How to copy photos to DVD/CD to open automatically

[Houndog]

I want to copy Pics so when I snail mail the cd to friends the pics are
there, not the folders that they have to open to see the Pics.
Thanks Ted O.

 

[John Inzer]

I want to copy Pics so when I snail mail the cd to
friends the pics are there, not the folders that they
have to open to see the Pics. Thanks Ted O.

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There's not really a "one size fits all" answer
to your question.

Do you plan for your recipients to view the
files on their computer or in their DVD player?

For viewing on a computer...all you have to
do is copy all the files to a CD. In windows
XP you could try the following steps.

Insert a blank CD in your burner.

Open the folder that contains the pictures you
wish to add to the CD. If the pictures are in
more than one folder...you could create a new
folder and copy all of the pictures into the single
location.

Once the pictures are in single folder...open
the folder and left click...Edit / Select All...and
then left click...Edit / Copy...

Open...My Computer...right click the icon for
your burner and from the menu...choose ...
"Write these files to CD".

This will open your CD Writing Wizard and you
can proceed from there.

If your files are JPEGs and if your recipient has
a JPEG compatible DVD player the disk will
work on it also.

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[Houndog]

Thanks John, that works..

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks John, that works..

====================
You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

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[Guest]

i don't have a problem with cds. but why, when i want to copy pics to a dvd,
do i get the message that "windows encountered a problem trying to copy this
file" anyone know how i can fix it?

 

[Yves Alarie]

You are not crazy!
Indeed you do not have problems copying to CDs. Great.
However, XP cannot copy to DVDs.
So if you are following the same procedure for copying to CDs, but instead
you have inserted a DVD disk instead of a CD disk in your CD drive, you will
indeed encounter a problem.
To copy to a DVD you need a DVD drive capable of copying (burning is the
jargon for copying). This is different than a DVD drive capable of playing a
DVD. Then you need software to copy to a DVD disk. XP cannot do this.
Typical software would be Roxio, Nero, WinDVD, etc. to copy to a DVD disk,
assuming that you have a DVD drive capable of copying.

 

[Guest]

--
am i crazy or what?

You are not crazy!
Indeed you do not have problems copying to CDs. Great.
However, XP cannot copy to DVDs.
So if you are following the same procedure for copying to CDs, but instead
you have inserted a DVD disk instead of a CD disk in your CD drive, you will
indeed encounter a problem.
To copy to a DVD you need a DVD drive capable of copying (burning is the
jargon for copying). This is different than a DVD drive capable of playing a
DVD. Then you need software to copy to a DVD disk. XP cannot do this.
Typical software would be Roxio, Nero, WinDVD, etc. to copy to a DVD disk,
assuming that you have a DVD drive capable of copying.

 

[Yves Alarie]

No need to copy to DVD and no need for Roxio or anything else.

1. Go to the following site and download the file Slideshow.exe in one of
your folder.
2. Open the folder and double click on the file name to install it.

This is all you need. You open the photo folder you want to copy, you select
all the files in the folder and click on the command "Copy all items to CD".
The copy wizard will start and at one point you will be asked if you want to
add a slide show. You answer Yes and this will add three files on the CD.
This CD will now open a slide show automatically on any PC or Mac.

I case you need the steps to copy to CDs with XP, here they are:

To copy photos to CD-R or CD-RW using XP. (05-08-06)



