Compression when importing video

i exported a DV-PAL file from FCP using 'Quicktime Conversion', the file size came out as 4,4 GB. However when importing the file into DSP, the disc capacity meter is at 1.8 GB.
Can one control by how much the file gets compressed during the import process, or does one need to use compressor to create a higher resolution MPEG-2 before?
up until now i have imported Quicktime files into DSP, but the compression is rather big!

When you export a movie from Final Cut, even with codecs such as DV, they are going to be larger than a MPEG-2, since MPEG-2 is compressed format. It will, by definition, have "lower" quality since it is compressed. But that does not mean you cannot get good results.
Take a look here
http://dvdstepbystep.com/faqs_7.php

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Hello everyone,
I just started using FCP X a few days ago for a university project and I seem to encounter an audio problem when importing videos in .mp4, .mov format or via the import from camera option.
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I saw that there was a post about this sometime last year, and I tried all the methods offered to fix the problem, but none helped.
Each time I make an attempt to import video frames to layers, I get as far as the "select range to import" screen, and then when I select the range and click ok, it says "Adobe Photoshop has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly." And then it closes.
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Welcome to the family, Shane's material will get you started.
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Faulting application Photoshop.exe, version 10.0.0.0, time stamp 0x4601eae8, faulting module QuickTime.qts, version 7.70.80.34, time stamp 0x4e13ba08, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0021a43d, process id 0x1500, application start time 0x01cc5c3312be2340.
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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
Update photoshop to 10.01 by using the Help>Updates from
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Process:         Adobe Photoshop CS5 [66727]
Path:            /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS5/Adobe Photoshop CS5.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS5
Identifier:      com.adobe.Photoshop
Version:         12.0.2 (12.0.2x20101122.r.1204) (12.0.2)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [123]
Date/Time:       2011-05-02 12:22:45.191 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J869)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report:          936112 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           53
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 74589 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   4
Anonymous UUID:                      E818384C-DDDE-43B6-BB56-455784FE36E4
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•What operating system? This should include specific minor version numbers, like "Mac OSX v10.6.8"---not just "Mac".
•Have you installed any recent program or OS updates? (If not, you should. They fix a lot of problems.)
•What kind(s) of image file(s)? When talking about camera raw files, include the model of camera.
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You have "Proxy media" selected under Preferences->Playback, but you are not creating proxy media for your clips on import. That's why you get the red clips.
This is easy to solve. Either:
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or
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I just bought Premiere CS6. I am a Final Cut Pro refugee, running Mac OS Snow Leopard.
So far (day 1) I am having three serious problems, one major, one less so, and one intermediary.
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I've noticed that I can drag the .mxf files directly into Premiere, but is there a way to import my video that will also extract the files from the .mxf wrapper, so that I can also open the files in other software?
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Im have the exact same issue with the importing or P2 files and premere crashing/ hagingup, i on the other hand have been using adobe for over 4 years and never had this issue, i still have CS5 on comp and there are no problems there, kinda silly i cant use CS6 for work....
so what did you exactly do to fix issue??
also i know exactly what porblem u are running into with the aspect ratio problems, been an issue for as long as i have been working with adobe premere and HVX, and i can help u there, simply dont use DVCproHD sequence if you are going to DVD just do a DV widscreen sequence and all the ratio problems will fix when u go to encore. or use DVCproHD sequence but drop the entire sequence you worked on into a DV widscreen sequence or an HDV sequence and resize acordingly (make lager or smaler so fits properly in 16/9) the problem is some of the P2 cameras are not a true 16/9 there like 15/9 or somthing, its odd, anyway thats what i do, it doesnt really ad much time and it workes
Dear adobe plp if you read this, then you know about problem importing, whatever he did dosnt seem like you should have to do that... any questions feel free to contact me.

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