Slide show - audio Narration & Sound Track

IN PE7 is there a way to adjust the volume of the audio narration and the background sound track . If I add an audio narration to the slides and add a music Sound track to the show - The music steps on the narration and it can not be heard.

Robert,
In the PSE 7 slide show editor you could decrease the volume of the music soundtrack for its entire duration - but that may make the volume of the music too low when there is no narration. You can also add multiple music files to a slide show, but creating separate pieces (files) from a music sound track would require additional software to edit the music files and then difficult precise placement of the pieces of music around the narration. In my opinion, neither is really a good answer.
What format do you plan to use for the Output command of your completed slide show?
Do you also have Premiere Elements 7? If no, do you have other video editing/creation software on your PC?

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Slide Show Audio Problem at Beginning of Show

Very strange occurence that I have never encountered and I'm really stumped.
I have a slideshow that was created in Encore CS4 that plays directly after the main menu. The show begins normally with two blank slides at the head end for timing and to as a fade up from black. I use cross dissolves between slide. The music begins with a video at 0 level then the video fades in behind it within three ~ 4 seconds.
Just after or as the first slide advances to the second other close to this point the music stutters for about two seconds then clears up and is fine for the remainder of the show. I felt this was some hiccup with the blank slides or some wierd issue with the audio track so I used a different one and it did the same thing at the same spot. I the render the slide show in Encore and played it from the beginning--it sounds perfect with either audio track.
I then burned the project to a folder and played the DVD from the folder in a virtual DVD player in Windows--it plays fine.
I then took one of the many disk that I had made while experimenting with different burn speeds and played the disk in the computer dvd drive--the slide show was again fine.
So only when the DVD is played in a DVD player do I have this problem. This is crazy. I have done maybe forty different slide show integrations in Encore and never encountered anything like this. Why would the show play perfectly in Encore and when the burned DVD is played in the computer but not in the a DVD settop player?
This points to the pplayer but this seems odd--what is causing it. How can I be certain it won't do it in the customer's player? It does the same thing in another player as well--but it happens to be the same model but if it were a glitch in one player it isn't likely that the same glitch would be in both. I still think I am missing something here.
Any suggestions please--I can't send this out to the client like this and tell him it's a glitch that I will fix it for obvious reasons.
Thanks!!

It sounds as if for some bizarre reason, the transition is causing the player buffer to empty out.
This happens on certain - usually older - players when sequential cells are set as non sequential in compiling.
(I had this one bite me - hard - recently, although from a different application).
Best way to check this is to go get a copy of the excellent PGCEdit (shareware) and load the compiled disc.
http://download.videohelp.com/r0lZ/pgcedit/index.html
Find the main timeline for the slideshow, and double click it. (see attached image)
The "chapters" will be listed, and we need to see these ticked as sequential playback, or seamless.
If there is no tick, add one between each track, save the disc & reburn with IMGBurn (freeware/Donationware)
http://www.imgburn.com/
For some reason, certain chipsets seem to create a gap when transitioning a chapter marker on a timeline with a single sequential audio stream when the chapter is incorrectly set to non seamless.
This may not be what is happening here, but I think it is worth a look.

Photoshop Elements 10 Slide Show Audio

(Not Premiere version)
In creating a slide show (in the Create Slide Show option out of the Organizer), after I add a mp3 audio clip for background music, I would like to adjust the volume as I do narration over the top of it. The volume slider in the audio properties tab has no effect except for previewing the clip within the tab. The volume during playback within the slide show remains constant. What exactly does the volume slider do?

I realize that you said not the Premiere version.
However, I have not been able to lower the volume of the music during Narration using the Create Slide Show option of the Organizer (which is the create slide show that was previously in Photoshop Elements).
1 -- FYI - Premiere Elements does have an Audio Mixer that can be used as an easy method to adjust the volume of the music during the time periods which you choose (for example, during the narration). So that is what I have used.
2 -- Otherwise I think that you may need to use an audio editor to create your soundtrack volume adjustments and then add this "volume adjusted audio" to the Create Slide Show process. Audacity is a free audio editor for which I have seen recommendations but I have no personal experience with it.
3 -- What will be the final output format for this slide show ? What software will you use to create that final output ? Perhaps the answers to these questions will identify another alternative for your audio.

