Export - QuickTime results in green frames, mis-aligned audio

I have the latest Final Cut Studio with Final Cut 7. I used to use Final Cut Express 4 and recently upgraded. With FCE 4, if I went File-> Export-> QuickTime (not QuickTime conversion) it would rapidly export my project in full quality (albeit a huge file size). It didn't matter how many effects I had or layers of video, the quality was always the best. However, with FCP 7, when I do the same thing, even the simplest transition or effect will throw off the audio and result in green frames instead of my effect/transition. The project settings are the same ones I used in FCE 4, and the project is always fully rendered and prepared. _*+Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can fix it?+*_
I need to be able to use this option because I do videography for the Drama Festival in Massachusetts and I need to be able to edit up to the last minute. This form of export is so speedy and lossless that the file size isn't important.
I use a unibody MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) with 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD, and I always switch to the Nvidia 9600GT for editing.

General
Frame Size: 1280 x 720 HDTV 720p (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Field Dominance: None
Editing Timebase: 29.97
*QuickTime Video Settings*
Compressor: H.264
Quality 100%
*Clip Properties*
Vid Rate: 29.97 fps
Frame Size: 1280 x 720
Compressor: h.264
Data Rate: 1.1 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: Square

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There's a Apple support document that might be relevant:
Final Cut Pro X: Systems with two graphics cards may export QuickTime movies with green artifacts
Symptoms
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Resolution
To work around this issue, only use Final Cut Pro X with a single graphics card installed on your system.

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Including the applescript in question could be helpful!
tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
export front document as image sequence using settings "Macintosh HD:Users:grato:Documents:SYNC:Sync Assets:settings:Sync_QTexport_setting.qtes" to "Macintosh HD:Users:grato:Documents:SYNC:Sync Assets:Assets:temp:Sync-"
end tell

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Here's a source clip with "approximate" gamma correction:
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Now, the very same clip and frame, but with gamma set to "Accurate" :
Now, things are switched. The exported image looks flatter than the source clip within FCP.
Here's another tidbit of info--the frame from my first post was professionally color graded and exported as a self-contained movie--so there were no filters, FCP or otherwise, being applied there. But the difference is just night-and-day to me.

Export - QuickTime results in green frames, mis-aligned audio

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