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[smile1205]

In my first MyDVD project on Roxio 2009, I created 5 slideshows with audio.  But they are all separate movies.  Can I either change them to chapters or make it so they have a Play All feature?  I know this is a minor problem but I cannot find the answer in the manual or forum posts.  Help for my first project would be tremendously appreciated.
Thank you,
smile1205

[sknis]

In my first MyDVD project on Roxio 2009, I created 5 slideshows with audio.  But they are all separate movies.  Can I either change them to chapters or make it so they have a Play All feature?  I know this is a minor problem but I cannot find the answer in the manual or forum posts.  Help for my first project would be tremendously appreciated.
Thank you,
smile1205

Open Create DVD -Advanced.  Chose your settings and then click to add movie.  When the window opens, use the Windows command of CTRL-Enter to select the "movies" in the order you want them added.  You will get a prompt when you click the "Add" button button to add them as one movie or add as separate movies.

Once they are added, right click on the movie icon.  A selection window will open; select edit chapters.  Add them where you want them.

[smile1205]

I sincerely appreciate the help.  I too tried the solution and was not successful. If I am following the proposed solution, I am being asked to open up a new MyDVD project and use my existing movies I created in the project I started.  When I click add a movie to the new my DVD project, I am not able to access my existing project to select those movies.  Nor am I able to copy them to my desktop to have access to them. So I am back to where I started.  I have 5 slideshow movies on a project I started and I just want them to be able to play in succession before I burn the DVD. It is this 'Play All' feature that I cannot locate how to input into my existing project.
Again, thanks for your time and patience.
smile1205

[myguggi]

I sincerely appreciate the help.  I too tried the solution and was not successful. If I am following the proposed solution, I am being asked to open up a new MyDVD project and use my existing movies I created in the project I started.  When I click add a movie to the new my DVD project, I am not able to access my existing project to select those movies.  Nor am I able to copy them to my desktop to have access to them. So I am back to where I started.  I have 5 slideshow movies on a project I started and I just want them to be able to play in succession before I burn the DVD. It is this 'Play All' feature that I cannot locate how to input into my existing project.
Again, thanks for your time and patience.
smile1205

It is not clear at all what you are doing.

How did you create those "existing projects"? You cannot "add myDVD" projects to another myDVD project. myDVD projects can only be opened using the "Open" option from the File menu. In myDVD the only project files you can "add" are Videowave projects. If you created 5 different slideshows using myDVD there is no simple way to combine them into a final myDVD project.

Please explain exactly what you are doing, how did you create the "5 slideshow movies"? Be specific on which program from Creator 2009 you used or are using.

I hope you have read some of the pinned articles int the "How to and Usability" forums especially this one

Edited by myguggi, 02 August 2009 - 12:44 PM.

[smile1205]

Thank you for the link to the post. I just printed it and will read it tonight to determine if that or one of the other links helps.

Specifically, I have Roxio Creator 2009.  I have pictures and video from vacation that I want to make into a single DVD.  
I clicked Create DVD's - Advanced.  
I selected DVD Project.  
I clicked Add Slideshow. I used about 40 pictures and added audio.  I named it and it appeared as such under the Project View.  I previewed it and it ran fine.  
I then clicked Add Slideshow again and created another slideshow.  I repeated this step, so now I have 5 separate slideshows.  All are listed under Project View and all appear on the title page.

I would just like a button that would play them all in succession.  Right now they only play individually when clicked on.

I chose to do 5 separate slideshows so I could add different audio (songs) to the different groups of pictures.

If I have to start over because I did something wrong, I will.  I just hope that I will be able to use what I have already created if possible.

A million thanks for your patience with my ignorance.

smile1205

[sknis]

I'm not sure if there is a simple solution to your dilemma.  There may be a work around but I don't remember the details AND it would involve using Edit Video Advanced (Video Wave) to create and edit those projects.

I had assumed that you made 5 slide show projects in Video Wave (Edit Video-Advanced).  That is the preferred method of creating slide shows. Once you create your projects then you can close VideoWave and open Create DVD-Advanced (MyDVD) and add the slide shows that you created.  Of course, you can also create one long slide show project and when you add that to MyDVD, you can select to create chapters to help the navigation.

Sorry, that is one of the limitations to slide shows in MyDVD.

Edit:  I don't know if this will work for you but you can select the navigation mode to try to play one slide show after another.  I was not able to make this work but you may have more luck.

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Edited by sknis, 02 August 2009 - 02:17 PM.

[smile1205]

It worked!  Thank you - thank you - thank you!  And the link to the posts were a huge help so I don't make the same mistake on my second and future projects.  

I am very grateful!

[sknis]

Great someday you will have to teach me how to do it !