1.. Insert a blank CD-R (or CD-RW) into your CD drive. Wait about 15-20
seconds for XP to recognize that a CD-R has been inserted. A window may
open, with a variety of options in it or no option in it. You don't need any
of the options in this window to copy to a CD-R. There is a Cancel button at
the bottom of this window. Click on it to close this window or click on the
red X square at the top right. If this window does not open, this is fine
just go to step 2.
2.. Click on My Computer and navigate to the folder where your pictures
are located. Open the folder so you can see the files you want to copy.
3.. You now need to select the files you want to copy. Do you want to copy
all the files in the folder? If so, hold the Ctrl key down and press the
letter A. This will select (highlight in blue) all the files in the folder.
If you want to select only some of the files, click on the first file you
want to select. Remove your finger from your mouse and move the mouse
pointer over the second file, hold the Ctrl key down and click on the second
file you want to select. Continue doing this until all the files you want to
copy are selected. Each time a file is selected it will be highlighted in
blue. If the files you want to select are listed in a row, you can do it
this way. Click on the first file, remove your finger from the mouse and
move the mouse pointer over the last file. Hold the Shift key down and click
on the last file you want. All the files between the first and last file you
clicked on will be highlighted in blue.
4.. Once you have selected the files you want to copy, look at the menu on
the left of the selected files. The top menu should be "Picture Tasks". The
last item listed under "Picture Tasks" is "Copy to CD". Click on it. The
other way is to right click on one of the selected pictures. A menu will
open. Click on Send To. Click on your CD drive on the opening list.
5.. The copying process will start (a small window opening at the top of
your screen indicating the progress, wait until completed, also you may not
see this window if you are copying just a few files because the operation is
too fast) and you will get a message, right hand corner bottom of your
screen, "You have files waiting." Click on it.
6.. A window will open. It will show you the photo files you just selected
to copy. Look at the menu on the left and click on "Write these files to CD".
7.. A Wizard box will open. Just follow the directions on the screen to
complete the job.
8.. Once you have copied the photos to the CD you may want to copy more to
it in the future. Just insert it instead of inserting a blank CD and follow
the same directions. Just make sure you have enough space on it to add more
photo files. A CD will hold 700 MB but with photo files, don't try to fill
it. Limit to about 200 - 300 photo files per CD and not more than a total of
600 MB. Otherwise it can take a long time to open this CD to view the files,
but if you don't mind the time you can fill it.
9.. During copying, you may get the following messages "File XXXX.jpg has
extra information..." or "The thumbnails information will be lost..." In
both cases, click on YES, not on Skip, in the message box.


Some problems with the above:



1.. You looked for the command "Copy to CD", but it is not there. If so,
repair this way.
Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the opening textbox:

REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL

And press the Enter key.

Note that there is a space between .32 and SHI..

You did the above, but still no "Copy to CD" command available. Go to step 2
below and check if your drive is set to recording.



2.. You can find the "Copy to CD" command (or you still cannot find it
listed there) but it still does not work.
Check if your drive is set for recording. Open My Computer, look under
Devices with removable storage and right click on your CD drive. Click on
Properties. A window will open. Click on the Recording tab at the top of
this window. Then check, Enable recording box. Also, check the box "Eject
after recording" .

You tried this, but you can't find a Recording tab when the window opens. If
so, update the CD driver so it is compatible with XP (particularly if you
upgraded to XP from 98 or ME) or something else is wrong as under items 3 or
4 below.



3.. You may have installed some CD copying software to copy music CDs. If
so, this may be interfering with XP. If you use Roxio, update your version
to at least 5.3 or above. If you have Roxio 7, you may use this to copy
photo files. Use the option Copy data files instead of copy music. If you
have other music CD copying software make sure you upgrade to a version that
will not interfere with XP or use this software to copy your photo files to
CD.
4.. You may have purchased a new computer with a CD/DVD burner. If so, use
the software supplied by the manufacturer and select the copy data files
option if there is no specific copy photo files option. If you want to use
XP instead, you probably need to set your drive for recording as given
above.
5.. Instead of using the Copy to CD command you used the Send to command
and no CD drive is listed there. If you upgraded to XP you should check that
you have a driver for your CD drive compatible with XP or first check that
your drive is Enable for recording as given above. Sometimes you get the
instruction to send to a writable CD drive on the list but you don't get
writable, you get drag and drop or simply the CD drive letter. Click on it,
provided you have checked that the drive is Enabled for recording.
6.. If none of the above works, check the manufacturer of the CD drive web
site for a driver compatible with XP, particularly if you upgraded to XP.


And if you want to make very fancy picture CDs for your friends or family by
controlling the order the pictures will be displayed you can play with this.

http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-OrganizePictures.html

 

[Yves Alarie]

OK. So none have a computer. So you can't go that route.
They have DVD players, so "possibly" they could insert a CD or DVD disk in
the player and display pictures on the CD or DVD disk on their TV.
By "possibly" I mean that DVD players can read a CD (start with pictures on
a CD, not a DVD disk) and display pictures on a TV. Depends on the DVD
player they have. Try it first after copying photo files to a CD (NOT DVD)
on your own DVD player/TV. Does it work? It should if you have a recent
(less than 2 years or so) DVD player.

 

[Guest]

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am i crazy or what?

