Creating Slideshows for dvd players

Rod Baakkonen said:

My sister (much older than I) refuses to get a computer. I would
like to create cd-r's of my digital pictures so I can share them
with her. I have come across some info on burning cd's in cvd
format. But the picture quality suffers a lot in this process. But
at least I can send them to her and she can play them on her dvd
player.

Anybody have a recommendations on hardware/software that can give
better quality slideshows that can be played on a dvd player.

Thanks in advance
--
Rod

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Candy Tate said:

Rod Baakkonen said:

My sister (much older than I) refuses to get a computer. I would
like to create cd-r's of my digital pictures so I can share them
with her. I have come across some info on burning cd's in cvd
format. But the picture quality suffers a lot in this process. But
at least I can send them to her and she can play them on her dvd
player.

Anybody have a recommendations on hardware/software that can give
better quality slideshows that can be played on a dvd player.

Thanks in advance
--
Rod

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Rod Baakkonen said:

My sister (much older than I) refuses to get a computer. I would
like to create cd-r's of my digital pictures so I can share them
with her. I have come across some info on burning cd's in cvd
format. But the picture quality suffers a lot in this process. But
at least I can send them to her and she can play them on her dvd
player.

Anybody have a recommendations on hardware/software that can give
better quality slideshows that can be played on a dvd player.

Thanks in advance
--
Rod

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David Van Dorpe said:

I just went through a search for the same thing. There are two ways
of doing a dvd slide show (at least according to the information I
found). One actually creates a vcd format (mpeg1) "video" of the
slideshow. The pictures are fairly low resolution in this format
(something like 320x240). This is the format that can include
special "transitions" between images. The second way is still a vcd
(mpeg1) format, but the pictures are stored in separate data files
at a higher resolution. Somehow the mpeg file just calls up
pictures from the separate data files. The images in the data file
are somewhere around 800x600 pixels (which is alot of information
for a tv) and they look great. Slideshows in this format cannot
support fancy transitions but can support menus and background
music.

I finally decided on Ulead DVD PictureShow. It uses the high
resolution technique. It also lets you put multiple slideshows on a
single cd, with a customizable menu that comes up when you load the
cd for accessing the individual slideshows. The thing I don't like
about it is that I can't automatically have the software pick a
duration for each slide so the slideshow ends when my chosen
background music ends. It just repeats the music file until the
slides are done, then abruptly cuts off.

I downloaded a copy directly from the Ulead website. It's about $30
as a download.
--
David
UZi fan

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David Van Dorpe said:

I just went through a search for the same thing. There are two ways
of doing a dvd slide show (at least according to the information I
found). One actually creates a vcd format (mpeg1) "video" of the
slideshow. The pictures are fairly low resolution in this format
(something like 320x240). This is the format that can include
special "transitions" between images. The second way is still a vcd
(mpeg1) format, but the pictures are stored in separate data files
at a higher resolution. Somehow the mpeg file just calls up
pictures from the separate data files. The images in the data file
are somewhere around 800x600 pixels (which is alot of information
for a tv) and they look great. Slideshows in this format cannot
support fancy transitions but can support menus and background
music.

I finally decided on Ulead DVD PictureShow. It uses the high
resolution technique. It also lets you put multiple slideshows on a
single cd, with a customizable menu that comes up when you load the
cd for accessing the individual slideshows. The thing I don't like
about it is that I can't automatically have the software pick a
duration for each slide so the slideshow ends when my chosen
background music ends. It just repeats the music file until the
slides are done, then abruptly cuts off.

I downloaded a copy directly from the Ulead website. It's about $30
as a download.
--
David
UZi fan

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Paul Moore said:

David,

Did you have problems getting the program to recognize your CD R?
I downloaded the trial version and it won't find my CD Burner????
I went and read all the imformation on their page and downloaded
the patches and it still don't work? My burner is in the list of
supported drives too??

Paul

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Paul Moore said:

David,

Did you have problems getting the program to recognize your CD R?
I downloaded the trial version and it won't find my CD Burner????
I went and read all the imformation on their page and downloaded
the patches and it still don't work? My burner is in the list of
supported drives too??

Paul

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Rod Baakkonen said:

My sister (much older than I) refuses to get a computer. I would
like to create cd-r's of my digital pictures so I can share them
with her. I have come across some info on burning cd's in cvd
format. But the picture quality suffers a lot in this process. But
at least I can send them to her and she can play them on her dvd
player.

Anybody have a recommendations on hardware/software that can give
better quality slideshows that can be played on a dvd player.

Thanks in advance
--
Rod

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RAL131504 said:

I have a apex brand dvd player (cheap from walmart - $70) that
plays cd's with jpeg files. Just burn to cd like I always to to
archive my pics. The apex dvd player comes up with a screen showing
the filenames on the disc, you can then open any file, and go to
any particular pic or do a slide show of the entire file. Pics look
great and I don't have to do anything different than I do normally.
Mine is model 1100.

