Slideshows on DVD?

Can I burn an iPhoto slide show onto a DVD and have it play the same in a standard DVD player? How?

Thanks for the help TD. In iPhoto 5.0.4 the I have the Photos in the Last 12 month location, and a slideshow I made from that. The problem is that each time I run or preview the slideshow many Photos don't open up; if I go back to the previous Photo and then forward again the missing Photo will show up. Is there a way to insure that photos will show up in a slideshow?

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    client. His business is a small newspaper. For an
    upcoming tradeshow, he wants to have a large display
    with a slideshow of each page of the paper scrolling
    across the screen, flipping to the next page, etc. I
    figured iPhoto would be an excellent tool to do it
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    the full length of each page. It works perfectly on
    my Mac display and looks great.
    Even the exported video looks OK when I preview it in
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    quality since it is only 720 pixels wide. The text
    isn't as sharp, but it is readable.
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    refract everything. The disruptive lines are about
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