel

How very clever! Hope he enjoyed it. I certainly did...especially the very regal music! Isabel

I can only echo the praise for this marvelous presentation. It is a MASTERPIECE! Kudos to Patrick and Catherine! Isabel