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David Van Dorpe said:

I just went through a search for the same thing. There are two ways
of doing a dvd slide show (at least according to the information I
found). One actually creates a vcd format (mpeg1) "video" of the
slideshow. The pictures are fairly low resolution in this format
(something like 320x240). This is the format that can include
special "transitions" between images. The second way is still a vcd
(mpeg1) format, but the pictures are stored in separate data files
at a higher resolution. Somehow the mpeg file just calls up
pictures from the separate data files. The images in the data file
are somewhere around 800x600 pixels (which is alot of information
for a tv) and they look great. Slideshows in this format cannot
support fancy transitions but can support menus and background
music.

I finally decided on Ulead DVD PictureShow. It uses the high
resolution technique. It also lets you put multiple slideshows on a
single cd, with a customizable menu that comes up when you load the
cd for accessing the individual slideshows. The thing I don't like
about it is that I can't automatically have the software pick a
duration for each slide so the slideshow ends when my chosen
background music ends. It just repeats the music file until the
slides are done, then abruptly cuts off.

I downloaded a copy directly from the Ulead website. It's about $30
as a download.
--
David
UZi fan

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James C. Whiteside III said:

I have made about 5 slide show using nero 5.5 and have yet to get
one to work. I have tried them a few differant ways using cd-r, but
still no success.

When I put it in my DVD player, it just keeps reading the disk and
after 3-4 min it states that I have a incompatable disk.

Is the problem my DVD player or what. Its only around a year old
and its a RCA. Though the funny thing is that it will play songs
off a CD-R.
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Canon TL-55(1.4X),B-300,TCON-14, A-200, C-180,
C-210 & Adorama 2X Teleconverter (Junk)
If they make it, I STACK-IT
Dreaming about a TCON-300

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Eddie Kay said:

Hi David,

I have Nero and want to burn a VCD of still pictures. I haven't
used Nero other than using it to make backup of my photos. I
appreciate that you can show me how to burn such a still photo CD
playable on an ordinary DVD player. I'm a novice on mpeg and VCD
formats.

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Rod Baakkonen said:

My sister (much older than I) refuses to get a computer. I would
like to create cd-r's of my digital pictures so I can share them
with her. I have come across some info on burning cd's in cvd
format. But the picture quality suffers a lot in this process. But
at least I can send them to her and she can play them on her dvd
player.

Anybody have a recommendations on hardware/software that can give
better quality slideshows that can be played on a dvd player.

Thanks in advance
--
Rod

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Rod Baakkonen said:

My sister (much older than I) refuses to get a computer. I would
like to create cd-r's of my digital pictures so I can share them
with her. I have come across some info on burning cd's in cvd
format. But the picture quality suffers a lot in this process. But
at least I can send them to her and she can play them on her dvd
player.

Anybody have a recommendations on hardware/software that can give
better quality slideshows that can be played on a dvd player.

Thanks in advance
--
Rod

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David Van Dorpe said:

I just went through a search for the same thing. There are two ways
of doing a dvd slide show (at least according to the information I
found). One actually creates a vcd format (mpeg1) "video" of the
slideshow. The pictures are fairly low resolution in this format
(something like 320x240). This is the format that can include
special "transitions" between images. The second way is still a vcd
(mpeg1) format, but the pictures are stored in separate data files
at a higher resolution. Somehow the mpeg file just calls up
pictures from the separate data files. The images in the data file
are somewhere around 800x600 pixels (which is alot of information
for a tv) and they look great. Slideshows in this format cannot
support fancy transitions but can support menus and background
music.

I finally decided on Ulead DVD PictureShow. It uses the high
resolution technique. It also lets you put multiple slideshows on a
single cd, with a customizable menu that comes up when you load the
cd for accessing the individual slideshows. The thing I don't like
about it is that I can't automatically have the software pick a
duration for each slide so the slideshow ends when my chosen
background music ends. It just repeats the music file until the
slides are done, then abruptly cuts off.

I downloaded a copy directly from the Ulead website. It's about $30
as a download.
--
David
UZi fan

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Dan Brown said:

Rod Baakkonen said:

My sister (much older than I) refuses to get a computer. I would
like to create cd-r's of my digital pictures so I can share them
with her. I have come across some info on burning cd's in cvd
format. But the picture quality suffers a lot in this process. But
at least I can send them to her and she can play them on her dvd
player.

Anybody have a recommendations on hardware/software that can give
better quality slideshows that can be played on a dvd player.

Thanks in advance
--
Rod

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Dan Brown
http://www.pbase.com/wheatenman

'If nothing changes, nothing changes'

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