Photo Libraries on DVD

I have a DVD with two photo libraries on it that was created when I was using iPhoto 5. When I start iphoto 6 and insert the DVD, I no longer see a DVD icon in the source list. I have an album appear with the disk name and it shows zero photos in the album.
Anyone else have this problem or any ideas how I can view the photos without importing or copying to my HD?

I just copied the iPhoto folder to a DVD. (Two different folders). It used to show the DVD icon in the iPhoto sources list and when I opened it I had two folders and when I opened a folder I had all my albums, etc.
This was in the iPhoto help:
To back up your iPhoto Library folder:
Copy the iPhoto Library folder on your hard disk to another disk. For example, you can copy your iPhoto Library folder to an external disk or burn a CD or DVD of your photos.
The library is located in a folder named iPhoto Library in your Pictures folder on your computer.
To show a photo library from a CD or DVD:
Insert the CD or DVD into your computer.
An icon for the disc appears in the Source list.
Click the disc's icon in the Source list to show the photos and albums it contains.
When I burned the DVD I selected Burn from the iPhoto menu (after dragging 2 different folders to it.
I think maybe since iPhoto six uses a different file structure, it is not checking for and old format when looking for libraries on a DVD. Or, maybe it wasn't supposed to work like that before.
When my new MacBook arrives next week I will have more space and can load and resave the other way.

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