Slide show audio - PSE8

Despite repeated attempt to create a slide show with no audio Elements 8 picks music and applies it regardless. Is this a software bug and if so is there a patch to retify the problem?
Thanks. Shoopa

If you created your slideshow using the slideshow editor you will need to open your project and click on the audio track to highlight it in blue; then hit the delete key and resave.
If you are playing a full screen slideshow from the organizer or from an album; click on the tool icon at the bottom of the screen and in the full screen dialog select none from the background music dropdown menu.

IDVD Slide show audio issue

Slide shows created on iDVD look and sound great during preview, however after burning to disk, audio drops out for about 5 seconds after every 99 slides? I have been told that this is a known issue with iDVD. How can I correct this error??

There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
Firstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles. For this I use Photo to Movie. You can read about what it can do on their website:
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
(Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs.
Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, including adding other video clips, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.
You will be pleasantly surprised at how professional the results can be!
To simply create a slide show in iDVD 7 onwards from images in iPhoto or stored in other places on your hard disk or a connected server, look here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1089

Slide show audio

How can I add narration to a slideshow>? I have iLife 5. I've created many slide shows adding music from iTunes. Now I want to add my own voice narration. I bought a microphone from the Apple Store, but I haven't figured out how to get it to record. Do I need some other software,hardware, or what?
iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Try iMovie to record your audio.....
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/6.0/en/imv1077.html
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John B.

PSE 8 Slide show audio problem

I am in the process of editing my slide show. I downloaded some MP3 files and when I try to add them, I get a error message.
"Unable to add the audio file ..............."
"The selected file cannot be played because your system does not have the required compressor/decompressor (codec) installed"
Whats going on? The downloaded files are in the same directory as some older mp3 files .....the older files work and will install in the slide show. The newer ones will not.
Any advice?

Well ..... I solved it myself. By using itunes I converted the mp3 files to wav files. Why these particular mp3 files would not import into the Elements slide show editor ..........I do not understand. Anyway...problem solved....for now

Slide show but no sound

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It does not have sound. It also takes a very long time to open a link. Most of the time the little timer just runs fir ever until you click on it then you see a play button. After clicking on play, the slide show starts but there is no sound. How do I address this issue for a Galaxy Note 10.1 on 4.1.2?

I don't have a tablet, but perhaps the same issue occurs on a phone. Could you provide a URL for the problem page so a volunteer can take a look?

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I am getting an error message, "The selected file cannot be played because your system does not have the required compressor/decompressor (codec) installed."
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Does anyone know how I go about getting that unprotected copy from the copyright holder to use in my slide show?

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http://www.discoverynet.com/~ajsnead/alpcond/alpha_18/midi/rocky.mid
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YJ, Finland

After adding audio to slide show, can we...

With the help of posts from this forum I got the audio up and running on a couple slide shows. I'd like refine a couple things, so has anybody done any of the following:
1) Can the pictures in the slide show fade in and fade out for better picture to picture transitions?
2) Can the play/pause button for the audio be changed? I'd like to add volume and maybe a percent indicator while the audio is loading.
3) Could the slide show start AFTER the audio is loaded? By the time the audio starts the slide show is usually on the 2nd slide.
4) Sometimes the audio will not loop. I think this depends on how the slide show window was closed. If the same page is reloaded again, the audio usually doesn't loop. Is there a way to re-initialize the slide show audio to guarantee it will loop each time.
5) Will the audio work if the end-user doesn't have quicktime on the computer?
I've been using this section of the website for beta testing -
http://www.pebbleplace.com/Personal/SanFrancisco001.html

It can be done, but you are asking for entirely different slideshow
With the help of posts from this forum I got the
audio up and running on a couple slide shows. I'd
like refine a couple things, so has anybody done any
of the following:
1) Can the pictures in the slide show fade in and
fade out for better picture to picture transitions?
Yes, but you will have to do extra works with javascript. There is a transition variable in slideshow javascript, but there is no control over the slide duration (it's fixed and there is now way to change it). This can cause some strange effects.
2) Can the play/pause button for the audio be
changed? I'd like to add volume and maybe a percent
indicator while the audio is loading.
Yes, change one of the arguments in QT_WriteOBJECT:
QTWriteOBJECT('SF_Soundtrack1.mov', '34', '16', '',
3) Could the slide show start AFTER the audio is
loaded? By the time the audio starts the slide show
is usually on the 2nd slide.
You can put a delay time to call QT_WriteOBJECT function, once again javascripts.
4) Sometimes the audio will not loop. I think this
depends on how the slide show window was closed. If
the same page is reloaded again, the audio usually
doesn't loop. Is there a way to re-initialize the
slide show audio to guarantee it will loop each
time.
5) Will the audio work if the end-user doesn't have
quicktime on the computer?
QT is preloaded in a mac, but not so for pcs; so QT needs to be installed on a pc.

