Photo "Slideshow" with Premier Pro CS3?

I've been given about 400 jpeg files to create a self-running video (bride and groom family pics) to run during a wedding. I'd like to imbed music to accompany the photos.
A - is it feasible to do this with PP?
B - suggestions for dos adn don'ts
C - What file format should I use to run this on a VCR/DVD player?
D - Do I just import MP3 music files and stuff them in the audio track?
E - I'm the father of the bride, and so there's no money involved--no music royalties to worry about, right?
I've started a PP project with 4 photos, cropping them beforehand with Photoshop to a consistent size (4x6) and file size (under 400kb) and used PP's "scale to frame size" option. They run okay in the program panel
I'll export these 4 to Encore and produce an MPEG, which will run on a VCR/DVD player, right?
Any tips are appreciated.
Merci beaucoup!

I'll agree with Eddie, with these addenda:
I'd not use MP3 as the file format for the Audio. If you are ripping from CD, then go with PCM/WAV. This will be at 44.1 KHz, and PrPro will easily handle the upconversion to 48KHz for DVD. If the Audio comes from iTunes, etc., and is already in MP3, watch out for any embedded "album art," as this has caused many problems for others in the past. As for E, I plead the same - as this depends and I'm not a lawyer either.
For the images, I'd resize (in Photoshop in my case) to the exact size required. If you're going to DVD, then that would be my first choice (720x480 PAR-0.9 for NTSC). If I need to pan/zoom, then I would resize those particular images to the exact dimensions that I needed. In Photoshop, one can create an Action to resize an entire folder. If I have some different sizes (due to pan/zoom), I'd put them into different folders to do the appropriate resizing. I am less a fan of PrPro's resizing algorithms, and opt for Photoshop's instead. I find the quality to be a bit better and the processing load on PrPro to be lessened a bit. Also, as I do my pans/zooms by hand, and specifically for the individual image, I know beforehand exactly how large/small the image will be. All of this is done, before I Import the image(s) into PrPro.
Just wrapping up a "slideshow" with what has become 1900+ still images (up from the original 1400), and PrPro (plus Photoshop) does a great job.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS remember to set the Duration of the stills, before you Import into PrPro. You can alter the Duration (by hand), for any that need more, or less, but decide on the main Duration BEFORE Import. Then, remember to reset the Preferences, should you alter it from what you might normally want.
PPS depending on how you wish to display the DVD footage, you can create a "looping" video in Encore by doing a Playlist and setting the End Action to the video's Timeline. Otherwise, you can do a traditional DVD with the scene selection Menus, etc..

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