pics onto DVD - help please

[obiwonkeyblokey]

HI

I am trying to put together a DVD of pics for a weding that I am best man for this thursday.

I need help

I have been trying to burn a DVD of pics that will play in a regular DVD player. I have prepared the pics in order and tried to burn to DVD using Nero, however it wont playback. It will run on a PC as a slideshow but do I need to add an executable file to it to make it run? do i save the files as JPGs or something else?

any tips gratefully received.

Owen

[HankScorpio]

Use something like Windows Moviemaker (easy to use and free) to build your slide show as a WMV or AVI, then burn it to DVD as a DVD movie using Nero.

[simpo two]

It might depend on your DVD player. I have a Sony DVD/HD recorder which plays JPGs on a CD-ROM quite happily so I guess it would from a DVD-ROM as well.

What format did you burn your DVD in? You can't make JPGS ito a video... well not that easily!

[obiwonkeyblokey]

i have all the pics saved as JPEG

do i need to convert them? how do I use them within windows movie maker?

thanks again

[406tm]

Have you finalised the disk so it plays on all players?

[HankScorpio]

clicky

[obiwonkeyblokey]

Thanks for the help everyone. Windows Movie maker is wokring a treat, my only concern is transferring to a DVD which will play in a UK DVD PLayer. The guides all talk about transferring to CD. I ahve transferred some stuff to DVD using Nero, but it still only works in a PC.

How do I format and set the DVD up for it to be compatible on a DVD player.

many thanks again

[size13]

You could try Microsoft Photo Story 3, but it's more for a self-running slideshow. It is designed for DVDs.

www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

[obiwonkeyblokey]

Thanks all - through a combination of movie maker, a file convertor and power producer I got there in the end!!