Export DV Steam (.dv file) for Video Server Problem

Question

From Final Cut, I need to export a DV Stream file for our Video Server. It accepts .dv files. Problem is: the exported clip "inherits" just over 5 minutes of black or the last frame of video on the tail. This creates obvious timing problems for our on-air playback.
I've seen other posts on this forum with identical problems, but none of them were solved. It was however suggest to NOT use DV Stream file. Unfortunately this is not an option for my station, as our server requires those files.
So in summary, exporting a 30 sec spot to a DV Stream becomes a 5 minute 37 sec spot. No good.
Thanks in advance,
TOR
Mac Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   8 GB RAM

Answer 1

Sounds weird enough! What servers are you using, and will they not accept a MPEG-2 transport stream as well? Most I've seen do and that can save a tremendous amount of space.
But back to your problem of the added 5 minutes of black; as I understand your description, you're saying that the extra 5 minutes is added at the tail end ... correct? If so, won't the programming aspect of your set up switch to another stream at the programmed time regardless if the first program is still playing? ie; you enter the start and end time of each event for playback. Say event 105 starts at 8:00:00 PM and ends at 8:00:30 PM. Event 106 starts at 8:00:30 and ends at 8:01:00. Each spot is programmed to air for 30 seconds so at 30 seconds into event 105, event 106 SHOULD start playback and be switched to air - even though event 105 still has 5 minutes of black to go.
-DH