How can I burn a slideshow to play on a dvd player?

I have tried to use simply Iphoto to export the slideshow to the desktop and then burn to a DVD but it won't play on any DVD player.  I don't have Idvd and I find IMovie difficult to understand.  Help?
Thanks!

YOu need DVD authoring sftware - purchase an iLife disk with iDVD or a package like Toast to author the DVD
LN

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