Re: Creating A dvd

Thanks for the reply(Yves) and additional email(Awebo).I Copied My Photo
story to a dvd-r and yet again it would not play on both my dvd players(will
try it at a friends later)The Story playes in my Windows Media Player.
What am I doing wrong,bye the way this is all new to me.
Many Thanks
Conor

"Yves Alarie" wrote:

> There are four kinds of DVD disks you can purchase:
> -R
> -RW
> +R
> +RW.
> Forget about -RW or + RW to play in a DVD
> There are three types of DVD burners (DVD drives):
> -R and -RW
> +R and +RW
> -R and -RW and +R and +RW
> So you purchase -R or +R discs according to the type of burner you have.
> Now, the same is true for DVD. Some will play:
> only -R (first DVD player could play this only)
> only +R (rare)
> or -R and +R (become the new standard)
> The most common is -R. So if your burner can copy to -R, use this.
>
>
> "Conor D" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E30EE25B-E07D-4A3E-B580-E1F507067078@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Can you plaese help me,I downloaded pic's from my digital camera and
> scanner
> > to floders.I created a dvd with photo story 3,but some dvd players will
> not
> > play it....
> > I dont fully understand the + and - on the dvd r,all I want to do is be
> able
> > to gather my pics add soundtracks and allow them to play on all typs of
> dvd
> > players???
> > Regards
> > Conor
>
>
>
.

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