Adding videos

You can not only use images in AquaSoft ® SlideShow, but you can also insert videos.

In principle, all video formats which can be played back in Windows Media Player are supported. Should it not be possible to play back your video in Windows Media Player, the problem could be a missing DirectShow filter for the video format. This can partially be installed afterwards. There are different codec and filter packages available for download, e.g. the „K-Lite Mega Codec Pack“ on Chip online. Please read the information to the codec pack and contact the author of the package if necessary. The installation of codecs can also affect other programs.

To insert a video, you will find the the “Video” object in the “Toolbox” under “SlideShow objects”.

You can insert it with a double-click or drag the “Video” object with the mouse out of the “Toolbox” onto the “Timeline” or “Storyboard” or into the“Image List”.

In the “Object settings” of the video you now have various setting options. Should the “Object settings” not be shown in the view available to you, you can retrieve them by right-clicking the video on the “Timeline” or in the “Image List”.

Should the full length of the video not be played back, remove the check mark beside “Play back the full length of the video”. You can then determine the playback duration individually.

Should the “video” not be intended to be played back full screen size, it can be freely positioned in the “Layout Designer”. You can also assign a cross fading effect to the video.

The “Fill background” function enables you to see the previous image during playback of the video or cover it up with a colored background.

Under “Sound” you can determine whether the background music is supposed to be faded out during the course of the video being played. Should you have your own audio or spoken commentaries in the video, you should use this function.

Further “Object settings” of the video are explained here.

The “video” can also be animated with a movement path. How that functions exactly you can find out here.