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Old 13-12-06, 12:32
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Red face disc help please

Heeeeeeeeeeeeelp!!

Any wizards around?

I have on several occasions, 'burned' photos onto discs so that I can view them on tv. I have two DVD players at home and one in the caravan. All my attempts have been successful!

However! number one Daughter has just returned from a trip to Paris, having taken my camera. She took 120 pictures whilst there and I have them on the computer. I also put them onto a DVD/RW disc - verified and saved in jpeg format; and tested it on the tv in the kitchen - it worked a treat. Now! Daughter has taken it to her young man's family to show and it wouldn't work. Nor would it work on her all singing, all dancing, fancy posh PC at work. I have experienced this problem before when giving discs to other people.

What have I done wrong? Does the type of disc make any difference and can anyone tell me what to do next please?
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Old 13-12-06, 14:27
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Afternoon, dear. Get the other folks, as well as yourself(!), to check what DVD format their PCs or players support! Not all read DVD-R or DVD+R. Could also be that a codec (coder-decoder) is missing on said PC.
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Old 13-12-06, 14:47
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When you burned the disc, did you "finalise" it? This is an option that needs setting which finishes off the writing process. Some players won't read a disc that hasn't been finalised.
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Old 13-12-06, 16:59
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It's probably because you used a rewritable disk, some CD/DVD players don't recognise them. Burn the photo's again as JPEG's onto a permanent CD/DVD.

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Old 13-12-06, 17:03
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Hi Scorpio witch,
On some systems you find a tick box to "read the disc on this PC only" or "read on any PC". Make sure you tick the latter one.
Best wishes from a fellow Scorpio.
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Old 13-12-06, 21:29
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I think advise given above is right to the point.
Not every format (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and then, unfinished vs finalized CD/DVD while burring) is compatible with every player at home. Especial attention is for older players that are very fussy for one media or format and not another.
With computers especially again old ones/older OSs, you need a decoder to open up the DVDs.

If you need to know any information about CD/DVD media, burring, softwares, of more importantly, which DVD player can play what, use this link:

>>> L I N K <<<

click on DVD player in tomato color section on the left and enter yours or theirs exact model to see what media are compatible. I strongly recommend this site to anyone has to do anything with CD or DVD.
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Sorry for the delay - the festivities got in the way somewhat.

Thank you all for taking the trouble to respond - using a cd helped. Sassan, I found your link particularly useful.

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You have propbably done nothing wrong, however more details are required. eg type of disc, +R or -R, what software you are using. Just remember DVD burning is not 100%. I have just seen that Sassan has said similar. In general older machines tend to prefer -R or -RW discs.

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Make sure you use Nero for your burning software.

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Make sure you use Nero for your burning software.
Why Nero rather than, say, Roxio Easy Media creator?
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