CD of slide-show possible?
L.Rodgers
(iMac CD-RW, OS 10.2.2) The idea is to scan some very old family
photographs and burn a slide show to CDs which would then be
distributed to family members. There are less than 25 pictures, and
they'd need to be in a format which could be viewed on both Mac and
PC. Is this idea feasible? What software could be used to create the
slide show? Any comments or advice would be appreciated!
--
L.
sbt
<no...@noone.invalid> wrote:
Well, if you have Toast 5 (aka Toast Titanium), it's a piece of cake.
Bring the photos into iPhoto and create an album.
In the "Share" pane, click the Export button and choose the QuickTime
tab. This will export the slideshow as a QuickTime movie.
Launch Toast and click and hold on the "Other" button. Choose the
VideoCD option.
Drag the exported QuickTime movie to Toast's window.
This will burn a VideoCD. Not only can you play it on just about any
Mac or PC, but you can also play it on many (most?) DVD players so
folks can watch the slideshow on TV.
--
Spenser
Rodger Stamm
"L.Rodgers" <no...@noone.invalid> wrote:
Make an album of all the pictures you want to include in the slide show
and then export that album to QuickTime. Burn on CD disk and enjoy.
--
Rodger Stamm
Wayne C. Morris
"L.Rodgers" <no...@noone.invalid> wrote:
I'd suggest storing the photos as JPEGs and putting them into a web
album. Family members will be able to look at it on any computer with a
web browser and a CD drive.
Go to VersionTracker.com and search for "web album". You'll find a
bunch of programs for making web albums, and most of them should allow
you to add titles & captions etc. Graphic Converter can make web albums
too, though it lacks some of the features of the web album programs; on
the other hand, its Batch Convert feature is useful for scaling &
converting a bunch of pictures to a specific size & format before making
the album.
If there's enough room on the disk, you could also include a folder of
TIFFs at the original scan resolution, preferably with LZW compression
-- if anyone wants to print or enlarge the photos, TIFFs will give the
maximum quality, and can be read by many programs on both Macs and PCs,
including Adobe PhotoShop.
When you're preparing the files, make sure they all have the right
suffixes on the filename -- .jpg for JPEGs, .gif for GIFs, .tif for
TIFFs, and .htm for HTML (web pages) -- so that PCs will know what to do
with them. And burn the discs as Hybrid Mac + Windows.
John
<wayne.morris-D67B...@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, Wayne
C. Morris <wayne....@this.is.invalid> wrote:
Hi, I have been trying to do this also. I opened my JPEG files with
Photoshop 6.0 and saved as a Tiff file. (4) of them.
Then I used Toast 5.01 and burned them as a "Hybrid" Mac and Windows.
DVD player did not recognize the CD. I HAVE burned ".MOV" files and
the CD player DID recognize it and it played fine.
Then I took the 4 Tiff files and burned them as a "ISO9660"
That did not work also. What I'm doing wrong?
Mike
Wayne C. Morris
wrote:
> Hi, I have been trying to do this also. I opened my JPEG files with
> Photoshop 6.0 and saved as a Tiff file. (4) of them.
> Then I used Toast 5.01 and burned them as a "Hybrid" Mac and Windows.
> DVD player did not recognize the CD. I HAVE burned ".MOV" files and
> the CD player DID recognize it and it played fine.
>
> Then I took the 4 Tiff files and burned them as a "ISO9660"
> That did not work also. What I'm doing wrong?
Are you talking about Apple's DVD Player software, or a standalone DVD
player connected to a television set?
DVD players are designed to play movie DVDs. Most of them can also play
audio CDs and VCDs (Video CD).
DVD players are NOT designed to play computer data discs, regardless of
what disc format or file format you use. They don't know what to do
with JPEGs, TIFFs, .MOV files, etc.
