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May 1st, 2003, 10:45 PM
Canon cameras (and some others) support audio annotations during picture
taking. In the case of Canon these are saved as .WAV files on the camera's
memory and have an "Attachment" tag in the photo file. I believe the
"attachment" field is an EXIF field. I believe that as long as a user keep
s
the WAVs right beside the picture files and does not rename the WAV files
that XATSHOW could auto configure them as slide show audio.
I am not sure if other camera types use proprietary methods for audio
annotations. It would be great if these annotations were preserved on show
s
prepared to be re-uploaded to the camera as well.
Now that would make XATSHOW great for documentary type slide shows!
D.
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Darwin Sanoy
Principal Consultant / Instructor
DesktopEngineer.com
WindowsInstallerTraining.com

info_xatcom
May 2nd, 2003, 02:53 PM
Hello Darwin

xatshow maintains the EXIF info in Camera mode so there is a chance this will
work.

As for automatically using the WAV for other shows, I'll add that to the future
ideas list.

Chris.

>Canon cameras (and some others) support audio annotations during picture
>taking. In the case of Canon these are saved as .WAV files on the camera's
>memory and have an "Attachment" tag in the photo file. I believe the
>"attachment" field is an EXIF field. I believe that as long as a user keeps
>the WAVs right beside the picture files and does not rename the WAV files
>that XATSHOW could auto configure them as slide show audio.
>
>I am not sure if other camera types use proprietary methods for audio
>annotations. It would be great if these annotations were preserved on shows
>prepared to be re-uploaded to the camera as well.
>
>Now that would make XATSHOW great for documentary type slide shows!
>
>