Help with playlist in DVDslideshowGUI

[owali]

I am having trouble adding different songs to different slides in my slideshow. I can only get one song to play during the whole show. Is there a way to make add more so I can have certain music with certain slides? Help.....

[Bjs]

Who is dvdgui ?

That really depend's on each slide's time length .

You need to match the audio's time length for each slideshow involved ... convert the audio to wav and use audacity to shrink or stretch it out if it's only a fraction out .

From here it depend's on the product used to put it all together .

Tool's that can do this :

Dvdauthorgui
Dvdslideshowgui

Ulead videostudio
Tda
Nero vision xpress (if video is compliant , disable re-encode feature)

You might want ac3 ... besweet for that .

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You could also create a similar project where each slide include's extra audio stream's ... so you dont alway's need to playback the stock audio file ... but that's another story ...

[owali]

I am a little confused. I have been doing the following to add music to the slideshow:

Highlight Slide(picture)
Click preset button
Click music
Browse until I find my mp3
click open

After doing this, the mp3 is applied to the whole slideshow, not just that slide(picture). If I highlight another pic and repeat the same process with a different mp3, the previous mp3 will change also...

[Bjs]

owali

I am a little confused

You , me , and jack the ripper as well ... heck ... my dog hasnt stop spinning about .

What program is it your using to create the slideshow ???

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The problem is

trouble adding different songs to different slides in my slideshow

So what you have is 3 choice's , but without knowing the product name of the program you are currently using I just cant be specific to you current need .

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You want a different mp3 for each slide ... not slideshow ... I see .

That's a pain in the ... and not possible the way your thinking about it ... in any program used .

The problem is the picture's are encoded to suite the length of the audio file chosen whether the slideshow use one or more picture's ... in your case , what ever program it is your currently using , dose not allow this exchange of audio , and almost none do .

It is possible to perform such a function , but aligning photo's for each mp3 as a combined project is almost impossible ... that is to say , picture one displays and tune 1 is played , then picture two is displayed and plays tune 2 dose work .

As you can see ... each picture in this case would need to be displayed for the entire length of each mp3 ... which work's , but I would find this a very distastefully practice ... especially considering new lcd's and plasma screen's still have burn in issue's .

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This can be pulled off by creating a dvd slideshow which use's multiple audio track's (vcd is a little more limited)... Though the navigational structure could be deemed quite complicated for most to understand .

I would direct you attention to this guide for a partial reference : https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=296748

You may also wish to consider this guide as well : https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=270620

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Oh ... I do apologize ... I just noted your a complete newbie .

Having said that , I would think dvdslideshow would be the better tool for your project , and has a similar type of setup as used by ssmm as associated with one of the guide's I created ... just the appropriate feature's are in different place's .

These then could be combined afterward's , and just depend's on the final requirement .

You could use dvdauthorgui to create a dvd slideshow of sorts from the output ... or vcdeasy , or even nero ... it just depend's on what the final requirement is ... for pc / server side / cd / dvd / even screen saver ... but then I dont know because that wasnt included in the question .

As with everything else ... you only need to ask if you get stuck , and I'll help you out .

[Bjs]

Well I'll be darned if the subject of the post has changed ... now we are on the right track .

I looked it up , and what a funny little tool that dvdgui is ... but it's own a baby at the moment .

As the subject header now relate's to dvdslideshowgui ... and oh my god ... yike's ... playlist's ... that isnt as simple as it seem's ... not really for newbies .

I can pull such stunts off , but the guide would literally blow the mind of anyone who has not had a lot of experience in this practice .

These are definitely not for the "faint of heart" ... one screwup along the process chain , and you start from scratch .

And require's besweet , dvdslideshowgui , dvdauthorgui , pgcedit , to complete the task , and in that order .

Just making a note for "write guide you numb nut"

[owali]

Indeed I am a newbie, but I am determined to get this done. First I need to download the other 3 programs you listed. Then I start with Besweet first. Now what do I do? Any specific instructions?

