Slideshow background music

hi..just wondering how to change the default slideshow background music on front row...
thanks!!
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1.83GHz, 2G RAM, 80GB HD

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Some people have had mixed results, and if you've customized one album this process won't change it, but you should be able to select your entire iTunes library:
...and then press the "Play" button. The dialog that comes up will let you choose some different default music.
-Doug

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I have been using Reader 8 satisfactorily, for years, to play slideshows I have made, over many years, using Adobe Album 2.0... admittedly an old program... perhaps 10 years old. Typically I have installed background music in my slideshows. Reader 8 never hesitates to play the slideshows and the music, like a champ.
Two years ago I installed Reader 9 and had to reverse that installation back to version 8, because Reader 9 wouldn't play the background music.
Today I installed Reader X, in the hope that it would play the background music, but this was not the case.
I have verified the presence of Quicktime n my computer, and changed preferences in Reader X to play sounds using Quicktime. I checked a box that was unchecked, that says to play embedded music. (Adobe Reader X, Edit, Preferences, Multimedia (Legacy)).
Can anyone vouch for Adobe Reader X's abilty to play slideshow music?
Any help appreciated. I'd like to adopt Reader X, but I also want my music to play. Can I re-compile those slideshows, somehow?
John
Using Windows XP Home + sp3

Front Row in Mac OS X 10.5.x has been broken the whole time. It used to work fine in Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger). Front Row will not play an iTunes playlist during a slideshow if the playlist contains more than one song. You can use a playlist that only has one song in it, but then you might as well just choose a single song instead of a playlist! I would suggest you send Apple some Mac OS X feedback:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
For what it's worth, iPhoto seems to work fine with slideshows and iTunes playlists with more than one song.
-Doug

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Wouldn't it make sense that if you have a number of tracks and drag the start of the first one, that all tracks would move back accordingly and stay in order? Why would you want the gap filled automatically by one of the later tracks, I don't get it? Is there perhaps an automatic setting that causes this strange behavior and that I can switch off?

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I don't see my iTunes library when I'm selecting background music for a slideshow -- I have tried using iphoto help (seee below) and it didn't work:
"If you don't see your iTunes library:
Quit both iTunes and iPhoto. Relaunch iTunes first, then iPhoto.
If you recently installed iLife software, it's a good idea to open each application in the following order: iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and then iDVD. Because these applications are integrated to browse and import files from each other's media libraries, this ensures that you will be viewing the most up-to-date versions of your music library, photo library, and movies folder no matter what application you're using.
Recreate your iTunes Music Library.xml file. Quit iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and iTunes. Click the Finder icon in the Dock, and choose Go > Go to Folder. Type "~/Music/iTunes" or "~/Documents/iTunes" and click Go. Drag the "iTunes Music Library.xml" file to your desktop. Open iTunes and create a new playlist by choosing File > New Playlist. Quit iTunes and open iPhoto to make sure you can see your iTunes library when creating a slideshow."
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MacBook1,1 Mac OS X (10.4.8) versions: itunes 7.0.2 (15) iphoto 6.0.5 (316)

I have this problem also - tried following advice giving from original problem.
My settings are through the what I call the Lug Nut icon - no arrows and no dimple showing on my screen.
Is there some small thing I'm missing here - weird thing is that iDVD allows me to access my iTunes library - no problem.
When I go to Finder it tells it can't find my Music folder??? I can see it in the sidebar .....
Any suggestions - I don't know how to send those screen shots but what a great idea.
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Is there a way to mute the background music in a slideshow so the audio of an included video can be heard?

I am running iPhoto 11 version 9.4.2 (710.42) on a MacBook Pro. Some of the slide shows I have developed have videos included along with photos. I have added background music to these slide shows with the sideshow music selector. The videos have audio that I want the viewer to hear, however the background music continues to play and the video audio is hard to hear, and when there is music in the audio of the video, the two musical pieces tend to clash. Is there a way to mute the background music so the audio of the video can be clearly heard?
Thanks,
Dave

That's called 'ducking' and no, not with iPhoto. You need something with more control of the soundtrack.
Alternatives to iPhoto's slideshow include:
iMovie, on every Mac sold.
Others, in order of price: PhotoPresenter $29
PhotoToMovie $49.95
PulpMotion $129
FotoMagico $29 (Home version) ($149 Pro version, which includes PhotoPresenter)
Final Cut Pro X $299
It's difficult to compare these apps. They have differences in capability - some are driven off templates. some aren't. Some have a wider variety of transitions. Others will have excellent audio controls. It's worth checking them out to see what meets your needs. However, there is no doubt that Final Cut Pro X is the most capable app of them all. You get what you pay for.

