Slideshow Dilema

[Froggy]

Is there a faster way to burn the slide show in 4.0, the wmv format is taking forever,

I love the ease of putting the show together but the burning process is ridiculous, maybe I'm doing something wrong??

I find that the slide show seems to play great on a computer but when I play it in my DVD player onto the TV it gets choppy like the pixels in the picture are alive.....lol

Anyone use a different slide show program that will produce a DVD quality output, that a Moron like me can learn

Thanks

[L S Farr]

Good morning,
I've had the same choppy problem. I recorded mine to a CD and am wondering if I should have used a DVD.

[niecole]

I don't think you can record to DVD. VCD is the only way I thought I read you can do this.

[L S Farr]

My computer is setup with a DVD write drive. I haven't fooled around with DVD (disks) as yet but have noticed they cost more and I was just reading some directions about system backup and restore and the manufacture is saying it will take several CD or one DVD, so what I'm thinking is there is a difference in cover density. I guessing at this point because I have just started looking into the problem.

[Barb O]

If you have a DVD burner, want to use the PSE 3 or 4 slide show, and do not have Premiere Elements:

- create a WMV file using DVD NTSC or DVD PAL (according to your country TV standards) at the OUTPUT parameters

- then read the doc that came with your software that supports your DVD burner (might be Nero, Sonic, Roxio) looking for a function that will create a Video DVD (note that it must specifically be creating/authoring a VIDEO DVD intended for play on TV rather than just burning a data DVD). Once you find this function, use your WMV file from PSE 4 as the input and choose the software options that give you a video DVD.

Based on my experience and conversing with others on forums, this will give you a DVD that is significantly better quality than the Elements VCD (written to a CD) and almost as good as a program that does a slide show direct to DVD. Quality is a subjective judgement, so I am not saying this is the answer for everyone. However, my philosphy is generally to try the software I have first before purchasing additional software.

Notes: For Sonic, I used a MyDVD limited edition that came with my burner. For Nero, I communicated with someone who did it with Nero Vision Express. I don't have any specifics for Roxio.

Notes: Creation of the WMV will almost always take a long time - depending on the number of slides and the number and type of transitions, zooms, pans. Each photo must downsized in resolution, then each individual type of motion must be applied; these photos must then become frame per second video (a significantly different format translation). All this takes time and processor power.

Barb O

[kayser]

Barb- That's a great answer to this question that comes up a lot. I'm sure that will be useful to others who have this issue in the future.

[Froggy]

Barb That makes allot of sense, I'm going to purchase a copy of ProGold and call it a day....lol