Problem with slideshow

Hi There. I'm stuck on something: I go to Aperture>Presets>Slideshows and pick any of the presets. I go to the timing drop down and click "Fit to music." When I do, the "play music during slideshow" box turns grey and I can't check it. If I go ahead and select a song and click play, my slideshow opens up on the first image and never moves past that image. Whether I select 1 image or all of them, I can't get the slideshow to play. I checked and the "primary only" button isn't checked. Any thoughts or ideas as to what I can do? I'd like to show clients their images to music and would like the ability to fit the song to the length of the slideshow without doing the match.
Thanks in advance.

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From this moment every slideshow I select, iPhoto stop to work and need a force quit. So I restored a library, from Time machine, but nothing changed.
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That means that there is something in your account that's the culprit. First try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
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2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
or with Lion and Mt. Lion from the User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE 1: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
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4 - reboot.
5 - run the application again and determine if the problems is fixed
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B - Open the Preferences folder on the Desktop, select all of the contents and drag them into the working Home/Library/Preferences folder.
C - When the Copy window pops up check the "Apply to All" check box and then click on the Don't Replace or Skip button.
D - reboot.
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Burn the playlist in iTunes.
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