Microsoft KB Archive/894738

= The quality of some pictures may be poor or jagged when you play back a Plus! Photo Story 2 story that was burned to a VCD =

Article ID: 894738

Article Last Modified on 1/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you play back a Microsoft Plus! Photo Story 2 story that was burned to a Video CD (VCD), the quality of some pictures may be poor or jagged. This issue is most noticeable when you play back the story VCD on your television.



CAUSE
This issue occurs if the photo story uses the High quality setting for Video quality when the story is played back on a television. However, you may experience this issue when you use the Medium quality setting.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use the custom encoding PhotoStoryProfile_800x600.prx profile. To download the PhotoStoryProfile_800x600.prx profile, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme_more/moreprofiles.asp

Note This workaround only reduces the occurrence of poor picture quality when a story is played back.

To use this profile on the story, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Plus! Photo Story 2.
 * 2) Click Edit a Photo Story project.
 * 3) Click Next four times until the &quot;Select quality settings for your story&quot; page appears.
 * 4) Click Advance.
 * 5) Click to select the Use custom encoding profile check box.
 * 6) Click Browse, locate the PhotoStoryProfile_800x600.prx profile, and then click Open.
 * 7) Click OK.
 * 8) Click Next.
 * 9) Click Next to save your story and project files.

If you want to create a new VCD for your story, click Create a Video CD of Your Story, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen to burn your story to a VCD. Otherwise, click Exit.



MORE INFORMATION
This issue does not occur with Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows. For more information about Photo Story 3, visit the following Microsoft Web page:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Additional query words: PS2 Photostory2 photostory

Keywords: kbvideo kbtshoot kbprb KB894738

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