Wayne C. Morris
<wayne.morris-8067...@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>,
Almost forgot to mention one more thing: Most older DVD players can't
'see' CD-R discs, so even if it supports VCD and you burn a disc in that
format, the DVD player might not be able to play it. (Ditto for audio
CDs burned onto CD-R.) On the other hand, sometimes an old DVD player
can't read CD-R, but *can* read CD-RW (my player is like that).
Rodger
> In article
> <wayne.morris-D67B...@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, Wayne
> C. Morris <wayne....@this.is.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <none-9F35A1.1...@corp.supernews.com>,
> > "L.Rodgers" <no...@noone.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > > (iMac CD-RW, OS 10.2.2) The idea is to scan some very old family
> > > photographs and burn a slide show to CDs which would then be
> > > distributed to family members. There are less than 25 pictures, and
> > > they'd need to be in a format which could be viewed on both Mac and
> > > PC. Is this idea feasible? What software could be used to create the
> > > slide show? Any comments or advice would be appreciated!
> >
> > I'd suggest storing the photos as JPEGs and putting them into a web
> > album. Family members will be able to look at it on any computer with a
> > web browser and a CD drive.
> >
[[Miss-information sniped]]
> Hi, I have been trying to do this also. I opened my JPEG files with
> Photoshop 6.0 and saved as a Tiff file. (4) of them.
> Then I used Toast 5.01 and burned them as a "Hybrid" Mac and Windows.
> DVD player did not recognize the CD. I HAVE burned ".MOV" files and
> the CD player DID recognize it and it played fine.
>
> Then I took the 4 Tiff files and burned them as a "ISO9660"
> That did not work also. What I'm doing wrong?
> Mike
There is a much simpler way to do it with Mac OS 10.2.x (maybe earlier
OS also).
Import the pictures you want to put into the slide show into iPhotos.
Make an album of the images you want in the slide show.
Then, Export to QuickTime. It's easy.
Then burn the QuickTime movie file you get onto a CD in ISO 9660 format
(I think Disk Burner does this as a default). Make sure the file name
ends with *.mov*.
You'r done!
--
Rodger
John
Rodger <Nos...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
I"m OS 8.6 but I did just about the same thing you just said above.
What I did was I opened the JPEG's with Quicktime, exported that file
as a ".MOV". I did that with ALL the JPEG's, then I burned them to a
CD in ISO 9660. I did this with a CD-R and with a CD-RW and both
didn't work.
Then I burned all the ".MOV" files on a CD-R and used the Mac OS and
PC (Hybrid) that didn't work. Then I burned them on a CD-RW and that
didn't work.
This is driving me nut's.
Mike
John
<wayne.morris-8067...@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, Wayne
C. Morris <wayne....@this.is.invalid> wrote:
I talking about a standalone DVD player to a TV. I have played audio
CD's and I have burned (Video CD's). And they played fine.
They were burned as "Video CD" and they were ".mov" files
That's why I don't understand why when I export the JPEG's as a ".mov"
file it doesn't work.
HELP,
Mike
sbt
wrote:
When you burn a VideoCD, the file that is being played by the DVD
player hooked to your TV is the .DAT file stored away in the MPEGAV
folder. The .mov file that Toast puts out at the root level is a
container file that points to the mpeg data in the .DAT file and is
merely a convenience for you when playing the content on your Mac.
You need to save the movies as VideoCD-compliant MPEG-1 files. You can
then drag them into Toast and tell it to burn a VideoCD. Alternatively,
you can drag the .MOV files to Toast's VideoCD window and let it
attempt to re-encode them as VideoCD-compliant. This can take a LONG
time (easier and faster to do it right the first time).
--
Spenser
Rodger
wrote:
> In article <Nospam-679044....@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com>,
> Rodger <Nos...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <wayne.morris-D67B...@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, Wayne
> > > C. Morris <wayne....@this.is.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <none-9F35A1.1...@corp.supernews.com>,
> > > > "L.Rodgers" <no...@noone.invalid> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi folks,
> > > > > (iMac CD-RW, OS 10.2.2) The idea is to scan some very old family
> > > > > photographs and burn a slide show to CDs which would then be
> > > > > distributed to family members. There are less than 25 pictures, and
> > > > > they'd need to be in a format which could be viewed on both Mac and
> > > > > PC. Is this idea feasible? What software could be used to create the
> > > > > slide show? Any comments or advice would be appreciated!
