Some Sony projectors have the ability to run a presentation directly from a Memory Stick™, without needing to connect a computer. KPresenter can export presentations to the format required to make this work, and this tutorial will show you how to export your presentation.
Each exported slideshow consists of a series of image files (one for each slide in the original presentation, plus two title slides) and an index file. They are created in a fairly complex directory structure that allows more than one presentation to be stored on a single memory stick. A simple example is shown below, consisting of two presentations.
If the presentation that you want to use is not already open, use the menu and choose to select the presentation that you want to export.
Now use the menu and choose .
This will bring up the Create Memory Stick Slideshow dialog. Select the option to expand the dialog.
The Path is the directory in which the top level
directories (DCIM
and
MSSONY
, see the directory structure
diagram above) will be created. If you have the memory stick
mounted, and have appropriate rights, you may wish to export directly
to the removable media, in which case you would enter the mount point
in this text box.
The Title is used for both the name of the index file, and as a text label on the title slide. Note that this title does not affect the titles on any of the normal presentation slides - the title slide is visible using the Sony projector setup prior to starting the actual presentation display.
The two color selectors in the Preliminary Slides group box are also only used for the title slide. It can be useful to change the title slides to make the presentations easier to identify when working on the projector, but it is safe and normal to leave them as the default.
You can then select to proceed with the actual export process. This will close the current dialog, and bring up another dialog that advises of progress as the export takes place.
When the export is complete, you can select the button, and the dialog will close.
If you did not create the slideshow directly onto a mounted memory
stick, you will need to copy over the correct files. As noted above,
you need to copy over the correct directories and files starting at
DCIM
and MSSONY
into the
"root" of the Memory Stick™. It is
critical that the directory structure is maintained, and you may
find it easiest to copy the whole of DCIM
and
MSSONY
directories.
If necessary, you can safely rename the index file (which is
Slideshow.SPP
by default), however you cannot
rename the slide images, nor can you change the name of the directory,
as these are encoded into the index file.