Using Memories On TV to make Video Slide Shows of your Digital Pictures
Requires: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, CD-RW drive. Web Address: memoriesontv.com

A. Downloading Memories On TV
1. Open your Web browser and go to memoriesontv.com.
2. Click once on "Free Download".
3. Scroll down the page and click once on the button labeled "DOWNLOAD.COM : Download Now".
4. Click once on "Download Now".
5. Click once on the Save button. The installer will be downloaded to your desktop. When the download is complete, you can now close your Web browser.

B. Installing Memories On TV
1. Double-click on "motv213.exe" on your desktop. The "Welcome to Memories On TV Setup Wizard" will be displayed.
2. Click on Next.
3. Click "I accept this agreement" and click Next.
4. Click on Next until you see the screen that gives you the choice to "Create a desktop icon" (check that one) and to "Create a QuickLaunch icon" (un-check that one).  Click Next.
5. Click Install.
6. Click Finish.
7. Repeat these steps with "MPEG plugin.exe" (necessary if you intend to create DVDs, SVCDs, or MPEG files). You are now ready to begin creating a slide show video.

C. Using Memories On TV
1. Double-click on the "Memories On TV" icon or select Start => Programs => Memories On TV => Memories On TV. 

2. Click Evaluate. (If you decide to purchase the program, click Get Now and follow the instructions).

3. Close the "Tip of the Day" window.

4. Use the file browser in the bottom half of the window to open the folder containing the pictures that you want to use. 

5. Drag the desired picture files into the top window.  You can combine any number of pictures from any folder. To delete a picture, click once on it and press the delete key on the keyboard.

6. You can change the order of the pictures by dragging and dropping within the top panel. Check to make sure all the pictures are upright. If any of the pictures need to be rotated, there are two icons for that purpose at the top of the window.

7. To preview the slide show so far, click the purple Preview button. If you want to make a video disk of that, jump directly to step 16.

8. If you want to add music, click the Music button near the center of the window. Click the + button in the bottom left corner of the window, navigate to the "My Music" folder, and double-click on the desired music file (it must be in MP3 or WAV format).  To preview the slide show so far, click the purple Preview button. Note: MemoriesOnTV does not come with music; you must already have the music on your computer. You can download free music from freeplaymusic.com or you can copy songs from music CDs onto your computer using Windows Media Player 10 or MusicMatch.

9. If you want to crop a picture (show only a portion of the picture), double-click that picture and click the Crop/Pan button. Use the slider to set the size of the crop region and then drag the crop rectangle into position on the picture. Click OK.

10. If you want to manually control the panning and zooming effect on any picture, double-click that picture and click the Crop/Pan button. Click the Panning button and use the slider to drag the rectangle to define the start of the frame, then click the little > button and use the slider to drag the rectangle to define the end of the frame. Click OK.

11. If you want to add a title or text label to any picture, double-click that picture and click the Add Text button. Select the desired font, size, and color, click on the picture and type.  Use the Move tool  to drag the text to the desired position on the picture. Click OK.

12. If you want to change the transition effect between slides, click the Effects button near the center of the window.  Choose the desired transition from the Transition Effect menu.  For example, to use a simple fade transition, select Fade Plugin.

13. If you want to add more pictures, click the Import button near the center of the window and drag more pictures into the window. To have different music play for a new group of pictures, click on the small + button at the left center of the screen and select New Track from the pop-up menu.  Then add pictures and music as before. Tracks play sequentially without pause.

14. If you want to make another slide show video on the same disk, click on the small + button at the left center of the screen and select New Album from the pop-up menu.  Each slide show is called an "album" and they are automatically named "Album 1", "Album 2", etc, but you can re-name them by clicking on the name in the top left panel and typing a new name.

15. If you want to save the project, select File => Save, give it a suitable name, and click Save. The default save location is the "My Video" folder (in "My Documents"). You can open up a saved project later, edit it in any way (add or delete pictures or change anything), and generate a new video and burn a new video disk (you can not edit the video disk itself).

16. To create an MPEG file of your video (for viewing on the computer screen or on a Web page), you need to download and install the MPEG plugin from memoriesontv.com ($15). Then, when you are ready to create your video, click the Burn button, click “Generate new video”,  click “Advanced Settings”, click the “Video Generation” tab, and click “Generate MPEG files only”. Finally click OK and click the Start button. No CD-RW burner is required.

17. To burn a disc (VCD, SVCD, or DVD) to view on TV, click the Burn button, click VCD, SVCD, or DVD at the top of the screen, and click “Generate new video and burn onto disc”.  Put in a blank CD-R (or DVD-R) disc into your CD-RW (or DVD-RW) drive, select that drive from the Disk Writer menu, and click Start. Once you have burned the first disc, making additional copies is very quick; just put a blank disc in, click on the "Burn existing video onto Disk" button, and click the Start.button. Note: to make a DVD, you must have a DVD burner and you must install the MPEG plug-in "MPEG plugin.exe".

(c) Tom O'Haver, April 2005