Lightroom: Slideshow does not sync the images to the music

I was able to reproduce the issue as well, I tested with a 23 minute soundtrack and 450 slides. The soundtrack repeated for me at about slide 421. Thanks for reporting the issue. I'll report it to our developers. It occurred for me with both the Play and Preview buttons but didn't when I exported the slide show as a video, so that might a workaround in the interim.

Jon, thanks for the report. We'll need a few more details as it's working as expected in my tests at least.

Can you please confirm which track, which file format, how many slides, and what actually happened. Did it adjust slide timings at all? To how long?

Lightroom 3. The fit to music, fails to work, basically it does not sync the slideshow to the music. we all know this is a fact so why Adobe fix it. its very frustrating, I have resorted to other software to solve this problem. Useless.
Jon Allen
Jon@heartweddings.co.uk

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Fit to Music.

I'm not sure we "all know this is a fact". I've just done a few tests and proved the timings by calculating them in Excel.

So I suggest you say how many images (you've not deleted or added any after setting the timings, have you), the length of the track (maybe cross check it in iTunes or Win Media Player), and the resulting Slides and Fades values. How far is it out?

Guys, Guys, Guys, I have successfully been creating shows for some time LR2 was much better at least it would play a selection of Mp3 from itunes instead of one track as with LR3, Suggesting that we delete images during various stages of a show is silly. I have also been on other forums with many people having a problem with LR3 sync to music. It does not do what it should.

Create a collection of images, create an mp3 track ( I use Apples Garage band it just works so well!! Apple say no more!) press sync to music, press play, Go!!

Come on Adobe sort it please, I do not want to have to go to the trouble of using Pro show producer.

Victoria tested on Mac and I tested on Windows, and it seems to work correctly. Unless you prove it is wrong, I don't see why Adobe should "sort it out". There are better things they could be doing with slideshow such as restoring the ability to handle multiple tracks without relying on iTunes and adding a timeline just like in Proshow Producer.

Seems to work is not good enough, I can assure you it does not on several other LR3 and other PC's. It basically does not do what its says on the can. not arguing here, just does not work Useless.

Music files purchased through iTunes or other subscription based music services typically have embedded DRM that prevents them from being used outside of that application. I would suspect this is an issue with the audio files themselves not LR.

Then "Works". Are you on the latest version of LR? Are you absolutely sure the tracks don't contain any silent empty space that's making the track time wrong? Unless you offer more information you're not going to get anywhere by claiming it doesn't work.

Look, this is my last reply, tired of your explanations, I have been using LR since its birth. I have been using MP3 for years, I do not purchase from itume I buy from Amazon, the MP3 are transportable. there are no dead or silent areas within the music. Gonna use photodex, that works!! forget this issue I have had enough.

I could make arrangements to have you upload a sample audio file to our FTP if you'd be willing. I'd be happy to test and try to recreate the behavior your experiencing so I can report it.

Jon, you're obviously frustrated, and understandably so.

The problem is, if none of us can replicate the bug you're seeing, then no one can figure out how to fix it for you. That's why we're asking questions and trying to find out how to reproduce it.

If and when you want to try it again, then uploading your sample file would be a really good start to getting it sorted out.

OK,
Example.
I have just created a collection of images ( 450 Frames), there they are sitting at the bottom of LR. I click the 1st frame ( Command A to select all) I will then sort my intro frame, Done! click select music, go to my MP3 music folder and select a string of music that is made into one track, ( Created in Apples garageband) the track is 23 minutes long enough to give aprox 3 secs of viewing and transition time ( MP3) Perfect! Hit sync to music, LR sorts the timings. so far so good!
Play the show, at the end of the show, the music finishes, but we still have upto 20 secs of slides left. Then LR starts to play the same music track again. Then the slideshow finishes. This has always happened since I moved from LR2. Thinking of loading one of my Mac pro laptops with LR2, to give presentations. Victoria, please understand!! I have been searching the internet for people with similar problems, and I was surprised to find some many other users sharing my frustration with this issue. So please understand, everything else that I use within the adobe family works, I have no issues, but this is so annoying, if you click a switch to turn a light on in the house you expect the light to turn on. not the go to see if its wired up correctly or find out if you have the right type of electricity. Just one thought, some noticeable Photographers have move moved from LR3 slideshow, and purchased Photodex producer, which simply works, I do not use a PC so I stuck with LR3. But in my view as the customer, this facility is very poor, it really should work without the hassles, so you can why I cant be bothered anymore.

I've never really used the Slideshow module before, but just ran a few tests to see if I could replicate the issue....and can confirm it happens as described on both my Win7 systems. In every case the music ends before the slideshow is completed, meaning the music starts again. The longer the slideshow, the more the slides fall behind the music.

So I agree with the OP, seems like a bug to me. Will try some more testing later...

Hi Jim, Thank you very much for running the test, much appreciated. your findings are no different to my experiences.