I was searching through threads for some ideas on converting a powerpoint presentation to something that could be burned to a DVD. A old thread said to export the powerpoint (to a video file?) then use a DVD burning software (check!)... but I'm not finding any export on my PPT 2002. (/message_topic.aspx?topic=462176)

Also, when googling "convert powerpoint to DVD" Office 2007 comes up in sponsored results with a description along the lines of converting ppt to MPEG (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22convert+powerpoint+to+video%22&btnG=Google+Search)... does 2007 really have this capability?

[Edited on March 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM. Reason : )]

3/14/2008 6:34:34 PM

why do you think it can't just be burned to a CD as is?

3/14/2008 6:35:18 PM

gah... sorry... forgot this info:

needs to be played by a DVD player on a TV screen... no computer or PPT capabilities :-(

3/14/2008 6:39:30 PM

yea that's kind of a little important info haha... hold on

3/14/2008 6:41:47 PM

I'm working on a Friday night... clearly not at my best right now

3/14/2008 6:46:21 PM

Anyone?

3/14/2008 8:00:29 PM

Ok Saturday morning team... help a girl out

3/15/2008 9:38:01 AM

There are two ways to do this ... hook up your video out feed to a VCR or some other video recording device ... or do a screencast, in which case your computer saves a video file of your screen. The screencast is your best option here, because you can just take that video file into your DVD burning software and burn a Video DVD.

There are two good and free options:

Taksi http://taksi.sourceforge.net/

CamStudio http://camstudio.org/

I'm going to assume you can figure out the software and not explain them ... but if you can't, no biggie, let me know.

3/15/2008 10:15:43 AM

I have a program called Camtasia that will record a powerpoint presentation, and output that to .wmv or .avi...then you can use some dvd software to convert/burn to dvd.

3/15/2008 1:21:12 PM

^^ awesome, thanks!

3/17/2008 6:12:53 PM

Thought you should know:

http://lifehacker.com/380309/convert-powerpoint-presentations-to-video-at-authorstream

4/16/2008 2:05:05 PM

You guys know Windows Media Encoder 9 will do screen presentation captures, and will do it for free right?

4/16/2008 4:16:44 PM

^^ I saw that! I read all of it today and signed up

4/16/2008 6:35:16 PM