Thanks Johnny for your help.
Actually I was looking for something like an executable file, like some slideshow softwares create, that can be used to display photos at very good resolution. Windows media player plays good but still inferior to high quality slideshows using just pictures.
I guess moviestudio is not meant for those type of applications.

Moviestudio makes excellent slide shows - but it is intended for a max resolution of DVD quality - which is 720 x 480. That is only slightly better than the original "VGA" monitors of years ago... today's monitors are substantially higher resolution than TV. MS has no way to create the equivalent of an EXE file, and even if it did, the resolution would still be 720 x 480 max.

Actually, you should be able to set it up using an autorun program.

Free versions are available all over the web. Here's one:
http://www.ashzfall.com/products/autorun/

You just tell it what you want launched and it will automatically launch your slide show, etc. as soon as the CD-ROM is popped in.

And I still agree with JohnnyRoy that your best best is a WMV file set to full-screen.

As djcc pointed out, MovieStudio is all about editing your movies to view on TV. There are lots of PC slide show programs (some of them freeware) that are designed for PC viewing. I would use one of those if PC viewing with full resolution is your target.

~jr

A MS output file is going to be WMV, MPG1 or 2, AVI, etc. To auto run those files, a viewer will either need to be on the CD, or on the host computer. If not, there will be nothing to "autorun". Actually, I'm a bit surprised a programming wiz has not come up with something that does, in fact, package one of those formats into a self contained EXE.

A quick search on google.com for "freeware slide show" brought me to an interesting site. Try looking here at Freeware Slide Show CD Creators for a review of 4 good programs for free.

~jr

Thanks everyone for your help.
I am aware of the limitations( this maynot be the right word) of moviestudio. I know i can create dvd quality mpeg video but it is not enough or not comparable with the files that some standalone slideshow programs create. I am not sure even that is possible with any video edit program. If it is, then in future we might see some softwares doing that.
Thanks for all your help.

djcc,
Here's how to create a VCD, SVCD or AVI disc that will autorun in a computer that has Windows Media Player installed (i.e., every Windows machine). This S/VCD will continue to behave normally in your stand-alone DVD player.

Thanks for the info - since I do not have Nero, have not tried to create either vcd's, or svcds, and am having a heck of a time understanding the author's instructions, I'm afraid it will have to wait for my own personal trial until some other time. Right now, everything I render goes right back to DV tape.... perhaps later this year, I will get a DVD burner.

Am I correct in assuming that the creation of a VCD or SVCD is more than merely copying the MPEG file to a CD?

>Am I correct in assuming that the creation of a VCD or SVCD is more than merely copying the MPEG file to a CD?

Yes! (S)VCDs and DVDs rely on having a specific directory structure and file names, along with a few files that define how the menus behave etc. These are created automaticaly by whichever authoring program you use.

Ian G.

Thanks for the explanation Ian.... difficult for me to relate since I have not created anything like that yet. My only CD writing software is the basic version of Roxio... I think S/VCD creation is part of their upgrade version.

Can it be emulated without specific software (ie, file and directory naming conventions)?