Compressor outputs stuttery QT's from image sequence

Hey all,
I'm having an issue when trying to batch image sequences from compressor. The resulting QT is 'stuttery' and 'jumpy'. The source image sequences are .tga's and the destination formats are ProRes 422 HQ @23.976/ 23.98
The attributes pane recognizes the seq as progressive and 23.98 before putting my settings on and I've not enabled frame controls.
I did have this working at one point during testing, and I remember having to do something mundane to each image sequence so that it came out alright - I thought it was choosing the 23.98 fps setting in the attributes inspector, but that doesn't seem to be doing anything.
This is on a mac pro1.1, quad 3ghz and 12 gb ram.
Any questions or help would be grteatly appreciated-
Thanks all!

It's perfect when I put it through FCP: as was the previous workflow. It'd just be a heck of a lot easier to batch all the shots I deal with ^^
I think that re-selecting the 23.98 in the atributes window for each image sequence seems to get it. Any other ideas?- it'd be great if I didn't have to. boy- I sound lazy
Thanks a bunch!

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www.media3lv.com/switch/NORTH-sample-720p30_25mb-sec.zip
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www.supernap.com/supernap-building-design.html
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