Photostory 2.0 loss of resolution when burn to CD

[Guest]

I have made a wmv file with Photstory 2.O including the "Custom" resolution file for 800x600. My Dell laptop has a 1ghz pentium iii chip. At full screen the video is excellent using Windows Media Player when played off my hard disk, but when played from the CD I made with Photostory it loses resolution at full screen. I have made several copies using different CD brands without success. My computer display is set for 1400x1050. I always tried it at 800x600. No luck.
How can I get good full screen resolution from the CD

Second question. Is there anyway to eliminate the top and bottom borders from full screen Windows Media Player 9.0

Thanks! Jim

 

[Mary Sauer]

Do you have settings within your CD burning software? Have you read the documentation
that came with your application?

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I have made a wmv file with Photstory 2.O including the "Custom" resolution file

for 800x600. My Dell laptop has a 1ghz pentium iii chip. At full screen the video is
excellent using Windows Media Player when played off my hard disk, but when played
from the CD I made with Photostory it loses resolution at full screen. I have made
several copies using different CD brands without success. My computer display is set
for 1400x1050. I always tried it at 800x600. No luck.

How can I get good full screen resolution from the CD?

Second question. Is there anyway to eliminate the top and bottom borders from full

screen Windows Media Player 9.0?

 

[Guest]

I am not using any special CD burning software that I am aware of. Photostory 2.0 has "Burn VCD" button that I execute

Thanks, Mary.

Jim

 

[Mary Sauer]

I have no clue about VCD, you might to try the experts
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/vcd
Have you contacted the maker's of your software?

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I am not using any special CD burning software that I am aware of. Photostory 2.0

has "Burn VCD" button that I execute.

 

[John Inzer]

Mary, Microsoft is the maker of the software (Microsoft
Plus! Digital Media, Photostory 2.0). Is there a better
way for me to contact Microsoft for help?
Jim

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Might be worth a try to use the 1024x768 advanced profile.

Advanced PhotoStory profiles
http://tinyurl.com/nhfd

If you are referring to the top and bottom frame of
Windows Media Player when viewing full screen...
you can place your pointer near the center of the
screen and wait...the frame and pointer will disappear.
Moving your mouse will return the frame.

If you wish to contact MS support try the following:

If you use the following link....
http://support.microsoft.com/

Choose "Contact Microsoft"

On the next screen, Choose
"Phone Numbers, Support Options and Pricing"

On the next screen, open the drop window
and scroll down to the correct program.

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[mgama]

A VCD's video is limited to 352x240 resolution. So my guess is PhotoStory
resizes the video to meet the VCD standard when you click the "burn to VCD"
button. This VCD then can be played by many modern DVD players for playback
on your TV. However, if you just want to view the videos on another
computer, then a VCD wouldn't be the best choice. Instead you can create
your photo story with the highest resolution you desire, save the video to
your harddrive, and then manually burn the video to a CD.

 

[Yves Alarie]

The answer is simple. You can't play a Photo Story file ( .wmv) from a CD.
You need to copy the file from your CD back to your hard drive. Then play
this file from your hard drive. Reading a .wmv file from a CD is too slow to
give you a high resolution image.

I have made a wmv file with Photstory 2.O including the "Custom"

resolution file for 800x600. My Dell laptop has a 1ghz pentium iii chip. At
full screen the video is excellent using Windows Media Player when played
off my hard disk, but when played from the CD I made with Photostory it
loses resolution at full screen. I have made several copies using different
CD brands without success. My computer display is set for 1400x1050. I
always tried it at 800x600. No luck.

How can I get good full screen resolution from the CD?

Second question. Is there anyway to eliminate the top and bottom borders

from full screen Windows Media Player 9.0?