How to Repeat Slideshow WITH Soundtrack?

I've made a 3-minute slideshow, accompanied by a music soundtrack over most of it. The iMac will be used to present the slideshow automatically over an 8-hour day.
I'd like to either loop it or have it restart after an idle minute. I've found that if I use the "restart when idle" option set to 1 minute, the presentation simply stalls on the last slide and never restarts. That's with the Mac sitting untouched for an hour. Alternatively, if I set the show to loop, it does - without the soundtrack. Sound works the first time around, but not after that. Setting the soundtrack to loop restarts that way too soon, before the show does. I'm reluctant to try to build a precise-length mp3, set both the show and the soundtrack to loop continuously, and hope it doesn't creep its way out of sync over the day.
Any other options to make the "restart when idle" feature actually work? Not my first choice, but I need to maintain sync unattended. When using it, I've turned off sound looping and show looping.

Not an option for me, as I notice that exporting to Quicktime forces one set duration for all slides, which is bad. I was hoping to transfer it to an iPad and play it in Keynote there. Thanks, though.

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