Super-Bug: Quicktime export in Keynote 6 is faulty

How is it possible to make a new version were it´s not possible to time the presentation?

It´s sad that keynote is not better but - worse....poor development.

Hope they fix this issue soon.

Have to use the old keynote to make quicktime presentation with timing 😟

How is it possible to make a new version were it´s not possible to time the presentation?

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Slideshow timers are here:

Play > Rehearse Slideshow, set timer to Remaining in the options menu:

You don´t get this control when you export movie...or am I wrong?

Can you set the first slide to 20 sec and then the next slide to 1 min.?

Set each slide advance manually using any duration you need in Play > Record Slideshow, the timings will be used when you select Slideshow Recording in the Playback drop down menu.

Have this one. I was going to use Keynote to build a new company promo video for all our locations. These play on a loop on a large screen TV at all our reception areas.

SO frustrating to sit down and make a pres with no "on-click" transitions or builds, setting timing precisely for each effect, and have all those settings completely ignored when I export to QT. Get this, and the QT Export dialog includes a line of text that specifically says the default timings are used only for click events.

This is a real block to the value of Keynote and creative uses. Going to see if I can use QT player's screen capture feature to get around this. But, really, what a glaring super-bug. Apple, please fix as soon as you can.

It seems Keynote respects the automated build times when you export to Quicktime, but it overrides the automated transition delays. For my video, I've added an off canvas element (I used a circle, but you could really use any element). I set it as the last build of each slide and set the build delay to match my transition delay that was being overridden.

So Keynote will wait until my off-canvas circle appears before it transitions to the next slide. When I export I select Go to next slide after: 0 sec, Go to next build after: 0 sec, and it exported as I wanted it to.

Hope this makes sense. It's a sad hack, but it solved the problem for me.

Hey casekw! Very clever. Well done you!

Clever is why we got got into software to begin with and it's always great to have one of those eureka moments - and congratulate others for theirs.

I have found a workaround. Play the slideshow and screen record using Quicktime. This produces a Quicktime movie with the correct timings for the individual slides. I needed to do a slight trim to tidy the ends but otherwise it seems to work.

I have found a workaround. Play the slideshow and screen record using Quicktime. This produces a Quicktime movie with the correct timings for the individual slides. I needed to do a slight trim to tidy the ends but otherwise it seems to work.

Alas, the screen recording option doesn't get the audio recorded into Keynote...this is a bit of a disaster for me. I did a couple of short tests with 6.2.2 to make sure qt export worked, and then did a full presentation (30 min). Exporting hung after about 2 minutes. I'm hoping against all odds that the presentation will export properly from Keynote 5.3....this is a mess. Why include a 'feature' if it doesn't work?

I just came across this super-bug - finishing off a long project in which timings are crucial. Very frustrating and time-wasting, it seems like a pretty basic function to get wrong.

Casekw's work around has worked perfectly though - thank you.

Hi all

Has anyone managed to figure out how to get audio playing on a keynote export...? I have a perfectly beautiful presentation perfectly timed and when I export to QT there is not audio playing ... please has anyone sorted this out - this is with Keynote 6.6 and yosemite 10.10

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I found a fix in another community post (if you're still having this issue). Go to File>Advanced>Change File Type>Package, and then try exporting again as a QT file and it should retain your audio and animations.

This fixed the audio problem in export for me also. Thanks! 🙂