OK. So none have a computer. So you can't go that route.
They have DVD players, so "possibly" they could insert a CD or DVD disk in
the player and display pictures on the CD or DVD disk on their TV.
By "possibly" I mean that DVD players can read a CD (start with pictures on
a CD, not a DVD disk) and display pictures on a TV. Depends on the DVD
player they have. Try it first after copying photo files to a CD (NOT DVD)
on your own DVD player/TV. Does it work? It should if you have a recent
(less than 2 years or so) DVD player.

 

[Guest]

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====================
You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
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[Guest]

Hi!

When I insert a CD, it doesn't prompt me about what I want to do. I also put
a CD-RW in and attempted to add more files (the cd is not full!) but it
wouldn't let me. I tried to open the drive via My computer, but it says
incorrect function. How do I fix this? Thanks!

 

[Guest]

when wisard starts it says the cd is full but it is a new cd ??

 

[Guest]

the wizard doesn't start. the cd is not full.

 

[Jxlyze]

No need to copy to DVD and no need for Roxio or anything else.

1. Go to the following site and download the file Slideshow.exe in one of
your folder.
2. Open the folder and double click on the file name to install it.

This is all you need. You open the photo folder you want to copy, you select
all the files in the folder and click on the command "Copy all items to CD".
The copy wizard will start and at one point you will be asked if you want to
add a slide show. You answer Yes and this will add three files on the CD.
This CD will now open a slide show automatically on any PC or Mac.

I case you need the steps to copy to CDs with XP, here they are:

To copy photos to CD-R or CD-RW using XP. (05-08-06)



1.. Insert a blank CD-R (or CD-RW) into your CD drive. Wait about 15-20
seconds for XP to recognize that a CD-R has been inserted. A window may
open, with a variety of options in it or no option in it. You don't need any
of the options in this window to copy to a CD-R. There is a Cancel button at
the bottom of this window. Click on it to close this window or click on the
red X square at the top right. If this window does not open, this is fine
just go to step 2.
2.. Click on My Computer and navigate to the folder where your pictures
are located. Open the folder so you can see the files you want to copy.
3.. You now need to select the files you want to copy. Do you want to copy
all the files in the folder? If so, hold the Ctrl key down and press the
letter A. This will select (highlight in blue) all the files in the folder.
If you want to select only some of the files, click on the first file you
want to select. Remove your finger from your mouse and move the mouse
pointer over the second file, hold the Ctrl key down and click on the second
file you want to select. Continue doing this until all the files you want to
copy are selected. Each time a file is selected it will be highlighted in
blue. If the files you want to select are listed in a row, you can do it
this way. Click on the first file, remove your finger from the mouse and
move the mouse pointer over the last file. Hold the Shift key down and click
on the last file you want. All the files between the first and last file you
clicked on will be highlighted in blue.
4.. Once you have selected the files you want to copy, look at the menu on
the left of the selected files. The top menu should be "Picture Tasks". The
last item listed under "Picture Tasks" is "Copy to CD". Click on it. The
other way is to right click on one of the selected pictures. A menu will
open. Click on Send To. Click on your CD drive on the opening list.
5.. The copying process will start (a small window opening at the top of
your screen indicating the progress, wait until completed, also you may not
see this window if you are copying just a few files because the operation is
too fast) and you will get a message, right hand corner bottom of your
screen, "You have files waiting." Click on it.
6.. A window will open. It will show you the photo files you just selected
to copy. Look at the menu on the left and click on "Write these files to CD".
7.. A Wizard box will open. Just follow the directions on the screen to
complete the job.
8.. Once you have copied the photos to the CD you may want to copy more to
it in the future. Just insert it instead of inserting a blank CD and follow
the same directions. Just make sure you have enough space on it to add more
photo files. A CD will hold 700 MB but with photo files, don't try to fill
it. Limit to about 200 - 300 photo files per CD and not more than a total of
600 MB. Otherwise it can take a long time to open this CD to view the files,
but if you don't mind the time you can fill it.
9.. During copying, you may get the following messages "File XXXX.jpg has
extra information..." or "The thumbnails information will be lost..." In
both cases, click on YES, not on Skip, in the message box.


Some problems with the above:



1.. You looked for the command "Copy to CD", but it is not there. If so,
repair this way.
Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the opening textbox:

REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL

And press the Enter key.

Note that there is a space between .32 and SHI..

You did the above, but still no "Copy to CD" command available. Go to step 2
below and check if your drive is set to recording.



