Export PPT to MPEG/DVD

[Sleurhutje]

Hi,

I need to export presentations on a monthly basis (company presentations) to
a DVD/(S)VCD so that a cheap DVD player can play this presentation all day
long on a screen in the waiting areas. Using computers in these areas is out
of the question after several have been stolen.

I tried Microsoft Producer and the TechSmith screen capturing software, but
without any results that satisfies me. The former doesn't use the transition
effects that are in the presentation (only static slides) and the latter
results in a distorted result with flickering transitions (despite of using
a P4ht/2.8GHz with 1GB RAM/120GB HDD and a GeForce AGP 8x videocard).

Is there a good and high quality solution for converting PPT presentations
to video? It doesn't have to be license free software.



Jeroen

 

[Scotia]

Use a DVD authoring application.
They cost a fraction of the price of PowerPoint and do
what they are designed for- making DVD presentations.
Pinnacle are the leaders here.

They do all the things powerpoint can for showing a Kiosk
type show in DVD quality. They show text, graphics, video,
sound, and still photographs.

You can then either use existing PowerPoint pages and
export each page as a jpeg or much better, construct the
whole presentation from the DVD application.


So use PowerPoint for computer screen shows and DVD
applications for DVD shows!
Scotia

 

[Sonia]

Even cheaper and simpler would be to save the slides as images and then use
Movie Maker 2 (requires Windows XP) which is free and offers a large
selection of transitions. Audio can be added, as well as video footage.
It's also extremely intuitive and easy to use.

 

[Austin Myers]

Have you given Windows Media Encoder a try? If not I would recommend it
with one caveat, the user interface isn't very intuitive so be prepared to
spend a little time figuring it out.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[Sleurhutje]

Media Encoder uses screen capturing on the same machine as where the encoder
is running. I tried this also, but results in disturbed playback as well. It
also produces a .wmv file which isn't accepted by default on Nero Vision
Express. Also ULead Media Studio/Video Produce, Magix Video Studio, Pinnacle
Video Studio and Adobe Premiere 6.5 have problems with this file format.

Since transitions are important and the presentation is made by one of our
customers (must say they're very nice and highly advanced, but very readable
even on a TV screen), there is no options to use other software. The only
solution left is to play the presentation on a VGA-to-Video convertor and
capture the videostream on a computer with captura capabilities. Then I have
an MPEG stream which can be used, although much of the quality is lost (JPEG
slides converted are much better readable, but they are static).


Jeroen.

 

[BDNKMFZ]

Now, it is recommended that PowerPoint2DVD from
http://www.powerpoint-to-dvd.com can convert PPT to MPEG/DVD/miniDVD,
and the background music or pics are supported, you can play your PPT
on TV automatically or manually, and many selection menu provided.