slideshow help

[Dan]

Let me start by saying that I'm new to digital cameras and video software.
My son got married recently and I have a lot of wedding pictures that were
taken with a digital camera that I would like to share with family and
friends. I would like to make a slideshow on cd or dvd,which ever is better,
with music in the background and transitions from one picture to the next
that will play on standalone dvd players. I did a google search, and the
more I read about this project, the more confused I get. I have Nero Vision
Express, but when I try to use it, I get a message that I must download and
purchase some special codec from them in order to do what I want to do. I'm
sure that this question has been asked before and I'm sorry for bringing it
up again. Does anyone have a good freeware program suggestion that I can use
that is simple for a beginner like me? Thanks for taking time to read this,
and thanks for any help that is offered.
Dan

 

[John Jay Smith]

Hello...congradulations for your son!

A program that you may like is microsoft photostory 3, it is free and very
easy to use... it produces fantastic results with little effort.

After you make the movie, you must convert it from WMV to
a movie format that can be written to dvd... but this is not a problem...
since many applications can do this. You can find much info on Papajohns
site
http://www.papajohn.org/ (see the left links, where it has an entry for
photostory 3)
If you need help with that post back... I would be more than happy to assist
you.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Download from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...26-a008-49b3-b3f4-6f33852af9c1&DisplayLang=en
NOTE: this needs windows validation, that means your copy of windows must be
an original. legit one.


-K www.computerboom.com

 

[John Jay Smith]

in addition to that....
I found an alternative link if you want to skip the validation thingy
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/9/4/494AB2A4-1427-4ABC-9E75-472F7F2C146B/Pstory.msi

or here http://www.softwarepatch.com/graphics/photostory3.html

and found out that NERO can convert wmv into DVDs directly...

read info from the links on papajohn site about converting to dvd and on
this page:
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD-Ahead.html

from that page:

3/5/06 - If you have NERO 6.6 you probably have Nero Vision Express as well
(it's normally part of the package).... using it for months now and it is
magic!!! It combines rendering (MPEG-2), authoring (nice menus) and burning
and all that starting from one or more WMV files made by Photo Story 3.

1/12/06 - Nero Vision Express 3, bundled with Nero 6, accepts WMV files
perfectly.

6/19/05 - Q: I recorded a movie from WMM to a DVD disc using Nero 6 (latest
update 4 days ago). Plays back fine on the burner in the PC but when put
into a CyberHome 300, get a dialog saying 'No supported files found". Any
ideas on what is wrong?

A: Did you use Nero Vision Express? Nero *Vision* Express is different from
Nero Express or Nero Burning Rom which are just starter applications that
cannot make a DVD Video. If you don't have Nero Vision Express get it from:
Nero (Update Package 2)

http://ww2.nero.com/enu/nero-up.php

For tutorials on using NeroVision Express, see this support site of nero.

http://ww2.nero.com/enu/631956523192996.html

 

[beenthere]

in addition to that....
I found an alternative link if you want to skip the validation thingy
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/9/4/494AB2A4-1427-4ABC-9E75-472F7F2C146B/Pstory.msi

or here http://www.softwarepatch.com/graphics/photostory3.html

and found out that NERO can convert wmv into DVDs directly...

Thanks for that link JJS.
M$ just told me my OS isn`t genuine !.
They can go and `pee up their kilts` !!.

 

[John Jay Smith]

Yeah I know what you mean...

I dont like using validation on any computer legit or not legit...
phoning home to MS just makes my bowls tumble.....

 

[Onno Voors]

I would like to make a slideshow on cd or dvd,which ever is better,
with music in the background and transitions from one picture to the
next that will play on standalone dvd players

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=DVD_slideshow_GUI

 

[Eugene Esterly III]

I have a couple of links to programs which allows you to burn
slideshows to CD/DVD, I posted about this at
http://groups.google.com/group/alt....0a55dc1e892/9cee4b04012689e2#9cee4b04012689e2

 

[willpops]

I don't think freeware is a good choice.
Shareware is always be more professional and with more functions.
I still recommend you to try dvd slideshow builder.
A wonderful dvd slideshow software.
Check out here:
http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/dvd-slideshow/download.html

 

[Craig]

I don't think freeware is a good choice.

Stud, you are in what's known in technical terms as "the wrong newsgroup."

Shareware is always be

Have you, perchance, considered hanging out in alt.comp.shareware
instead? It'll save us both a headache.

-Craig

 

[Eugene Esterly III]

I don't think freeware is a good choice.
Shareware is always be more professional and with more functions.
I still recommend you to try dvd slideshow builder.
A wonderful dvd slideshow software.
Check out here:
http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/dvd-slideshow/download.html

Have you even tried freeware software. Freeware software is great &
many of the freeware programs can beat out commerical & shareware
programs. You should download & try out many of the freeware programs &
after you do that, you will see how great many of the freeware programs
are.

 

[willpops]

I'm sorry for my offence to freeware. I have also used many freeware
and cracker. But in my opinion, i still think commerical & shareware
are better than freeware. I admit that some freeware are very good, it
is only a few, but the rest are not very well.For free? I want to know
how did the author to develop the software and recorrect the bugs?
Sorry to Dan, we are debating the topic which is not related.

Hope you get your proper solution.