Tech: Music & Pictures on a TV

Subject: Tech: Tabs on a TV
From: maldenny
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 01:10 PM

Is it possible to play a music file on a TV whilst showing an associated picture? I'm thinking of a picture of a piece of tab (GIF or JPG), with the tune being played in the background at the same time (WAV), then fading to the next tune/tab combination etc. I've got a DVD player for the TV, a CD and DVD recorder on my PC, and the appropriate wav and gif/jpg files, but how do you get them to work together?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Subject: RE: Tech: Music & Pictures on a TV
From: DMcG
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 01:27 PM

It's certainly possible, but probably more work than you would think. I do this two completely different ways, depending on what exactly I am trying to do. My graphics card has a TV-out socket and can take the sound output as well. I use this style when showing digital photos, usually very soon after I have uploaded them. It is possible to configure the software I use to take different lengths of time on each photo and use various transitions, but I wouldn't bother when I am running things this way.

The other method I use is to prepare a DVD on the PC (I use VideoStudio), write it from the PC and then play that on the TV using the DVD. Again, I mainly use this for photos, but for a more planned 'presentation', varying timings, mixing stills with video files, adding in captions etc.

Notice that both methods use things you may not have!

Subject: RE: Tech: Music & Pictures on a TV
From: maldenny
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 01:40 PM

Thanks DMcG. I'll follow up the second method you suggest - do you know of a reasonable shareware alternative to VideoStudio as I don't want to spend too much money before seeing what the end results are like!

What I'm trying to do is show a piece of guitar tab on screen whilst the appropriate music plays in the background. Would your second method facilitate this?