.m2v plays fine in QT but JERKY on DVD

I've been posting this on the FCP group but nobody seems to know, so I'm hoping someone here has more specialist knowledge.
1) I have an 80 min PAL DV movie which plays beautifully on DVD.
2) In FCP I convert it to NTSC using the Nattress G Coverter
(Result: Excellent)
3) Export using Compressor 2 - to .m2v file
(Result: Excellent when played on QT app)
4) Burn to DVD via DVDSP 4
(Result: Appears Jerky when there's action or panning)
On close (frame by frame) inspection on the set top DVD player, I notice that every 12th frame goes BACK (not stopped - but backwards one frame)
Frame by frame inspection of the .m2v file in QT shows every 6th frame to be a duplication of the 5th (Presumably this is to bring the frame rate up to NTSC from PAL)?
Any ideas?
G5 Quad. 8 GB. 250 & 500 GB Int'l Drives. G-Tech G-Raid 1 TB. FCP 5.0.4 (Studio) Mac OS X (10.4.6) Sony HVR-Z1E . . . I mark my questions Solved or Helpful - Please Don't Beg.

If the problem corrects itself with using progressive, that would work as long as the final venue is DVD. TV, as in broadcast, I don't know what broadcasters like. What is this exactly? Does it have a film look? If it has a film look, then I'd go with the progressive. My theory is that, if I'm not mistaken, you've got that natress filter doing whatever it does to deinterlace and/or convert it for NTSC. I'm not sure how it works exactly, but I would think that somehow if it's going from PAL to NTSC, it has to be getting those added frames from somewhere 25 converts to 30 or 29.97. But then the interlacing is dropped, or some of it anyway, and you're making it 24 frames if you give it a film look with most filters. Also, there's 24p advanced and 24p progressive. I believe advanced is actually 30P that looks like 24.
I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, but I am making an educated guess that it lies somewhere in this area. Maybe post a subject that says "Converting Pal to NTSC Film Look for DVD" and see if anyone in this area knows the proper way to do this.
I wish I could help more.
AK

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