Playing movies in slideshows?

Hi, all--
I tried finding the answer to this, but couldn't discover one.
I'm putting together a slideshow, and I'd like to insert a few movies along with the photos. Movies don't seem to play in slideshows, though. Is there a preference somewhere I need to click? Or do I just have to do this in iMovie instead?
Thanks in advance for the help!
--gr

iPhoto won't play movies in Slideshow.
Have a look at PhotoPresenter. It will and it integrates with iPhoto too. I reckon it's faster than iMovie.
Regards
TD

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