JPEG Slideshow with Audio

October 22, 2007 2:20 AM

I have pictures and audio files that I'd like to be able to burn to a CD and see/hear when I put it into a DVD player.

I have 158 .jpegs with corresponding .wav files (file001.jpg and file001.jpg.wav; because the audio came from embedded exif audio tags). I'd like to display the pictures in a slide show, with each picture showing as long as it takes for the corresponding audio to play, before moving on to the next photo/audio set. (An automatic slide show is fine, bonus points if there is a way to make it advance with the fast forward button on the remote control). I'm wondering what program, or programs I would need that would allow me to do this (preferably free programs, although I do have Nero 7).

I assume the end result would be a VCD or an SVCD, but the other stipulation I have with my end product is a .doc file I'd like to have on the CD so that it can be put in a computer and retrieved.

I don't need step by step instructions, just wondering what programs I would need to get me pointed in the right direction.

posted by sepsis to computers & internet (3 comments total)

If you have a laptop with TV-out and a headphone jack-to-RCA cable, you could do this in PowerPoint and play it on a television. Not exactly what you're looking for, I know, but maybe something to fall back on.
posted by hjo3 at 2:53 AM on October 22, 2007

Here is a tutorial for making a DVD photo album with sound on Linux.
posted by the number 17 at 3:08 AM on October 22, 2007

Don't bother banging your head against the wall trying to make this a VCD/SVCD, that's just a world of pain, burn it as a proper DVD and then you can play it on any DVD player or computer. As for your stipulation that the end product include a doc file, don't be fucking stupid. Word docs are not for audio/video files. If you create a DVD, you could just also include another separate folder with all the original JPEG/WAV files.

Almost any DVD mastering/Video editing application will alow you to create syncronized slide shows. With 158 files, it'll take some time to pair them all up, but nothing too difficult.

In windows, I've used DVD Lab to do this (30 day trial, $100-$300 to purchase, IMHO it's the best DVD mastering software at any price).

If you have a mac, iDVD can do this or if you want a little more control, Final Cut Express (or Pro) will also let you build it.

If you're looking for something totally free cause you're a cheap bastard, you can create a timeline in VirtualDub (Windows), encode it to MPEG2 (NTSC DVD resolution is 720x480) and then burn that with your copy of Nero. (with or without a copy of the source JPG/WAV files)
posted by notpeter at 12:10 PM on October 22, 2007