disc for photos and videos

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:46 pm

i want to transfer some photos and video from my mobile phone to disc on my computer how do i do this,also i know there are differant types of disc i want to use a disc that can be added too in the future. how many photos and hours can be put on a disc thanks

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:10 pm

What operating system do you use, XP, Vista or Win 7?

You should save the pictures and videos to your hard drive first.

Then use a burning program to select and burn to DVDs.

Your best bet is to use DVD+RW or DVD-RW as you can re-write onto them, as you want to add extras later.

Some info here about burning to DVDs;
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/usin ... ber25.mspx

DAVE

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:36 pm

Hi dave thanks for answering, it is vista basic, what does the + and - mean ,do you know how many photos and video hours can be stored, can you burn photos and video on same disc thanks.

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:08 pm

You can use Windows Movie Maker to set your pictures to a slideshow and you can add music etc in the background.
You can also add videos at the same time into the Timeline, so that you can have a slide show and video following it.

As for how much a DVD will hold, it depends upon what size your video is.
Standard DVDs will hold 4.7GB and a duble layer will hold 8.54GB.
Which is a lot of pictures and video in anyones standard.

The DVD-R DVD+R difference can easily be summarized by the following:

* The DVD-R/RW standard was developed by Pioneer, and is used primarily by Apple and Pioneer. These “minus“ discs can only be written to in one layer on the discs surface. In addition, this format is supported by the DVD forum, but is in no way an industry standard. DVD-R/RW discs are cheaper than the “plus” format.

* The DVD+R/RW format is supported by Philips, Dell, Sony, HP, and Microsoft. These discs can be written to in multiple layers, giving them slightly better and more disc storage than the “minus“ format. Because of this additional capacity, they are slightly more expensive than “minus“ discs.

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:27 pm

Thanks dave great info as usual.

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:59 pm

One thing I forgot to mention, when using WMM to make a slideshow or video, make sure you have enough free space for the temp files. You must have at least 9GB of free space if using a Dual Layer DVD or almost 5Gb for a normal DVD.

When making your film (editing) it is best to disconnect from the internet and turn off your security programs and shut down anything else that is running in the systray that you do not need for editing. That way you have maximum RAM for the job.

When ready to burn, turn off any screen saver to prevent it cutting in during the burn.
dave

diyguys · Post by **diyguys** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:04 pm

you should do a book brill thanks