Best way to export iphoto slideshow?

I made a slideshow in iPhoto with music that I want to be able to burn on either a CD or DVD. I have tried exporting to iDVD, but the quality was noticeably poorer. I like the way the slideshow looks in iPhoto, but when I export it, I lose my audio. I made a version in iDVD, but I can't use the snapshot theme from iPhoto (which I really like). This is something I am going to be giving to my students as an end of the year memento, so it will need to be playable on Windows, Mac, and hopefully most DVD players. Suggestions on the best way to accomplish this?

steph_g:
For future reference when you get ready to burn the iDVD project save it as a disc image first via the File->Save as Disk Image menu option. This separates encoding from burning.
Then mount the disc image on the desktop and open DVD Player to play it before burning to disk. If the disk image plays satisfactorily with DVD Player the encoding was good and you can proceed with the burning.
Burn the disk image to disk with Disk Utility at the slowest speed available to ensure the best burn possible.
Saving as a disk image lets you burn another copy at a later date without having to go thru the entire encoding process again which is the most time consuming part of the process.

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