[Plugin: (a) Slideshow] Compatibility with Chrome

The jQuery plugin (0.6.9) does not work properly in Google Chrome (my version: 2.0.172.33). (In FF 3 & IE 8 works fine).
Basically it displays the first slide fine, then gets stuck is unable to display the next item. I have tried playing with ALL the options but the problem remains. It doesn’t seem to throw any JS errors, it simply gets stuck at the loading frame. When the loading frame is turned off if simply keeps displaying the first image without ever transitioning.
Please note this is not a problem with the WordPress plugin but with the jQuery plugin (version 0.6.9). I tried swapping the jquery.aslideshow.pack.js file for version 0.6.6 and this happened:
The first slide would not display. Then the other slides would start to transition, but after a while the order gets all messed up and it becomes a bit of a mess.

The code I’m using is below, however I have tried every variation I can think of and the problem remains exactly the same..

<div id="amls_home_slideshow_container">
				<div id="slideshowidget">
					<img src="/wp-content/themes/amlanguage/slideshow/music.jpg" alt='“Having fun...”' />
					<img src="/wp-content/themes/amlanguage/slideshow/student2.jpg" alt='“Friendly atmosphere...”' />
					<img src="/wp-content/themes/amlanguage/slideshow/students.jpg" alt='“With us...”' />
					<img src="/wp-content/themes/amlanguage/slideshow/student1.jpg" alt='“Learning English...”' />
					<img src="/wp-content/themes/amlanguage/slideshow/fisherman.jpg" alt='“Experience a new culture...”' />
				</div>
			</div>
			<script type="text/javascript">
			//<![CDATA[
				jQuery.noConflict();
				jQuery(document).ready(function(){
					var settings = {
						width:375, height:300, index:0, time:3000,
						title:true, titleshow:true, callback:null, panel:false,
						play:true, loop:true, effect:'fade', effecttime:1000, filter:true,
						nextclick:false, playclick:false, playhover:false, playhoverr:false,
						playframe:false, loadframe:false, fullscreen:false,
						imgresize:false, imgzoom:true, imgcenter:true,
						imgajax:true, imglink:true, linkajax:false,
						help:'',
						controls:{'hide':false, 'first':false, 'prev':false, 'play':false, 'next':false, 'last':false, 'help':false, 'counter':false}
					};
					//jQuery("#slideshowidget").slideshow(jQuery.extend({},settings,{width:375, height:300, time:3500}));
					jQuery("#slideshowidget").slideshow(settings);
				});
			//]]>
			</script>

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/a-slideshow/