Hi again Laura, If you have included an Audio Soundtrack in your Keynote Slideshow, post back to WAMUG and I'll give you slightly different instructions. I don't use "Share > Send To > iDVD when I have an Audio Soundtrack in my Keynote Slideshow, as I've found using the "Share-Send to-iDVD" the sound track was all out of sync when played in iDVD.
Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: > >> >> Good morning all >> >> As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic >> presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project >> for a hot day!! >> >> With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, >> something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously >> only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems >> with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote >> presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. >> >> I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I >> could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as >> "unknown disc". Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I >> can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like >> what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that >> the burn was successful. >> >> Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my >> Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? > > Hi Laura, > > To play a DVD on a TV you first need to "Create" a DVD. A DVD requires a > Menu and conversion to mpeg format. > > In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD > > 1.In Keynote you can go to "Share - Send To - iDVD" > 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: > Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 > 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: > a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they > click to advance slides > b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow > using the command File > record Slideshow > c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set > slide duration & build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, > those will be used. > 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. > 5. Click Export > > A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, > it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. > Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme > you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might > hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion > button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. > 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. > a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie > b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation > > Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of > your slideshow > > 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes > 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu > 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus > > Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design > 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the > project > Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own > content. > > 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD > Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. > When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to > stop previewing the DVD > 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to > create the DVD > OR, Like I do, Go to File > "Save As Disc Image", then you can check the DVD > in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. > > Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X > on a Verbatim Up to16X DVD-R) > The slower the speed the better compatibility with DVD Players. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
