Pictures on dvd or cd ?
Apr 1, 2022 15:13:42 #
sennamonster wrote:
the biggest mistake computer manufactures have ever made, is not leaving dvd drives in their computers.
Not a mistake. Online storage is “write once, read to many locations whenever and wherever. I can’t stick a CD in my smartphone!
Apr 1, 2022 16:17:44 #
CamB wrote:
Neither. Put them on flash drives or make them accessible on line. I don’t think most people have a way to read cds anymore.
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Apr 1, 2022 17:10:46 #
KenY
Loc: Glenside, Pa
jamesl wrote:
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It shouldn't matter. The main difference is the amount of space you have. I have used both myself, if the photos are 720 MB or less.
I put them on a CD. You can put up to, I believe, 4.3 GB on a standard DVD.
It shouldn't matter. The main difference is the amount of space you have. I have used both myself, if the photos are 720 MB or less.
I put them on a CD. You can put up to, I believe, 4.3 GB on a standard DVD.
A standard CD-R will hold 700Mb of data. A standard DVD-R will hold 4.35Gb of data, and a double-layer DVD-R will hold 8.5Gb of data.
Apr 1, 2022 19:07:54 #
Apr 1, 2022 23:51:37 #
If we're going with legacy technology, why not a floppy disk? Now where did I put my Walkman? 
All kidding aside, I have many CDs with images from our first digital cameras (my Fuji FinePix A Series and my wife's Olympus Camedia C-220 Zoom from c. 2002 if memory serves) and even some that I got as an add-on from Ritz Camera with 35mm film I had developed in that era. Since none of my laptops have had an optical drive since god knows when I had to buy a portable one which has worked fine. (All files long since backed up to some portable hard drives I might add.)
https://amazon.com/External-CD-DVD-Drive-Compatible/dp/B07MJW5BXZ/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2E4C9HFSQX51E&keywords=usb+optical+drive&qid=1648872061&sprefix=usb+optical+drive%2Caps%2C66&sr=8-3
All kidding aside, I have many CDs with images from our first digital cameras (my Fuji FinePix A Series and my wife's Olympus Camedia C-220 Zoom from c. 2002 if memory serves) and even some that I got as an add-on from Ritz Camera with 35mm film I had developed in that era. Since none of my laptops have had an optical drive since god knows when I had to buy a portable one which has worked fine. (All files long since backed up to some portable hard drives I might add.)
https://amazon.com/External-CD-DVD-Drive-Compatible/dp/B07MJW5BXZ/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2E4C9HFSQX51E&keywords=usb+optical+drive&qid=1648872061&sprefix=usb+optical+drive%2Caps%2C66&sr=8-3
Apr 2, 2022 00:38:07 #
KenY wrote:
A standard CD-R will hold 700Mb of data. A standard DVD-R will hold 4.35Gb of data, and a double-layer DVD-R will hold 8.5Gb of data.
DVD and CD media are only attractive as m-disc backup media at this point. The #1 model for media distribution is a web service. Find a service provider that makes sense to you, and post there. Just be cognizant of copyright laws.
Apr 2, 2022 01:07:30 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
KenY wrote:
A standard CD-R will hold 700Mb of data. A standard DVD-R will hold 4.35Gb of data, and a double-layer DVD-R will hold 8.5Gb of data.
Yup.
Me ol 8.5" held 120mb.
I thought it was kewl when I had a 5.25 360mb that I could boot from, run Weirdstar and hold my files.
I just threw out a notcher to make 1.44s out of my 720k notso flops.
Nothing I have can deal with any of this.
I may have mentioned here I found a cakebox of DVDs- ISOs- vob files.
SOMEday I'ma gonna convert them to useable "modern" mp4s and mkvs
IN THE meantime, today, do the cloud things. Flash drives to give away.
AND do SSDs- 500gb drives are getting cheap. Take up minimal shelf.
BUT tech moves on. And on.
I too have mucho CDs and DVDs- blank and used- I have to find and install a drive to use.
50 MDisks also. Big. And slow. I'm the only one I know that can use them.
I also have a pair of big USB3.1 externals for data backups. Too.
BUT what's after that? And how will we find access in 20 years with the stuff we already have?
The ONLY reliable long term form I've found has been physical.
Me mother's mother's shoebox, with WW1 pictures that are still quite good.
My mother's shoebox, with WW2 era photos.
My box from the 60's- did I really spend a year in sandals, shorts, a poncho a cowboy hat and a Nikon?
My great grands can still look at these, ask questions, know history. WE were people too back then!
Yup- grandma in high heel jellies, mini and tube, with teased up mall rat hair?
And HER mother, riding a motorcycle with me up the coast, to Oregon and back. Hippies in leather.
And 14 rolls thru my Zenobia. GREAT point-and-shoot pocket camera. Still got it, BTW.
If it wasn't printed, everything before the 2000s is basically gone, everything printed is real.
YMMV, of course.
Apr 2, 2022 06:19:40 #
jerrym wrote:
I have about 200 pictures of an event on Picassa on my computer and want to know is it better to put them on a cd or dvd ? These would be presents for event participants. Thanks jerry
If you are just distributing, CD or DVD is fine. But if the participants are trying to keep them for the long term, flash drive is more permanent. Better still, put them up on a cloud service (there are many) and give participants the link.
Apr 2, 2022 08:04:11 #
Apr 2, 2022 10:37:55 #
The stone tablet is still one of the most durable data storage methods, but the data is read only, the write rate is slow, and it’s not very compact.
Apr 2, 2022 11:14:10 #
JD750 wrote:
The stone tablet is still one of the most durable data storage methods, but the data is read only, the write rate is slow, and it’s not very compact.
The color rendition needs to be addressed.
Apr 2, 2022 11:22:26 #
jamesl wrote:
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It shouldn't matter. The main difference is the amount of space you have. I have used both myself, if the photos are 720 MB or less.
I put them on a CD. You can put up to, I believe, 4.3 GB on a standard DVD.
It shouldn't matter. The main difference is the amount of space you have. I have used both myself, if the photos are 720 MB or less.
I put them on a CD. You can put up to, I believe, 4.3 GB on a standard DVD.
I’m not sure, but aren’t DVD’s more stable/archival than CD’s?
Apr 2, 2022 11:34:11 #
Spirit Vision Photography wrote:
I’m not sure, but aren’t DVD’s more stable/archival than CD’s?
Not sure about that, but home recorded CDs/DVDs are not as reliable long term as professionally mastered discs, and neither make good archival storage even in the same league as MDisks, which are as robust as it gets.
Apr 2, 2022 11:50:56 #
jerrym wrote:
I have about 200 pictures of an event on Picassa on my computer and want to know is it better to put them on a cd or dvd ? These would be presents for event participants. Thanks jerry
Definitely put them on a flash drive, without Picasa. Both CD and DVDs are very slow and unreliable. Also, flash drives can be used on phones with an inexpensive adaptor...many people rely exclusively on phones.
Apr 2, 2022 19:15:46 #
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