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I think documentation is quite unclear for novices. If you read the "XATSHOW Overview" in the help file - it would be confusing if you did not know that "VCD" and "DVD" are entirely difference disk formats. The section uses the term "DVD player" many times with no one or two sentence tutorial to help. It says on a "burn on a CD-R/RW" - but you still have to know what VCD and DVD are to decipher that: "VCD is a basic type of video disk that can be created on a standard CD writing drive on standard CDR or RW media. VCDs can be played on many set-top DVD players but you must check your DVD manual to be sure if yours can ." I think the vast majority of potential users of this software would never want to signup for a mailing list - even if they knew what one was or how to find it on the site. The documentation/samples/tutorials have to be rock solid and self-guided and written to the user level that is the target market of the product in order for the product to thrive. The goal should actually be to get all the basic conversations off the list by making the product intuitive and the documentation thorough. Chris and company are working hard on what is already an excellent product - after 18 months of searching, I've found the tool to do my job! However, I am a technical user and in order for the product to be popular outside of technical users, the documentation and interface needs to be improved or this list will surely be flooded with "how to turn it on" messages. Respectfully, D. _________________________________ Darwin Sanoy Principal Consultant / Instructor DesktopEngineer.com WindowsInstallerTraining.com Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:10 AM Do any of you folks --read-- the instructions or do the tutorials that come with the program? How do I make a menu?? C'mon, that's a very basic function of Xatshow. I also read a question regarding whether Xatshow "can make a show that will run in a DVD player" (using a standard CD burner to burn the CD-R disc). Yes, that's what the tab Video CD/ DVD does. In fact, at present, Xatshow can only make VCD shows so even if you -did- have a true DVD burner you could not make a true DVD disc. I think many of the more experienced users will be happy to share their knowledge and Chris should not have to do it all. But--- When the answers to the questions you ask are already in the documentation that comes with the program, it's obvious you haven't taken the time to read and attempt to learn the program on your own. Sure... we can keep giving you fish. But wouldn't you rather learn to fish for yourself? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=246920.2960106...roupweb/S=1706 030420:HM/A=1464858/R=0/*http://www.gotomypc.com/u/tr/yh/cpm/grp/300_Cqu o_1/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=246...848452/D=egrou pmail/S=:HM/A=1464858/rand=513692749> |
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