[Bjs]

Good lord ... hold on a sec ... I have to confirm a couple of things for this as there isnt a half decent guide or mentioning on how to do this with dvdauthorgui .

I have to write another guide on this ... note to self ... that's going to drive me nuttso .

You need to other small tool's : audacity and syncview .

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For now , the problem could be related to "multiple mp3's" ... if they are the same frequency and bitrate , then all's well ... not sure if gspot can help you determine that or not ... man ... have I been a busy critter lately .

But for now we need to convert those mp3's to wav , with an output frequency of 48khz ... the simplest tool to use would be audacity .

Create a new folder on C drive called bjshelp .
Now open the first mp3 in audacity .

In lower left corner of program is "project rate (hz)"
Change that one so it reads "48000"

Now File , Export As , Wav
You will save each converted mp3 out in the same manner to BJSHELP folder .

When you open the next mp3 , audacity will open a new instance of the program ... close the one behind this new window .

When done ... you will have completed the mp3 conversion .

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What you need to do now is to work out the order of the picture's to include in SLIDE1 .

Remember that each slide becomes the total time of the audio track which will eventually be included ... it can be the reverse

When working in dvdslideshowgui , you must take into account , the time of any transition you may want to include , as this can affect the outcome .

The audio can be made to fit , provided it's not more than a couple of seconds either way .

Now of course you can use a single picture ... but that would even drive me nutt's eventually ... I may be approaching 40 ... but I ain't gone senile yet .

I would probably use no less than 5 or even 8 picture's for each slide , set up the amount of time each picture is displayed for , and use the transitions to add up in total so it come's close to the wav time that you wish to include later .

So , as an example :

Wav = 2.3 minutes
5 pictures included
Transition between each picture .

2.3 x 60 = 138 seconds div by 5 pictures = 27.6

So we have a choice of using as a rough estimate of 20 seconds for picture display , and roughly 8 seconds for transition effect .
By my calculations this would cause the audio to shrink in time length of about 2 seconds ... which isn't to shabby .

As you can see , there's a bit of math's thinking involved so we don't upset too much in the way of the audio's length ... a couple of seconds dosent really matter .

This is where you have some work cut out for you ... you need to decide .

Each slide's composition .
Do the math's involved .
Output file ... change to mv2 only ... to BJSHELP folder only .

You could do this process using ssmm , but it has a habit of appearing to crash under xp ... the file still works , but it only output's as avi ... which would require encoding to mpeg .

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When slide one is completed .
Go into BJSHELP folder .
Create a new folder called Sd1 .
Place the slide mv2 here .
And place the wav file for slide one here as well .

Now the fastest way of getting these two to match up is by using syncview .

Its got me stuffed how people dont understand how to use this tool well .

So for the quick and dirty guide

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Syncview :

A: Launch syncview .
B: Where it say's video , double click the area .
C: Select the m2v for slide one ... now in c:\bjshelp\sd1
D: Repeat step for audio ... again , the wav is in the same folder as slide one's folder as above .

E: Tool's , Export wav audio to file .
F: Resizing tab .
G: Select "match video length" and "by expanding encoding rate to ?????"
H: Hit "run tool"

Tada ... number one's audio is now the same length as it's m2v component .

Rather simple .

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Back with the rest later ... 12 hours or so

[owali]

Good golly mis molly, that is some writeup. Thanks a lot for the help. I will try this and get back to you. Thanks again.

[tin2tin]

If you want to use DVD slideshow GUI and add more pieces of music/naration at specific points of the slideshow here's what I think you should do:

Export your slideshow as avi from DVDsGUI.

Import the slideshow as avi into DubIt (get it here - it's free)

Now you can set the slider at the specific point you want to add music/record naration in DubIt.

When you have the sound as you want it in DubIt, you select "File/Split/Save audio as..." and save the sound file as wav.

In DVDsGUI under "Presets/Music" you add this new wav soundfile to your slideshow and export it to whatever fileformat you want.

Now your music/naration should be in sync with your slideshow.

Have fun,
Tin2tin