Change AVID DV codec settings commandline

Hi,
I am trying to change the AVID DV codec options settings NTSC-PAL 420 etc..
This has to be done over the commandline.
Please can anyone give me a hint were to search and what to do.
Is there a way to save the compression settings, not the export settings.
Thanks,
Peter.

I tried to check what happens if i print the codec settings
SCGetSettingsAsText( video_ci , &text );
when i print for example the apple motion Jpeg codec it also shows the option settings
if i print the Avid DV codec it does not show the the Pal/Ntsc settings.
so it looks like an avid problem. HMMM or is there another way i could try to get all the settings for the selected codec.

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