then I used RoxioBurn to put it on a DVD+R but it doesn't play in any of my dvd players.. any advice? different programs? thank you!
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then I used RoxioBurn to put it on a DVD+R but it doesn't play in any of my dvd players.. any advice? different programs? thank you!
When you burned the power point to the DVD+R you probably made a 'Data' disk and not a 'Video' disk. Data disks will most likely not be readable on most DVD players. They may and DVD players may be able to pick out MP3 or some video files but most definitely not any power point files. Note also that some DVD players may not be able to read DVD+R disks (I think.)
If your goal is to save to DVD so that it plays on a DVD player then you really need to author a DVD video disk.
But before you do that you need to convert the power point to some video format.
- Use a screen grab/recording program to record you going through the power point presentation. (There are some around as software companies use them to record demos/tutorials of their software. I don't know if there are many free ones.)
- Use a converter program to convert the power point to some video format (I don't know of any.)
- Dump each frame of the power point to BMP, PNG or TIFF image format; and then import each frame into a video editing software. (Lead tools, Microsoft movie maker, trial versions of for pay versions should all handle that.) The video editing software will then be used to save the compiled movie to an AVI or whatever video format to be playable in Windows Media Player or whatever you normally use to play computer video files.
- Low tech, digital video cam your computer screen while you go through the presentation and import the results onto your computer.
So assuming you managed to make an AVI or something of the power point you will need to convert that AVI to a format that DVD players will handle. Again, some DVD players can handle data disks with certain video formats as data files on them. If that works on your grandma's DVD player then this is the easiest solution but it may not work. Alternatively you will need to author a DVD video disk. Not a lot of consumer software does this real well and depending on what you use there may be some preparation steps to convert the AVI to some other format. You'll have to see if your copy of Roxio has that feature enabled. My memory is a bit hazy here but I remembered that it's mainly an option of their more expensive versions instead of one that came free with the computer or DVD+R drive. It may not be as simple as a drag and drop though.
Powerpoints don't play on DVD Players, I tried it before and my TV nearlly broke :O.
It's because they're saved as .ppt they are always opened on powerpoint so the only thing i suggest is playing it on a PC not a laptop
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