Re: Photo Story 3.1 - burning DVD's

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I guess you're talking about Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder

online info says it can use pictures and video as input.... as Photo Story 3
uses a special codec, different than WMV movies... I can't tell if it will
accept story files.
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PapaJohn


"PapaJohn" <papajohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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the transitions and effects used in a story will be in the saved story
(wmv file).... but they are in a video file, no longer a set of still
pictures.

slide-show software implies still pictures.... not knowing Slideshow
Builder, I don't know if it can also handle video files as inputs.
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website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn


"Peppi S." <PeppiS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bobdddds,

I have another question for you regarding the DVD Slideshow Builder. I am
going to try the 30 day trial of it, but before I do, I have a few more
questions. If I've already saved the slideshows through Photo Story 3.1
and
want to import them into a program such as the one mentioned above, does
it
automatically keep all the transitions you have set within PS3.1 or do
you
have to start from scratch? I read where the above software has the
pan/zoom
effects like PS3.1, but didn't know if I could just import, then render
to
DVD without any effects to my original slideshow? I guess maybe by the
time I
get a reply, I might have already found out, but others may be interested
in
the answer as well. Thanks!

--
Peppi S.


"PapaJohn" wrote:

I've not used DVD Slideshow Builder... sounds like from your other post,
you'll be trying it and letting us know.

PhotoStory 3 stories are video files, not a folder of still pictures, so
the
transcoding to get to MPEG-2 files is the same process used to get any
videos to DVD. .
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website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn


"Peppi S." <PeppiS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks PapaJohn for the info. So pretty much I'm stuck with waiting 28
hours
to create a DVD with a cover menu from my movies created in PhotoStory
3.1
that were saved with the higher resolution custom profiles? I did get
a
chance to play back the 5 movies I made that were saved in all three
of
the
higher resolution profiles (yours, the other one from John (?) on your
website and computer 4). I played them back on a 52" big screen rear
projection TV and I couldn't tell much difference between the two
except
for
maybe some "movement" during zooming.

Bobdddds posted that he uses another DVD creating software that does
all
the
music and what not, but from what I've read, you would lose the
pan/zooming
effect, which I must say is the beauty of PhotoStory 3.1. I *HAVE* to
have
the pan/zooming, so is there any movie maker, Slideshow or DVD
creating
software where you can have several "stories" on one disc with the
same
smooth transitions along with pan & zoom like PS 3.1 has that won't
take
28
hours for 15 movies to be put onto a DVD? Thanks again for your help!


--
Peppi S.


"PapaJohn" wrote:

The Sonic DVD Plug-in gets you one story per DVD... with you needing
to
use
other DVD software if you want to have more stories on a disc.

To get discs with a number of stories on them, you need DVD software
that
will make the DVD menu and other files needed for a video DVD. If you
copy
the stories to a disc using Windows, you'll only be able to play it
on a
computer.

Story files are in WMV format.... and a DVD needs files in MPEG-2
format
(VOB extensions).... for XP Microsoft doesn't have any DVD making
software.
The new Microsoft DVD Maker in Vista can do it, but for XP, things
like
ULead, Nero, MyDVD, etc. are needed.
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website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn


"Peppi S." <PeppiS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've been reading up on these forums on how to create a DVD from
Photo
Story
3.1. I did, in fact, follow some advice and download the custom
profiles
from
PapaJohn's website (www.papajohn.org) and tried saving a short test
slideshow
from Photo Story 3.1 using these higher resolution profiles. I then
used
NeroVision Express 2 to create my DVD. The test movie was about 10
pictures
long (maybe 6mb size, can't remember gith now) and when I created
my
DVD,
it
took almost 36 minutes. Most of the movies that I want to put onto
a
DVD
are
more like 35 mb once I use the higher resolution (on computer 3
800x600,
they
are less than 10mb). I have about 40 movies I want to put onto a
DVD. I
did
some test ones of 5 of my movies saved as the two custom profiles
from
PapaJohns website and also computer 4 profile. I had 5 movies with
3
profiles
each to put onto a DVD. I started it last night and it told me the
elapsed
time would be 28 hours!

My questions are:
1) I've seen mention the Sonic DVD Plugin for Photo Story 3. I
presume
I
can
use it for 3.1 that came within Digital Image Suite 2006? I also
saw
you
can
bundle purchase MyDVD as well. What does that particular software
do
differently than the plug in software?
2) Also, maybe I'm not doing this DVD creating thing right. When I
save
a
movie using the custom DVD (NTSC) profiles with the higher
resolution,
am
I
supposed to be creating a DVD when I go to NeroVision Express2 by
going
through adding video files and creating a menu, etc? Or should I
just
be
copying these movies to a DVD directly since they are already
formatted
to
DVD? I've never created a DVD before from Photo Story 3.1 except
for
the
one
last night and I just don't want to have to wait 1 hour for each
movie
to
be
put onto a DVD.
3) Also if the answer above is that I can just copy the PhotoStory
movie
files onto a DVD instead of creating a DVD with menus, etc., can I
copy
these
movies all at once or can I copy them one at a time? I know when I
copy
music
onto a CD-R, it only lets me write once and then it tells me to
insert
a
blank CD. So I'm not sure if this is how DVD's work or not. I don't
want
one
movie per DVD. And I know there are limitations as to the number of
movies
I
can put onto a DVD according to how big the slideshows are.
4) Is there a website that steps you through how to create a DVD
from
Photo
Story 3.1 slideshows that does not directly showcase the Sonic
plug-in?
I
saw
the tutorial on I think Windowsphotostory.com website, but I don't
have
the
Sonic plug-in. And from what I read, some people who downloaded
that
plug-in
ended up having issues with it and having to download other things
to
enable
it to work. Just don't want to buy it if it's not going to work, ya
know???

Thanks for your help on this!!!!

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Peppi S.










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