Iphoto loop

Hello,
I need some help with Iphoto 5.0.4. Apparently, iphoto is stuck in a loop trying to create a slideshow or movie with imovie. When I open iphoto it immediately stops responding (no thumbnails or anything). I opened the console to see what was happening and this is what I see (condensed version, gives the idea of what is going on):
2006-04-07 08:25:53.288 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:53.867 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:54.454 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:55.048 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:55.627 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:56.214 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:56.803 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:57.441 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:58.042 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:58.623 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:59.207 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:25:59.793 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:26:00.416 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:26:01.021 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:26:01.623 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:26:02.225 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:26:02.826 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:26:03.444 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-04-07 08:26:04.052 iPhoto[1048] Can't make new movie: -2048
I have tried everything that I know (not much) including removing and reinstalling iphoto to no avail. Any help appreciated.
PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1.25 GB RAM

That's great! do you know the drill on creating a new library? If not...
Close iPhoto
Rename your messed up iPhoto Library to "iPhoto Library_old"
Drag this library to your desktop
Hold down the Option key and launch iPhoto
This is the window you will get
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library
Once this new empty library is open it is time to import the images from your old library<---This is the part where you come in<br>Go to File>add to library
Navigate to the old library on your desktop and highlight it in the window, then click the "open" button.
iPhoto will start importing the images from your old library
This is what to expect:
Your images will be imported in nice dated rolls. (make sure your view is set to sort by rolls to see it) There are a couple of caveats to this. You will get rolls named "Originals" These rolls will contain your video clips and your original images that you had edited. If you had RAW files they would be in those rolls too (I don't do RAW, so I don't know for sure) Delete what you don't want from those rolls. You will also get the jpeg pointer files to your video clips imported. They will just be jpegs and will not point to the video clips anymore as iPhoto made new ones when the clips were imported again. You can delete those. they should be in a roll right next to the newly imported video clips so they are not hard to find. The thumbnail files don't get imported as iPhoto makes new ones when the images are imported.
Once all you images have been imported, check through the library and make sure everything looks ok.
You can now start making your Albums, and do your keywords or any other organizational steps.
You can also delete the old library on the desktop.
It is also a good time to backup this new library to CD/DVD by burning the iPhoto LIbrary folder in the Finder, or copying the iPhoto Library folder to an external drive formatted for Macs, or copying the iPhoto LIbrary folder to an iPod.
Good luck!

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