Exporting an hdv sequence for sd viewing

can anyone advise on how best to export an HDV sequence (using compressor and dvdsp) for standard definition viewing?
i would be interested in hearing suggestions for both (a) letterboxing and (b) cropping in on the sides. thank you.
danny

Though I'm woefully underqualified to step in for Jerry, what you're experiencing is one of those oddities about working in Native HDV - a standard definition DVDSP project will not accept it.
(And this qualifies as 'odd' because the same DVDSP project would accept the footage if it's Apple Intermediate Codec, a format that I suspect Jerry prefers and uses normally)
There is much debate about how to achieve the best quality conversion from HDV -> SD DVD without spending the 25+ hours that Compressor 2.x would take to do a proper format conversion. The most discussed of these workarounds is The Bonsai Solution™, so give that a shot and see how that works out for you.

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