Playing Photo CD on DVD Player

Each year I burn to a CD my digital photos stored in my iPhoto albums. When I play them on a DVD player, I always get identical consecutive photos, only one of which plays/shows. The other creates a blank screen for the five seconds that each photo plays. How can I eliminate the duplicate/second photo from the CD? This glitch has always happened no matter which DVD player I use, and no matter which version of iPhoto I have used over the past 5 years (currently using v6.0.5). Can anyone explain and offer a solution?

nedhead:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. I think it is the resource fork of the image file. The “resource fork” contains special instructions for the creator application or the computer’s operating system. They get included with each file. PC's don't use a resource fork and sending image files to PC results in the second file. There are applications to strip that resource fork. You can search at VersionTracker.com for "resource". One that I've used is GrimRipperCM.
I think that should get rid of your mystery files on the Photo CD.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB file backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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