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cd-r and cd-rw data on dvd player

From: "Wayne C. Morris" <wayne.morris@this.is.invalid>
Subject: Re: CD of slide-show possible?
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Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 07:00:11 GMT

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<wayne.morris-8067C4.00430830122002@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>,
 "Wayne C. Morris" <wayne.morris@this.is.invalid> wrote:

> > Hi, I have been trying to do this also. I opened my JPEG files with
> > Photoshop 6.0 and saved as a Tiff  file. (4) of them.
> > Then I used Toast 5.01 and burned them as a "Hybrid" Mac and Windows.
> > DVD player did not recognize the CD. I HAVE burned   ".MOV" files and
> > the CD player DID recognize it and it played fine.
> > 
> > Then I took the 4 Tiff files and burned them as a "ISO9660" 
> > That did not work also. What I'm doing wrong?
> 
> Are you talking about Apple's DVD Player software, or a standalone DVD 
> player connected to a television set?
> 
> DVD players are designed to play movie DVDs.  Most of them can also play 
> audio CDs and VCDs (Video CD).
> 
> DVD players are NOT designed to play computer data discs, regardless of 
> what disc format or file format you use.  They don't know what to do 
> with JPEGs, TIFFs, .MOV files, etc.

Almost forgot to mention one more thing:  Most older DVD players can't 
'see' CD-R discs, so even if it supports VCD and you burn a disc in that 
format, the DVD player might not be able to play it.  (Ditto for audio 
CDs burned onto CD-R.)  On the other hand, sometimes an old DVD player 
can't read CD-R, but *can* read CD-RW (my player is like that).

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