Even My SD project looks like crud! Jittery, Echoy, Pixelated etc.

Sorry for my spelling.
Please help guys! I have figured out my HD to SD issues, so I thought it would be a breeze going just SD all the way. Now to help you understand, I originally edited these files in Premier pro, and then sent them over to FCP and made them into files that DVDSP could read. I burned them to DVD and they looks as though I tried to make them from SD to HD files which looks like crap of course.
Now I've done this a few times before and (going from Premier to FCP and such) and they looked just fine. I can't figure out what is the problem.
Here is an example of the file format:
vid Rate 29.97 fps
frame size 720 x 480
compressor dv/dvcpro - ntsc
pixel aspect ntsc - ccr 601
I will give more info if needed but I'm not sure what the heck to give since I am clueless to begin with
any help would be great and as usual, thank you for your time and patience with me.
Crayton

Hi
Just as a test.
If Your movie is OK in FinalCut Pro.
• Export out as QuickTime .mov
• Not selfcontained (not important but saves time and space)
• NO QUICKTIME Conversion (Important)
Close FCP
Open iDVD
Import Your QT.mov here and select Pro Quality
Make a DiskImage (File menu and down)
Play this with Apple DVD-player tool. OK ?
• Use Verbatim DVD-R SL disks
• Set burn speed to x4 in iDVD pref
• Secure a minimum of 25Gb free space on internal boot hard disk
Now - How does this play - Quality OK ?
Yours curious Bengt W

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