Converting slideshow from iphoto with itune playlist as background music

I have created a slideshow in iphoto with an itune playlist as the background music and when I convert it throught quicktime into a movie it only plays the first song from the playlist. All photos look good in the slide. This problem has started since I upgraded to quicktime 7.4. Does anyone have any suggestions. I have created slideshows with music before and converted them through quicktime with no trouble. I can't figure this one out?? Thank you

David,
I am sorry! I thought I was giving a solved to both of you. I was just playing around with fotomagico tonight. I love it...for $49. I know I have alot of posts and should be familiar with the solved thing. But most of my posts involve when I first started with Macs three years ago. I should have been more carefull. Non-the-less you were considerate enough to take your time out to help me. Much appreciated!
Some people on this FCP site are very critical of newbies often criticizing rather than helping. I rarely post here because of that.
I am a old time photographer (still have my darkroon stuff) who wants to get into a bit more of the film thing. Hence FCP. But what a learning curve! Mind you it is easier than Photoshop! (Now that's a learning curve coming from a film/darkroom guy).
Thanks again.
Rob

Background music option in slideshow has ceased to work in iPhoto

I have followed the instructions in the "Setting slideshow options" page to the letter and am unable to hear or prelisten to background music for a slideshow from within iPhoto. I have no problem seeing my iTunes library from within iPhoto and the music I am selecting is not protected. This functionality used to work in iPhoto and I can listen to music directly in iTunes (not a hardware issue). The symptoms are that the slideshow starts as if no background music has been selected (it has of course). I have updated to iPhoto 6.0.5, I'm running iTunes 7.0.2 and I have all OS (10.4.8) and firmware updates on this MacBook Pro. I am starting to think that this functionality stopped working as a result of updating Mac software but I'm ready for something more obvious. Anyone had the same problem? Can anyone please help?
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MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Jed:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Did you repair disk permissions after each of the updater were run? It's important that it be done after any software installation or update. I'd give it another go and see if that helps. Also Terence's question regarding Quicktime is important.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB file backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Background music when running slideshow

No matter what I do, when selecting background music for a photo slideshow, only one song can be selected, no artists, albums etc will allow the start of the slideshow. Listening to one song gets really old after the 3rd time around.

Unfortunately that is how it currently works - http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Front Row: background music is gone while viewing Photos

Hi,
I was trying to change background music about 2 weeks ago and felt succeeded in it. Since then Front Row with Photos was not used. Unfortunately today I figured out that music does not play anymore. Even selecting another music folder in iPhoto for event does not help:
+It works in iPhoto once Play button is clicked but does not produce desired effect in Front Row for the same Photos.+
Any ideas?
Thanks.

Todv, that's the problem . I don't really remember how did that before. Honestly this is my first month of experience working with OS X.
Initially my MBP was delivered with everything preinstalled. Front Row worked fine with Added photos. I didn't even create any Slideshows. Unfortunately only one specific track was played all the time what drove me crazy. Then somehow I changed the song (don't even remember how exactly). It worked. Didn't use Front Row for about 2 weeks and recently decided to watch photos with my girlfriend but... music stopped playing.

Fitting a photo slideshow to music

Just starting my first photo slideshow in 08 (having done many in 06 and earlier).
Am just about getting over the lack of a timeline for fine tuning the audio, but figured if I select the music carefully, it should naturally fit the duration of the slideshow.
However - I can't seem to find a 'fit slideshow to music' option - just the choice of setting a slide duration to an individual slide, or to all the slides.
So what is the best way of getting the photos to fit the duration of the music added?

