How can I Put PowerPoint on a DVD?

[Bjs]

Need a reasonably quick system to pull this type of thing off so as to include "smooth" transitions capture .

Camstudio from http://www.camstudio.org/ , free and grab there compression codec for screen capture .

If you intend on ppt to dvd , then if ptt has greater resolution than pal (720x576) or nstc (720x480) , then set screen resolution to 800x600 , start camstudio , choose camstudio screen codec , set fps , and recording , then run ptt .

Stop camstudio , and it will then save avi .
Reset desktop res to original .
Run bbmpeg , hit add , select avi .

There are two windows to the right .
Set width to chosen dvd width .
Set height to chosen dvd height .
Hit start encode .

Forgot snapshot :



In next box , hit setting .
setup video settings as mpeg2 under video stream tab .
Select pal or nstc (same as captured file fps) .
Mpeg2 .
Go to general setting tab .
Select encode video only , and hit go .
Wait .

If audio was also captured , you can let it encode the audio as well .
Author streams using prefered dvd authoring product .

Keeps most fonts from being overly washed out looking ... which can hurt peoples eyes .

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Or wait till you can author hd-dvd content ... lol

[handyguy]

There are a few other topics on this stuff:
Topic: Slideshow Trickery...

Topic: DVD with videos and Powerpoint

Topic: a DVD that will autostart a .ppt in pc and play a DVD in a set-top player

[jrhx]

I've SUCCESSFULLY burnt my PowerPoint slide show to DVD.
This is a sample video clip converted from a sample PowerPoint slide show,
just 5.62MB, you may download it and see its effect.
http://www.mediafire.com/?axnjvjmjcbm

Forgot adding the tool I used to create this video.
It was converted by DVD Presenter. Fairly nice tool.

[SCDVD]

I've SUCCESSFULLY burnt my PowerPoint slide show to DVD.
This is a sample video clip converted from a sample PowerPoint slide show,
just 5.62MB, you may download it and see its effect.
http://www.mediafire.com/?axnjvjmjcbm

Forgot adding the tool I used to create this video.
It was converted by DVD Presenter. Fairly nice tool.

Not bad! This video clip is also useful in another way. If they view it, some of our less swift forum members can learn the difference between up and down.

[bubble]

EM, this is a really simple PowerPoint slide show.
The video quality is not bad.
I think this tool is helpful to people who want to burn PowerPoint to DVD or convert PowerPoint to video

[Cornucopia]

A little "chunky", both animation-wise and resolution/anti-aliasing-wise.
No clickable interactives. After your talk about [Next Slide]-[Previous Slide], etc, I was kinda expecting that...

Scott

[bubble]

A little "chunky", both animation-wise and resolution/anti-aliasing-wise.
No clickable interactives. After your talk about [Next Slide]-[Previous Slide], etc, I was kinda expecting that...

Scott

You know video formats have no interactive ability. I think this sample is just to prove its resluting video quality and if you want to learn more, you may have a try to burn a PowerPoint presentation to DVD by yourself.
You can control the [Next Slide]-[Previous Slide] playback with a DVD remote only when you burn your PowerPoint presentations to DVD .

[Cornucopia]

bubble, I was gonna rag on you about that last comment until I realised where you're going with it.
Yes, you're right, the uploaded file WAS an MPEG2 and thus was NOT interactive as such. OK, I give.

If you've been following the thread, though, I think you'll realise there's not a lot more I ought to learn about PPT->DVD.

And you're wrong, you can control the [Next/Previous] when you correctly convert your PPT->DVD via a number of ways, certainly NOT just burning the PPT onto a DVD.
But the better quality ways almost all include a manual component.

Scott

[web_maven]

To put in my two cents.

I know this is for converting PPT to DVD. And looking at some of the examples the PPT looks like simple slide shows that go from one image to another with transitions and music. (Cornucopia work excluded, his transitions are multi-layered and more complex as I would expect from a Pro)

I am ways looking for quicker, easier and cheaper ways of doing things. And I came across a few programs that may do most of what people here are looking for. Again the following is very simple and your videos will be setup for NTSC. Also I must stress that you need to download and install the NTSC or PAL plugins from the PapaJohn web site.

For quick and easy development I use the following and why:
MS Photostory 3 (Free) - with the PapaJohn NTSC plugin - PhotoStory is a very easy program that will take your images resize them for NTSC or PAL help you remove black borders. It allows you to adjust image color, add audio and text notation and also a music track. It will also allow you to add transitions and motion (which adds a nice element to a still image). The only down side is if you use motion (like zoom-in, zoom-out, Pan etc.) the text is effected too, so if you zoom-in on an image it will scale the text too. With other plugins you can even do HD video but it would require Photoshop or other photo editing software.

Ulead DVD movie Factory (buy/trial) - This program another very easy program that allows you to import all the videos that you just created and add chapter points and simple edits and help you build your DVD menus. The software will then burn you video to your hard drive or directly to your DVD.

For a more complex, advanced users:
Adobe Flash - I use Adobe Flash to create animation intros and text the only down side is that you really need to know what you are doing.

Ulead MediaStudio - This is for more advanced video editing for multi-layered video and effects. I also use Adobe Premiere.

Adobe Encore – Or other DVD authoring software which will allow for complex DVD menus and chapter controls.

Photoshop - I think everyone knows what that's for.

If you don't want to buy DVD Movie Factory and want to go the free route you can try MS Movie Maker 2.0 that comes with windows, I have only used it as to just play around I never made anything with MS Movie Maker. As for photostory, go to MS web site and search “Photostory 3”, then Google "PapaJohn Photostory" to get his free plugins for Photostory 3 program. I would look around the PapaJohn web site he offers a lot of good tutorials on this.

Good Luck
Web maven