Making a 300 image "movie"

My project is to make a DVD containing 300+ still images (from a digital camera) with timed music with 4 chapters. I'm using iMovie 09 and iDVD 09. I know iDVD can do slide shows but I have too many stills. I authored the show in iMovie 09 but when I get near 100 stills (with transitions, Ken Burns & other effects) in the project, iMovie gets a little unstable, slows down and sometimes crashes from writing too many "commands" to the "assembly file" (for lack of better words). So I make 4 separate iMovies and it stays very stable. I want the entire show to "play all" AND want to be able to pick the 4 chapters from a DVD sub-menu.
If I "share" the iMovies to "large media browser", I can import them into iDVD but it won't play all 4 in sequence as one show. I can drop each iMovie into a 4 cell iDVD "slide show" and they can play fine but I have no chapters and no ability to "PAUSE" or "FAST FORWARD". The image quality is great going from iMovie - share to (large) browser - import to DVD - and author using "High Quality" setting for the 70 minute show.
So to get chapters, I exported the 4 individual iMovies to a QT container using AIC (960x540). Then I re-import them into a new iMovie project, place them in sequence and place my chapter markers. ( I don't own QT Pro.) This will "sew them together" to one big movie with markers. Then send it direct to new iDVD project, set up my chapter sub-menu and burn a disc. The image quality is much degraded and noticeably poorer when the DVD is played. I tried exporting the 4 mini-movies using H.264 "Best Quality" codec and I get the same thing - poor image quality. .dv export wouldn't be any better, I'm thinking.
Took weeks to make the 4 individual iMovies, so I can't start over in iMovie (HD) 06, which I still own.
What am I doing wrong? I thought exporting and re-importing would be close to "loss free". Would you suggest doing my "sewing" and chapter marking in iMovie 06 and send it to iDVD from there? Does iMovie 09 drop alternate scans when exporting to QT?
Again, sending one of the mini-movies to media browser for iDVD and the images look great even when I use "Best Performance" instead of "High Quality". Export and re-import in iMovie 09 and it looks "crummy" (technical term for an expletive). Also noticed a little drop in audio volume in the movie compared to the menu music volume. Is this an expected result of my double path process?
TIA for your expert suggestion of how to do this. Thanks
Message was edited by: Mac Friendly
Message was edited by: Mac Friendly

Mac Friendly wrote:
.. QUESTION: When does iMovie 09 drop alternate scan lines? At ALL exporting? (Even to QT?)
it drops..
• NOT on import = all clips in Events contain 100% quality, whatever you do in Projects..
• NOT if you use speed, dissolve or fade ONLY in a Project
• ALLWAYS, if you use any OTHER 'effect' (e.g. page curl, a map, a background, any title), on ANY clip in the Project.. therefor on any export setting
the intended workflow is, you shouldn't export manually, but Share to MediaBrowser (=which creates a 540/h264file.. ), which appears in the Media/iM tab in iDVD.. you've tried that way?
did I mention my suade .. ?
consider:
• iDVD creates videoDVD, which has - by standards - 720x480.. a fraction of your original pics and what your Mac's screen offer..
• watching such a disk on a computer or HiDef-flatscreen in 'fullscreen mode' means, each pixel gets zoomed by some factor of up to 4 .. => 'blocky', pixelated look.
• for finally judging pic quality, you should use a 'tube'/CRT TV ..

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