Burning photo files onto a dvd disk, what is the correct way?

[Aura]

Hi I'm burning photo files onto a dvd disk (4.7gb 16x) and I select all then right click and 'send to', and CD/DVD instead of flash drive. Lately it has worked, but when I did it this morning it said there wasn't enough room on the disk, so I copied some image's and then retried with the remaining one's (330 picture's). A box has come up saying it's copying them over but at 0% it's not doing anything.

Am I doing something wrong? It used to be so much easier when I could do a gift CD with Picassa but since that's gone I've had to make do with windows.

Can someone explain to me please?

Thanks.

 

[Bighorn]

There indeed could be not enough room on the disc, DVDs typically can hold only about 4.0 to 4.2GB after their formatting. DVD RW discs may be a bit less. The DVD+R DL/DualLayer disc at 8.4GB can hold only about 8GB.

 

[Aura]

Thanks for your reply. What's with the box coming up saying it's copying them over but at 0%, not doing anything? Am I better off using Windows media player?

 

[Bighorn]

I've not had basic issues with File Explorer being able to burn files. I use Windows Photo Viewer instead of Photos, no problem with it but that's been left out of Win10.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/14312-restore-windows-photo-viewer-windows-10-a.html

 

[Aura]

Hi I've never heard of Windows Photo Viewer. can I also make gift CD's, DVD's using this please?

 

[Bighorn]

I've never heard of Windows Photo Viewer

It's been around for several Versions of Windows, may seem a bit 'toothy' to newcomers to Windows 10 but still quite useful.

can I also make gift CD's, DVD's using this please?

There's several variables in such a project as in who will be receiving them, do they have a computer, do they have a particular program like what is used to create the discs. I just use them for file storage/archiving which most computers can read. Do the discs need to auto-run, do they need to play on a TV, maybe a presentation as PowerPoint or other program can do?