Slideshow conversion

[rizay]

Is there a way to create a photo slideshow with audio and then convert it to a video file?

I want to create multiple photo slide shows, convert them to a video file, then create a dvd with menus.

Thanks in advance.

[tin2tin]

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?listuser=&orderby=Type&s=28#28

[Baldrick]

DVD slideshow GUI (FREE) or maybe memoriesontv or photodex proshow.

[rizay]

I tried dvd slideshow but keep getting errors. Something about the codec. What I really want to do is create slide shows for all of my song I downloaded off my cds. Then I want to convert them, somehow, to video files. Then add the video files together into one video file, like chapters in a movie. Then using dvdlab, I wanted to make menus and add movie clips to the same project.

Using dvdlab, I have created dvd's with hundreds of songs, short moving clips, and slideshows, that I can play in my truck. I created lots of menus and added a song to each menu. This worked great but has some downsides. First, the background image doesn't change during the song. Second, When I turn my truck off and back on, the dvd starts again on the main menu instead of the last song (menu). A normal dvd, in this situation, would start where I left off. Another problem with dvdlab for this situation is that you can only add 99 videos to a single dvd. So i cant add all of my songs as slideshows, because they are concidered to be videos by dvdlab.

The solution, as I see it, would be to somehow make slideshows for each song that I have. Then group them together by author or type of music. Then convert them to some sort of video, avi, or mpeg. Then join each song/slideshow by artist or type, into one video file. Then divide the single video into chapters, each chapter would be an individual song. At this point, I could add the video to dvdlab and add menus.

Any ideas?

[guns1inger]

You can do everything you want in DVD Lab pro, with a little planning. If you add your tracks together first, using something like audacity or reaper, then create your slideshows in DLP you can have more than 99 videos. Also, the 99 title limit is per VTS, so if you have multiple VTS', you can add more titles.

Changing background images during songs is down to how you design it. If you use slideshows then the image will change based on how many images you put in the slideshow. If you use video it comes down to how you edit it. Remember that the more video you have (be it video you edit, or video you create when you create a slideshow), the less space you have for songs. Video eats around 10 times as much space as audio.

That your player doesn't remember the position on the disc has nothing to do with DLP - it is a player specific issue, and not something the authoring tool has control over.

Finally, typing something like this :

but keep getting errors. Something about the codec

into your post wastes our time and gets you no answers. Error messages are there for a reason. If a program is written well, the error messages will tell you why something failed. If you can't be bothered to take down the details of an error message - the one thing that will probably tell us what is wrong - why should we be bothered trying to guess an answer for you ?

We love to help. This is probably the most helpful, least spiteful forum I have been involved with. But you have got to play your part as well.

[rizay]

I see your point. Thank you. Here is the error message:

Media Player Classic could not render some of the pins in the graph, you may not have the needed codecs or filters on your system.

The following pin(s) failed to find a connectable filter:

D:\Movie Conversions\DVD Guio\DVD slideshow GUI\DVDsGUItemp.avs::Avisynth video #1

Media Type 0:
--------------------------
Video: YV12 720x480 29.97fps

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: MEDIASUBTYPE_YV12 {32315659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_VideoInfo {05589F80-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 518400
cbFormat: 88

VIDEOINFOHEADER:
rcSource: (0,0)-(0,0)
rcTarget: (0,0)-(0,0)
dwBitRate: 0
dwBitErrorRate: 0
AvgTimePerFrame: 333667

BITMAPINFOHEADER:
biSize: 40
biWidth: 720
biHeight: 480
biPlanes: 1
biBitCount: 12
biCompression: YV12
biSizeImage: 518400
biXPelsPerMeter: 0
biYPelsPerMeter: 0
biYPelsPerMeter: 0
biClrUsed: 0
biClrImportant: 0

pbFormat:
0000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 63 17 05 00 00 00 00 00 ........c.......
0030: 28 00 00 00 d0 02 00 00 e0 01 00 00 01 00 0c 00 (...Ð...à.......
0040: 59 56 31 32 00 e9 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 YV12.é..........
0050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........


In response to: That your player doesn't remember the position on the disc has nothing to do with DLP - it is a player specific issue, and not something the authoring tool has control over.

I wasn't implying that DLP wasn't working properly. On my player, it will remember the movie position, or song position on a normal cd or mp3 disc. However, it will not remember the menu position. Since I have my songs on my dvd in the form of menus, my player forgets were it had previously been.

I will try the audacity or reaper way and see how that pans out and let ya know.

I meant no disrespect to all of you who put in time to help others. If I could somehow copy the error box, I would. Unfortunatly, I don't know how to do that. So I just retyped it. I know this is a great forum. I've read and learned a lot from posts over the years. Your are absolutly right. Most other forums are very spiteful.

Thanks again for the help.

[tin2tin]

DVD slideshow GUI: Try to install ffdshow. Enable the avisynth related things during the install. And under video codecs - and make sure that avisynth is enabled.

[guns1inger]

I see your point. Thank you. Here is the error message:

Media Player Classic could not render some of the pins in the graph, you may not have the needed codecs or filters on your system.

The following pin(s) failed to find a connectable filter:

D:\Movie Conversions\DVD Guio\DVD slideshow GUI\DVDsGUItemp.avs::Avisynth video #1

........

That's better - and you got a response from the program author as well. I wasn't having a go at you specifically (well, ok, I was, but not you alone) but we get so many posts saying "I tried everything but I got some error message so I gave up". No other details, just "fix my problem". The more we have, the easier it is.

In response to: That your player doesn't remember the position on the disc has nothing to do with DLP - it is a player specific issue, and not something the authoring tool has control over.

I wasn't implying that DLP wasn't working properly. On my player, it will remember the movie position, or song position on a normal cd or mp3 disc. However, it will not remember the menu position. Since I have my songs on my dvd in the form of menus, my player forgets were it had previously been.

There is a big difference between remembering a timecode for a CD position, and the same for a menu position on a DVD. Most players won't even remember a menu position, and those that do will generally only remember which menu, and will start it from the beginning. If you watch the timer on most players, they don't even register a time position on menus at all, so they have no reference for saving a position from. If you want to remember a position, you cannot use menus.

I will try the audacity or reaper way and see how that pans out and let ya know.

I haven't used DVDSlideShowGUI, so I don't know if you can have multiple audio tracks per show. If you can, you can skip the joining step. If not, you may still have to join to get extra tracks on your DVD.

I meant no disrespect to all of you who put in time to help others. If I could somehow copy the error box, I would. Unfortunatly, I don't know how to do that. So I just retyped it. I know this is a great forum. I've read and learned a lot from posts over the years. Your are absolutly right. Most other forums are very spiteful.

Thanks again for the help.

No probs. Again, it was only in the interests of helping you solve your problem.

Ultimately, DVD was not designed to do what you are trying to do with it. It is, first and foremost, designed to deliver video, not replace audio CDs. So to do what you are after really means find an appropriate work-around.