Slide show or Premiere?

I did a childrens' book awhile back. I could make it into a slide show with narration and even music with Elements slide show. What if I wanted movement? Say, a character rising off the page and jumping to the next page, with the page turning back into a static page again (just an example). Would this involve using the Elements/Premier package,or something more complex (Dreamweaver)? If so, I should have jumped on the 99.00 deal I saw for Elements/Premier before I bought Elements. Thanks!

That sounds like a job for Flash [which of course is now owned by Adobe].

Low image quality on idvd slide show DVD

Hi, I am trying to create a DVD that will play wildlife images. I have the images (In high ressolution, edited at photoshop CS2) and an audio file (Wildlife sounds)
I went to IDVD, choosed a theme, added an image as the entrance, add a slide show, added the images to the slide show, added the sound to the slide show and exported.
My settings in idvd are set to best quality.
The resulting DVD presents very low quality, saturation has decreased immensly, sharpness is gone. Audio VERY loud.
Is this the best quality iDVD can provide? Shall I use FCP (I wish to avoid it since I will like to make new versions of the cd as long as new images arrive, iDVD, if it provides good quality, will make life much easier.
By the way, I tried exporting a slide show from iPHOTO to iDVD but the resulting quality is extremely poor. I also tried to prepare the slide shows on iMOVIE but the results I get are not good either...
Is there anything I ma doing wrong? Should I change the settings somewhere womehow? or Should I forget about iDVD?
Hope to receive an answer soon. Thanks for your time. Cheers.
Jorge

See Preparing images for DVD slideshows at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/17.html
I have the images (In high ressolution ...
Basically, that's an overkill. At this point (pre-HD capable burners) we are limited to the less than 640x480 pixel resolution of the NTSC system (or 768x576 pixel resolution of PAL).
You slide show should look 'fairly good' on a TV set or on your computer monitor viewed at 640x480.
Sorry.

Audio--narration

How do I get "Create, Slide show, Audio" to work--My Computer is set up properly and mic is good as I can record narration on other programs? But not under Organizer, Create, Slide show. The volume slide just sits there? Ranger Steve

Forest Ranger
Grand plan or major dud. All with just Premiere Elements 11 and your 172 photos at 4000 x 2248 resized to 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720 (for this example).
Start out with two folders on the desktop....one with the 172 photos (4000 x 2248) and the other empty.
Open Premiere Elements 11 workspace. Click on Organizer Tab at the bottom of the workspace in order to open the Elements Organizer.
Import all 172 photos 4000 x 2248 pixels 16:9 into the Organizer (Files Menu/Get Photos and Videos/From Files and Folders, navigating to the desktop folder with the photos to resized).
Create an Album which will have 172 photos (4000 x 2248) in it in the wanted order.
Highlight all the photos in the Album. Then File Menu/Export to New Files(s) and set up as indicated in the following screenshot.
To get to the Custom Setting, go to Size and Quality section, Photo Size, and click on the arrow to show the drop down list of choices which includes Custom. In that Custom Size dialog, set for a pixel dimensions which is 16:9...could be 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720 or less but whatever having a 16:9 aspect ratio. Be sure to set location for the created and saved files to that empty desktop folder.
Focus: DVD-VIDEO Widescreen (our assumed target) will have a frame size of 720 x 480 (NTSC) or 720 x 576 (PAL) no matter how large those imported photos are. The widescreen will include a 16:9 flag to scretch for display after encoding. As I said, depending on your computer resources, photos oversized for the project will create project failures in various forms, editing and/or exporting.
Please review the above and let us know if any of that worked for you. If not, we will think about this some more.
Thanks.
ATR

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