1 Frame off

Working in FCP 6, and notice that when I move my cursor and set an out point on my timeline, it is always 1 frame off/over the point of where my cursor is, so it's always gives me 1 additional frame. very annoying.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Chopper

if you park the playhead on a frame and hit in and out you have a 1 frame duration
Exactly. Not sure how that is not what I said. You don't have to move the played to get 1 frame cause the In-Point is the Start of the Frame and the Out-Point is the Start of the last frame (in this case the current frame).
If you want a 10 min clip, things could look like this (as you already know)
(PAL)
In: 10:00:00:00
Out 10:09:59:24
Duration: 10 mins
(PAL)
In: 10:00:00:00
Out 10:10:00:00
Duration: 10 mins 1 frame
I guess I should have said the playhead displays the start of the last frame but the actual Out is the end of that Frame, right?
I'll stop cause everyone gets it now so there is no real point in this

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