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dvd vs cd

bean_counter_z4

19 years ago

I had a DVD burner installed on my Win XP. No software came with it. I have a Roxio cd burner from a previous machine I plan to use to make CD's and DVD's.

I need some help. What is the difference between DVD and CD? Mostly I want to burn CD backups to archive photos. Also, I want to start burning some CD's or DVD's of old BW photos to share with the family. Hoping they will play on television DVD players. Help me understand the concepts.

Thanks.

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bob414
19 years ago
You might find the answers to your questions here: Videohelp.com until someone who can help comes along here. Pooh Bear knows about this stuff if he happens by.
Pooh Bear
19 years ago
I'm going to have to second the VideoHelp.com site.
DVD's are just like CD's. Only they hold a lot more data.
Both can be used as data storage disks.
Both can be used as video disks.
CD's can be used as music disks.
There may be a DVD music disk but since I
don't listen to music I wouldn't know about it.

Disks that will be used in a DVD player
need to be compatable with the DVD player.
Some players support more formats than others.

At the very least you will need some kind of authoring software.
This is the software that will create the menues and chapters
And some software will do it automatically.
It all depends on how complicated or easy you want to make it.

There is way to much info for me to go into here.
But you can find all of it at videohelp.com

Pooh Bear

Here is a link that might be useful: Video Help dot com
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Pooh Bear
19 years ago
Here is another excellent source of info about DVD disks.

Pooh Bear

Here is a link that might be useful: Digital FAQ

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