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Can you burn a presentation to DVD and be able to view it in my DVD player?
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TAJ Simmons
Loretta,..... "reply....kindly pinched from Echo S"....
Let me see if I can explain a little about these various distribution
options.
PowerPoint has a "Package for CD" option that packages up the PPT Viewer,
presenation, and any collateral linked files (e.g., audio or video). You
burn the Viewer, presentation, and linked files to a CD or a DVD. These are
known as Data CDs or Data DVDs -- they're pretty much just like a floppy
disk, only they hold a LOT more.
The important thing here is, these
types of CD/DVDs run on computers. If you put a data CD in your car CD
player, it won't work. If you put a data DVD in the DVD player attached to
your TV, it won't work. So this isn't an option for what you need to do.
There are also Audio CDs. These contain music tracks (CDA format), and they
work in your car stereo. They also will work in computers, because computers
will play audio CDs.
Then there are Video CDs and Super Video CDs.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/2496/vcdfaq.html explains a bit.
Basically, these video CD formats need you to save video files (or pictures)
to them. That would mean you need to convert your presentation into video
(or images) in order to create the video CD.
Video DVDs are what you're thinking of when you want to be able to slap a
DVD into the DVD player hooked to your TV and have the movie play. DVDs also
need video files or pictures. I have Nero here, and I see an option to "burn
DVD-Video files." Nero's Help files say, "Please note that to make a
DVD-Video from video files, you must use a DVD authoring tool such as
NeroVision." So I gather Nero will do a DVD of images, but if you need it to
use actual video, then you'll need DVD authoring software.
I believe that most of the player-things that come with projectors just show
images. They don't show PPT, and they don't show video. If you need
animations (ISTR you said you need the PPT animation?), that won't work for
you.
So really, what you must do is convert your PPT file to video in order for
it to play from a CD or a DVD player (which is really a video CD or video
DVD player). You could also use images to create a video CD or DVD, again,
if you need to show the PPT animations, that won't work.
If you google, you'll find a number of PowerPoint-to-DVD utilities. I
strongly strongly strongly recommend you try before you buy (I think they
all have trial periods), because they may not work well on your specific
presentation.
Other ways to convert your PPT file to video:
PowerVideo Maker http://www.presentersoft.com/products.htm
Camtasia http://www.techsmith.com
OfficeFX http://www.instanteffects.com/
Be sure to read TAJ's advice, too.
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-video.htm and
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-dvd.htm
http://www.soniacoleman.com/FAQs/FAQ00140.htm and
http://www.indezine.com/articles/powerpointtodvd.html also offer good
information.
Once you have the video file created, you'll need to use a DVD-Authoring
tool to create the DVD structure.
MovieStudio + DVD http://www.sonymediasoftware.com
Nero Vision http://www.nero.com
MyDVD Studio http://www.roxio.com
Ulead DVD Workshop Express http://www.ulead.com
Sonic DVDit http://www.sonic.com
Adobe Encore DVD http://www.adobe.com
There are lots more.
Don't know if that helps or hinders....
Let me see if I can explain a little about these various distribution
options.
PowerPoint has a "Package for CD" option that packages up the PPT Viewer,
presenation, and any collateral linked files (e.g., audio or video). You
burn the Viewer, presentation, and linked files to a CD or a DVD. These are
known as Data CDs or Data DVDs -- they're pretty much just like a floppy
disk, only they hold a LOT more.
The important thing here is, thesetypes of CD/DVDs run on computers. If you put a data CD in your car CD
player, it won't work. If you put a data DVD in the DVD player attached to
your TV, it won't work. So this isn't an option for what you need to do.
There are also Audio CDs. These contain music tracks (CDA format), and they
work in your car stereo. They also will work in computers, because computers
will play audio CDs.
Then there are Video CDs and Super Video CDs.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/2496/vcdfaq.html explains a bit.
Basically, these video CD formats need you to save video files (or pictures)
to them. That would mean you need to convert your presentation into video
(or images) in order to create the video CD.
Video DVDs are what you're thinking of when you want to be able to slap a
DVD into the DVD player hooked to your TV and have the movie play. DVDs also
need video files or pictures. I have Nero here, and I see an option to "burn
DVD-Video files." Nero's Help files say, "Please note that to make a
DVD-Video from video files, you must use a DVD authoring tool such as
NeroVision." So I gather Nero will do a DVD of images, but if you need it to
use actual video, then you'll need DVD authoring software.
I believe that most of the player-things that come with projectors just show
images. They don't show PPT, and they don't show video. If you need
animations (ISTR you said you need the PPT animation?), that won't work for
you.
So really, what you must do is convert your PPT file to video in order for
it to play from a CD or a DVD player (which is really a video CD or video
DVD player). You could also use images to create a video CD or DVD, again,
if you need to show the PPT animations, that won't work.
If you google, you'll find a number of PowerPoint-to-DVD utilities. I
strongly strongly strongly recommend you try before you buy (I think they
all have trial periods), because they may not work well on your specific
presentation.
Other ways to convert your PPT file to video:
PowerVideo Maker http://www.presentersoft.com/products.htm
Camtasia http://www.techsmith.com
OfficeFX http://www.instanteffects.com/
Be sure to read TAJ's advice, too.
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-video.htm and
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-dvd.htm
http://www.soniacoleman.com/FAQs/FAQ00140.htm and
http://www.indezine.com/articles/powerpointtodvd.html also offer good
information.
Once you have the video file created, you'll need to use a DVD-Authoring
tool to create the DVD structure.
MovieStudio + DVD http://www.sonymediasoftware.com
Nero Vision http://www.nero.com
MyDVD Studio http://www.roxio.com
Ulead DVD Workshop Express http://www.ulead.com
Sonic DVDit http://www.sonic.com
Adobe Encore DVD http://www.adobe.com
There are lots more.
Don't know if that helps or hinders....
Y
yestoall
Loretta
To play a PowerPoint presentation with a DVD player, you have to take
the presentation to a DVD.
First, convert a presentation to a video file in MPEG format for DVD
with some third party tools like PPT2DVD at
http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com
Second, burn the converted video file to a DVD with a DVD burner and a
burnig program.
The good things with this tool
1.You get a real video file out of a presentation but not a file with
captured screens. In that way, you can have better video quallity. If
you do not care much about the video quality, you can also try the
screen capturing tool like Camtasia
2. You can creat a DVD menu for the video presentation on TV
3. You can use the remote control to control the playback of the
presentation on TV.
4. You can create a integrated DVD out of several PowerPoint
presentations.
To play a PowerPoint presentation with a DVD player, you have to take
the presentation to a DVD.
First, convert a presentation to a video file in MPEG format for DVD
with some third party tools like PPT2DVD at
http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com
Second, burn the converted video file to a DVD with a DVD burner and a
burnig program.
The good things with this tool
1.You get a real video file out of a presentation but not a file with
captured screens. In that way, you can have better video quallity. If
you do not care much about the video quality, you can also try the
screen capturing tool like Camtasia
2. You can creat a DVD menu for the video presentation on TV
3. You can use the remote control to control the playback of the
presentation on TV.
4. You can create a integrated DVD out of several PowerPoint
presentations.