Bad Quality of Fade to black after transcoding

Hi everybody!
I have a problem with Premiere Pro CS3/Encore. I created a sequence in Premiere and send it via "Export to encore" to Encore. It was a DV movie and I chose "PAL High Quality" for the transcoding.
Most of the video is fine but when there is a fade to black or a fade in from black the video is some kind of blurred!
Is there any way how I can solve this problem?
Looking forward to your suggestions!
Cheers,
Madlog

Can you give us details about the source Clips used in CS3?
I assume that you are doing the work in a DV PAL Project. Is this correct?
Have you added the Video Transition>Dip-to-Black, or have you Keyframed Opacity, or similar to create this?
Good luck, and let us know the details - more will be better.
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Hi everybody!
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Is there any way how I can solve this problem?
Looking forward to your suggestions!
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Please tell us about your CS3 Project, and the Assets that you are using.
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1) I did not only „Automatic (based on source)“ options in my tests, but also many other customized options.
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Download link: http://www.klavierlehrer-bayern.de/download/test_mpeg2dvd_1.m2v
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