I have struggled with this myself. The answer is that the following line will give what you want:

#+OPTIONS: H:2

I'm not sure why the BEAMER_FRAME_LEVEL instruction doesn't handle that, but the OPTIONS seems needed.

Tom


On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:05 AM, Ronert Obst <ronert.obst@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

I am trying to move my beamer export settings to the new exporter, but I cannot even get a minimal example from the documentation to work properly. Specifically, Org-Mode headings do not get parsed to frames during export to LaTeX Beamer.

I added the minimal beamer export setup from http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/beamer/ox-beamer.html to my .emacs:

(require 'ox-latex)
(add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
             '("beamer"
               "\\documentclass\[presentation\]\{beamer\}"
               ("\\section\{%s\}" . "\\section*\{%s\}")
               ("\\subsection\{%s\}" . "\\subsection*\{%s\}")
               ("\\subsubsection\{%s\}" . "\\subsubsection*\{%s\}")))


Using the minimal example from the documentation http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html

     #+LaTeX_CLASS: beamer
     #+TITLE: Example Presentation
     #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
     #+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [presentation]
     #+BEAMER_FRAME_LEVEL: 2
     #+BEAMER_HEADER_EXTRA: \usetheme{Madrid}\usecolortheme{default}
     #+COLUMNS: %35ITEM %10BEAMER_env(Env) %10BEAMER_envargs(Args) %4BEAMER_col(Col) %8BEAMER_extra(Ex)
     
     * This is the first structural section
     
     ** Frame 1 \\ with a subtitle
     *** Thanks to Eric Fraga                                      :BMCOL:B_block:
         :PROPERTIES:
         :BEAMER_env: block
         :BEAMER_envargs: C[t]
         :BEAMER_col: 0.5
         :END:
         for the first viable beamer setup in Org
     *** Thanks to everyone else                                   :BMCOL:B_block:
         :PROPERTIES:
         :BEAMER_col: 0.5
         :BEAMER_env: block
         :BEAMER_envargs: <2->
         :END:
         for contributing to the discussion
     **** This will be formatted as a beamer note                  :B_note:
     ** Frame 2 \\ where we will not use columns
     *** Request                                                   :B_block:
         Please test this stuff!
         :PROPERTIES:
         :BEAMER_env: block
         :END:

the headings do not parse to beamer frames. This is the LaTeX output I get:

% Created 2013-08-09 Fri 12:04
\documentclass[presentation]{beamer}
\author{Carsten Dominik}
\date{\today}
\title{Example Presentation}
\hypersetup{
  pdfkeywords={},
  pdfsubject={},
  pdfcreator={Emacs 24.3.1 (Org mode 8.0.7)}}
\begin{document}

\maketitle
\tableofcontents

\section{This is the first structural section}
\label{sec-1}
\subsection{Frame 1}
\label{sec-1-1}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Thanks to Eric Fraga\hfill{}\textsc{B_block:BMCOL}
\label{sec-1-1-1}
for the first viable Beamer setup in Org

\item Thanks to everyone else\hfill{}\textsc{B_block:BMCOL}
\label{sec-1-1-2}
for contributing to the discussion
\begin{enumerate}
\item This will be formatted as a beamer note\hfill{}\textsc{B_note}
\label{sec-1-1-2-1}
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}

\subsection{Frame 2 (where we will not use columns)}
\label{sec-1-2}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Request
\label{sec-1-2-1}
Please test this stuff!
\end{enumerate}
% Emacs 24.3.1 (Org mode 8.0.7)
\end{document}

Help would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards
Ronert