Exporting different formats in the same sequence.

I created a sequence in FCE mixing both DV footage and MP4 footage (H.264 codec). I had no problems importing into FCE and working with both at the same time.
When I export quicktime movie to idvd and watch the dvd on a tv, the dv footage looks beautiful but the MP4 footage is very blurry.
I then tried many different compression options for export, but anything that makes the MP4 footage look good makes the dv footage look terrible.
Is there an export option in FCE that would create a reasonable looking DVD from original source material in different formats?

We used 2 different cameras when filming a project. I don't currently have access to the one used to film the MP4 footage. It saved onto a memory card during filming and I got it onto my computer by connecting the video camera and dragging the clips to a file on my desktop.
An example of the names the clips saved under is SDV_0403.MP4, SDV_0404.MP4, etc.
Properties of a sample clip as follows:
Kind: MPEG-4 Movie
Dimensions: 720x480
Codecs: H.264, AAC
Duration: 00:25
Size: 17.6 MB on disk
Channel count: 2
Total bit rate 5,911
Sorry if there's irrelevant info there...I'm not sure what's necessary.
I would just drag the clips right from the file on my desktop to FCE either into the timeline or the canvas and insert them among others. Then render them so I could see them in the canvas, editing and rendering as necessary.
I will try the mpeg streamclip in the future, but I'm freaking out a bit because I've already edited hours of footage, and fear having to go back to the beginning to re-import my source footage and start from scratch. I definitely won't be working with multiple formats in the future. I'm just trying to salvage this project now as best I can.

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