Can high res pics be added to a DVD burned in VS 11

Bill Carson · Post by **Bill Carson** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:25 am

Can high resolution photos be added to a DVD burned in VS 11?

I want to distribute 1) a 5 minute vacation video assembled in VS, 2) raw video clips and 3) high resolution images in one DVD. The video tutorial on burning DVDs make the first and second objective look simple, but how might I add high resolution photos to the DVD that people could access from something like MS Windows Explorer.

If that's not possible, I see that low resolution images could simply be added to a slide-show, even indexing them by chapters (like I plan to do with the raw video), but those aren't acceptable for printing.

Thanks,
Bill

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:54 am

Because a DVD is bound by certain standards and intended to be viewed on a TV screen, the use of high resolution images as plain data, accessible from a PC is not supported or possible.

You can, of course, edit your video clips etc. in VS and create a new mpeg or even DV-Avi file from the edited material. Burn these to a DVD disk as mpeg or avi file and add your high res pictures as well. These can be accessed and played on any PC which has the necessary codecs installed. This disk cannot, however, be played on a stand alone DVD player.

Bill Carson · Post by **Bill Carson** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:05 am

heinz-oz wrote:...These can be accessed and played on any PC which has the necessary codecs installed. This disk cannot, however, be played on a stand alone DVD player.

Ah, that's what I was afraid of.

Oh well, that's what photo sharing sites are for I guess...

Thanks Heinz-oz!

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:16 am

You are welcome. Photo sharing is fine also but not for high resolution files. Unless your recipients are on high speed broadband connections. They might not want to sit for hours waiting for the file to download if they are on dial up.

You might also find that these sites limit the size of images also, frame size as well as file size.

I would make a DVD with the low res images (TV's can't display high res anyhow) and include a standard CD with the images in full resolution for people who want to print these.