Burning photos to DVD
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Alasdair Lawrance
Nov 15, 2009, 1:25:05 PM11/15/09
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I burned some photos to a DVD -R using 'Burn' from the Aperture
menu which wouldn't play on a Sony DVD Recorder/Player (RDR-GX120),
and the best reason I could find in the Sony handbook was that it
wouldn't play "DVD-Rs that do not contain DVD video". It also spoke
about "DVD-R discs that were recorded and finalised on other
equipment". Can anyone tell me what I need to do, please? I also have
Toast basic, which I've never used - is that any better for this?
menu which wouldn't play on a Sony DVD Recorder/Player (RDR-GX120),
and the best reason I could find in the Sony handbook was that it
wouldn't play "DVD-Rs that do not contain DVD video". It also spoke
about "DVD-R discs that were recorded and finalised on other
equipment". Can anyone tell me what I need to do, please? I also have
Toast basic, which I've never used - is that any better for this?
Drew Reece
Nov 15, 2009, 1:53:00 PM11/15/09
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I don't have Aperture so try it's help menu with the term DVD, it may
give clues to a way to burn as a standard DVD slideshow from Aperture.
Otherwise try opening Toast & selecting Video > DVD-Video from the
types of disk available to burn, then drag the pictures into the main
Toast window. Tweak the various options to alter the names & times etc
& it should burn to a DVD-R that has a Video_TS folder.
You can also ask Toast to make a disk image to test without wasting a
DVD, just open the disk image afterwards & try playing it back in DVD
Player on the Mac, you may need to do File > Open… & select the
Video_TS folder on the mounted image (post back if this is unclear).
Standard DVD slideshows use still images (potentially with crappy
transitions) so you may want to use iMovie/ iDVD or iPhoto to make
video versions if you need movement/ better transitions on the slides.
It will turn them into video files, not the greatest for keeping
quality on images.
Aperture may have an option to integrate with the iLife suite
depending on what versions you have. This means you can pick Aperture
files from within iPhoto & iDVD easily. Turn on the 'Share previews
with iLife & iWork' in Apertures prefs.
Re:co
give clues to a way to burn as a standard DVD slideshow from Aperture.
Otherwise try opening Toast & selecting Video > DVD-Video from the
types of disk available to burn, then drag the pictures into the main
Toast window. Tweak the various options to alter the names & times etc
& it should burn to a DVD-R that has a Video_TS folder.
You can also ask Toast to make a disk image to test without wasting a
DVD, just open the disk image afterwards & try playing it back in DVD
Player on the Mac, you may need to do File > Open… & select the
Video_TS folder on the mounted image (post back if this is unclear).
Standard DVD slideshows use still images (potentially with crappy
transitions) so you may want to use iMovie/ iDVD or iPhoto to make
video versions if you need movement/ better transitions on the slides.
It will turn them into video files, not the greatest for keeping
quality on images.
Aperture may have an option to integrate with the iLife suite
depending on what versions you have. This means you can pick Aperture
files from within iPhoto & iDVD easily. Turn on the 'Share previews
with iLife & iWork' in Apertures prefs.
Re:co
Chris Roberts
Nov 15, 2009, 4:09:03 PM11/15/09
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Alasdair
Some DVD players have the ability to playback Photo CDs or DVDs containing JPGs. By the sound of it, yours ain't one of these.
Re:co is correct (as always). Your best bet is to use something like iDVD which effectively takes your photos, builds what we would call a "slideshow" but in reality converts these to a DVD-video stream - exactly what your DVD player instructions is telling you.
By the sound of it, the Aperture "Burn" feature is an archiving tool used to create backups of your photos.
HTH
Chris
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