Of course, it isn't actually doing what I need it to right now, but hopefully the strong support of this wonderful community will fix that.Īnother problem I just decided that I'd be willing to deal with about using IV (even if this would work) is that you have to re-create the slideshow each time. IV was the first I found that did everything I needed it to (except that you have to manually create the slideshow each time you add media. I have spent all day searching online, only to find that each app I found did all but one thing I wanted. I guess I should have added a question on the end of my last post:ĭo you or anybody on this forum know of a (hopefully free) tool that would be more suited to my needs?

exe modes than from within IrfanView.Īnybody know of a work-around or whether or not this can be considered a bug? Thanks. It would appear to use a different application to open the file in. I hate to just blame it on a 'bug,' but that is what I think this MIGHT be. I searched for information on MCI devices, and nothing I found applied to any windows version later than NT. So, I was thinking maybe this had something to do with file associations, so I associated all. Now, that error above I got when I first tried setting up IrfanView, and codecs (of course) fixed it (I had anticipated codec problems). wmv file, and the problem then becomes even worse: iview and explorer.exe crash every time (plays fine from within IrfanView though). I took it one step further and tried converting a. Ok, so that's what happens when I try to run. (there is no file extension descriptor like in the same error I got when I first installed IrfanView. 'The specified cannot be played on the specified MCI device'. jpg's show up fine, but there is an error message that appears for. exe file, there are no export errors, but when I try to run the. jpg files into the same slideshow, and click 'Play' and it plays fine. When I open IrfanView and go to the 'Slideshow' dialog, I can add my. jpg files into one slideshow.īasically, I'm SO FREAKING CLOSE! I installed A TON of codecs, and the IrfanView add-ons / plugins. I've used IrfanView before for other things, but I didn't know until today that it was capable to making. I'm turning an old laptop into a digital picture frame, and I want it to display movies as well as still pictures.

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