720p DVCPROHD footage from FCP to AFTFX to DVDSP, need info ?

I have a bunch of HD footage shot at 720p 30f DVCPROHD , that is going onto a dvd.
I edited it in Final cut, then exported out of FCP as a FCP proxie file (bascially A/V exporting -not making a self contained QT so I wouldnt have to render it 2x) , did my effects in after effects and now want to render it from AFTX and keep the best possible looking file to put into compressor so It will look great once its spit out as a mpeg.
I am currently rendering using the uncompressed QT 10bit - 4:2:2 codec out of AFTFX, which I have been led to believe will retain the best quality of the DVCPROHD footage.
Is this the best way out & into compressor ? any suggestions would be appreciated.Thx

David
Thanks for the info, I may try bitVice on my Intel Machine instead. (Not sure if you saw my posts about running Cinema Craft or Procoder in Parrallels on the MacBook Pro, very fast, on Cinema Craft usually 1.5 - 2 x real time on each pass)
Also DVCProHD footage is better to work in post -- at least to us.
Jerry mentioned something about that in the FCP forum. Right now in the middle of projects so I stay away from swtiching horses in midstream, but he said either capturing that way from HDV source or even letting FCP convert it does a good job with no real loss of quality from the HDV that he noticed. I may try that on some "for fun" things I have around.
it is what video should be.
<drool>jealous </drool>
For both the Tower and the Camera. Played with a tower a bit at the store. The ability to switch the HDs alone looks like it is worth the price of admission compared to the G5 system, the tray mechanism seems like the easiest Apple has come up with in any Tower. I am holding off a bit in case the 8 Core machine is really coming down the pike (and I cannot fully justify a new machine quite yet )
Again thanks for the info.

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