Slideshow problems iDVD '08

I just installed iDVD '08 and am trying a very short, test slideshow with video clips and stills. It plays fine in preview. But after burning either a DVD or disc image, some slides do not appear when advancing, and some movies (I have tried .avi and .mov) have audio that is out of synch; only the first video plays its audio in synch. I have the show set to manual advance with no transitions. There are only 8 slides and three video clips about 10 seconds each.
Any advice?

Peter,
Slides in iDVD created slideshows are treated as Chapters. The DVD specification limits a Track (a slideshow is a Track) to 99 Chapters. Prior to iDVD 6, all iDVD created slideshows were limited to 99 images. Apple created something of a hack starting with iDVD 6 that made it possible to link together Tracks to create longer slideshows. The problem is, many/most set top DVD players don't like the hack and after the 99th image will pause/quit/drop the audio altogether/ship segments of audio (any or all of those). It isn't something Apple can change. Sorry.
The ONLY way to create a DVD slideshow with none of these problems is to create it as a movie in iPhoto or iMovie (or Photo to Movie or FotoMagico (that I use)).
F Shippey

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