2.. You can find the "Copy to CD" command (or you still cannot find it
listed there) but it still does not work.
Check if your drive is set for recording. Open My Computer, look under
Devices with removable storage and right click on your CD drive. Click on
Properties. A window will open. Click on the Recording tab at the top of
this window. Then check, Enable recording box. Also, check the box "Eject
after recording" .

You tried this, but you can't find a Recording tab when the window opens. If
so, update the CD driver so it is compatible with XP (particularly if you
upgraded to XP from 98 or ME) or something else is wrong as under items 3 or
4 below.



3.. You may have installed some CD copying software to copy music CDs. If
so, this may be interfering with XP. If you use Roxio, update your version
to at least 5.3 or above. If you have Roxio 7, you may use this to copy
photo files. Use the option Copy data files instead of copy music. If you
have other music CD copying software make sure you upgrade to a version that
will not interfere with XP or use this software to copy your photo files to
CD.
4.. You may have purchased a new computer with a CD/DVD burner. If so, use
the software supplied by the manufacturer and select the copy data files
option if there is no specific copy photo files option. If you want to use
XP instead, you probably need to set your drive for recording as given
above.
5.. Instead of using the Copy to CD command you used the Send to command
and no CD drive is listed there. If you upgraded to XP you should check that
you have a driver for your CD drive compatible with XP or first check that
your drive is Enable for recording as given above. Sometimes you get the
instruction to send to a writable CD drive on the list but you don't get
writable, you get drag and drop or simply the CD drive letter. Click on it,
provided you have checked that the drive is Enabled for recording.
6.. If none of the above works, check the manufacturer of the CD drive web
site for a driver compatible with XP, particularly if you upgraded to XP.


And if you want to make very fancy picture CDs for your friends or family by
controlling the order the pictures will be displayed you can play with this.

http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-OrganizePictures.html

onto CD-R discs. I supposedly have the capability to burn the cd onto a dvd
(two drives one CD-R and one DVD-R. This is so they can be viewed on dvd
players.
Nero will only recognize the cd drive, cannot get it to work, very frustrated.
Advice please. Am working with "My Pictures", cannot get a file name.
Have Windows XP. Thanks

 

[John Inzer]

I have scanned old photos (from the photos, not a cd) and can
burn them onto CD-R discs. I supposedly have the capability to
burn the cd onto a dvd (two drives one CD-R and one DVD-R.
This is so they can be viewed on dvd players.
Nero will only recognize the cd drive, cannot get it to work, very
frustrated. Advice please. Am working with "My Pictures", cannot get
a file name.
Have Windows XP. Thanks

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Some DVD Players will recognize JPEGs...even
on a CD...just insert the CD and see if it works.
Check your DVD Player documentation and see
if it is JPEG compliant.

If that fails...you could create a project with Windows
Movie Maker and save it in the .wmv format. Then
import it into the freeware DVDFlick and create a
DVD that should be playable on your free standing
DVD Player.

DVD Flick
http://www.dvdflick.net/

Be sure to read the Guide:
http://www.dvdflick.net/guide.php

If you have problems downloading DVD Flick...
try the following direct link:
http://tinyurl.com/lyovkx
or...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick/files/dvdflick/dvdflick_setup_1.3.0.7.exe

Save the file to a folder on your hard drive and
install from there.

Tutorials:

DVD Flick Tutorial
http://beginwithsoftware.com/videoguides/dvd-flick-guide.html

Burn Any PC Video Format into DVD
http://www.freevideoworkshop.com/dvdflicktutorial.htm

To create a basic Video DVD that should play in a free
standing DVD player...try the following...

Good luck.

First...read the DVD Flick Guide to familiarize yourself
with the program.

Open DVD Flick and insert a blank DVD in your burner.

If your computer's Autoplay window opens....just close it.

Click the Project Settings button and go to...Video /
Target format...residents of USA...choose...NTSC /
Accept.

Left click the Add title button and browse to your
Movie Clips and select the ones you want on the DVD.

You can arrange them by selecting one and then use
the Move Up and Move Down buttons.

Left click the Create DVD button / OK / Yes / Yes.

Wait while the DVD is created.

When the text "Finished Successfully" appears you
may close DVD Flick. Now you can eject your DVD
and play it in your DVD player.

At some point you may wish to purchase more
advanced software like Cyberlink, Nero, Roxio,
Ulead, etc...but at least this is a start.

Good luck.

--

J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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