Kodak pictures in Front Row??

Does anyone know how i would get pictures from my Kodak Easyshare folder(s) into...where-ever...so when i bring up Front Row i can slideshow them? It says something about "shared photos"...and that their's none in my local network. So i tried putting an alias (are alias and copy the same thing basically...without taking up the room of "copying" the files?) of my "Kodak Pictures" folder in my "network" location but it says "unexpected error -61". So...in short...can anyone give me step by step instructions please???! I'm pretty new to Mac...still learning...i need all the help i can get!
THANKS!
--Carlee
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

BUT of course i don't have my entire hard drive for
pictures...songs, apps, etc. Before i go getting rid
of Kodak all together...can i do EVERYTHING with
iphoto as i can with Kodak (refer to ealier post)??
Like i said before...print to my dock?? What is so
great about iphoto (the whole Front Row thing
aside)?...i would like to know because if it is the
case i would have no problem using it. Definitely
would make life easier.
iPhoto is great for many reasons. It looks great, it has some very powerful editing functions, though it's never difficult to use, and if you've used iTunes, you'll be very comfortable with the iPhoto interface in a very short space of time; it's basically iTunes for photos. As I mentioned above, it integrates well with the other iLife apps. If you're making a DVD in iDVD, or a movie in iMovie, all your photos will be available right from within that application for you to use. The bottom line is, Apple are better at making Mac software than Kodak!
But don't take my word for it, take the iPhoto quicktour. Or better yet, open it up, import some photos (which as far as I know doesn't change the quality) and play around with it. See how you do the things you normally use Easyshare for. My father has an Easyshare printer, and I'm almost certain that you can print from iPhoto with it; but, as I say, give it a go yourself.
It's your Mac, and so the only important thing is how easily you can do the things you want to do, but don't be afraid to try some new things out. You're not going to break anything! (probably)

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Although I do all of my picture imports to iPhoto on my MacBook, once a week I connect my MacBook in FireWire Target Disk Mode to my iMac and I copy the whole library over to the iMac. I do the same thing with iTunes. Although I only use my portable computer to manage everything, I copy all of my files over to the iMac. My iMac is connected to the TV and I use Front Row on the iMac to display the picture and music libraries directly from there.
So, your statement shouldn't be "Front Row for pictures is useless to me!", rather it should be "Front Row for shared pictures is useless to me!". This might be a valid statement and there may be things we can help to tweak your settings, but you're right. For the most part shared libraries (pictures or music) are not ideal in Front Row. I would recommend you get a FireWire cable and use your Mac mini as a backup for your iMac's libraries.
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Bernd, since your comp is still under warranty you may wish to give the online tech support a try -->HERE<--</a>. Click on the "Chat with a support agent" link.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8993.html
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1555
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