I want to make an SD card into a slide projector, but Canon says I can't !! They lie !! (Page 2): Since you can't get this to work the way you want it to, in what way did Canon lie?

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

graybeard wrote:

Specifically, I want to take a new SD card and ded... (show quote)

Since you can't get this to work the way you want it to, in what way did Canon lie? They might have been lying if you were able to get it to work in spite of what you were told, but that assumes they fully understood exactly what you wanted to accomplish and purposely tried to deceive you. You have not demonstrated any intent to deceive on Canon's part. Words have meaning and using them can have consequences. Accusing Canon of lying seems inappropriate.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Just move all the images (as JPEGs) onto a USB “thumb drive” and plug it into the TV’s USB port and forget the SD and the camera. Almost all TVs in the last decade have both a USB port and the ability to automatically do a slide show from a USB drive. Simple.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

graybeard wrote:

.....I find anywhere from a few to none of the pictures there......

If it works for some, it should work for all. Make sure you're giving the computer enough time to download the files. SD cards are slow compared to the computer and it may not be obvious if a process of downloading has been completed or not. Suggestions to bypass the camera and SD cards make a lot of sense. Even if you were successful in downloading all of the files that you want, the TV is more likely to be able to read a USB stick than an SD card in the way you describe.

tcthome Loc: NJ

BebuLamar wrote:

I don't think it makes a difference. You can do slide show with the images the camera took but not images you put on the SD card. I believe there is some extra files on the SD card to tell the cameras the images it took.

Try shooting in jpeg only & then try again. Probably the best chance of it working. I would just put them on a dvd.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

tcthome wrote:

Try shooting in jpeg only & then try again. Probably the best chance of it working. I would just put them on a dvd.

Check your own TV. If there's a USB plug handy on the side / back, that's the better way to go ...

coolhanduke Loc: Redondo Beach, CA

Sounds like a mis match of file markers. If you delete files on a card it really doesn’t delete the file, it removes the file marker (as simplest I can describe it). That’s why retrieval software can recover most deleted files or formatted cards.
The camera knows this for that card. When you try to transfer files from one card to the other, the camera is getting confused.
Why the need to use Camera for slide show? Why not just create a folder on your computer and use slide show software?

Red6

graybeard wrote:

Specifically, I want to take a new SD card and ded... (show quote)

Lots of good suggestions here especially using the USB drives plugged directly into the TV.

However, I wonder if part of the problem is the naming convention or method used by the camera. All cameras, regardless of brand, have specific file naming and handling conventions. If you are loading images that are from another camera or even have been renamed in the computer during handling or editing operations, the camera may no longer "see" the image files. Just because all the files are jpg does not guarantee they can be read. As others have mentioned the camera's logic is limited to the file convention it generates itself internally and uses.

The fact that some work may be images (files) that were actually taken in that camera and have not been altered, modified, or name changed in any way. You may try duplicating the file naming convention of the camera you want to use for playback on some of the image files to check this out. Rename a few files using the naming convention and consective numbering to check it out.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Use a USB thumb drive. Put the files on it and plug into the TV. Eeezy peeezy.

Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

Take photos of your photos, images will then be on your card. Watch out for reflections on your monitor.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

Red6 wrote:

Lots of good suggestions here especially using the... (show quote)

I use a camera by a different maker. Years ago, I tried to put some additional photographs on the memory card so that I could access them in the field as reference photos. They were unaltered photos from the same camera. No go.

My conclusion was that the camera operating system would access and display only photographs named by the camera that were in the proper sequence and were in a table the camera was maintaining internally. Logical? Maybe not. Did it ever work? No.

fetzler Loc: North West PA

Well you can you can't turn a an sd card into a slide projector. I can't turn my steam iron into a Corvette either.

An SD card is just another type of drive. Treat it as such.

For your purpose you will need jpeg files and not RAW files.

Assuming you have jpeg files, you can do what you want using your computer's file management system.

1. You can copy your images from the camera SD card ( using a card reader) onto a temporary directory on your hard drive. Next, copy the files onto a a new SD card.

2. If you have two card readers you can just copy files from one sd card to the other.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

I think you’re right. SD cards must be designed so they only accept photos made by a camera and not transferred to them by another method. I made a DCIM folder on a formatted SD card, put some photos in it, and tried to open the folder on my iPad. No go.

larryepage wrote:

I use a camera by a different maker. Years ago, I tried to put some additional photographs on the memory card so that I could access them in the field as reference photos. They were unaltered photos from the same camera. No go.

My conclusion was that the camera operating system would access and display only photographs named by the camera that were in the proper sequence and were in a table the camera was maintaining internally. Logical? Maybe not. Did it ever work? No.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

graybeard wrote:

Specifically, I want to take a new SD card and ded... (show quote)

Why not use a LapTop Computer for your Slide Show? The Video card in the computer should have TV out put. Or have they taken that off computers too. I think my towers has TV outs of some form. I have never tried it since ages ago from a laptop to a 32" TV as if it were a monitor. Your computer should be able to show externally JPEGs, TIFFs, AVI, and other formats. Not RAW though.

Not as a slide show but also in a hit or miss fashion I have moved images files in various directions between my DSLRs, SmartPhones, and Windows Computers. But the origins of the image file may have a bearing on what can be done with it. And I know this to be true, but it would take a long bit of writing to detail all the strange examples I have of both image and audio files that should be the "same" having different "hidden" properties. Good luck.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

graybeard wrote:

Not exactly sure I follow you. Have you tried to do this? For some reason I occasionally succede in getting the results I want. But I have too many files to try this hit or miss approach.

Does your TV have a USB slot? If so, put the images on a thumb drive or put your SD card into a USB card reader.

Stan

kufengler Loc: Meridian, Idaho 83646

I have pictures saved in albums on Google Photos, then using Roku I access those albums to view them on any of our TV's or even and ones TV as long as I can access my Google account.
This is an example of an album. With Roku you can adjust how long the pictures are viewed, in what order and how they are projected. In the attached picture you can see the Google Photo App, which needs to be downloaded.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/rz5OegzEZPmkhgD52