burning to CD

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I have been recently making a photoshow, and it looks like it will be small
enough to fit onto a CD, and i think it would be a waste to put it onto a DVD
due to its size. So i was wondering if there was a way to put movie clips and
such onto a CD and have it run on a DVD player and have me able to watch the
clips from the CD, and hopefully have a menu to select the other clips on it.
Is this possible?
 
Matt said:
I have been recently making a photoshow, and it looks like it will be small
enough to fit onto a CD, and i think it would be a waste to put it onto a
DVD
due to its size. So i was wondering if there was a way to put movie clips
and
such onto a CD and have it run on a DVD player and have me able to watch
the
clips from the CD, and hopefully have a menu to select the other clips on
it.
Is this possible?
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There are a pile of factors involved.
To burn to a CD, it will have to be a "VCD", or a Data disk.
From your post, it is indeed a "photo slideshow" VCD you want to compile,
but...
Your standalone/STB DVD player must be capable of either:
Being able to play VCD's (Most modern DVD players are), Or....
Being capable of playback of a jpeg slideshow on a "data" disk.

As for your point as to it being a "waste" burning to DVD.........
Blank media is relatively cheap, and you could opt for non-branded
blank media, which works out at only pennies per disk.
You need to discern the following:
a) The type of media your DVD player can replay?
b) If "data" cd-r, then try a CD-RW. (you won't have wasted a disk if it
fails)
c) What software you are using to compose the slideshow?
d) What software are you using to author the disk?
 
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