DVD slideshow GUI - development thread.

[tin2tin]

@ kjvsword

Is there a way to import pictures with transparencies into DVD slideshow GUI?

I'm sorry, no I don't think so.

If you're not affraid to work with the avisynth code (export as .avs - open in notepad and preview in MPC) then you could try to change the addback functions with overlay.

And change the imagesource to this way:

ImageSource("grafika\plz.png", pixel_type="RGB32", fps=25)

You can read about how to use overlay here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=116160&highlight=alpha

Good luck,
Tin2tin

[kjvsword]

@ tin2tin

If I use animation on a portrait image, it gets stretched out to look like landscape. It makes people look very fat. Can I use animation on portrait images without this happening?

[tin2tin]

Make sure that Media Player Classic is set to the right aspect ratio. Set it under: View/Video frame. This affects only viewing the slideshow, the final DVD should be allright.

(MPC doesn't have commandline swiches for the ratios - so I can't set them automatically for yoy from DVD slideshow GUI)

Merry chrismas and happy new year to everybody!

Tin2tin

[kjvsword]

Make sure that Media Player Classic is set to the right aspect ratio. Set it under: View/Video frame. This affects only viewing the slideshow, the final DVD should be allright.

@ Tin2tin

My final mpeg or AVI has horizontally stretched portrait images. It's not just the preview. It only happens to portrait images that I use an animation on. It seems OK with landscape images. Do I have to stay away from animation when it comes to the portrait images?

[kjvsword]

Found a fix(work around)..

in Options .. Presets .. I unselected border and then it quit stretching the portrait images during an animation.

If you want it with a border, rotate it 90 degrees before loading it in DSG. Then in the animation dialog, in the first key, you can rotate the image 270 degrees (or -90 degrees).

Thank you tin2tin,
kjvsword

[tin2tin]

@ kjvsword,

Thanks for finding that bug. I see it now. I'll try to solve it asap.

If you find anything else please let me know.

Tin2tin

[kjvsword]

@ tin2tin

What happened to background_golden.jpg?

It's not gold no more. It's too dark.

[tin2tin]

@ kjvsword

My girlfriend didn't like it. She thought it looked like skin with freckles, so I changed it(but not the name(I was too lazy I guess)).

The animation-squeeze-border bug is fixed, but I found a new one. If animation is added to to different sized images, the first ones will not be correctly centered. This one is quite difficult to solve, but I'm working on it.

If you like the original golden background, let me know and I'll upload it.

Happy new year!
Tin2tin

[nicodus]

After looking for a program to make a slideshow I found DVD slideshow GUI. This program looks very good to me, especially because of the excellent panning and zooming effects.
In my opinion the maker did a great job with this GUI.
And there are also many formats to export. About that I have a question. When I want to make a show for computerscreen the resolution can only be set to standard DVD resulutions (well, thats in the name of the GUI and has to be expect of course). But because this program is capable of making a nice show, it should be fine if there is an option to set a higher resolution than that of a DVD. Is there a possibility to do that (can I overrule these presets in the parameter line of the QuEnc or in an ini file?)

Thanks for answering in advanced

Happy newyear for all

[kjvsword]

@ kjvsword

My girlfriend didn't like it. She thought it looked like skin with freckles, so I changed it(but not the name(I was too lazy I guess)).

The animation-squeeze-border bug is fixed, but I found a new one. If animation is added to to different sized images, the first ones will not be correctly centered. This one is quite difficult to solve, but I'm working on it.

If you like the original golden background, let me know and I'll upload it.

Happy new year!
Tin2tin

Yes upload it for me please..

[tin2tin]

@ kjvsword

My final mpeg or AVI has horizontally stretched portrait images. It's not just the preview. It only happens to portrait images that I use an animation on. It seems OK with landscape images. Do I have to stay away from animation when it comes to the portrait images?

I think it's fixed now - and also some other things concerning the animation tool.

GUI only version here: DVDsGUI_071c_gui_only.exe
(As pr. 5.jan 2007 this file is included in the pagage as well)

Yes upload it for me please..

