Slide Show problems (used to use Creator v6)

[Barry J]

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

I used to use Easy creator v6 to create Slide shows with the Slide Show Creator section. I would make the slide show then burn a VCD with no problems. The quality was good and I had the option to also have it play on any PC and also had the option to save the pictures in jpg on the same disk so that if anyone wanted to make prints, they were available. Life was good!

 

I have recently "upgraded" to v9 and I don't seem to be able to accomplish the same thing. I created the slide show in the slide show assistant then tried to burn the VCD. It did burn, but the playback picture quality was pretty bad . Also, there is no way to play it on my computer and no way to access the jpg files to make prints later (as I was able to do in v6).

 

I even tried to burn it as a DVD (not what I really need to do) just to see if it would work. After a good bit of processing, a DVD did burn...but, while the quality was fine, only the first 3-4 minutes burned, then it skipped the next 10 minutes of slides, and then the last 2 minutes burned...skipping the entire middle section of the slide show.

 

I tried each of these processes three times each with the same results each time. I don't think it was a fluke bad burn as the results were the same each time (reboots between and everything).

 

My Questions:

 

1. Is there anyway to produce the same type of VCD that I was abel to do in v6 (playable as a slide show on a computer also and with the jpgs available)?

 

2. How do I increase the quality of the slides burned on the VCD?

 

3. Why did the DVD burn only the beginning and the end of the slide show?

 

I appreciate anyone's help.

 

Barry

[JohnnyPalmer]

The quality of VCD slideshow is poor at best. If you can't burn to DVD try to at least burn to a SVCD which has much better quality but will hold less video then a VCD.. Of course you will then need a DVD player that also plays SVCD

Barry,

Please don't shout me down if you know this already but, for what it's worth, the resolution of photos that a VCD disc can produce on a TV (or a PC) is half that of a DVD. SVCD may be better (but I think not) so it would always be better to pursue quality slideshows via the DVD route. Photos will still only be 720xn (n depends on where you live) which is way below the quality I imagine you see when you preview your photos straight off the camera - or via a Windows Explorer Slideshow on your PC.

I only started producing slideshow DVDs when the mother-in-law sold her PC

[Barry J]

The slide show assistant only allows 99 pictures. If you have more than than, use VideoWave.

 

I was able to put in all 325 slides, along with the music. It plays on the computer preview with no problems before the burn to VCD. Even after burning to the VCD, the VCD contains, and plays all 325 slides, its just very poor quality slides (very pixilated and "fuzzy"). Its not because the disk is full, there is plenty of space left.

 

Thanks again for your help,

 

Barry

[grandpabruce]

I was able to put in all 325 slides, along with the music. It plays on the computer preview with no problems before the burn to VCD. Even after burning to the VCD, the VCD contains, and plays all 325 slides, its just very poor quality slides (very pixilated and "fuzzy"). Its not because the disk is full, there is plenty of space left.

 

Thanks again for your help,

 

Barry

 

You are welcome, but I still think you should try the same production, starting it in VideoWave, to see if that solves the problem.

[bimicher]

I was able to put in all 325 slides, along with the music. It plays on the computer preview with no problems before the burn to VCD. Even after burning to the VCD, the VCD contains, and plays all 325 slides, its just very poor quality slides (very pixilated and "fuzzy"). Its not because the disk is full, there is plenty of space left.

 

Thanks again for your help,

 

Barry

The quality of VCD slideshow is poor at best. If you can't burn to DVD try to at least burn to a SVCD which has much better quality but will hold less video then a VCD.. Of course you will then need a DVD player that also plays SVCD

[grandpabruce]

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

I used to use Easy creator v6 to create Slide shows with the Slide Show Creator section. I would make the slide show then burn a VCD with no problems. The quality was good and I had the option to also have it play on any PC and also had the option to save the pictures in jpg on the same disk so that if anyone wanted to make prints, they were available. Life was good!

 

I have recently "upgraded" to v9 and I don't seem to be able to accomplish the same thing. I created the slide show in the slide show assistant then tried to burn the VCD. It did burn, but the playback picture quality was pretty bad . Also, there is no way to play it on my computer and no way to access the jpg files to make prints later (as I was able to do in v6).

 

I even tried to burn it as a DVD (not what I really need to do) just to see if it would work. After a good bit of processing, a DVD did burn...but, while the quality was fine, only the first 3-4 minutes burned, then it skipped the next 10 minutes of slides, and then the last 2 minutes burned...skipping the entire middle section of the slide show.

 

I tried each of these processes three times each with the same results each time. I don't think it was a fluke bad burn as the results were the same each time (reboots between and everything).

 

My Questions:

 

1. Is there anyway to produce the same type of VCD that I was abel to do in v6 (playable as a slide show on a computer also and with the jpgs available)?

 

2. How do I increase the quality of the slides burned on the VCD?

 

3. Why did the DVD burn only the beginning and the end of the slide show?

 

I appreciate anyone's help.

 

Barry

 

The slide show assistant only allows 99 pictures. If you have more than than, use VideoWave.