DVD file archiving software?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ian
  • Start date Start date
I

Ian

Any opinions/suggestions on what would be the best software
package to use for archiving slide scans onto DVD's?

Obviously I don't want to be restricted to the DVD telly
resolutions even for the "low resolution" picture versions,
and for the full resolution scans....

There was a thread here fairly recently suggesting creating
a pdf/html front page with thumbnails and descriptions pointing
to the picture files. That sounds perfect, so what would be the
best way to accomplish that (I could do that using CDR, but
I need the capacity of DVD's)?

Regards
Ian
 
"Obviously I don't want to be restricted to the DVD telly
resolutions even for the "low resolution" picture versions,
and for the full resolution scans...."

I have no idea what you mean by this. Do you?

A dvd is just a medium for recording files, no differently than a CD,
or floppy, or whatever. You are simply copying data from one place to
another. The only wrinkle, you have to specify a file system. I think
UDF works for most anything.

Anything you have on your hard drive can be tranfered to it, in same
form. Either Nero or Roxio is usually bundled with drives, and will do
what you want.
 
"Obviously I don't want to be restricted to the DVD telly
resolutions even for the "low resolution" picture versions,
and for the full resolution scans...."

I have no idea what you mean by this. Do you?

A dvd is just a medium for recording files, no differently than a CD,
or floppy, or whatever. You are simply copying data from one place to
another. The only wrinkle, you have to specify a file system. I think
UDF works for most anything.

Anything you have on your hard drive can be tranfered to it, in same
form. Either Nero or Roxio is usually bundled with drives, and will do
what you want.
Click to expand...
He wants to store the the full resolution image data, not just a DVD
slide show. So you have answered his question!
 
Bruce Graham said:
He wants to store the the full resolution image data, not just a DVD
slide show. So you have answered his question!
Click to expand...

Hi Bruce:

Exactly. The crap software I have will only store video clips or
create DVD slide shows, limiting resolution to 720x576. It "hides"
the file structure from the user, so I can't "get at" the real
functionality.

I know there are a number of better packages out there, I wondered
if anyone had a preference. Failing that, I'll go with Nero.

Regards
Ian
 
Bob Niland said:
Are there any DVD blanks that are genuinely "archival"?

The only CD archival blanks I know of (may be others) are:
<http://store.mam-a-store.com/standard---archive-gold.html>
but even MAM doesn't pretend to offer archival DVD media.
Click to expand...

I believe there are "authoring" discs out there, at quite a price premium.
However, I had expected that if I treated the normal (name brand) ones
like management traditionally treated HP engineers (keep them in the
dark, not the rest of it ;-) I thought I should get at least a few years out
of them. After that, who knows what the medium of choice will be?

Regards
Ian

(Also not speaking for anyone but me)
 
I believe there are "authoring" discs out there ...
Click to expand...

As far as I know, authoring discs differ primarily in
that they support writing of a replication master
(which not all burners support).

Not only does "authoring" imply nothing about the
archival properties of the platter, it might even
imply a short life, because the disc is intended
for a temporarly use - transporting a DVD-ROM image
from HDD to stamper.
 
To 'archive' or store the original pictures on any DVD, simply burn a
DATA session to the DVD that contains the original image files. (just
like any data CD.)

This allows full access to the full, 100% original & unaltered image
files from any computer that can read the image files. You will not be
able to view them on a stand-alone DVD player unless that player can
play JPEG CD/DVDs (eg. $69 Philips DVP642 at Walmart.com and Amazon.com).

---

If you want to create a thumbnail preview or index sheet, you can do
this with any program which does this -- ACDSEE, ThumbsPlus, etc. They
will create JPEG or HTML previews of your original files.

---

If you want to create a DVD that you can view on any DVD player as well
as retaining the original image files, you will need to create a
standard DVD Video disc. Here, you can create the video portion by
dropping the image files into any video editor and rendering the output
as a video file (here, you can use Microsoft Movie Maker, Vegas Video,
Premiere, Ulead DVD Workshop, etc.). The video portion will be one big
video file that slideshows through your images, perhaps with optional
titles & special effects added (at your option). You may have to
convert this file to MPEG2 format to be acceptable to your DVD burning
program.

Some programs, like Nero, will let you select which video file you want
to add to the DVD Video disc (put the video into the VIDEO_TS folder),
and let you create a seperate folder on the DVD readable on PCs
specifically for the actual original image files as well.

This way, you can create a disc that anyone can play (at low-resolution
DVD video quality), but they can also drop it into any computer and
access the original image files for use.
 
Back
Top