xatshow quits before "create" is finished

[jc2ho]

Hello all,

I just spent a lot of time organizing a lot of photos into around 25
slideshows using xatshow, most of them with music. when i press
create, everything seems fine. but about 1.5 hours later, xatshow
just suddenly quits, with no error message whatsoever. at first i
thought the "create" process is done. so i look at the output
folder. there are three files. the size of the .bin file seems to
agree with what should be a complete photo vcd image. but the .cue
file is empty. therefore, i cann't burn or mount this image. in
fact i have no way of verifying whether the .bin file is complete.
and also there's a .tmp file. these tell me that the "create"
process wasn't finished when the program quits.

i've tried it again and again, slightly changing the files. the same
problem occurs.

then i tried again with just 5 photos and one song, in one single
slideshow. everything is fine!

so i thought size was the problem. but i did manage to create a
photo vcd with a lot of photos in about 20 slideshows, a couple of
months ago!

could it be that some file (.jpg or .wav) just crash the program? i
didn't use any mp3.

does anybody here have the same problem? thank you for any help.

jackie

[info_xatcom]

Hello Jackie

>could it be that some file (.jpg or .wav) just crash the program? i
>didn't use any mp3.

That is possible. Version 5.1 is a bit more robust, you can get it here:

http://www.xat.com/xatshow/eng.html

Have you ttied different wav files?

Chris.

[jc2ho]

Yes I tried different wav or jpg files. I think my original guess
was correct. When I try to create a vcd that is larger than 650Mb,
the program usually will quit right at the end. I'm still using
5.02; maybe that's the problem.

I'd appreciate more suggestions.

Thanks,
Jackie

> Hello Jackie
>
> >could it be that some file (.jpg or .wav) just crash the program?
i
> >didn't use any mp3.
>
> That is possible. Version 5.1 is a bit more robust, you can get it
here:
>
> http://www.xat.com/xatshow/eng.html
>
> Have you ttied different wav files?
>
> Chris.

[jc2ho]

Yes I tried different wav or jpg files. I think my original guess
was correct. When I try to create a vcd that is larger than 650Mb,
the program usually will quit right at the end. I'm still using
5.02; maybe that's the problem.

I'd appreciate more suggestions.

Thanks,
Jackie

> Hello Jackie
>
> >could it be that some file (.jpg or .wav) just crash the program?
i
> >didn't use any mp3.
>
> That is possible. Version 5.1 is a bit more robust, you can get it
here:
>
> http://www.xat.com/xatshow/eng.html
>
> Have you ttied different wav files?
>
> Chris.