How do I burn a iPhoto DVD, so that it will play in a DVD player?

I burned a dvd of photos. The burn seemed to go fine got message that burn was successful. Put dvd in dvd player got message that player could not play dvd. What am i doing wrong? Is it type of dvd I used or something else? I've never burned a dvd before. Also how would i go about burning a slide show? Thanks in advance for any help (used a philips dvd+r disc 4.7 gb data 120 min video 1-16x speed)
frank

frank
You can make a slideshow in iPhoto and use the Share -> Send to iDVD command. You can also make a slideshow in iDVD. The help on both apps is pretty good, have to checked it out at all?
Regards
TD

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