Problems burning photos using iBook

vivientan · 7th January 2005

I have problems reading images burnt using my iBook on a pc. Initially, I thought it was the problem with the built-in burner software. However, when I installed Toast recently, I have this same problem.

These images I burnt were scanned using a film scanner, the Minolta Dual Scan IV. A friend went through these images and said that the scanner software didn't save my photos as thumbnails. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Would appreciate advice asap as these photos are meant for a client and I've spent days scanning them into my iBook.

I did not encounter this problem when I was scanning photos into my old pc. They can be read on both mac & pc.

ckiang · 7th January 2005

In Toast, did you select the disk type as "PC & Mac" or "Mac Only" ? If you selected the latter the disc will not be readable on the PC. What format are the images saved as btw?

Regards
CK

Wai · 7th January 2005

just wonder, what are the differences between "PC & Mac" vs "Mac only" format?

will it take up more space? why choose Mac only when you can have support for both format?

vivientan · 7th January 2005

Originally Posted by ckiang

In Toast, did you select the disk type as "PC & Mac" or "Mac Only" ? If you selected the latter the disc will not be readable on the PC. What format are the images saved as btw?

Regards
CK

Initially, I just used the built in software for burning. However, when I used Toast to burn my images & selected "PC & Mac", the problem still persists. The images are scanned in tif or jpg. According to my friend, for some strange reason, there are no file extensions in the images although they are scanned in tif or jpg.

I wonder if there is any way to make my photos readable on pc. Sigh...

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 7th January 2005

can u even read the disc in your PC? if you can, den u can try to copy a file into your pc, rename the file with the tif/jpg extension & try to view it

gadget · 7th January 2005

Although I never had problems reading CD-Rs burnt on an ibook/powerbook I did have some issues with CD-RWs. Check whether your PC can only read CDs which have been 'finalised'.

vivientan · 7th January 2005

Originally Posted by Del_CtrlnoAlt

can u even read the disc in your PC? if you can, den u can try to copy a file into your pc, rename the file with the tif/jpg extension & try to view it

No, the icons that appear in my pc are not those of jpg or tif. I've no problems reading on my mac though.

vivientan · 7th January 2005

Originally Posted by gadget

Although I never had problems reading CD-Rs burnt on an ibook/powerbook I did have some issues with CD-RWs. Check whether your PC can only read CDs which have been 'finalised'.

Erm, that could be the problem...cos those I have problems opening are on CD-RWs. Tomorrow I'll bring some CD-R I've burnt using the Mac to the office to see if I encounter the same problem.

vivientan · 8th January 2005

Same problem! Even the CD-R don't work!

I'm pretty sure it's the Dual Scan software. When I re-save the images in PS as jpg and burn them, I can open on a PC. Can anyone shed a light on why Dual Scan doesn't save images with a jpg or tif extension after scanning?

ckiang · 8th January 2005

Are you at least be able to see the files on the CD-R/RW you burnt on the PC? If it's just a missing extension you just need to make sure the extension is there when it's saved. OS X can work with files without extensions and it knows how to launch the file's opener/creater without depending on file extensions (like Windows), that's why you have no problems on the Mac.

Not sure why your DualScan software doesn't save with extension tho, you might want to check its Preferences to see if there's an option to enable the extensions, failing which you might want to batch rename the files before burning.

Regards
CK

snowspeeder · 8th January 2005

If you're using Toast, I think there's this check box that says "Resolve Aliases". Check on this box. Also, I will always select ISO 9660 Level 1. For whatever the reason, it never fails me.

vivientan · 9th January 2005

Originally Posted by ckiang

Are you at least be able to see the files on the CD-R/RW you burnt on the PC? If it's just a missing extension you just need to make sure the extension is there when it's saved. OS X can work with files without extensions and it knows how to launch the file's opener/creater without depending on file extensions (like Windows), that's why you have no problems on the Mac.

Not sure why your DualScan software doesn't save with extension tho, you might want to check its Preferences to see if there's an option to enable the extensions, failing which you might want to batch rename the files before burning.

Regards
CK

I have resolved my problem....the long way. I added in the extension to each of the image in pc, all 400 of them! When I scanned my photos using my old pc, I didn't encounter this problem. Guess there are still some compatiility issues between pc & mac. I also realised we can't add in the extension to files in mac, unlike pc. I did that and I can't open my photos in mac thereafter.

As for Dual Scan, I normally do a batch scan. Since I've oredi selected jpg as the format, don't think I need to go to the extent of using ".jpg" when I manually rename my files right?

vivientan · 9th January 2005

Originally Posted by snowspeeder

If you're using Toast, I think there's this check box that says "Resolve Aliases". Check on this box. Also, I will always select ISO 9660 Level 1. For whatever the reason, it never fails me.

How can I access the options u mentioned above? I can't seem to find them anywhere.

madmacs · 10th January 2005

funny..i dont have that problem writing tiff and jpeg files to mac&pc cd-r using toast. the file extensions are always there so can read on my office pc. take a look at finder preferences or do a get info on the image files. there is a check box about file extensions there. not sure if that has anything to do with it.

7th January 2005	#1
vivientan Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cloudland Posts: 681	Problems burning photos using iBook I have problems reading images burnt using my iBook on a pc. Initially, I thought it was the problem with the built-in burner software. However, when I installed Toast recently, I have this same problem. These images I burnt were scanned using a film scanner, the Minolta Dual Scan IV. A friend went through these images and said that the scanner software didn't save my photos as thumbnails. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Would appreciate advice asap as these photos are meant for a client and I've spent days scanning them into my iBook. I did not encounter this problem when I was scanning photos into my old pc. They can be read on both mac & pc.

7th January 2005	#5
Del_CtrlnoAlt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Outside the Dry Box. Posts: 16,342	can u even read the disc in your PC? if you can, den u can try to copy a file into your pc, rename the file with the tif/jpg extension & try to view it __________________ Logging Off Permanently. Those who need to contact me will know where to contact me.

7th January 2005	#6
gadget Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 92	Assuming you're on OSX Although I never had problems reading CD-Rs burnt on an ibook/powerbook I did have some issues with CD-RWs. Check whether your PC can only read CDs which have been 'finalised'.

7th January 2005	#2
ckiang Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,597	In Toast, did you select the disk type as "PC & Mac" or "Mac Only" ? If you selected the latter the disc will not be readable on the PC. What format are the images saved as btw? Regards CK

7th January 2005	#3
Wai Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South Pole with Penguins Posts: 5,133	just wonder, what are the differences between "PC & Mac" vs "Mac only" format? will it take up more space? why choose Mac only when you can have support for both format?

8th January 2005	#9
vivientan Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cloudland Posts: 681	Same problem! Even the CD-R don't work! I'm pretty sure it's the Dual Scan software. When I re-save the images in PS as jpg and burn them, I can open on a PC. Can anyone shed a light on why Dual Scan doesn't save images with a jpg or tif extension after scanning?

8th January 2005	#11
snowspeeder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 35A East Coast Rd Posts: 3,436	If you're using Toast, I think there's this check box that says "Resolve Aliases". Check on this box. Also, I will always select ISO 9660 Level 1. For whatever the reason, it never fails me.

10th January 2005	#14
madmacs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,436	funny..i dont have that problem writing tiff and jpeg files to mac&pc cd-r using toast. the file extensions are always there so can read on my office pc. take a look at finder preferences or do a get info on the image files. there is a check box about file extensions there. not sure if that has anything to do with it.