How to deliver a Powerpoint job

[Alex Elkins]

[Mark Suszko] “I think, is that during compression into the m2 files for burning the DVD, something is making his files so big he can’t fit them all into a single layer. Which seems crazy for stills and audio.”

I got the impression that he was using video of someone doing a presentation with maybe a split-screen or whatever of the PowerPoint stills. If that’s the case then it explains why 9x 45mins wouldn’t fit onto a single-layer DVD very nicely. I think the answer is to go dual-layer, and just do as has been suggested above regarding where to put the layer change. Not something I’ve done before so I can’t offer any help with that.

[John Fishback]

Why not import the audio into PPT and sync up the slides there. Then export PowerPoint Shows (PPS) of each onto a CD or DVD. They will play on a Mac or PC, although, people will need wither PPT or PowerPoint Player (free).

John

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[Mark Suszko]

Nice idea John, but these things usually boil down to what the customer wants: you can play a DVD on almost any modern computer, but you can’t usually play a powerpoint on a CD off any consumer DVD player. So his audience must really need it to be a certain way, and a tech solution that doesn’t meet the audience deliverables requirement may work, but won’t be accepted. They ask fora hamburger, you can’t say no, have a giro instead. Even if it’s a really GOOD gyro.

Mmmmmm, Gyros………:-)

[Sean Kelly]

Thanks to everyone for your posts,

As I wanna turn this around quickly, and there are actually 165 end clients (the people who attended the conference), I think I’m gonna side-step FCP and DVDSP on this occasion. I’ll try a version of what John suggested : Use Keynote to add the soundtrack to the presentations, save them as PP shows, then output to 9 separate files on a CD-ROM, including Powerpoint viewer on the final CD.

Thanks again,

Sean
London UK