Slide shows way too light

My slideshows are coming out at least a stop too light when exported into .MOV or quicktime movies. Have tried a couple different exports and nothing works. I have also tried in iPhoto but they end up too dark and contrasty. Any ideas? A couple other apps that I would have to buy or aren't feature-rich render them correctly, but I'd sure like to use iMovie, which I've already paid for...
I'm importing them as .jpg files, either srgb or adobe 1998 color profiles, doesn't make a difference.
thanks
dave

solved it... need to change the compression type from any of the movie formats to the jpeg compression...

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