Help on settings for slideshow export. Please!

I could really use some help on this one, I’m new at this.
My imovie project is a slideshow plus audio. There will be still photos, opening titles, transitions, jpegs with text created in PPT and closing credits. The show will be 40+ minutes long. I then need to make a master copy of the finished product and burn it to a DVD for subsequent DVD PAL printing.
My question is: what export settings would be best to produce this master copy? I have had problems with exports in the past with other smaller slideshows using Expert settings >Movie to Quicktime.
I feel a bit pressured in this project and want to do a test run before the real deal.
Thank you,
Jenifer J.

Thanks for the response Ian.
I have had some problems in the past with exporting Expert Settings > Movie to QuickTime Movie that produced a stuttering first title frame and jerky transitions. Have you any experience with the export you suggested using title frames and stills? I am also wondering about the maximum length of the piece using this export. I am thinking my slideshow will be about 40 minutes. Feel free to give me any information or advice that seems obvious to you, but that I may not know!
thanks for your help,
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