Exporting HDV 720p24 to .mov

I've edited a 2 minute in HDV 720p24 and I'm trying to export using QuickTime Conversion to .mov and .flv. When its done, (on both files in both high / low res) I get "stutters" or brief jumps in my video, in general, but not always the same spots. When I bring the timeline into 16:9 SD and export from there, it looks smooth. The only issue is that I have a lot of cropped segments of video using "Motion" on my HDV timeline that are now out of position, wrong size, etc.
Can I export out of HDV to .mov and .flv using QuickTime Conversion?
If SD is the answer, is there a way to keep my sequence intact?
My system is as follows:
Mac OS X 10.5.5
2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
FCP 5.1.4
QuickTime 7.5.5

Try exporting your sequence using Quicktime movie, self contained. Open the file using Quicktime, and make sure everything is ok with graphics and stuff. If the file looks fine, do an H.264 .mov export, then a flash export. Remember if using Flash 9, you can just change the .mov extension to .flv. If using earlier versions of Flash, this won't help.
ps. I believe you can set these compressions up in compressor as well, which could save you some time.
good luck. If this doesn't work, I have another trick you can try...

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