Compressor HD conversion to DVC Pro 50 NTSC

I am working on a HD 10801/60 sequence exporting out of FCP Studio. Currently in order to make a Standard def DVD I am exporting sequences out of FCP using quick time conversion, settings to DVCPRO50 NTSC, Letterboxed. I then bring this quicktime .mov into DVD Studio Pro and author as normal. Results are very nice. However is there a way to accomplish this export and conversion out of FCP using Compressor and still retain NTSC letter boxed format? Being able to use qmaster would certainly speed up my life right now.
Thanks.

Hi Lee
your sequence settings tell FCP how to render the footage for that sequence, despite the format of the footage contained
when you changed your sequence settings to NTSC DV, then FCP started rendering your DVCPRO50 footage as DV, hence making it viewable through FW to your DV deck/monitor.
thats how it generally works anyway!
check the color of the render bar at the top of your sequence timeline. usually, switching the your sequence settings away from the native codec of the footage contained will make the render bar turn red, meaning it wil have to render ... although that wouldn't necessarily be apparent until you actually play in the timeline (while the playhead is still, FCP will render the current frame under the playhead automaticaly).
hope it helps
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