Exporting Slideshows/syncing with music tracks

Hi all -
I'm having a problem where I've created a slideshow in Iphoto6 that's timed to a music track..it plays fine and is correctly timed when I play it as a slideshow in Iphoto, but once I export it as a Quicktime file, the timing is off by a few seconds. This creates a problem as the music hasn't ended yet, but the pics have. Has anyone else had this problem or know how to correct it?
I added a couple of more pics to the slideshow and changed the individual settings for a few slides to allow them to play longer and that worked, but it's frustating to create something that works perfectly and then have it off sync after the export.
Thanks for any help!
- Kamen

I have had this problem, too. It seems to shorten the duration of the slideshow so that the timing with the music is then off.
It seems to work fine when I don't use the "Ken Burns" effect, though. Has that been your experience?
I'll be interested to see if anyone else has a solution!
Carole

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