DVD Photo
Slideshow FAQ
1. What Can the Software Do For Me?
DVD Photo Slideshow is a versatile
yet easy-to-use software for creating slide shows that are both playable
on your computer and your TV with standard DVD/VCD players. With just a
few clicks, you can use DVD Photo Slideshow to view and edit photos,
create and organize your photo albums, add background music, burn your
photo albums on a blank CD/R or CD/RW. After that, you can enjoy your
creative works on your computer or TV through a DVD/VCD player.
2. Why my VCD/DVD Player does not
recongnize the burned CD?
The reason
why some burned CDs cannot be played on your DVD/VCD player is due to
the "Read" ability of your DVD/VCD player. Please make sure your DVD/VCD
player supports VCD 2.0 format. Even so, according to our test, some
models of DVD/VCD player (normally, old models) do not support some
particular brand names of burned CD-R or CD-RW disc (especially for
CD-RW disc). If this is your case, please turn to another brand name of
blank CD-R disc (not CD-RW disc) to have a try. If there are still
problems, please try to burn the CD-R with relatively low speed (say,
the lowest speed your CD writer supports). Tips for play the burned CD:
after insert the disc to the DVD player, please don not forget to press
the "Play" button on your DVD player's remote control to play the photo
slideshows.
3. When I play the burned CD, what
should I do if I am required to turn on the "PBC"?
"PBC" means "PlayBack Control".
It's a function for VCD 2.0 format to support playback of the disc menu.
Please do not press any other buttons before you press the "Play"
button. Otherwise, the main disc menu cannot be shown up. Sometimes,
after you insert the burned disc into the DVD player, you see the blue
screen on TV. If this is your case, you need to press the "Play" button
before you press any digital button ( 1, 2, 3,..) on your DVD player's
remote control to play the corresponding slide shows.
4. Why the size of my photos is
only the quarter of the screen on TV?
When the photo is only the quarter
of the screen on TV, you must be seeing the disc menu. Every disc menu
selects the first photo of your photo slideshow you’ve prepared in the
first step. When you see the main disc menu, please remember to press
the digital button ( 1, 2, 3,..) on your DVD player's remote control to
play the corresponding slide shows.
5. Why I cannot move forward and
previous of my photos when I am using the simulation?
The simulation does not provide the
function of moving forward and previous of pictures. So, you need to try
this with your real DVD player’s remote control.
6. Can I modify or add new templates of the Disc Menu by myself?
Yes. But it needs patience. You can
try to modify the templates by the following steps.
-Go to template folder under the set up folder of DVD Photo
Slideshow(Normally, it is at C:\Program Files\DVD Photo
Slideshow\template). You will find some .ini files (they are text files,
you can open them with any edit tools.) and some sub-directories with
the same name. You can see that there are so many parameters for the .ini
file. So, it’s not easy to create your own templates with correct
position shown on your TV. (Anyway, you can have a try if you are
patient enough. Our next version will let users make their own disc menu
more conveniently.)
-Go to the corresponding sub-directory, change the .JPG or .BMP files to
change the parts of the template listed on the Disc Menu.
7. What is the resolution of my
photos shown on TV?
DVD Photo Slideshow optimizes your
digital photos and use the High Resolution Still Picture format which is
supported by DVD/SVCD. This technique makes photos look great on TV. The
resolution of the image shown on TV can be as high as 704x576.
8. Can I use multiple albums? How
many photos can be burned into a normal CD?
Yes, you can have multiple albums,
each with maximum 99 images. According to the standard of VCD 2.0 which
supports the still picture, maximum 99 photos can be stored in one
segment of the VCD. This is the reason why you can only add 99 pictures
into one slideshow. But it can support totally 200 segments. So, the
full version of DVD Photo Slideshow will support 99 x 200 = 1980 photos.
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