Making DVD's

[booth...@hotmail.com]

Hi

Which application is best for putting JPEG pictures onto DVD, Windowds
movie maker or Windows DVD maker.

I have tried DVD maker but the finalised DVD will not play on some
older DVD players.

Will Windows movie maker convert the JPEG pics to a true DVD movie
that will play on any machine, like a movie you can rent for the
night, as these do play on any machine.

Kind regards in advance.

Marcus.

[Pete D]

<booth...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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For many players simply placing them on the disk is all you need to do, most
players will show the pictures in turn. Probably best to read the manual for
your particular machine to see if there is any particular folder hierarchy
that should be followed.

Cheers.

Pete

[Matt Ion]

booth...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> Which application is best for putting JPEG pictures onto DVD, Windowds
> movie maker or Windows DVD maker.
>
> I have tried DVD maker but the finalised DVD will not play on some
> older DVD players.

What type of discs are you using? Most older players don't like DVD+R.
And some simply don't like burned discs at all.

> Will Windows movie maker convert the JPEG pics to a true DVD movie
> that will play on any machine, like a movie you can rent for the
> night, as these do play on any machine.

I don't think Movie Maker can create DVDs - it will merely put a WMV
file onto a data disc. That's WHY there's a separate "DVD Maker" program.

As someone else noted, you should be able to simply place the JPEG files
on a data disc (even a CD-R) and most players will be able to play them
back in sequence (look for the "JPEG" logo on the front of the player).

[Doug Jewell]

Yeah, most DVD players from about the last 5 years (if not
longer) will play a CD filled with JPGs, however there are
often limitations on things like how many photos per folder,
how many folders deep the photos can go, and the size of the
JPGs.

Unfortunately these limitations are generally not well
documented in the user manual, so are pretty much determined
by trial and error.

Also, my last 3 DVD players (a samsung, pioneer, and some
chinese p.o.s.) would only play JPGs if they were on a CDR.
If they were on a DVD+/-R they wouldn't recognise them, as
they expected disks on a DVD disk to be in video format.
Likewise all 3 players would play a CDR of MP3 files, but
not a DVD of MP3s.

As to the OP's question about Windows Movie Maker, the
combination of Windows Movie Maker + Windows DVD Maker on
Vista will produce a DVD-Video format slideshow that is
playable on most DVD players. Unfortunately though, a lot of
older DVD players don't like DVD+R disks, some don't like
DVD-R disks, and some don't like recorded disks at all. Only
solution for this problem unfortunately is to put the DVD
player in landfill and replace it with a new unit.