DVD Players and regular CD-Rs

Hi, I'm trying to make a cd with all photos that i had from vacations to be
viewed on a DVD Player. Is it possible to just make a CD-R Disc with nothing
but photos or do I have to make a VCD?

"Sey Hee Park" wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to make a cd with all photos that i had
> from vacations to be viewed on a DVD Player. Is it
> possible to just make a CD-R Disc with nothing but
> photos or do I have to make a VCD?

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You can make a self launching slide show on a CD-R
that will play on your computer but if you want to play
it in your DVD player you need to make a VCD.

Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album 4 has an option for
making VCDs. It's very simple and you can also add
music files.

You can download an evaluation version here:
http://www.jasc.com/products/photoalbum/

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Hi Yves,

Maybe you are more critical than I am but the VCDs
I have made with 1200 x 1600 images look great on
my TV. And, since my Toshiba DVD player won't play
regular slideshows, the VCD or connecting my camera
to the TV is my only choice.

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"Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> wrote in message
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> This depends upon the DVD player you have.
> I have a Toshiba SD-3800.
> I simply copy photo files (.jpg) using XP to a CD-R.
> This DVD player will display them. The quality is OK, not great. Tried
> making a VCD, quality is not any better. There does not seem to be

anything

> available to display high quality pictures on TV, except if your camera

has

> a video output to play the photos from your memory card or you have a DVD
> burner.
> What you have to look for to display .jpg photos from a CD-R is a DVD

player

> that can display any of these "Kodak photo CD", "Photo files", "JPEG

files"

> or some other such indications on the box or in your DVD manual. If you do
> not have this, the only option is to make a VCD.
> "Sey Hee Park" <spks3707@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> be

> nothing

>
>

I have a new LG DVD and use Nero for burning. As long as
the photo is jpeg .jpg I burn as a data file and this is
OK on the DVD. Check your instruction book as noone
advised me that this was possible when I bought the DVD
player. Good luck Allan

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I'm trying to make a cd with all photos that i had

from vacations to be

>viewed on a DVD Player. Is it possible to just make a CD-

R Disc with nothing

>but photos or do I have to make a VCD?
>
>
>
>
>.
>

Hi John,
Maybe I am. When I connect a 3MP Sony or Olympus camera via the video output
of the camera and play a slide show on my TV, the pictures look absolutely
great. So I am looking for the same quality when playing a CD-R or a VCD but
I can't get it. There is a noticeable degradation, OK pictures on the TV but
not great.



"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
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> Hi Yves,
>
> Maybe you are more critical than I am but the VCDs
> I have made with 1200 x 1600 images look great on
> my TV. And, since my Toshiba DVD player won't play
> regular slideshows, the VCD or connecting my camera
> to the TV is my only choice.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Picture It! MVP
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>
>
> "Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> wrote in message
> news:OheAXfpQDHA.1556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

> anything

> has

DVD

> player

> files"

do

to

>
>

Are you reducing the size of the image files when
making the slideshow or VCD?

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"Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> wrote in message
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> Hi John,
> Maybe I am. When I connect a 3MP Sony or Olympus camera via the video

output

> of the camera and play a slide show on my TV, the pictures look absolutely
> great. So I am looking for the same quality when playing a CD-R or a VCD

but

> I can't get it. There is a noticeable degradation, OK pictures on the TV

but

> not great.
>
>
>
> "John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
> news:eKqTfCqQDHA.3768@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

camera

> DVD

you

> do

vacations

> to

>
>

No, original files. In fact I just did a CD-R for a friend who has a 2MP
Kodak camera since she does not have video out from this camera. Quality is
OK, but not great. For VCD, I don't quite remember what I used. Did this
when XP came out and was not satisfied with the quality, so I just went back
to displaying photos from the camera memory card. Maybe there is better
software now to make a VCD. Or I will just stop being stubborn and buy a DVD
burner.
"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
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> Are you reducing the size of the image files when
> making the slideshow or VCD?
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Picture It! MVP
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>
>
> "Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> wrote in message
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> output

absolutely

> but

> but

Tried

> camera

a

DVD

> you

> vacations

with

>
>

Yves wrote:

> Or I will just stop being stubborn
> and buy a DVD burner.

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Now you're talking...

And the prices are getting
more within reason now.

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