Short Slide show and pics

Galeng wrote on 5/21/2006, 4:25 PM

I have created a short wedding slideshow..about 10 minutes. I would really like to be able to include all the jpg pictures from the wedding on the DVD in addition to the slideshow. Users could then pull off an photos they wanted to keep or print out.

Is this possible in DVDA??

Thanks,
Galen

Comments

johnmeyer wrote on 5/21/2006, 4:40 PM

In DVDA 3.0, yes. In earlier versions, no.

Chienworks wrote on 5/21/2006, 5:02 PM

You can prepare the DVD as normal in DVDA 1 or 2, then burn with some other software such as Nero. Create an extra directory in the root folder of the DVD named EXTRAS and put all the photos in there.

In DVDA 3 you can do this by adding an Extras directory to the project. Unfortunately in DVDA 3 you can specify one and only one folder, and all files in that folder will be included. Not a huge problem, but you do have to create the folder containing the files you want on your hard drive first. With Nero you can pick and choose files from anywhere on your drives to be put in the EXTRAS folder.

Galeng wrote on 5/21/2006, 5:34 PM

Thanks very much for your help and quick response. Both of you always are so helpful. I'm on the Vegas forum alot and see you there also.

Just did a search with the word "extras" in DVDA help and see exactly what I need.

Thanks again.

Galen

navydoc wrote on 5/22/2006, 3:12 AM

"Unfortunately in DVDA 3 you can specify one and only one folder..."

However, you can have multiple folders and files in an 'Extras' folder that will be copied to the DVD. If you want a folder on your DVD named 'Extras', you will need to create a folder within the 'Extras' folder called 'Extras'. In DVDA3, the program copies everything within a root folder but not the root folder itself. I hope this makes sense.

Doc

johnmeyer wrote on 5/22/2006, 8:48 AM

Yes, but DVDA actually copies files to that folder during the prepare, rather than simply setting up pointers. Makes for a lot of cleanup later, takes more time, and creates duplicate files. I much prefer the Nero solution that Kelly described. This also gives you total flexibility.