Nikon 1 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Finished process 320 slides to digital saved DVD. Opening DVD in Affinity works fine. Put DVD into TV DVD player and it can't read the file. What do I do now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted February 5, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 5, 2019 Hi Nikon1, Welcome to the forums. Which format did you export the files to using Affinity as it would need to be one that the DVD player supports opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 @Nikon 1 Following up what @Lee D has written, I suspect that you have burned the Affinity Photo files to DVD; this produces a Data DVD which your computer can read/open because you have Affinity Photo installed on your computer. Any computer which does NOT have APh installed would NOT be able to read the files on your DVD. You need to Export your files to a format, e.g. jpg., which is, effectively, "universal", i.e they can be opened by any computer, whether or not APh is installed. Unfortunately, though, there is an additional problem in the method you are using! I assume you are inserting your DVD into a standard DVD Player, or, perhaps, a DVD Drive on your TV? Is that correct? If so, it is more than likely that the chosen drive cannot read/play any Data DVD since this is in a different format to a standard DVD. (Your disc player needs certain codes and information to be burned on to the disc which tells it, essentially, what the content of the disc is; where, exactly, on the disc each file is located; and a whole lot more!) A Data DVD does NOT contain that information so your player does not know what to do with the disc! OTOH, if your DVD player can handle Data DVDs successfully, the problem is simply one of the format of the files you have burned to disc. HTH Jeff Lee D 1 Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 17.4) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 If the problem is as @emmrecs01 indicates, then you might have better luck copying your images onto a USB stick, assuming your TV has a USB slot! John emmrecs01 1 Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikon 1 Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Lee D said: Hi Nikon1, Welcome to the forums. Which format did you export the files to using Affinity as it would need to be one that the DVD player supports opening. When I finished each slide I hit 'save as' put a name on the file and the program automatically saved it as .afphoto. I was not given a choice of the file format. Therefore, all photo files on the disk and on a flash drive are .afphoto files and the DVD player, the TV USB port and my wife's computer will not open either the disk or the flash drive. Why is there not away to save in a simple .JPEG format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikon 1 Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 7 hours ago, emmrecs01 said: @Nikon 1 Following up what @Lee D has written, I suspect that you have burned the Affinity Photo files to DVD; this produces a Data DVD which your computer can read/open because you have Affinity Photo installed on your computer. Any computer which does NOT have APh installed would NOT be able to read the files on your DVD. You need to Export your files to a format, e.g. jpg., which is, effectively, "universal", i.e they can be opened by any computer, whether or not APh is installed. Unfortunately, though, there is an additional problem in the method you are using! I assume you are inserting your DVD into a standard DVD Player, or, perhaps, a DVD Drive on your TV? Is that correct? If so, it is more than likely that the chosen drive cannot read/play any Data DVD since this is in a different format to a standard DVD. (Your disc player needs certain codes and information to be burned on to the disc which tells it, essentially, what the content of the disc is; where, exactly, on the disc each file is located; and a whole lot more!) A Data DVD does NOT contain that information so your player does not know what to do with the disc! OTOH, if your DVD player can handle Data DVDs successfully, the problem is simply one of the format of the files you have burned to disc. HTH Jeff What you have said makes sense. You are correct the DVD and the TV and my wife's computer without the Affinity program do not the files. So, getting the 320 files in the JPEG format: is there a batch way this can be done or is it one at a time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikon 1 Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 3 hours ago, John Rostron said: If the problem is as @emmrecs01 indicates, then you might have better luck copying your images onto a USB stick, assuming your TV has a USB slot! John Tried that...no luck. John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Quote Why is there not away to save in a simple .JPEG format? In "Affinity-speak" you can "save" only in Affinity Photo (.afphoto) format. You need to use the option to "Export", File>Export, and choose the type of file you wish to export to, presumably .jpg. Make sure you check ALL the available settings on the Export screen, including those under the "More" button. 7 minutes ago, Nikon 1 said: is there a batch way this can be done Yes. Explore the options under File>New Batch Job. I cannot advise on the settings to use on this screen because I've never needed to use it. HTH Jeff Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 17.4) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikon 1 Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, emmrecs01 said: In "Affinity-speak" you can "save" only in Affinity Photo (.afphoto) format. You need to use the option to "Export", File>Export, and choose the type of file you wish to export to, presumably .jpg. Make sure you check ALL the available settings on the Export screen, including those under the "More" button. Yes. Explore the options under File>New Batch Job. I cannot advise on the settings to use on this screen because I've never needed to use it. HTH Jeff Thanks so much, I will see what I can do. For a non-tech this has been a stressful trek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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