sallyanne wrote:
Not sure if I have posted about this yet....If I have I'm sorry but can't find it and I have new information to go with.
Can someone tell me if there is a free download for a movie/slideshow maker that can be saved to a USB.
It has to be able to be shown on a TV after. I did one in Irfanview and my TV wouldn't read the slideshow?
We figured it could be my TV but just incase. The Irfanview slideshows do show on different computers - I know I can also burn it to a DVD from there but have been told it has to be on a USB.
sallyanne, What format did you use from IrfanView? Did you include an image list .txt and autorun.inf on your USB? I haven't used IrfanView for many years but I think that's how it works. I think there is a button to export an image list txt. You may have to make your own autorun.inf. I have no idea if it will work with a USB, but worth a shot.
BTW, Not every TV with USB is capable of playing a slideshow without help from a connected camera, computer, mobile device, etc. If the TV does have slideshow capability, all you need is a USB with images. If not the slideshow can be run from a laptop connected via USB or export the slideshow in a common video format like avi, mp4 with appropriate encoding.
I found this IrfanView CD slideshow help info that might work with USB.
2. Method: Manual or special slideshow CD:
2.1. Copy IrfanView files into the root CD folder. (You can also copy an INI file “i_view32.ini” with your settings.)
2.2. Copy your images into the CD folder called e.g. “images“.
2.3. Create a TXT file (in slideshow dialog or using Notepad) with the names of the images. If your image files have names like “image1.jpg“, “image2.jpg“, etc. the TXT should look like this:
.\images\image1.jpg
.\images\image2.jpg
etc.
In each line is a file name with relative paths (relative to IrfanView, i_view32.exe).
Save the TXT file e.g. as “slideshow.txt” in the CD root folder.
2.4. Create the “autorun.inf” file (Notepad). Write in the file 2 lines:
[AutoRun]
open = i_view32.exe /slideshow=slideshow.txt
Save “autorun.inf“.