> > > >
> >
> > There is a much simpler way to do it with Mac OS 10.2.x (maybe earlier
> > OS also).
> >
> > Import the pictures you want to put into the slide show into iPhotos.
> >
> > Make an album of the images you want in the slide show.
> >
> > Then, Export to QuickTime. It's easy.
> >
> > Then burn the QuickTime movie file you get onto a CD in ISO 9660 format
> > (I think Disk Burner does this as a default). Make sure the file name
> > ends with *.mov*.
> >
> > You're done!
>
> I"m OS 8.6 but I did just about the same thing you just said above.
>
> What I did was I opened the JPEG's with Quicktime, exported that file
> as a ".MOV". I did that with ALL the JPEG's, then I burned them to a
> CD in ISO 9660. I did this with a CD-R and with a CD-RW and both
> didn't work.
>
> Then I burned all the ".MOV" files on a CD-R and used the Mac OS and
> PC (Hybrid) that didn't work. Then I burned them on a CD-RW and that
> didn't work.
>
> This is driving me nut's.
> Mike
You can not make a *slide show* as described above without using iPhotos
AFAIK. The best you can do is make a CD full of individual picture
files that can be view separately by any computer.
Make all your pictures into JPEG format files. Make sure the file name
ends with *.jpg* so PC can view them. Burn them onto a CD in ISO 9660
format so any computer can read it. You can organize them in folders if
you want to. Then hope the viewer has a slide show program they can
put them into; or they will just have to view them individually.
--
Rodger
John Russell
<wayne....@this.is.invalid> wrote:
>DVD players are NOT designed to play computer data discs, regardless of
>what disc format or file format you use. They don't know what to do
>with JPEGs, TIFFs, .MOV files, etc.
Well, the latest cheap DVD players (Apex) can handle discs with
regular JPG files. At ~$60, I figure if auntie or whoever has a
problem viewing the slideshow on an older player, it's simpler just to
buy them a new one...
John
Mike
<netn...@johnrussell.mailshell.com> wrote:
Hi, have you done this yourself on an (Apex)DVD player?
I'm using Toast 5.01 too burn my CD's, what format are you burning
thses JPG's files as?
1. VideoCD
2. ISO 9660
3. Data
4. Mac OS CD
5. Mac OS and PC Hybrid
6. Mac OS and PC Extended Hybrid
Thanks,
Mike
John Russell
>Hi, have you done this yourself on an (Apex)DVD player?
>I'm using Toast 5.01 too burn my CD's, what format are you burning
>thses JPG's files as?
>1. VideoCD
>2. ISO 9660
>3. Data
>4. Mac OS CD
>5. Mac OS and PC Hybrid
>6. Mac OS and PC Extended Hybrid
Yes, I have an Apex player and several friends with them also. I've
burned JPG CDs using a variety of tools on both Mac and PC. In your
list above, I believe #2 and #3 are the safest bets.
I have also done VideoCDs, but then your main control is pausing when
you want to leave something up longer. With just the JPGs, you can
either use an automatic slideshow or step through the pictures using
the "Forward" button on the remote.
John
Mike
<netn...@johnrussell.mailshell.com> wrote:
Thanks John, I'll give it a try and let you know what happen's. Did you
use a CD-R or a CD-RW, and does it make a difference?
Mike
John Russell
I've used both successfully -- burning several iterations of a
slideshow onto a CD-RW until it's right, then doing the final
slideshow with CD-R.
John
Mike
<netn...@johnrussell.mailshell.com> wrote:
Hi John, well I've burned the JPG's on to a DC-RW as ISO9660,and Mac PC
Hybrid. Both did not work, I think I may have to get the (Apex) DVD
player too get it to work.
Mike