Don't understand what exactly you needed (why DVD if to be shown on the
web?). Anyway there are hundreds of Powerpoint to DVD or AVI/MPEG...
available and some are free. I have not tried them myself but there are
trial versions availble. Some examples from Google:
http://www.effectmatrix.com/PowerPoint-Video-Converter/Free-PowerPoint-Video-Converter.htm#difference
http://www.ppt-to-video.com/powerpoint-to-dvd-overview.html
For audio track, are you worrying about royalty issue? You may try MIDI
(search from the web), converting them to wave (MP3, WMA...) may have less
royalty issue.
Personally I only have experience to put images onto DVD, Pinnacle Studio
were used, there are numbers of picture transitions to select from and
adding sound track is very easy. Of course, the main purpose I purchase the
Pinnacle Studio is for video editing.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "khen lim" <castanet.xiosnetworks@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'm a bit late joining this thread but I do have some input into this as
> well as questions to ask too.
>
> Firstly I have long been wanting to find something that would allow us at
> Zone-10 to create multimedia presentations of still images with an audio
> backing running through it. We have this idea of inviting registered users
> to offer their presentations to show online via our site. We're still in
> the
> development stages at the moment mainly because we need to find at least
> one
> possible solution that really works well, is cost effective and fairly
> straightforward to use. So far we've not been able to track one down with
> the exception of one of our members in Malaysia who suggested Canopus.
> Earlier this evening, I had a look at what he was able to do with it
> (Canopus) and I must say I was quite impressed.
>
> Our PC-based presentations were based on the use of MS PowerPoint. It's
> easy
> to use but it's a right royal pain in the anterior. It's very fickle
> minded
> when it comes to sourcing the audio track. I've had different people
> experiencing different things as far as this is concerned. I could never
> get
> it to source any audio file unless it is found in an audio CD and
> furthermore, PowerPoint doesn't seem to like MP3 also. But like I said,
> someone else might have a different experience from me but for me, it
> never
> worked. Furthermore, PowerPoint - or at least my version - doesn't render
> to
> DVD, which makes the whole exercise pointless.
>
> My sister uses Ulead. It's quite flexible but so far she has not been able
> to render it to DVD and we all suspect that this is more a question of
> processor firepower and/or available system memory to crunch through the
> whole process. It's easy to use but having seen what Canopus can do, I am
> beginning to believe that it is not as widely capable.
>
> Which then brings me to the next question - how much firepower does one
> need
> as far as a Windows XP-based PC to render a multimedia presentation on
> DVD?
> Or is it really all that better to use a Mac desktop?
>
> If anyone of you have different experiences or even have used or come
> across
> Canopus that you can share with me, I'd love to hear from you. I have
> reproduced this same topic at Zone-10's Discussion Forum - feel welcome to
> provide your answer here or there.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
>
> K.
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