image directories to slide show to DVD app
 

I see a lot of choices for making slide slows that will play as slide shows on DVD. What I'm not sure of is which one will do exactly what I need.

I need to automate thousands of image directories into automatic slide shows that will play from a DVD. Because there are so many images and I do not want to add sound or even edit them, I just want to be able to have the app take a directory - and subdirectories if possible - and convert it to a playable video format that I can burn onto a DVD.

The point is really to get thousands of images to display with a few seconds between each one in a video show. Basically, that's viewing a huge image archive as a video without further human intervention.

Most slideshow to DVD apps have a bunch of bells and whistles that let people be artistic with their presentations. I don't need that and don't even want it. I just want the automatic display-images-sequentially-as-video function. Simple is best.

Anyone know an app that will let me do that?

Thanks in advance,
Art

I know there are lots of programs capable of this. I use Adobe Premiere Elemets 2, and this is automated. I haven't tested to see if it can include subdirectories automatically but I'll do that in a moment :)

Updated:
I've tried it now, and it worked! I didn't have 365 directories and thousands of pictures in this test, but it was plain and simple:
1 - "Add media" To add root folder of pictures.
2 - "Create slideshow"
3 - "Create DVD" without menus and other interactions
4 - "Burn DVD"

Plain and simple. It also includes any videofiles you have captured with your digital camera. If you'll like to add a soundtrack just drag and drop your music in the audio track.

Download a trial version and see for your self :)

Thanks. I tried Nero -which is so good for most things like this but it really wants you to be artistic and edit things and set a sound track and stuff. I didn't see any way to do the simple thing.

Also, let's say I have 365 image directories with about 60 images each. What I need is a continuous video that will play the whole disk at once, without human intervention. To do that, I'd think I would need it to be able to do the 300 subdirectories in a single process.

Thanks for your response. freeload.

A picture says more than a 1000 words, so check this out:
Flash video made just for you :)

freeload - I really appreciate your efforte to assist me in this.

give me some timne to test out this solution and I'll surely get back to you.

Thanks,
Art