Keynote to Quicktime to iDVD

Hi,
I hope someone will be able to help - (and forgive me for being long, but I want to give all the relevant info). I have made a 700+ slideshow with images from iPhoto and occasional chapter headings, and simple dissolve transitions between most slides. I'd like to add music which is synchronised to the images - I know, after spending hours researching the forums and thru trial and error, that this is a complicated mission.
I was going to create a soundtrack in iMovie (cant do it in Garage band since the songs are protected) and wanted to import a "dummy" QT movie to use for timing/synchronising purposes. Each time I export Keynote to QT - and I have tried EVERY export option it seems! - the timing is off (too fast), or the self-playing movie option makes all the transitions uniform (which they are not in my KN presentation).
Does anyone have an idea as to how to create a QT movie that plays EXACTLY the way it does in KN?
Also, I have seen people complaining that once they hook up to a projector that the timing of the KN presentation changes - I am worried about this since if I do manage to make a soundtrack in iMovie, it will remain "unattached" to the KN presentation - moving at its own pace which SHOULD NORMALLY BE synchronised with KN - but if KN plays at irregular speeds, then the soundtrack won't match up (even forgetting the issue of timing the hitting of 2 play buttons - one in KN and one for the soundtrack - at the same time!)
DOES anyone have any help/suggestions/advice as to how to get KN and a soundtrack playing nicely together???
Thanks to anyone who can help - I've put a couple hundred hours into organising this slideshow, and it's so frustrating seeing the whole thing fall apart at the end!
Aymie
powerbook G4 and iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Welcome to the forums. Please provide some details about the audio. If it was music purchased through iTunes, it may be a bit difficult to transfer (you'd have to burn to a CD from iTunes, then reimport).
John

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