Pix to SD card for Panasonic plasma TV?

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Pix to SD card for Panasonic plasma TV?

After exporting pix from iPhoto 6 to a SD card with my Sandisk ImageMate 8 in 1 reader, I can display the stills on my Panasonic TH-50PX80U plasma TV but it also displays 'Cannot read file' between each picture.
I can't see any files between the stills when the Sandisk reader is connected to my Powerbook.
+*How do I display only stills on the TV and avoid the bad files and error messages?*+

Powerbook, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 10, 2008 11:25 AM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Dec 10, 2008 11:31 AM in response to Patrick J. Mathews

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.

That card is formatted in FAT16 or FAT 32 for the TV and this Windows based format cannot deal with the Resource Fork that the Mac files generate. They see this fork as a separate file, but can’t display it. Hence the message.

After the exporting the files to a folder on the desktop run this over the files. It will remove the Resource Fork, and should solve the issue.

Regards

TD

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Answer 2

Dec 22, 2008 2:28 PM in response to Yer_Man

This program doesn't seem to work with 10.5.5.
As a alternate I tried to remove the forks with TinkerTool System 1.87 but still have the same results in the TV.
I have got to believe there are Mac users with Panasonic plasma TVs that have solved this problem.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Answer 3

eww

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Dec 22, 2008 4:22 PM in response to Patrick J. Mathews

Patrick: Do you have GraphicConverter? If so, you can use that to delete the resource forks from all the files.

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Answer 4

eww

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Dec 22, 2008 6:04 PM in response to eww

Afterthoughts, too late to edit my post above: strip the resource forks out of the files after exporting them from iPhoto to a folder on the desktop, and before copying them to the SD card.

GraphicConverter

Drag the folder full of pictures onto GraphicConverter's icon to open an image-browsing window in GC. Type Command-A to select all the thumbnails in the window, click the "Other" icon in the toolbar, and find the *Remove Resource Fork* command in the extremely long drop-down menu that will appear. This will strip the resource forks out of all the files at once. Quit GC and copy the photos from the folder onto your SD card, and test again on your TV.

GC is one of the all-time great values in Mac software, packing near-Photoshop power at 1/20 of Photoshop's price. I highly recommend paying for it and learning some of its hundreds of amazing capabilities.

Message was edited by: eww

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Answer 5

Dec 24, 2008 2:27 PM in response to eww

Thanks,
eww. This works great. I had GraphicConverter but had never used it.
I also got an alternate solution from a Mac Buddy of mine. BlueHarvest also removes the resource forks.
http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest/#download
It is amazing how good stills can look on a big plasma screen. It inspires me to take more pictures.
Thank You again, I really appreciate the help and love looking at pictures on the TV.

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Answer 6

eww

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Dec 24, 2008 2:56 PM in response to Patrick J. Mathews

I'm glad you're pleased. We have one of the new LED-backlit Samsung HDTVs, and photos look pretty terrific on that, too.

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