Again, why not simply write the powerpoint presentation to a data DVD? It will be exactly the same as it would on a CD then, and there will be no hassle creating a DVD-V that may or may not play back correctly on the presentation system. From what you describe to me, it seems as if this will be the best way forward. You can then simply copy the presentation onto HDD, there will be no playback problems, no playback software problems, and most importantly of all, no authoring to be done. Trust me - this is the easiest way. You simply do not know what software DVD player will be available - if any - and the powerpoint presentation will work straight from the HDD. Don't make this job any harder than it needs to be.
Thanks to all for your suggestions and advice. The talk as set up in both QuickTime and Final Cut movie includes "Lights On' spaces ( a blank blue slide) now occupied by that segment of the recorded sound of the talk and thus spaced more or less accurately to coincide with the length of time I shall speak the same text into a microphone. The man running the projector need only cut the power to the projector (and turn the auditorium lights on) until the next colored slide appears on the cueing screen in the projector. He will have a cue sheet with times in any event. Mr. Wilkes you make it seem easy to turn the Power Point pps. or movie (I made both) to a "data DVD" Please tell me what software and procedure is required to do this. My problem so far has been that the Toast Titanium 5.2.3 in a DVD mode says "Waiting for Writer" when I put either of the Power Points or the QuickTime 3.5 GB version of the talk into it. What is the "writer"? Your advice will be greatly appreciated
The pps version of my PowerPoint "Crude Oil" is on a CD. It shows up well on my monitor and apparentlly on a PC system too. In a pinch I shall borrow a laptop and feed the projector from it. However, I think the images in the3.5 GB might be sharper on a big screen. . What do you people know about that? Is there a way to increase the resolution of a Power Point presentation by raising the dpi of the pictures or by making the images larger to start with? It seems to me that I some Power Point movies I have downloaded are much sharper and larger than others.
Okay - I know absolutely nothing at all about Mac & Mac software, so I'm going to do some guessing here. Are you absolutely certain that your DVD Burner is supported? The "Waiting for Burner" message would suggest that your system - at least, Toast, cannot "see" the burner. Can you confirm that it is definitely supported, and if so, do you have the latest drivers for it from Roxio? I cannot see anywhere what burner you are using - unless I'm going blind or stupid! Check this at http://rpp.roxio.com/drives/?page=supported_drives As long as it is supported, but still not showing, can you verify at all that the drive is installed correctly and working? Try disabling any AntiVirus software you may have running, or anything else that is running in the background. You should be able to write a data disc, using UDF 1.02 or 1.5 or even 2. I wouls suggest using the default settings if possible. Again, my Mac knowledge is nil - so this is guesswork. Also, try calling Roxio - they make the software and should be able to talk you through this. Have you ever actually used this burner successfully, and if so what did you write? Sorry about the silly questions, but we need to establish what works and what does not, then we can work out what to do about it!
The burner is a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-104, It works well making CD's. I have no reason to suppose that it won't work in the DVD mode. The message that comes up is "Waiting for Writer." After a long time that changes to "Insert a recordable DVD disc." It is in the Roxio list. I just saw it. What is UDF 1.02? I shall call Roxio on Monday, but the main problem is my ignorance of how to make my QuickTime recognizable to Toast
A Maxell DVD+ R newly opened disc is in the drive when the attempt to burn is made and stays there as the second message appears.
Apparently the last message I wrote didn't get sent. I merely pointed out that a new blank Maxell DVD+R is in the drive throughout the time that the first and second messages are posted
As long as your application - Toast - supports writing DVD discs, then all you need to do is try & write a data disc, as you would a data CD. That is all you need to do.
Are you trying to wind me up here? Just follow the instructions, and write the Quicktime file to DVD. If you do not know how to do this, then call Roxio.
I am not trying to be impertinent. I really do not know what differentiates a data disc from loading an ordinary CD. The QuickTime movie was made in Final Cut and as Toast asks for the" writer" I assumed that the VIDEO_TS is what is necessary to make it work, for the Toast manual says so specifically. In any case I thank you for taking so much of your time on a matter of no importance to you
rotsen: What wilkes is try to say is you can make a "data DVD" same as you can make a "data CD" like folders and text and documents in folders and subfolders which is like what a regular DVD does any way but just with software.
The talk is in one continuous presentation. There are no folders and subfolders, although there are 47 slides and 47 sound files : one for each slide. I think that someone must know how to put the QuickTime data into the VIDEO_TS format that Toast requires according to the manual, page 74.
Please - forget a video_TS folder. That is only relevant in DVD-Video authoring, which you are not trying to do. Waiting for writer is just that - your burner is not communicating with your Mac. Does the burner definitely work with your system? Have you successfully written any disc with it? All you need to do is make a standard data disc, and put the Quicktime movie onto it. You can also write the powerpoint file as well. That is all there is to it.
I have burned several CD's successfully with the Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-104 installed on the Mac G-4 . It seems clear to me that in order to make a DVD using the Toast Titanium 5.2.3 the material must be presented to it using a DVD authoring application that sets up a VIDEO_TS folder with three subfiles: IFO, BUP and VOP. Both of the Final Cut documents are far too large to be installed on a CD, although it should be possible to put the 3.5 GB QuickTime presentation on 6 CD's. The Power Point presentation is an alternative that I may be forced to use. I am worried about the definition of the slides in the extreme enlargements of a 12-foot screen. Have you had experience with PowerPoint presentations by digital projector? In any case, Thank you again and most sincerely for your continued interest in my problem Thank you again for your continued interest
Only for making a DVD-Video disc. Can this application not make a data DVD - a standard DVD-ROM? That is all you need to do. Authoring to a DVD-Video disc, with Video_TS folders, is a completely different thing. Let me try to explain - again. DVD-Video does not and can not write Quicktime, or powerpoint. It needs MPEG-2 video files to be multiplexed together with Audio files in Dolby Digital or PCM format in NTSC countries, with the possible addition of MPEG audio for PAL countries. If you cannot write a data DVD, you cannot write a DVD-Video. Also, the Pioneer A04 will not write to DVD+R media under any circumstances whatsoever - you must use DVD-R media. This could well be why you are getting a "waiting for burner" message. The media you are trying to use cannot work with this drive. Remember also that +R media is not DVD-Forum approved, and most older drives will not read them either. My 105 will not, neither will our 104. The 107 will, so will the 108. Try again using the correct media for your drive.
At last my poor 89-year-old brain understands what you are saying. I bought the wrong kind of discs for the burner I have. I shall buy DVD-R discs and try my luck, Thanks again for your patience. The 3.6 GB QuickTime movie should load with the proper type of disc, and the 10.5 GB should perhaps be accepted on three discs. But I may be better off with PowerPoint on a CD?
My apologies to you for my lack of patience! I missed the DVD+R thing earlier. Should have spotted that right off. There will be nothing at all wrong with a powerpoint presentation on a CD. That is how a lot of people work, and it does the job just fine. Putting everything to movies, Quicktime or otherwise, seems to me to be an enormous complication for absolutely no obvious benefit - but it's not my presentation so what do I know! I strongly suspect with a -R disc, all will be well. Good Luck.
