Ok, I have taken loads of pics with the digital camera and now want to put them onto a dvd and have them play as a slideshow - do I just use something like nero and write them all to to a dvd and will it run through a slideshow when I play it or do I need some other software to make this happen ?

If you burn then to a dvd with nero or such like your DVD should play them in order, I would think anyway.:thumbsup:

If you want to make an all singing and dancing slideshow you will need specialist software.Photos on CD and Dvd is one which gives fades,screen time, titles, add your own music etc.I am sure there will be many others out there.
Good Luck
PS nero will burn them but I dont know whether it will automatically show them, But a proper slideshow will.

Nero can make a photo CD with slideshow.

See here for details:

http://www.nero.com/en/Nero_6_Reloaded_Photos.html

The new version of DVD Lab has a slideshow facility, and is by far the best dvd authoring prog I've used.
http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/

I think there's a demo somewhere on the site. (yeah, 30 days)