Episode #84
I want to make a photo (JPEG images) DVD that I can play on the TV through the DVD player. I have a DVD R/W drive on my 4 year old Dell running Windows XP. IT recognizes DVD+r but not DVD-r. I burn the DVD and finalize it to “make it compatible”, but my DVD player won’t recognize it. Do I need special software to do this, or is it the DVD player - A Mitsubishi DD-8020, about 3 years old. I’m very frustrated with what I thought would be a simple issue.
Susan, West Hill, CA
While there are some DVD players out there that know how to play MP3 files or photos that are burned to a DVD as raw data, in most cases, you will have to use special DVD authoring software to create a DVD slideshow that your DVD player will recognize. There are a number of disc-burning programs available, like Roxio’s EasyMedia Creator, Nero Ultra Edition, MyDVD (now owned by Roxio instead of Sonic) and ArcSoft’s DVD Slideshow. These programs can place the slideshow onto the DVD in a form that your player will understand.
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Air Date: September 28, 2007
TranscriptCaller Questions
- Susan, West Hill, CA
- Sarah, Shoal Lake, MB
- Irene, Manhattan Beach, CA
Yewell's Jewels
- ePrompter 2.0windows
ePrompter automatically and simultaneously checks and retrieves your e-mail messages from up to 16 password-protected e-mail accounts, such as AIM, AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, Yahoo Beta, Gmail, POP3, Earthlink, Excite, Juno, Email.com, Lycos, Mail.com, Mindspring, MSN, MyWay, Netscape, Rediffmail, SBC Yahoo and hundreds of other e-mail domains.
Sean's Shinies
- GoBible
$100
Traveling with a copy of the Bible in-hand may not always be possible—either you may not have room in your luggage for a full-size Bible, or you may find reading the small print a bit taxing. The GoBible is a dedicated audio version of the King James Bible, with an MP3-player style screen that allows you to scroll directly to the book, chapter and verse you want. While it would be nice to allow full text searching of the contents, the GoBible still provides good value for the price.Pro:
- complete audio version of the Bible
- ability to search by book, chapter and verse
Con:
- can’t search by keyword
Kate’s Tips
- FriendSaver
Developer: Alexandre Roche
FriendSaver is a screen saver for Mac OS X that displays endless photos of your Facebook friends.
* Thousands of Possibilities - FriendSaver keeps things interesting by selecting from photos that your friends are tagged in. Lets assume you have 100 Facebook friends, each with an average of 100 tagged photos - That’s 10,000 photos to choose from!
* Live Updating - If your friends upload new photos, they’re automatically added to FriendSaver.
* Filter out friends - Remember Jim? You know, that guy you worked with four years ago? In sales? Well, don’t worry: with FriendSaver’s friend filtering, you don’t have to see photos of him.
* Filter by sex - Like Girls? Prefer Boys? You can make FriendSaver only show photos of Friends that are of a certain gender.
* Tweek time settings - Live in the fast lane? You can easily tweak settings to make FriendSaver cycle through photos faster.