Crash When Making Slideshow

Question

I am new to iMovie, but disappointed by my initial experience. I am trying to do a simple slide show -- 161 jpg photos, running for 3 seconds each, with simple dissolve transitions.
I get the photos in, and then select them all and select the "dissolve" transition to apply to all of them at once. The machine then works on it for a while, until suddenly iMovie just stops and I'm back on the desktop.
I don't get it. This is a brand new iMac, with the full 3GB of RAM, a 750 GB hard drive, and the slide show is only about 10 minutes long. If iMovie with this setup can't handle this task, how can it do anything?
Suggestions?
Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Answer 1

Hi P
My first thought. Is it possibly to apply a transition to several clips in one
manouver ??
I only apply one at a time.
If it should be possibly then You might try:
No not knowing but just suggesting what to try till someone that knows
and gives the correct answer.
- Delet iMovie pref file:
-->/Users/YourName**/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie.plist
and
-->/Users/YourName**/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie3.plist
- Repair Permissions (Apple Disk Util tool)
- Repair Hard disk (Apple Disk Util tool) - You need to start from CD/DVD or
one external hard disk
- Eventually: Start a new account - log into this and re-try.
Other origins are version conflicts:
OS X.3.9 + iMovie 5.0.2 + QT 6.5.2 = stable working environment (if possibly)
OS X.4.9 + iMovie 6.0.3 + QT 7.1.5 = also OK
Just to start with till the real gurus hit the bulls eye.
Yours most concerned Bengt W