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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Need help...slide show goes black...
« on: 2013-09-22 11:16:57 »
So I have confirmed on my machine...fresh install of Windows 7...that on both version 8 SP1 and the trial version of 9 that after anywhere from 2 or 3 to more slides in the slide show the screen goes black. The slide show continues with a black screen and nothing further is displayed.
I tried two different ATI graphics drivers...both the stock 2011 driver installed by Windows and the 3/28/2013 version...no dice. Running the program as an administrator seemed to get the slide show up to about a dozen slides. Same issue in single and dual monitor configuration.
Here's the kicker...version 7 works with absolutely no issues. We bought the upgrade to 8 a while back and it was so horrific we went back to 7. I'm guessing I will not purchase the 9 upgrade.
Let me confess, too, that I only use ThumbsPlus for the slide show. I run a mobile DJ business and we use the program for a live multimedia show at our events. As far as I can see out there this is the only program that works. Every other program I have looked at violates KISS and would take an extra staff person to run the show. I really wish - and I would be willing to pay for - more slide show features. As a previous forum poster mentioned Thumbsplus' slide show should take advantage of video cards for processing. It's also time we got new effects...fly ins...zoom to face features (or better yet harnessing the power of the database features to identify zoom in/zoom out points on pictures.) It would also be fantastic if you didn't have to cycle the slide show for it to pick up on new pictures. And it would be great if you could have a button to force a picture to go next in the random order...aka one of the folks walks up, you have an awesome picture of them, you punch a button and point to the screen and say watch... I also would like a mirror module that would show the slide show in a smaller window on the primary monitor so we can watch the show from our workstation (we use a 27 inch monitor for the primary and a 47 inch LCD screen turned to the crowd...can't see the slide show without walking around.) And last, having the ability to turn off delay count on videos...we seed our slide show with logos and instructions for folks to go to our website and download pictures for free...and recently I built a bunch of videos with flying logos and the like (which is really fun) - but at the end of playing the video it pauses for the timed delay setting - which kills the energy - and should have an option to turn off. And a sync to beat function would be killer...but that's probably asking too much, and I am not sure how you would implement that - not like there is an API for that.
Oh and the Facebook features look very promising.
Thanks!
Mac
Mac Daddy's Mobile Music
I tried two different ATI graphics drivers...both the stock 2011 driver installed by Windows and the 3/28/2013 version...no dice. Running the program as an administrator seemed to get the slide show up to about a dozen slides. Same issue in single and dual monitor configuration.
Here's the kicker...version 7 works with absolutely no issues. We bought the upgrade to 8 a while back and it was so horrific we went back to 7. I'm guessing I will not purchase the 9 upgrade.
Let me confess, too, that I only use ThumbsPlus for the slide show. I run a mobile DJ business and we use the program for a live multimedia show at our events. As far as I can see out there this is the only program that works. Every other program I have looked at violates KISS and would take an extra staff person to run the show. I really wish - and I would be willing to pay for - more slide show features. As a previous forum poster mentioned Thumbsplus' slide show should take advantage of video cards for processing. It's also time we got new effects...fly ins...zoom to face features (or better yet harnessing the power of the database features to identify zoom in/zoom out points on pictures.) It would also be fantastic if you didn't have to cycle the slide show for it to pick up on new pictures. And it would be great if you could have a button to force a picture to go next in the random order...aka one of the folks walks up, you have an awesome picture of them, you punch a button and point to the screen and say watch... I also would like a mirror module that would show the slide show in a smaller window on the primary monitor so we can watch the show from our workstation (we use a 27 inch monitor for the primary and a 47 inch LCD screen turned to the crowd...can't see the slide show without walking around.) And last, having the ability to turn off delay count on videos...we seed our slide show with logos and instructions for folks to go to our website and download pictures for free...and recently I built a bunch of videos with flying logos and the like (which is really fun) - but at the end of playing the video it pauses for the timed delay setting - which kills the energy - and should have an option to turn off. And a sync to beat function would be killer...but that's probably asking too much, and I am not sure how you would implement that - not like there is an API for that.
Oh and the Facebook features look very promising.
Thanks!
Mac
Mac Daddy's Mobile Music