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Viewing JPEG Pix from DVD Disks on TVs

by Hiker247 Sep 19, 2006 3:51PM PDT

With todays PCs digital pictures can be stored as JPEG files on either CD or DVD disks for archiving. The CDs can be played on most DVD/CD Players connected to TVs but I have not been able to locate a DVD player for TVs that plays DVD disk with JPEG files. Do they exist or is there a technical reason that it can't be done?

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At their most basic level, DVD players play video. Jpeg
by Kiddpeat Sep 19, 2006 4:16PM PDT

files stored on a DVD are not video. Photographs can be put into a video, and the video can be burned to DVD. It can then be played. There is a variety of software which can do this.

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But not stored as jpeg files
by Hiker247 Sep 20, 2006 1:18PM PDT

If I understand correctly once video the files can not be recovered as jpeg files by a PC to be used or modified by a progam like Photoshop. I'm trying to have "my cake and eat it too" by both storing/archive retreavable jpeg files and using the same disk to display on a TV. I can do this with a CD disk but would like the much greater capacity of a DVD disk.

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My DVD players do this now.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 19, 2006 10:24PM PDT

But I gifted 2 old DVD players for reasons such as not playing any recorded DVD material to lack of other features.

If you go shopping you'll find most players will show JPEG still images without turning them into a video.

Bob

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....played from a DVD disk
by Hiker247 Sep 20, 2006 1:25PM PDT

See my comment to the other responder. I presently store and can play on a TV from a CD disk but the DVD player will not recognize jpeg files on a DVD disk. Does this require a special player? I tried serching the web at the manufacturer's sites(Panasonic,Sony, etc) but found none that had spec that said they would play Jpeg DVDs, only CDs.

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I'll write no.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 20, 2006 6:00PM PDT

But mind you that I'm writing of today's models on the shelves.

Older models usually won't do this trick.

Bob

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