Slide show won't run

I run the latest release of IPhoto 9 (from iLife 2011) on an i5 IMac running the latest update of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Suddenly, Slide Show will not run from the IPhoto browser.
When I click the slide show start arrow, the screen dips to black for one second and then returns to where I was in the browser. No slide show options screen; absolutely no slide show under any circumstances except random screen saver.
Is there a patch for this bug ? If not, would deleting and reinstalling any named file(s) solve this annoying software failure?

It comes to something when I have to answer my own question! However I have to admit I did have a little help from an earlier question which was thrown up by a search I did! It seems that when a PDF show is emailed and the recipient is asked whether the show should be opened in full screen or not; the answer should be 'yes' in order for the show to start automatically.
If the recipient answers 'no' the show stays stuck on the first slide. Hope this help anyone else who may have the same problem.

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It comes to something when I have to answer my own question! However I have to admit I did have a little help from an earlier question which was thrown up by a search I did! It seems that when a PDF show is emailed and the recipient is asked whether the show should be opened in full screen or not; the answer should be 'yes' in order for the show to start automatically.
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thirais wrote:
… Files were created by soncy camcorder.
no Sony camcorder records in mp2.
years ago, there were DVDcorders ... encoding in mp2,, but wrapped into .vob - this can not be fixed with Perian
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so, what Sony model, please?
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Way the copy on CD-R or CD-RW 700MB from slide show lose sharpness?
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This is very frustrating because these sophisticated software programs are good at doing fancy things with movies but can't produce a simple slide show with more than 99 frames.
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The basic problem is iDVD treats slides in a
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were limited to 99 slides. iDVD 6 added a 'fix' to
allow several such slideshow tracks to be linked
together. HOWEVER, not all DVD players (as you have
found) want to recognize the linking and will quit
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slides.
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