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Yeah, while I appreciate some of the other suggestions I got, they have to be overkill. AviDemux? VLC? I've already been using those programs for years, and was not aware they could do what I'm after (assuming that's actually the case). This tells me there's so many options in those programs that it's difficult to find them (clearly, I have missed them). It all gets lost in the noise.
So PowerPoint...play an MP3 in the background...add X number of slides...place one picture per slide...save as video...tell it to run each slide for [song duration / number of slides] seconds - done.
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Uhhmmm, I'd have to disagree with people suggesting DaVinci resolve. I use it and like it but it is huge and complex, so sorry, it doesn't fit the 'simple' software for an 80 yo IMO.
My suggestion would put some burden on you, but I would suggest ffmpeg.exe
No install necessary with this so you could just give him a zipped folder containing it and a batch file you would have to create after researching the command necessary to do this sort of "video" from an mp3 and pictures which I know it can do.
In this folder he would unzip onto his system, each time he wants to create a video:
-he should place his pictures named 1.jpeg, 2.jpeg, etc. or similarly named...guess if he has jpeg, png, gifs this could be more of a challenge.
-he should place his mp3 in this folder and name it audio.mp3 or something fixed you chooose and refer to in your batch file.
-He should then execute your batch file which will find how many audio files there are, find the length of the mp3, calc the length of each picture, then craft the command to send to ffmpeg to make the "video".
Ok, it could be a challenge to get the length of the mp3 via a batch file so maybe you could make a text file where he places that value, or even better, have him do the calcs of the start times of each image and place in the text file and you grab that info within your batch file.
He should easily be able to see the length of the mp3 and do that simple calculation.
This puts some up front time on you but how much of your time will it consume supporting whatever software you choose that he'd have to download, install, be trained on, and use appropriately every time?
Instead of a batch file a quick console .net app might be quicker to create that does the above, too.
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I'm going to recommend Canva https://www.canva.com/. I believe their free version allows you to create and edit videos. Also, Clipchamp is pretty easy and has a free plan, https://clipchamp.com/en/. I believe Microsoft just acquired it as a replacement for Windows Movie Maker.
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Still does the job for me; includes screen capture. I think the final result still has to be converted from an MS format (to say mp4) but I haven't found that to be an issue.
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He's probably not using Linux - but of all the editing tools I've used, the simplest I've come across is KDEnlive. It's reasonably simple - and yet powerful.
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How about Windows Movie Maker?, it's discontinued, but if you can find in the internet the installer for Windows Essentials or Windows Live Essentials, then you can install it from there.
According to Wikipedia it was officially replaced with Video Editor (included in the Microsoft Photos app) and/or with Clipchamp.
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People would have noticed that I have been absent for a month from this foruum now.
I am undergoing treatment for Covid and related illnesses since July 2,
I was told that two days after admission to the hospital, my heart stopped and I had to be resuscitated.
I have no stories to tell of going towards a bright white light, and returning to the earth sorrowfully because I was in a coma all along.
I have a long haul ahead of me.
Wish me luck as I face future struggles.
Thank you all.
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Good luck, sounds like you were pretty lucky already!
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Good luck - and I really hope you don't need it!
I've had it, and it was nasty, but not as bad as it hit you. Even then, it was months before I was physically capable of that much - I suspect you have a long haul ahead of you. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I have been fortunate in not catching it (yet), even though I am in one of the vulnerable groups (over 75). I can only wish you all the best in the long road to full recovery.
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Yes. I noticed that you were missing in the daily Wordle. Didn't know how to contact you.
Glad that you are back safe and sound.
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Good luck and swift recovery.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Good and prompt recovery
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Take care and have a long full life!
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LIP (Live In Peace)?
Good to have you back.
And get well soon!
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Work to recover! Stay Strong!
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Wow, welcome back...
As a heads up. If you had any OLD diseases that went away in the past (usually with treatment)...
Please have your doctors test you for them again.
I know friends who had to redo therapies because the homeostasis they were living in has been disrupted.
(That's why shingles, Epstein-Barr, Chronic Fatigue) can all come back. Worse, they can ALL reactivate at once.
And finally, they are not going back into remission without some help!
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It's a trap.
I'll get my jas.
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Almost the same translation in Norwegian. I once saw both languages written side by side, and there were a surprising number of cognates, especially after some fairly consistent vowel and consonant mappings.
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Wow, first time I heard of a bustard 
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Dat is geen maan!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Fun fact, there was a Dutch version of Star Wars and Chewie was translated as "pruimtabak", which is literally "chewing tobacco"
I used to have it on VHS, which I taped from TV (and now I feel old again).
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