I have used moviemaker to do a avi file of slides. Works ok. I know I
can do more with photostory but want to know whether Photostory can output
an avi file - that I can then convert to DVD files for viewing? It can do
a wma file I think which I can render to DVD but there is a bit of quality
loss I imagine

thank

alan

Photo Story can only save to a WMV file that is compressed with the Image
codec... you need to take it into your DVD app (if it supports it) or use
something like Movie Maker to convert it to a DV-AVI file.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
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"Alan" <moskowa1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have used moviemaker to do a avi file of slides. Works ok. I know I
>can do more with photostory but want to know whether Photostory can
>output an avi file - that I can then convert to DVD files for viewing? It
>can do a wma file I think which I can render to DVD but there is a bit of
>quality loss I imagine
>
> thank
>
> alan
>

papa John
Thanks - I was going to use Sonic myDVD to take either wmv or avi photostory
file to convert to DVD files. I know there is a Sonic plugin that i can buy
to do this directly but wonder if I lose significant quality by just taking
the wmv and have MYDVD render from that - which it supports. Or would
going to avi file with movie maker and then to MyDVD be better?

Alan

"PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
news:OVvInmN3FHA.128@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Photo Story can only save to a WMV file that is compressed with the Image
> codec... you need to take it into your DVD app (if it supports it) or use
> something like Movie Maker to convert it to a DV-AVI file.
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
> "Alan" <moskowa1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:u3O$ujN3FHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I have used moviemaker to do a avi file of slides. Works ok. I know I
>>can do more with photostory but want to know whether Photostory can
>>output an avi file - that I can then convert to DVD files for viewing?
>>It can do a wma file I think which I can render to DVD but there is a bit
>>of quality loss I imagine
>>
>> thank
>>
>> alan
>>
>
>

See the PS3 > Saving and Distributing page of my site... using my custom DVD
Profile gives you a better quality story than the Sonic Plug-in does... use
that story in MyDVD, assuming your version can handle the PS3 stories
(earlier versions such as 4.5 can't handle them).
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx



"Alan" <moskowa1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> papa John
> Thanks - I was going to use Sonic myDVD to take either wmv or avi
> photostory file to convert to DVD files. I know there is a Sonic plugin
> that i can buy to do this directly but wonder if I lose significant
> quality by just taking the wmv and have MYDVD render from that - which it
> supports. Or would going to avi file with movie maker and then to MyDVD
> be better?
>
> Alan
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
> news:OVvInmN3FHA.128@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Photo Story can only save to a WMV file that is compressed with the Image
>> codec... you need to take it into your DVD app (if it supports it) or use
>> something like Movie Maker to convert it to a DV-AVI file.
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
>> "Alan" <moskowa1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:u3O$ujN3FHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>I have used moviemaker to do a avi file of slides. Works ok. I know I
>>>can do more with photostory but want to know whether Photostory can
>>>output an avi file - that I can then convert to DVD files for viewing?
>>>It can do a wma file I think which I can render to DVD but there is a bit
>>>of quality loss I imagine
>>>
>>> thank
>>>
>>> alan
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

ok thanks I will do that - I have version 6 of mydvd.

alan

"PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
news:OmSmsbX3FHA.476@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> See the PS3 > Saving and Distributing page of my site... using my custom
> DVD Profile gives you a better quality story than the Sonic Plug-in
> does... use that story in MyDVD, assuming your version can handle the PS3
> stories (earlier versions such as 4.5 can't handle them).
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
>
> "Alan" <moskowa1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ehYaROX3FHA.2816@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> papa John
>> Thanks - I was going to use Sonic myDVD to take either wmv or avi
>> photostory file to convert to DVD files. I know there is a Sonic plugin
>> that i can buy to do this directly but wonder if I lose significant
>> quality by just taking the wmv and have MYDVD render from that - which it
>> supports. Or would going to avi file with movie maker and then to
>> MyDVD be better?
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
>> news:OVvInmN3FHA.128@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Photo Story can only save to a WMV file that is compressed with the
>>> Image codec... you need to take it into your DVD app (if it supports it)
>>> or use something like Movie Maker to convert it to a DV-AVI file.
>>> --
>>> PapaJohn
>>>
>>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>>> Online Newsletters:
>>> http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>>
>>>
>>> "Alan" <moskowa1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u3O$ujN3FHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>I have used moviemaker to do a avi file of slides. Works ok. I know
>>>>I can do more with photostory but want to know whether Photostory can
>>>>output an avi file - that I can then convert to DVD files for viewing?
>>>>It can do a wma file I think which I can render to DVD but there is a
>>>>bit of quality loss I imagine
>>>>
>>>> thank
>>>>
>>>> alan
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>