newbie : iDVD problems...

[fiona]

I've recently got my first Mac (Powerbook G4) and I'm totally loving it... gradually presuading everyone I meet that all things Apple are the coolest things ever.... however, my quest to convert the world is hitting a slight problem at the moment as I am having a few dramas with iDVD. Basically I've made a really great slideshow in iDVD of about 500-600 photos with a cool soundtrack, it all looks and works great when you preview it, but then I burn it to dvd and when I play it back (both on my laptop and on a dvd player) there is a really annoying stuttering of the audio everytime the slides change. Any ideas?

I have created one slideshow on iDVD before which turned out really well (although the quality of the photos wasn't great)

Please help!

[callihantech]

I'm guessing you are using iLife 05, yes? I've personally never had a problem with the quality(as of yet...knock on wood). I'll take a try at helping if I can.

What is the source for your audio. Imported sound clips from web, camera, cd or iTunes music etc?

The first thing I would check is the quality of the sound files. If that is all well (guessing it is because durring the preview it works fine you said) then I would try looking at the encoding method. They can be found in iDVD preferences and look under the general tab and try changing the Encoder setting.