Export HDV timeline as AVI to edit in Premiere

I have a finished 10 minute show show and edited in HDV in FCP 5.1.1. My client wants to use excerpts in a show they are editing in house. They use Premiere Pro 2.0 (latest release). So they have requested an AVI of the timeline in HDV resolution. I have tried every way of exporting and nothing works. Going out AVI from FCP using QT Conversion only gives you SD rez options, or uncompressed. Uncompressed is massive and is not an option (1gb for 10 second test export). I exported as QT from FCP using Current Settings and brought that 1.5 GB file to the PC. On the PC, only audio plays. The video shows white. Exporting from QT and selecting H264 as the compressor gives a file that is readable on the PC with a managable file size, but Premiere has to render the entire thing. Any ideas?

Thanks for the advise and best wishes. Tape would surely work, but the client is pushing for digital because of time and other issues. I've had decent luck exporting out using H264. I'm exporting to it now and it's an all day process even on a dual G5 with 2gb. So as for now, I'd say that is the best way to go between FCP and Premiere with an HDV project. If anyone experiments more and finds a better way, or a direct way to get an AVI file in HDV, let's hear it.
By the way, I did try a product called Cleaner from Discreet but it doesn't appear to recognize HDV yet. Not sure if there are other conversion programs out there that might.
Thanks again.

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