The slideshow is only 8 minutes and the cd's I got hold up to 120 minutes. They are memorex DVD-R recordable cd's for computer or home video recorders. I want to be able to play it in my dvd player. Did I buy the wrong DVDs?
2007-07-16 11:02:44 · 3 answers · asked by murmurlover 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
are you ready?
first - a DVD is a DVD, a CD is a CD. I know they look alike but they are not even close.
Also note there are two formats of CDs - CD-R and CD-RW
and 6 formats of DVD DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD RAM, along with double density and HD.
1. there are many CD/DVD players out there.
2. Most of them tell you half truths about what is compatible with them.
3. Some DVD players won't play CDs.
4. Some will not play DVD+R
5. your project is too small to waste on a DVD unless your player only plays DVDs
6. The DVD or CD is only part of the compatibility.
7. The other part is the format of the file you record.
start by verifying your player is compatible with CD-RW.
Then get a CD-RW disk. This is so you can experiment without wasting CDs.
Copy some JPG or JPEG files to the CD and see if it will play.
If your files are not JPG that may be the problem.
You will have to convert them. Most player will only "see" JPG or JPEG files.
If they play, how are you making the slideshow. If it creates an executable file to do that, that won't work with a player - only on your computer.
good luck
2007-07-16 11:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by Bill R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably don't have a DVD burner. They are different from CD burners and cost more.
2007-07-16 18:07:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah possibly...i find that sometimes my stuff won't burn on DVD-R but it will on DVD+R but I don't kow why...
2007-07-16 18:06:05 · answer #3 · answered by smarttmelanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