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"Photo CD/DVD on a PS2?"

Is it possible to create a photo CD that will play on a PS2. I have a load of holiday snaps (JPEGS)which I want to put onto a CD and send to my mate, but he only has a PS2.
Is this possible and if yes what format?. PS I have Nero 5.5.

Probably as Milenko said, but a DVD writer costs about 400 and the discs are about 9.99 each!!!

By The Way the Sega Saturn was Photo CD compatible :-)

So does that mean the PS2 can play DVD-R/RW?. What about DVD+R/RW will it play these?

Res€vilfan wrote:
> The PS2 is a funny thing, It plays Audio CDRs with digital output
> enabled meaning you can basically pirate anything, The PS2 can only
> play DVDs (maybe DVD-Rs) but VCDs, SVCDs, PHOTO CDs will not play on
> the machine. I thought about playing around with the Nero compatibilty
> on SVCDs (MPEG2) but I doubt it works.
>
> My advice for you is to use Nero to make a VCD/SVCD (get plugin from
> Kazaa) and you can flick through your images no probs in incredibly
> good quality, only on a dvd player though :-)


Yep, it does play DVD-r discs (movies) without a mod, but they need to be on quality 2nd gen media. At the moment the only way to watch a vcd on PS2 is to convert the movie into a DVD type of format, this takes up alot of space on the cd so you can only get around 20mins of movie per disc (not worth the hassle)

I read something Action Replay 2, if you open put the disc in yoour PC and read a file in a hexeditor you can see the options for a menu that has been removed. The menu includes a vcd player, MP3 player and a couple of other things. No one has been able to activate this menu so it probably isn't included on the disc at all, but the fact that the file is there in the first place is interesting.

Maybe Datel did develop these extra features but were forced to exclude them from the final product.

too be honest it is not true, trust me

or

maybe not

The PS2 is a funny thing, It plays Audio CDRs with digital output enabled meaning you can basically pirate anything, The PS2 can only play DVDs (maybe DVD-Rs) but VCDs, SVCDs, PHOTO CDs will not play on the machine. I thought about playing around with the Nero compatibilty on SVCDs (MPEG2) but I doubt it works.

My advice for you is to use Nero to make a VCD/SVCD (get plugin from Kazaa) and you can flick through your images no probs in incredibly good quality, only on a dvd player though :-)

30111987 wrote:
> It's like vcds, i know alot are cdr copies but the ps2 can't even play
> original vcds, like most modern half decent dvd players.

WOW!!! COOL. And ure name is even better

It's like vcds, i know alot are cdr copies but the ps2 can't even play original vcds, like most modern half decent dvd players.

But then again why should they include this option, which might cost them big money for the odd person here and there so they can share holidays snaps with friends.. no offence and all but get what i mean?

SkythePig wrote:
> Is this a Sony thing?
> I am sure you can play the photo CD's on a normal DVD player, so why
> do Sony make theirs different?

Piracy.

Basically a photo CD is a CDR, and Sony have prevented it playing them so that you can't play copied games.

Plus, it requires special software, which PS2 doesn't have. As far as I know, the Xbox won't let you play them either.

Is this a Sony thing?
I am sure you can play the photo CD's on a normal DVD player, so why do Sony make theirs different?