Slide Show useing Movie Maker

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I am attempting to create a slide show useing digital pics, adding music
as I go. So far, so good.

But half way through, it is huge--893MB.

I have encountered two problems:

1) DVD player does not recognize the .avi file on the CD
2) CD's do not have enough capacity.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks.
 
Doug said:
I am attempting to create a slide show useing digital pics, adding music
as I go. So far, so good.

But half way through, it is huge--893MB.

I have encountered two problems:

1) DVD player does not recognize the .avi file on the CD
2) CD's do not have enough capacity.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks.
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Save your file as a .wmv ... that should cut down on the file size.
Then, use DVD writing software to write the file to a DVD ... that
should make your DVD player recognize the disc. If you don't have a DVD
writer, then you'll have to figure out how to make a VCD. I don't know
how to do this as I only write to DVDs.
 
Doug,
Save your final slide show (movie) at the highest quality you can which for
you
is DV-AVI. If you're worried about the file taking up too much room on your
harddrive you can always delete it later. After you saved to DV-AVI, import
that file into another software application that lets you author DVDs. You
can create a menu and chapters and a few other things if you'd like. When you
are finished, the DVD authoring software will let you burn the files to a DVD
(if you have a DVD burner) and you can play the movie in your living room DVD
player just like any other DVD. For a list of authoring software apps go to
papajohn's website http://www.papajohn.org/. Once you burned your movie to
DVD you can delete the DV-AVI file if you wish but beware - you may want to
create more copies. When I burn my movies I use Nero VisionExpress. It lets
me burn the DVD image files to my harddrive. These are the files that make up
a movie. When somebody says "Wow 3kings, that is a cool movie, can I have a
copy?", all I have to do is burn the image files to a DVD. With the cost of
DVDs dropping you might consider saving the DV-AVI file and the DVD image
files to a DVD as data - not a movie. That way, they are never lost if your
harddrive crashes.
 
Walter said:
Save your file as a .wmv ... that should cut down on the file size.
Then, use DVD writing software to write the file to a DVD ... that
should make your DVD player recognize the disc. If you don't have a DVD
writer, then you'll have to figure out how to make a VCD. I don't know
how to do this as I only write to DVDs.
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Very helpful, thanks!
 
3KINGS said:
Doug,
Save your final slide show (movie) at the highest quality you can which for
you
is DV-AVI. If you're worried about the file taking up too much room on your
harddrive you can always delete it later. After you saved to DV-AVI, import
that file into another software application that lets you author DVDs. You
can create a menu and chapters and a few other things if you'd like. When you
are finished, the DVD authoring software will let you burn the files to a DVD
(if you have a DVD burner) and you can play the movie in your living room DVD
player just like any other DVD. For a list of authoring software apps go to
papajohn's website http://www.papajohn.org/. Once you burned your movie to
DVD you can delete the DV-AVI file if you wish but beware - you may want to
create more copies. When I burn my movies I use Nero VisionExpress. It lets
me burn the DVD image files to my harddrive. These are the files that make up
a movie. When somebody says "Wow 3kings, that is a cool movie, can I have a
copy?", all I have to do is burn the image files to a DVD. With the cost of
DVDs dropping you might consider saving the DV-AVI file and the DVD image
files to a DVD as data - not a movie. That way, they are never lost if your
harddrive crashes.
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Excellent suggestions--I appreciate the assistance!
 
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