Okay get it here: background_golden.jpg

@ nicodus

Save as avs.

Open in notepad.

Replace the values of the saved file into the size you want.

Load the new avs file into Quenc and render.

Have fun,

Tin2tin

[kjvsword]

@tin2tin

Here's a few backgrounds that you can include with the GUI if you like.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a326/rmgjo/background_golden_weaved.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a326/rmgjo/background_weave2.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a326/rmgjo/background_Paperbag2.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a326/rmgjo/background_Paperbag.jpg

[tin2tin]

Great! They are very nice(and my girlfriend agrees! )

Did the latest version fix that bug you mentioned?

Have fun,
Tin2tin

[kjvsword]

@tin2tin

Yes I believe that your latest fix fixed my problem with bordered portrait images.
Thank's man..

[nicodus]

Thanks,
That was where I was looking for.

[tin2tin]

I've been playing around with the MSU_Cartooner virtual dub plugin.
guitoon.avi
guidraw.avi
guipaint.avi
(Encoded with xvid)

Does anyone think this will be usefull as a feature in DVD slideshow GUI?

[kjvsword]

@tin2tin

If you mean allowing DVD Slideshow GUI to transform the images with that cartoonlike effect, then yes I think it'll be cool.

[StephanC]

Hello,

I Just downloaded DVD slideshow GUI.

When i want to preview my first film the following text appears by opening media player classic:

--- Start of quote ---

Media Player Classic could not render some of the pins in the graph, you may not have the needed codecs or filters instaled on the system. The following pin(s) failed to find a connectable filter: C:\Program Files\DVD slideshow GUI\DVDsGUItemp.avs::Avisynth video #1.

Media Type 0:
--------------------------
Video: YV12 720x576 25.00fps

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: 622080
cbFormat: 88

VIDEOINFOHEADER:
rcSource: (0,0)-(0,0)
rcTarget: (0,0)-(0,0)
dwBitRate: 0
dwBitErrorRate: 0
AvgTimePerFrame: 400000

BITMAPINFOHEADER:
biSize: 40
biWidth: 720
biHeight: 576
biPlanes: 1
biBitCount: 12
biCompression: YV12
biSizeImage: 622080
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 80 1a 06 00 00 00 00 00 ........€.......
0030: 28 00 00 00 d0 02 00 00 40 02 00 00 01 00 0c 00 (...Ð...@.......
0040: 59 56 31 32 00 7e 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 YV12.~..........
0050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........


--- End of quote ---

In the screen are two buttons. <Look for codecs on the net > en <Close>.

The first one opens http://www.gabest.org/ but i don't know what codec I need. When I open the <Close> button media player classic opens but the screen is black.

Does anyone of you know what i can do to make DVD slideshow GUI work on my computer.

Thanks already,
Stephan

[tin2tin]

Hi StephanC,

Try to get ffdshow, install it and make sure that under the Video Decoder Configuration, Avisynth isn't disabled.

Tin2tin

[bushy555]

Hi,

Downloaded DVD slideshow v71 at about 6:30am this morning after somebody on the yahoogroups freeware list told me about it. 9 hours later it is still crashing on my computer.
I finally got it to load up 640 pics (is there a limit? It crashed approx 8 times) and then attempting to save to either .MP2 or .ISO she just spits the dummy and crashes. Have just about given up, but then saw this forum. Any ideas?


Fully reinstalled XP SP2 only on Monday... Got 20Gb harddrive free, and computer has 512mb ram.

[tin2tin]

You are using too many images with too little ram. You raise your virtual memory and use fewer images. If you hit ctrl+alt+del you can see in the bottom of that window how your memory situation is.

For me it eats up 1.5 gb of (+virtual) ram with 100*3 mb photos.

Somewhere in this thread it is explained how to merge more shorter slideshows into one big.

Have fun,
Tin2tin

[kjvsword]

@tin2tin

If using avisynth to merge shorter slideshows into one big one, is it better to use Quenc or Virtualdub to do it?

[tin2tin]

If you're merging avisynth scripts, processing it will eat up as much memory as doing it all from DsG.

