How do i get music to play at the same time as showing my photos?

Beth
You didn't specify what OS you are using.
If it's OSX then it's easy using iTunes & iPhoto to select a group of photos and background music.
My slide show on my MacBook gets transferred to the Apple TV automatically and shows up on my Plasma 50" Screen.
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Dear annettesamto

First do the photos. When you have finished that, click on the "Next" button at the bottom of the window. Now look for your music files by clicking on the "Select Audio Files" button in the "Soundtrack" section. For example, go to "My Documents" and then select the "My Music" folder and click on "Open". Select the music file you want and once again click on "Open". The track you have chosen should now appear in the white area in the "Soundtrack" section. Repeat this to choose more music tracks until you are satisfied with your selection. To delete any tracks from the list, select it in the "Soundtrack" section and then click on the little dustbin to the right and just above the white area where the names of the music tracks are.
Hint: Try to get the combined length of all your music tracks ("Total audio time") close to the "Duration of Slide Show". Then decide how long (in seconds) you want every photo to be displayed before the slide show moves on to the next photo. All your photos will be displayed for the same amount of seconds. In the "Duration" section, at "Set Duration", type in the amount of seconds you would roughly want your photos to be displayed for (for example 8 seconds). If the "Duration of Slide Show" and "Total audio time" is the same or very close, you can ignore the part where it says "Auto-Fit to Soundtrack". However, if the difference is several seconds or more, click on "Auto-Fit to Soundtrack". This will ensure that your slide show (photos) ends when the music ends. It means that your photos may now be displayed for slightly less or more seconds than the amount you indicated, but at least the soundtrack and the photos will end together.
When you are satisfied with your soundtrack, click on "Finish" at the bottom of the window. If the computer asks you if you want to replace an existing file, click on "Yes". The soundtrack window dissapears. Now click on "File" at the top left of the window and choose "Save Project".

You can listen to your soundtrack by clicking on tab 3 ("Produce") and then on the "Enter" button on the remote control.

You should be aware that some music files may not work with SlideShow Expressions, particularly some files that have been downloaded from the internet, for example through iTunes. This has to do with copy-protection and causes some tracks not to play properly. As a rule, though, mp3 files should work fine, as well as tracks ripped from CDs, like wma files. The User Guide gives a list of all the supported music files. The User Guide is on the install disc. To find it, insert your install disc and click on the relevant link that appears, or you can go to "My Computer", right-click on the CD/DVD drive and click on "Explore" to look for it on the install disc; it is a pdf file.

I hope this was helpful. The best of luck to you.

Hendrik Uys

Hello, Wren

SlideShow Expressions is a very basic programme: simplicity is the key. It is designed to give instant results. Therefore, the things you can do with the photo's, music, etc. are very limited. No frills, no complicated editing. For example: no fading in or out of music; no cutting a music track down to a certain length, etc. Also, the programme doesn't allow you to have a different time setting for every photo. Whatever duration time you select (say 9 seconds), it goes for each photo.
As a result you would typically go about adding your music tracks as follows:
After you have added all the photo's that would make up the whole slideshow, make a rough estimate of how long each photo should be displayed on the screen. Type this number in the open slot (for seconds). You can now get an idea of how long the entire slideshow will be: the duration will be showed at the bottom. Now, choose tracks that, together, will just about (more or less) account for the whole length of the slideshow. When you've added them one by one, click on the option to fit the slideshow to the soundtrack. Obviously this could change the amount of seconds that each photo will be displayed. That's about it. Play around with tracks of different lenghts and see what the time duration would be if you were to fit the slideshow to this altered track length.
Be careful about the music you use. This programme (as would many others) may develop problems when using downloaded music, because this music is usually protected in some way (for example, tracks downloeded from iTunes are known to cause problems: they may not play or sound bad).
Also, it is always good to read the User Guide. If you have a legitimate copy of the programme, the User Guide will be included on the install disc in pdf format. You can look for it by exploring the install disc or by simply clicking on the relevant link after you've inserted the install disc.

I hope this was helpful. Best of luck to you. From: 11407336.

Without knowing what model you have it's hard to answer.Most players only play 1 type of file at a time either photos or music.This is due to the way the limited software works.Audio/Video is another thing altogether because the file contains both video/photos and audio.Unless your player has the software to combine and play Music/Voice and Photos as in slideshows it won't work.Good Luck.

When you transfer the music or photos, place them in the correct folders in Root. Also, you can you should drop the files either directly in their respective folders (i.e. music in Music and photos and Photos) or you can put them in their own folders (i.e. Music\Artist or Music\Name of CD) do not go more than 2 folders deep. (while you can do Music\Artist you cannot do Music\Artist\Album).

Is the volume turned up ?

just hold down the power button until it turns off

Make sure you have set the camera to the appropriate mode under the Set Up Menu -- choose NTSC or PAL (for USA it should be NTSC.)  Ensure the proper connections are made to the TV -- Yellow to Video and White to Audio (the camera plays music to accompany your photos).   Make sure your TV is tuned to the proper video channel, which is usually 3.   Now you can turn the camera on.  Now go under the Playback Menu and choose the folder your photos are located in, usually "Current" Now, since there are quite a few options from here, check on page 75 of your manual under Slide Show, and you will see the various options available, such as choosing the music to play.