So what is the best way of getting the photos to fit the duration of the music added?
I assume what QT Kirk was trying to point out in his own way is that such an automatic function does not currently exist in iMovie '08. (It would, however, probably make a good enhancement request for iMovie '08 feedback if you want to follow up on it.) The process of duplication such an action is, of course, not all that hard if you want to duplicate it manually.
1) Import all photos to the project first.
2) Locate and drop your selected music with desired total duration to the project background.
3) Now reset the the duration of the sides to match the music duration by
a) Use a calculator to calculate the number of whole seconds for each slide by dividing the total duration of your music by the total number of slides and noting this number for later use.
b) Now subtract the whole number calculated above from your answer leaving you with just the fractional part.
c) Now multiply this fraction by the frame rate standard in which you are editing. (I.e., 25 for PAL or 29.97 for NTSC)
d) Now round off your answer to the nearest whole number. (I.e., number of frames)
e) Now select one of your images and choose the "Set Duration" option.
f) Enter the number of "whole seconds" calculated in step "a" above and the number of frames calculated in step "d" above. (Ex. 5 seconds and 25 frames for an NTSC slideshow would be entered as "5:25" in the duration box.)
g) Don't forget to set the "Applies to all Photos" option before pressing the "OK" button.
4) At this point you can add transitions if desired.
These steps should give you a reasonably close approximation for your slideshow. Since the error in approximation for the process is determined by the number of photos included in the slideshow, some adjustment may be required for large numbers of slides. What I might do is simply lessen the duration of each slide by a frame or two and add a "Title" with a duration equal the required adjustment between the changed slideshow display and the original music background to ensure a good final match between the two -- i.e., to take up the "slop" in our fudge factored approximation. While the process may sound complicated, it only takes a matter of seconds to accomplish.

ATV iPhoto Slideshow with/Music

Hi-
I recently purchased an Apple TV to show my iPhoto slideshows on my flat-screen TV. I am a wedding photographer and use the slideshows as part of my presentation to potential clients. These slideshows have music playing in the background and in iPhoto the music is set to loop until all of the pictures have been displayed. Unfortunately on my Apple TV the song plays once and then stops, for some reason it is not looping in the ATV as it does on iPhoto. I called Apple support and was told that is how it works. I find it hard to believe the that the ATV would display the slideshow different than how I have it setup on iPhoto. Anyone else experience this?
Alex

That's odd, I'm able to loop a single song to my photo slide shows on my tv. You can do this by creating a playlist in itunes on your computer that contains the song you want to loop. Sync your playlist back to your tv. Go to Photos from the tv menu and select Slide Show Preferences > Music, select the playlist that you just created in itunes with your song of interest for looping. Back out of the music menu to Slide Show Preferences and set Repeat to "On" below the music menu.

Problems exporting slideshow with music from iPhoto 5 to iDVD

I made a slideshow on iPhoto, and selected one Playlist with 4 tracks as backgroundmusic. When I ¨play¨the slideshow in ¨iPhoto¨ I can listen the music ( all 4 tracks), but when I ¨export¨ the slideshow or ¨send to iDVD¨, the final Quicktime movie contains all the fotos but only the first track of the Playlist.
I use Quicktime 7.1.3, iPhoto 5.0.4 and iTunes 7.0.2
Can somebody help me to find a solution...:)...? thanks...
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

