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JPEG files not being recognised by domestic DVD player
My wife and I have several digital cameras between us and I regularly
compose slide shows on my PC and burn them on to CD or DVD for showing on our television(s). Until recently this has worked fine with the 2 DVD players and TVs that we had. I have recently bought an all singing, all dancing Sony DVD recorder (RDR-HXD710) which is fantastic BUT it has a horrible habit of not being able to read SOME of the jpeg files. So far I have discovered: 1. it does not recognise ANY files from one camera BUT if I rotate them and then rotate them back before burning to CD then they work (this can be done in bulk in Windows Explorer); 2. it does not recognise files from another camera that have been rotated from landscape to portrait in the Camedia photo package, even after doing 1 above; 3. if files are reduced in size only nominaly then they are recognised. The trouble is that 2 and 3 above cannot be done in bulk and it is tedious to go through the process file by file. Any suggestions for why this happens and how to get around the problem? |
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Unless I am misunderstanding case 3, Irfanview should perform that function in bulk. Dave Cohen Thanks Dave. Have just downloaded Irfanview and first signs are good. Thanks for the tip. |
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JPEG files not being recognised by domestic DVD player
Out of curiosity, what are the models of the cameras? Like the other poster said, you can do most bulk functions with irfanview (rotate, resize, etc.) Olympus C300 3.0 megapix - our first digi camera. Very good but now showing signs of its age. Camedia software came from here so that is also now somewhat dated and is not the most userfriendly. Konica Minolta Dimage Z5 5.0 megapix - bought to replace my trusty Canon EOS 500N. It is ok. Super 12x optical zoom and antishake but rather disappointed with the colour rendition as compared with the Olympus. Fuji Finepix Z2 5.1 megapix - bought only recently for my wife to replace the Olympus. Fantastic little camera, good colour and clarity, and with 1Gig memory card is really all we need. Furthermore, the pictures from this do not seem to cause any problems on the DVD Recorder previously mentioned. |
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Matt Ion wrote:
I would guess the player is having a similar issue, not being able to read some embedded data and not recognizing the image file because of it. Good point. Along that thought, IrfanView has this feature under JPEG lossless transformations where you can strip off EXIF and other metadata without affecting image quality. I believe you can apply these in batch too. (You need to download the JPEG lossless extension, does not come default with Irfanview). |
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Suggestion:
The posters who suggested that your older cameras are producing older EXIF or other non-image data that your new DVD player can't handle sound right to me. However you probably _don't_ want to lose the EXIF data if you can avoid it. It may be that Windows Explorer or Irfanview will write it back in a newer format which is compatible. If so then whatever program preserves the data for you is the one you want. Also, you want to do as little to the images as you can. You especially want to avoid re-compressing the images if you can avoid it, since that involves some loss of quality. Find out what you can about the programs you're using with regard to this issue. If Irfanview can preserve the data, you might keep a copy of the program and all of its plugins on a CD somewhere just in case some future version of the program loses compatibility with the old formats. Finally, I'd contact the camera manufacturers to find out if they are aware of this problem and see if they can give you more information about it. They might also have free "firmware" updates for the cameras that will help. ("Firmware" is the software that programs the cameras internal processor, called "firmware" because you can't change it without going through very special procedures. Alan |
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JPEG files not being recognised by domestic DVD player
My wife and I have several digital cameras etc Many thanks for all your replies. I had already thought that it might be something to do with the metadata as Matt has ably described. I alway keep separate copies on CD/DVD of all my original picture files so there is no problem in loosing the metadata when I create separate slide shows. I will therefore try clearing this in bulk using Irfanview or the other program suggested. Again, many thanks. Nick |
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