Final Cut Express 4.0 - Not actually doing deinterlacing....

I've selected it many times, tested and tested and tested, rebooted, restarted... still checked the 'deinterlace source footage' does NOT seem to be doing it's job in Final Cut Express 4.0 when I try to export using Quick Time Converter.
thoughts/comments/Recommendations? My video is always interlaced and fuzzy !
Funny thing is that it worked yesterday.
thanks in advanced to any input.
thank you.
Dean

Final Cut Express does not support 24fps video, and never has. And it cannot convert 24fps to other frame rates. If you try using 24fps material in FCE you will get unpredictable behavior, as you have experienced.
You would have to convert 24fps material outside FCE before importing the video. It may also be possible to use Nattress Standards Conversion however using that in FCE requires some undocumented workarounds.

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