However if you render each from DsG and the merge it, here's a way to do it(I think - I haven't tried):

Here

Have fun,
Tin2tin

[kjvsword]

@tin2tin

http://slideitondvd.com/Softwares.html

[ebobtron]

@tin2tin

• Hello, sorry I have not commented on your fix of the line termination issue.
  Been lots busy. Written scripts look real good. Thanks
  
  I had been having an exchange with IanB @
  http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=921900#post921900
  about scripts like yours that fail when using large Jpegs and lots of them.
  
  Try using SetMermoryMax(256) but I cannot tell how to calculate the need.
  
  Back to DVD slideshow GUI[list:132ffaaac5]
• I noticed that slide effects do not continue though the transitions. For me, if I was panning a slide I would want the animation to continue into the dissolve.
• Also a no transition or transition none would be useful.

Still, there is so much that can be done with this type of thing. You have some cool ideas here.[/list:u:132ffaaac5]
@kjvsword

• I find your website offensive. I can only hope it is an oversight. You are thanking tin2tin and others, hopefully not me, for creating software to use while you wait for the real people to make something you can pay for. I am sorry but that is very off putting, I hope it is just a poor choice of words. If you do not understand my objections l will not continue other than to say my small software offering is available to you personally for $1000.00 US and not one penny less. That could possibly make my effort on your behalf more important to you.
  
  I do not get it. You thank not one person or thing. You claim this software supports your efforts.
  I got to see what the dragon thinks of this

Sorry tin2tin, some things just amaze me.

[kjvsword]

I am thanking the free software creators for what they have accomplished. But I am seeing if software creators like media chance or photodex will step up and help by donating their software. This will just speed up the process of making the free memory DVDs. If they don't that is just fine with me. We can continue creating the DVDs with the software we are currently using. There are a few things I find quite irreplacable in DVD Slideshow GUI. So we will continue using it no matter what. Thank you Tin2tin for all your work. Sorry if I offended anyone.

[ebobtron]

You just don't get it, claiming that I support you is not thanking me.

[kjvsword]

You just don't get it, claiming that I support you is not thanking me.

@ebobtron

OK so does the page look a little better now.

http://slideitondvd.com/Softwares.html

What software that I have listed did you code? Is it QuEnc? That's a great program..

[ebobtron]

• @kjvsword[list:b02103d287]

  ebobtron wrote:
  You just don't get it, claiming that I support you is not thanking me.

  [list:b02103d287]I was using myself as an example.

Your current thank you statement is a huge improvement. Although satisfactory alone, the suporters thing, to me, just seems wrong.

• QuEnc is a great encoding application. Nic and dragongodz have and are working hard to improve and support it. Were you telling me that Nic and dragon are supporting and endorsing your project/projects. The "supporters" thing is misleading. Nic has his fingers in many projects around the audio video opensource / freeware communities, he is very much respected and his opinion carries some weight. Do you have an implicit statement of support from either? If you had one prior to my complaint I will gladly provide you with a fully apology.

Listing the software you use is a very nice thing to do. Looking at DVD Slideshow GUI a little closer you'll find the need to list AviSynth.org and the author of the zoom plugin and maybe more.
And another thing about DVD Slideshow GUI. Add a couple of dozen jpegs and play with them then export the .avs script. Then open the script in notepad or another text editor of your choice. tin2tin's programing effort writes that text, every charactor. tin2tin takes the info we provide writes a program for us that does the job. It is a lot of work.

You are confirming my first thoughts

I can only hope it is an oversight.

and your attention to the matter is commendable.
[/list:u:b02103d287]Thank you.[/list:u:b02103d287]

[kjvsword]

@ebobtron

How would I go about crediting the zoom plug in. I don't directly use AviSynth but I guess I can credit AviSynth like:

Video Scripting Language
Provided by:
AviSynth (freeware)

When using DVD slideshow GUI I don't directly use QuEnc. But when I use Slide-Show-Movie-Maker (SSMM) it outputs the video to an avi file and that's where I have to directly use QuEnc directly. I guess I need to list Media Player Classic too.

Is the page looking better now?