this was a known problem with iPhoto 5. do you have the latest update to iPhoto 5?
Only one song exporting with Slideshows
With iPhoto 5 this seems to be a know problem/bug. There have been some work-arounds. Don't know if the problem is with iPhoto, Quicktime or a combo of both.
-From Bob Worthington: re-ripping the cuts I wanted as background music for the DVD as a single cut in iTunes. I then made a playlist containing the one extended cut of music.
-Old Toad: share to Quicktime from iPhoto and then import the resulting movie into iMovie you can extract and delete the audio from the video and add the two songs to the video and save.
Quicktime Pro-open the movie and bring up the Movie Properties menu window. In the top window select the audio track and delete it.
If you want more than one song you'll have to join them together with iMovie or some other application. Then open that joined file with QT Player. Then do a select all and copy. Now go to the QT window of the movie and select the Edit->Add to Movie menu option. You don't want to scale it because it will change the play speed of the audio unless it's time is exactly the same as the movie.
You could go the other way, open the movie, select all and copy, and then past with scaling to the audio. That will change the speed of the movie and transitions to fit the audio track. In this case the resulting video file will have the name of the audio track file that you started with.
You may have to play with it a bit to get exactly what you want. Be sure to work with copies of all the media files for the project.
-Peter Burtwistle: I opened the Qt movie that iPhoto makes when you export to iDVD and removed the sound track.
Then made a new soundtrack by opening all three songs in QT, then cutting and pasting them together.
Finally use QT Pro's 'Add to Movie" option to add the soundtrack to the original movie.
This worked well and was fast to do too.
-Joe Lombardo: I ended up having to extend the songs by 20 seconds so I brought them all into GarageBand and made some edits. Then I exported them all to iTunes as a single track and used that for the slideshow
From scotty321 at MacOSXHints.com: If you have Roxio Toast Titanium installed on your machine, you can join unprotected tracks yourself by simulating a disc burn. Simply take these steps:
Go to the Audio tab in Toast.
Drag your audio files from iTunes into Toast.
Reshuffle them in the proper order within Toast.
Go up to File: Save As Disc Image. Save your disc image somewhere on your Desktop.
Choose Utilities: Mount Disc Image. The CD will mount on your desktop, and iTunes will think that you just inserted a CD.
Within iTunes, select the tracks that you want to join and then use Advanced: Join CD Tracks.
Go through the import process, and you've got a joined track! Simply rename the track to whatever you want to call it, and you're good to go.
From Lori...
Burn the playlist in iTunes.
Make sure you have itunes Prefs just open the Cd and not automatically play or import the songs.
Insert the burned CD and iTunes will open.
Within iTunes, select the tracks that you want to join and then use Advanced: Join CD Tracks.
Go to Advanced>convert selection to AAC.
When done, make a new playlist named after the slideshow.
Put the new combined track into the playlist.
In iPhoto, select this playlist for your slideshow.

Slideshows with music and narrative

I have managed to create a slideshow using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 with music playing in the background BUT I have also, on a few slides, added narrative.
The music plays over the narrative so please how do I 'break' the background music to allow the narrative to be heard and then after that allow the music to continue from where it had previously stopped.
I am using Windows XP Home but am hopeless with computers so please keep any advice extremely simple
Thank you for any assistance as this has been bugging me for ages.
Brian Holland

The original message was returned so I will try again.
Computers - don't you just luv 'em!!
Hi Barb,
I still cannot believe that you are still trying to help me with this problem. So thank you again but please do not spend too much time on it as I am beginning to think that what I hope to achieve is not possible.
I cannot see that I have Premier Elements 3 installed. I have looked at Start>All Programmes but it is not there.
I have opened up the slideshow and left clicked as you suggested and yes the Properties appear.
I clicked on a slide then clicked the Narrate button on the right of the screen and made a short narration.. I wanted that slide to be able to play the narration without the music in the background so I left clicked the music bar and then got completely lost as I dragged here and there the buttons to start and finish but without achieving my goal. The music remained in it's original place on the music line.
I expected there to show a distinct break between the music and the narration and the restart of the music. As I said earlier I don't think it can be achieved apart from placing a narrated slide at the very end of a piece of music and the dragging a new piece to start on the subsequent slide following that which had the narration. My it sound complicated especially to someone who had no experience of computers while at work.
Please do not burden yourself with further attempts as I fear we are embarking ion a vacuous exercise.
Many thank however for you valiant attempts,
Regards,
Brian.

IPhoto Slideshow with Music to MobileMe

Is it possible to upload a slideshow with music background to MobileMe, so that the music selected in for the slideshow also plays in MobileMe?

You need to export the slideshow as a QuickTime movie and then upload that to MobileMe. And you need the permissions from the copyright owners for the music, of course.
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TD

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How can I control the background music that plays when I am viewing photo albums on the AppleTV? At the moment it seems to pick randomly from my entire music collection?

As I said, at the top of your photo menu (on the tv) you have an option 'slideshow settings' in the menu you get when you choose this, select 'music'. You then get a list of playlists from your itunes library, you can choose anyone of these as your background music, no need to make special slideshows in iphoto.
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