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Posted by Teeafit on 08/17/06 09:01
Not so sure about the Microsoft Producer advice. I followed the links
above and as far as I can see it only outputs to an HTML file for
viewing in a browser. That being so, you'd have to find some way of
recording the result to DVD, so why not just stick with recording the
PowerPoint in the first place?
Actually, I did this a couple of days ago for a client, with some
success. My laptop gives a Y/C (S-video) and 3.5 audio output, so I
just recorded the output onto a DV tape, and used Avid7 to burn a DVD.
(I tried to go straight to Avid, but found some sulking issues with the
capture, and didn't have the time to mess about investigating them).
OK, so perhaps I was lucky in that the client's slides used large fonts
which didn't give any legibility problems. I had to shrink the image a
bit to get all the important stuff in the safe area (so I just got the
slides with a small black border) but otherwise it was fine. Maybe
just a gnats lacking in resolution compared with the PC screen, but
still acceptable.
Subject to all the cautions mentioned in earlier posts, I'm going to
encourage this client to go down the 'PP-to-DVD' route whenever
suitable. They have safety procedures which change frequently, and
it's a pain to have to keep going back to reshoot video sections. With
PP it's simple to replace the odd slide and voiceover file, and burn a
new DVD. DVD is better for them because then they can play the
material in situations where a cheap DVD player is more cost-effective
than a PC loaded with MS Office.
OK, so I can't charge as much, but at the moment it's TIME I need more
than money.
GRAEME ALDOUS
Yorkshire
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