Abstract: Digital image conversion for storage on an optical disc and corresponding playback on an optical disc player is disclosed. Digital image conversion may convert images from external devices in an environment where the internal memory is insufficient to support retention of an entire optical disc image to be written onto the optical disc. The conversion entails iteratively accessing digital image files to be converted, encoding and storing them on the optical disc in the appropriate format, and building a navigational structure that is used to accommodate playback of the images from the optical disc. In one example, the digital image format of the source image files is JPEG, and the optical disc and playback format is a DVD format, with the encoded image file forming a packetized elementary stream, and the video file format being a DVD compliant program stream.