Which format to convert PowerPoint 2007 for best viewing

[mitaka27]

Many thanks for the advice which i recently received here. I have
finally got the presentation which I was working on to the point of
burning it to DVD. I will be showing the Powerpoint 2007 presentation
(finally ended up with 98 slides and a whopping 59.8 MB full of over
200 photos) using a projector for some showings but need to create a
versatile stand-a-lone version as well. I have searched this forum
and have been trying different companies software over the last week
and am now utterly bewildered as to which format I should be aiming
for. If I convert straight to DVD then the final presentation is very
fuzzy. Yesterday I managed to convert a .wmv file for burning which
was semi accepible. Most of the companies offering such conversion
software have the following options to choose from.

MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, FLV

I have the necessary conversion software to convert any of these files
to burn to DVD if necessary.

Can somebody please direct me as to which format would most retain the
clearness of the original Powerpoint please? As I said, I need to be
able to show the final DVD on and off a projector. I.e. TV with a DVD
player, large DVD player, PC, etc. Purchasing the necessary software
is not the problem as long as it does the job.



Many thanks again.
Mitaka

 

[Ute Simon]

Can somebody please direct me as to which format would most retain the

clearness of the original Powerpoint please? As I said, I need to be
able to show the final DVD on and off a projector. I.e. TV with a DVD
player, large DVD player, PC, etc. Purchasing the necessary software
is not the problem as long as it does the job.

Most TV screens have less pixels than most projectors. That's why videos and
slides look fuzzy on TV screens. And the movement adds to it. Does your
presentation have animations? If not, an alternative might be to save the
slides as JPEG images and have the DVD player show them as a slideshow.

If you need a video, produce the video as a high-quality AVI and let the DVD
burning program do the conversion to DVD format. I use Camtasia Studio,
www.techsmith.com, to record my slideshow and all animations as an AVI. Then
use the program that came with my DVD drive (Nero) to burn it to DVD.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[mitaka27]

One addition to Ute's suggestions:

Whatever software you use for converting to AVI should give you some
options as to the size in pixels of the AVI.  There may be choices
labeled NTSC or PAL; if so, choose the one that matches the TV standard
for your area.  US/Japan are NTSC; I think most of the rest of the world
is PAL.

If those options aren't available, see if there's one that gives you an
AVI that's 720 pixels wide.  










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Thank you for your replies.

No there are not too many transitions in the PowerPoint file as such.
Just a few "slide ins" with particular texts. I had tried saving
each slide to .png format (I read somewhere that this might be a free
solution so tried it out) and then doing a slideshow/DVD using Roxio
2009. However, there is a transition problem - the length of the
narration and the photos differ from slide to slide, with that method
and the visual output was far from acceptable.

1. Could you please tell me why I should choose .AVI over the other
"MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, MOV, MP4" formats please?
2. Also, I have noticed that some of the software available include
the option of 1024 X 768 pixels or even more. Is there a reason for
choosing "720 pixels"?

Thanking once again for your generous help.

Mitaka

 

[Ute Simon]

1. Could you please tell me why I should choose .AVI over the other
"MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, MOV, MP4" formats please?
2. Also, I have noticed that some of the software available include
the option of 1024 X 768 pixels or even more. Is there a reason for
choosing "720 pixels"?


Hi Mitaka,

1. If you want to produce a DVD compatible with a stand-alone DVD-player,
you should better let the burning program do the conversion to the right
format. And you should better input a high-quality video format into it
instead of an already compressed one.

2. 1024x768 is what a computer monitor can display. TV screens (if they are
not HD) can only display 720 pixels wide.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[mitaka27]

1.  Could you please tell me why I should choose .AVI over the other
"MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, MOV, MP4" formats please?
2.  Also, I have noticed that some of the software available include
the option of 1024 X 768 pixels or even more.  Is there a reason for
choosing "720 pixels"?

Hi Mitaka,

1. If you want to produce a DVD compatible with a stand-alone DVD-player,
you should better let the burning program do the conversion to the right
format. And you should better input a high-quality video format into it
instead of an already compressed one.

2. 1024x768 is what a computer monitor can display. TV screens (if they are
not HD) can only display 720 pixels wide.

Best regards,
Ute

Thank you Ute Simon.
However, I am still a little puzzled as to what "should better input a
high-quality video format into it
instead of an already compressed one" means.

Out of the following which should be the highest quality video format?

MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, MOV, MP4

Thank you
Mitaka

 

[LQ]

Many thanks for the advice which i recently received here. I have
finally got the presentation which I was working on to the point of
burning it to DVD. I will be showing thePowerpoint2007 presentation
(finally ended up with 98 slides and a whopping 59.8 MB full of over
200 photos) using a projector for some showings but need to create a
versatile stand-a-lone version as well. I have searched this forum
and have been trying different companies software over the last week
and am now utterly bewildered as to which format I should be aiming
for. If I convert straight to DVD then the final presentation is very
fuzzy. Yesterday I managed to convert a .wmv file for burning which
was semi accepible. Most of the companies offering such conversion
software have the following options to choose from.

MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, FLV

I have the necessary conversion software to convert any of these files
to burn to DVD if necessary.

Can somebody please direct me as to which format would most retain the
clearness of the originalPowerpointplease? As I said, I need to be
able to show the final DVD on and off a projector. I.e. TV with a DVD
player, large DVD player, PC, etc. Purchasing the necessary software
is not the problem as long as it does the job.

Many thanks again.
Mitaka

You can try E.M. PowerPoint Video Converter, meet all your needs. It
can quickly converts PowerPoint to video, audio and images, such as
avi, flv, 3gp, swf, mkv, mpeg2 ts, DVD, mp4, mov, mp3...
Source(s):
http://www.effectmatrix.com/PowerPoint-Video-Converter/index.htm
Also, you can google some other software¡£