IDVD 08 Encode slideshow extreemly slow

i am using MacPro 3G 8 core.
iDVD08 to encode 700s photo to a slide show it cost about 3hrs to code that and the cpu around 6-8% usage .
Is it normal ? if yes, another option that i can create a slide show dvd faster ? thanks

Here's my only slideshow in iDVD '08. Note may hardware listed below.
Soft Frame theme
Professional Quality encoding
51 min duration
2.90GB
DVD-ROM (images)=1777MB
Slideshows=1113MB
Menus=36MB
Movies (AVI from digicam)=36MB
Slides=548
Transitions=296
Start 6:05 p.m.
Finish 8:30:40
At start of encoding, iDVD '08 estimated 2 hours 52 minutes.

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