Pausing a slideshow

NormS

Newbie Joined: Apr 30, 2019 22:27 Messages: 35 Offline

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Aug 30, 2020 14:32

I have a couple of cases in slideshows where it would be very helpful to pause the show and then continue it via a DVD player action (i.e. click on an icon or text) to start the slideshow again. Is there a way to do this in PD18?

Thanks

Norm

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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Aug 31, 2020 17:08

I'm not aware of any way to control an external player like that unless you break your content into chapters and have the player set to pause at the end of each chapter.

You can lengthen the desired slide on the timeline to keep it visible for longer, but you'd have to use the FF/Skip button on the player if you wanted to move on before the duration was over.

It certainly seems simpler to just pause the slideshow using the player controls and resume when you're ready, but if you need that to happen by itself and only resume manually, you may need to use one of the earlier two suggestions.

NormS

Newbie Joined: Apr 30, 2019 22:27 Messages: 35 Offline

Aug 31, 2020 19:57

Quote I'm not aware of any way to control an external player like that unless you break your content into chapters and have the player set to pause at the end of each chapter.

You can lengthen the desired slide on the timeline to keep it visible for longer, but you'd have to use the FF/Skip button on the player if you wanted to move on before the duration was over.

It certainly seems simpler to just pause the slideshow using the player controls and resume when you're ready, but if you need that to happen by itself and only resume manually, you may need to use one of the earlier two suggestions.

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. Yes, I can lengthen the time that a slide is displayed so text can be read, or just advise the viewer to pause the DVD. I was just hoping there was a way to do it through the slide show - I swear I'd seen it done somewhere in the past but can't recall where. Thanks again!