Posted on 09/09/2014 6:19:23 AM PDT by Maceman
Why don’t you just take the .jpg files and the .mp3 files and edit them in a legit video editor like Sony Vegas? I don’t see the need for Powerpoint.
So wait.
You’ve created a bunch of slides with images and embedded video/audio and you want to save the entire deck as a video as if you were clicking the button to progress through the deck?
Does the audio sound good when you run the video within PowerPoint?
Thanks for your response. When I first started looking at options for producing this video, I found Sony Vegas to be more than a bit out of my price range at the moment.
I had originally thought of using Wondershare, which I purchased. I was planning to use that as my main production platform. But then, after really making a study of PowerPoint’s advance options, I made the decision to stick with PowerPoint because I found it’s text capabilities to be more useful and user-friendly. Of course, that was on the assumption that converting the PPT deck to video would yield a useful result, which hasn’t been the case (much to my disappointment).
I don’t know enough about Sony Vegas in terms of its text capabilities. I suppose if I could be convinced that it would enable me to put together frames with the right look, that the process of creating those frames would be sufficiently user-friendly, and that there is not cheaper alternative, I suppose I would bite the bullet and shell out the $$$ for Sony Vegas.
But I’m hoping for a more financially friendly solution.
Sorry. I didn’t realize you already tried using powerpoint’s built-in feature.
Well, at this point I've only created test slideshows and converted them to video. I won't start doing the actual slides until I have the process down pat.
But to answer your question, the idea is to create the slides, record my narration as I move through the slide show, and then have the whole thing saved as video. That way I can distribute the video online (YouTube, for example) and it could be viewed on all kinds of devices just like any YouTube video.
If your pc has hdmi output, you can play the presentation into a Hauppauge HD PVR connected to a second PC to capture exactly what the first PC puts out. Some of these also have rgb input. I have used mine to capture old VHS tapes and to transfer video from my direct tv dvr.
There’s a product called Wondershare PPT2DVD PRO. May be just what is needed for your project.
Double check the “Record Narration” quality setting. I suspect you may be using a low quality setting. Change it to stereo and a higher bit rate and see if that helps.
Have a look at the little brother of Vegas: Movie Studio 13 ($49.95). It's a nice way to get your feet wet with video editing. Have a look at the YouTube videos if you want to learn more about it.
Here is the link the Sony website: Movie Studio 13
And here is a view of the Movie Studio editing window. Looks just like Vegas.
I made this with Movie Maker. My bud Copa wrote and sang and produced the song.
Was a simple process just add the pics and then the Soundtrac on the audio portion. Took longer to find the pics!
Anyway feel free to share the Vid>
http://youtu.be/egtVdR_Z8LU?list=FL8cOWWynTY7KxISHeWY3wng
Yes. Movie Maker would be a good choice as well.
Good luck with that.
Are you saying that there is no way for me to achieve my stated objective?
Start over. Use Camtasia from Techsmith. I think it is free for 30 days. Get all the individual bits of video and audio prepared and ready to embed before you start the trial license.
It would appear that changes between the 2007 and 2010 version as shown in that YouTube video in post 10 are indeed interfering with what you would like to accomplish.
That’s unfortunate that the audio quality is nolonger adjustable in 2010 (or 2013).
Something you could consider is recording the audio to a separate file while going through your presentation. Save the presentation as a silent video file. Use Microsoft Movie Maker to append the audio to the presentation video.
Microsoft Movie Maker:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/movie-maker
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