Convert PowerPoint to a DVD movie

Hi everyone,
Does anyone have any advice on converting a PowerPoint presentation into a DVD movie?  I am trying to do so using the program "Burn" but all the pictures are blurry on the completed video.  I tried burning at the slowest possible speed but the pictures are still blurry.  Help please?!
Thanks,

Keynote does work to open ppt. To import a PowerPoint file:
1.
Choose File > Open.
2.
In the Open dialog, locate the document you want to import and click Open.
I have already tried this myself with good results using the following workflow:
ppt => keynote => iM HD => iDvd'08
Yes, you can export from Keynote as a QT file.
And again most of the time they will also work in iDvd. But at times there are issues. Audio being one of them.
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I have found that the audio doesn't always carry across on all files to iDvd.
Here's what I found regarding this issue in apple's KB as well as Keynote's Help menu:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300963
Movies or sounds aren't playing, or they are playing badly
When you add a media file to a slideshow, the file does not automatically become part of the Keynote document. This feature keeps your document from becoming very large.
You can add media files to your slideshow when you save it, so that, for example, you can transfer the slideshow to another computer without transferring the media files separately.
To save a media file as part of your Keynote document:
1.
Choose File > Save As.
2.
If you don't see the Advanced Options at the bottom of the Save dialog, click the disclosure triangle to the right of the Save As field.
3.
Select "Copy audio and movies into document."
Tip: If movies, sounds, or animations aren't playing well during a presentation, try turning off the presenter display.
Hope this helps but if not come on back.

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