Begin forwarded message: > From: peta <[email protected]> > Date: 12 July 2011 7:40:32 PM AWST > To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Apple TV slide shows > > >> >> >> Hullo All Happy Apple TV Users >> >> At the urging of my brother and my son, I bought an Apple TV, not sure if I >> really needed such a gadget. >> >> Wow, I have had so much fun! >> >> So far I have used it happily and basically as a powerful MP3 player and >> listened to my music - fantastic! >> >> My main interest however is in the Photo side, particularly slide shows etc. >> Just a little fiddling around, not too technical at this stage and I have >> been so happy. >> >> Usually, working from iPhoto, each time I receive or download a batch of >> photos from (e.g.) Birthdays, Christmas, Holidays, I make my own Slideshows, >> with the music and effects of my choice. >> >> The Apple TV has been good with this, because when I choose to watch a >> slideshow on my TV, the slideshows I have already made appear in alphabetical >> order. Then I click on the one I want to watch. So I am able to watch, >> perhaps the 100 favourite photos of Christmas 2010 that I have chosen to use >> in my slideshow, not the actual number of 250 photos listed under "Photos" >> for Christmas 2010 which include photos that I do not want to appear in my >> slideshow. >> >> >> So far so good. >> >> >> A small disappointment is that the music and effects that I have chosen to >> use in a particular pre-made slideshow on the Mac do not transfer to the >> Apple TV, and I have to re-choose the music and effects - this is not a >> biggie, so that is okay. >> >> When I have used, within my own slideshow made on iPhoto, various small 45 >> second, or 1 minute movies, taken by - e.g. an underwater camera, or iPhone >> 4, these shows work out beautifully on my Mac. >> >> HOWEVER, when I choose a slideshow to play through my Apple TV, either from >> the Photos Library, or from the slideshow I have made from iPhoto, these >> little short movies do not show up at all on the Apple TV menu, NOR of course >> do they appear within my slideshows. >> >> I suppose perhaps I have to save/convert my iPhoto slideshows as a Movie. Or >> do I have to save or change or add a file extension to the end of ... what? >> ... Hmm, I am stumped. >> >> Has anyone actually worked with this and have any suggestions I can use to >> work around this problem? >> >> Many thanks for any help or advice anyone can offer, >> >> Peta
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