Putting slideshows on vhs tapes

[mjphoto]

I've got a client who would like her slideshow put on VHS instead of CD. How would I go about doing that?

Mike

[think(box)]

Enable the TV/VCR output for your system, if it has one, and connect that output to your VHS VCR and record your P2E show on VHS tape. Almost 100% of notebook computers have TV/VCR out, and a large percentage of desktop systems have it as well. Here is a quote from a previous forum posting on the TV/VCR output topic:

"First, you will need to have a video card in your computer that has

a TV out port. This will be an RCA or SVHS port. You simply run a

cord from your video card to your VCR video input. Do the same

for your audio. Now, go open your "Display" from Control Panel,

go to the "Setting" folder and click on the "Advanced" button.

One of the folders will have a selection for a second monitor, as

long as you have all connections made, to operate as a Clone.

That should have you all fixed up."

[brydette]

This would be a wonderfull tool for me. Is it possible to convert the slide show to an AVI prior to "send to tape"or must one transfer the footage from the tape to the PC via capature card to get an AVI at present most video editing softaware requires that photo's have to be resized via photoshop or whatever to prevent streching to the TV format. If this step can be eliminated then only the audio remains and that is definately easier to sync in a video editor as one can match it frame accurate and of course go as many layers as required

[alrobin]

Hi, Brydette,

Welcome to the Forum!

Your question has been asked many times on this forum. Do a search for "video" or "television" and you will find many other postings.

This is but one example of previous threads .

The short answer is that PTE cannot create an "avi" show, but there is other software out there that can.

[think(box)]

Brydette, the bottom line is that PTE does not yet have AVI support, but this is a heavily requested feature relating to creating DVDs and VCDs. Doing a capture with VCR record, then play, reduces quality. If you can, capture the system's video output directly to AVI with your video capture hardware, rather than first recording to, and then playing/capturing VHS tape. As you may have found, using the PC's TV output can require some experimentation and adjustment for best results.

Direct conversion to AVI is on the future version wishlist. If you want to read more, here is some help. First, here is a quote from Igor indicating that WnSoft is working on this new feature, from topic PTE exe to avi (click here to see full topic):

We're experimenting with AVI output using necessary video codec which is installed in Windows. And there are interesting results. And synchronization will work very well on every computer, because it renders each frame step by step to produce qualified 25 or 30 fps AVI video. But it's a first part of this exploration yet.

To search the most recent PTE future version wishlist and later the general forum, first go to "your control panel" page (click here) and set both "Number of posts to show for each topic page" and "Number of topics to show for each forum page" to 40. You can leave it there afterward if you prefer, but more information will be transferred every time you use the forum, possibly slowing down access. Then click "Change my Account Options" to make the change effective.

Next, return to this topic reply and click this topic link: Wish list for PTE - after 4.10 release, Feature ideas

Finally, in your browser Edit menu select "Find (on This Page)", type in the letters avi and keep clicking "Find next". You will see the many similar requests related to making AVI, MPEG, DVDs and VCDs.

You can also do a general forum search for DVD, VCD, AVI, TV etc., but not directly, since search strings have to be at least 4 characters in length. Try the string letters conver to locate posts with words convert and conversion in them. And/or try other creative searches. Set to further back than just last 30 days if you do (use last 365 days), and in "all open forums". There may be other helpful bits of information for you in that search, but it will take a while to go through the postings. In the search results look for topic headings that are related to DVD, VCD, AVI, EXE to VHS, etc.