DVCPRO HD compressor preset p24? p25? p30?

Hi... everyone.
It seems that if I make all the project settings the same in FCP and MOTION that the imports from Motion, don't need rendering unless I have effects applied. (I have had so many problems with slow rendering, as I always used animation codec. The project has ground to a full stop...)
So I decided to try and make things simple and use a preset for the DVC PRO HD, I want to use, and rebuild my project. I am using 23.98 frames a second.
However in FCP this comes up with compressor p30 in the audio/video preset settings.
In QT conversion there is only p24 and p30... In motion export p25 and p30.
Does this make much difference?
Please would like to know and then I can start again....
Thanks for your time in helping.

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Hi all...
I decided to try this formum as it is compressor related.. and someone might know the answer here.
I decided to try and make things simple and use the same preset for the DVC PRO HD, on both Motion and Fcp, I am using 23.98 frames a second preset.
However in FCP this comes up with compressor p30 in the audio/video preset settings. ( even when at 23.98 in DVC PRO HD 1080p24... is this a mistake?)
In QT conversion there is only p24 and p30... In motion export p25 and p30.
Does this make much difference?
Should I make my project p30 and rebuild, because that is the only "common" compressor setting. I need these programmes to work well together without round-tripping.
Thanks for your time.

Russ,
I switched the Padding setting back to: "Preserve source aspect ratio" and it worked this time. It was probably the first thing I tried without success, but it's fine now.
I did notice that after numerous export tests that the final quality when viewed in Quicktime was slightly different when I used the padding vs. having the padding and Filter Letterbox settings both on. Oddly enough, it seemed a bit better when using both. This could just be a bit of randomness in that every single export will be of slightly different quality, but it is easy to see a difference when you take an exported screen capture at 640x360 and view in full screen mode. Anyway, I guess it's all working now.
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This one is gonna get filed as "works as intended," I'm sure.
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