Creating a soundtrack for a DVD slide show

[walter4h]

Hello everybody:
I would like to create a soundtrack for a slide show, which will precede or follow a movie. If I use, say 10 still images, with 10 sec default duration for each, how the audio will be played? Do I have to create a 10-sec AC3 audio track for each image? Or I don't have to worry about the exact length, and to rely instead on the authoring pkg to clip it accordingly?
My concern is that if a separate audio track is associated with ea image, the music would sound rather erratic, as the track changes from image to image.
Is it possible to have just one uninterrupted audio file played for the entire duration of the slide show (provided the slides change without interruption)?
I author in ReelDVD, but, I guess, this question is universal enough to apply to any authoring pkg.
I have never done it before, my apologies if I have not formulated the problem clearly enough. I did a search and could not find a post on this subject
Thx: walter

[GangstaMo]

Get MOTV ,load the Pic,set the audio to sync..render as mpeg.

[bottle-necked]

There are many slideshow program available. I use Ulead VideoStudio myself. It's available as trialware at the Ulead site.

The program allows you to put audio soundtrack(s) on the timeline, adjust the volume, start and end points, overlap, etc, and excepts most file types. You can insert still photos, video clips, etc, add transition effects, text, etc, and create about anything you can think of. You can then render the production in most any video format you desire or use their supplied templates. It has a pretty easy to learn interface.

Although the program has a few problems they can generally worked around with a little practice.

Hope this helps.
Good luck.

[walter4h]

Thanks, guys:
Regarding MOTV, I have no idea what it is. I did a search on tools, it produced 2 entries - DVD Motion Pro ($500) and Remote Selector.
Is MOTV an authoring package?
Regarding a suggestion to use Ulead Video Studio, I'll have a look at it in college, but learning another authoring pkg is probably out of question. I am sure ReelDVD should be able to do it, I just have to find out how.
At this point the problem looks like this: I imported an image as a "slide show" into the storyboard, I did not change the default value of 10 sec display time.
However, it is not really the slide show the way it is presented in the help file, because I imported ea picture separately and each had its own Next-Previous-Return link. I did that to be able to navigate back and forth.
Then I clicked on the sound button and tried to drag an AC3 file into the sound track, that file had a duration of several minutes, I thought it will be clipped to the default display value, but ReelDVD rejected it. Then I tried to drag a .WAV file, also several minutes duration, it was also rejected.
I will try creating a real slide show, by dragging multiple pictures on the video track. I see if I would still be able to navigate back and forth. That's how the slide show is presented in the Help file
Thx: walter

[Bodyslide]

MOTV = Memories on TV.
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=363#comments

[walter4h]

Thanks, Bodyslide:
In compliance with the forum rules, I try to avoid posting thank-you notes, unless there is smth of substance to add. But this does not mean I do not appreciate help.
I contacted Dennis O'Neil from CrazyPants Productions, he was very kind (2nd time) to reply, here is his answer:
>>>>>>>>>
It's definitely possible to have audio behind a slide show. However, you seem to be getting error messages that are unrelated. "Not a supported file format" does not seem to be a problem related to how you've imported your still. I would check your file for compliance, i.e. 48kHz, etc. One thing to be clear on... If you're importing your stills independently as slide shows, and then placing audio behind them. Understand that the audio will not play once the user skips forward to the next slide show unless you have audio under the new asset as well. It will, however, start over with the new still. If you want the user to be able to forward to the next still in a series, you want to use a still show, where the user could press the "next" button to skip through. A still show, however, does not support audio because of its user-defined playback length. Hope this helps. Dennis O'Neil CrazyPants Productions [www.crazypants.com]

[presto]

In compliance with the forum rules, I try to avoid posting thank-you notes, unless there is smth of substance to add. But this does not mean I do not appreciate help.

If that's a rule it's a bad one. Where does it say that?

[walter4h]

Here is a quote from the "rulebook":
>>>>>Please try not to "bump" your topic.
Replying to your own topic to get it to the top is annoying. Try to have some patience, this is a bulletin board, not IRC. It may take some time (e.g., one or two days) before someone can answer your query or question.<<<<<<
It does not mention "thank-you" notes, but still, those have the same effect - they bump the topic.
Because of the demands of my job and the college schedule I am often unable to visit the forum for a few days in a row, by that time my post may well be on the second page or even further down, if it is a high-traffic section. If a reply from the forum member answered my question, I would rather avoid bumping the topic with a thank-you note. This was exactly the case when Bodyslide answered my query about MOTV. I am very grateful for the time he took to help me, but I have no further questions on the subject and, short of showing my appreciation, the matter is closed. That is why I chose not to bump the topic with a thank-you note. On a few other occasions I sent a private message, sharing some thoughts, which might be of interest to the post author, but off-topic to that particular subject; I also sent a few thank-you notes as a PM.
Other forum members may think differently and that's fine, but still, one cannot deny, that some threads degrade into a series of comments, which make it look more like a chat line, than a forum on a technical subject. There are unnecessary quotations, back-and-forth clarifications, etc, which clutter the page and make it difficult for others to get the substance.
I save many threads in a text format for future reference, and often I have no choice but to do a thorough "cleaning" before it goes into permanent storage.
So here are my 2c on my interpretation of the forum rules.
Kind regards: walter

[presto]

Replying to your own topic to get it to the top is annoying. Try to have some patience, this is a bulletin board, not IRC. It may take some time (e.g., one or two days) before someone can answer your query or question.<<<<<<

You are completely wrong on this. Thank you's are not bumps. If someone's advice works that is a piece of valuable information that you should post. At the same time you would say "Thanks!".

Besides, the rule you quoted refers to replying to your own topic, not replying to a comment that was helpful!