best settings for high quality slideshow

[joans]

Hello,
I have a 45 min slideshow (my first one) which I will need in 4:3 and 16:9, so I will make 2 dif versions.
I am wondering if anyone has an opinion as to the best settings for the highest quality.
I am using pan and zoom, and because of that, I don't know if I should use constant or variable, and if constant, what # should I enter?
I tried making an HD version, but I had to cancel the "saving movie folders to harddrive" because it was going to take 11.5 hours -- eeks, is that about right?
I have plenty of disk space but only a gig of ram using XP Home SP3.
I read the manual and I am unable to get to the knowledgebase (maybe it's down right now?)

Your help is very much appreciated!
joan

[teknisyan]

The number of hours it will take to create your movies will depend on a lot of factors but the specs of your computer will affect this. Also... you may want to complete the information for your profile, so that we can have a better view on what kind of system you are using.