This guide will explain how to make a still picture VCD with VCDEasy. On a still picture VCD you can store several hundred pictures in DVD quality(704x480/576) and you can play the still picture VCD on all DVD Players that supports VCDs and CD-R or CD-RW. You can also store the images as original on the VCD.
Convert images to high resolution still mpegs
We start with converting the images to the correct format so it will look okey on your TV.
Launch VCDEasy.
Click on Tools in the left menu.
Click on MPEG Stills.
Configure the settings,
select VCD2.0
select NTSC if you live in US or Japan and select PAL if you live in the rest of the world
select High
Select output folder, where VCDEasy will convert all your images to still pictures.
Leave the rest default(you can try around with the settings if you like to)
Now add first one image to test how it look like in the Preview Window.
When you think it looks okey add all your still pictures, you simple open explorer and select all images by hold down shift and select and drag them on the image window at the top left and now will vcdeasy convert them all to mpg still pictures, it will take some time if you add many.
Author the VCD
Now lets author and burn the VCD
Click on (S)VCD in the left menu head back to the main VCD still picture creation.
Select VCD 2.0
Select Your CD-Writer and Burn
Select VolumeLabel
Select where to save the temporarily output
Add all the generated still pictures MPG by hit Add files and select all by hold down shift and select
Click on Options
Here do we change the default playtime for all images.
Set the default timeout for all images (you can still press next on your player if you wanna change images faster).
Click on Interactivity
Here can we change the order how the images should be play.
You could leave it as default now and it should play in order both if you press the next button on the remote or let it timeout. But if you wanna make it to play in a loop you can easily do that.
Select the last Play item
Change the timeout to the first play item
and also select the next to the first play item
You can play around with these settings if you like to and then try on cd-rw.
Optional step
If you also wanna store/backup your images as original you can easily store them on the VCD.
Select ISO-Files in the top menu.
Create a new folder calles images or similiar.
And add all your images to that folder, you can then later easily access them in your computer, just insert the vcd in your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM and browse to that folder.
Check the Appromixate size, if you burn on 74 min CD the max is about 740 MB and on 80 min 800 MB.
Last hit Go to start authoring and burning, burn preferably on a CD-RW so you can test.
