Harry - thanks for your suggestions. I've added the smpte site to my bookmarks - will go back and look more carefully later. I understand that there are some sopphisticated and expensive tools. What I'm hoping to find out is how, using the utilities and existing op sys features, i can create a simple slide show and music. In windows 95 it seems there are the basic tools for doing this. Thus far I've deduced that if I put a file named autorun.ini or .inf in the root directory of the CD the disk will autoplay in windows 95. Now somewhere - I'm sure - the rules for what goes into that file are documented - and so forth. Again - thanks ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.