Flash-Frames in Quicktime?

Greetings. I'm exporting a sequence from Final Cut Pro (The project was shot in HDV) to a standard-def Quicktime. I have noticed in the final QT that there are a couple of flashframes in the video. I double checked the sequence, and they are not there, just in the QT file.
Any advice?
Many thanks in advance.
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

did you export using compressor or qt conversion? I would use compressor to do your conversion. look under the advanced formats to select your desired standard def setting. also what can happen is you may have a field that is a flash "frame" i.e. field 2 may be the culprit and you won't see that in your sequence due to the frame based nature of FCP. if you import the standard def conversion you did into a timeline with the appropriate settings and you don't see the flash frames it's due to the frame based situation, if you do see them it's a corrupted conversion. try compressor

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