HD interlacing problems when converting to MPEG2

I'm exporting HD footage from FCP5 using Compressor and selecting the MPEG2 DVD codec: 90 min., best quality encode at 16x9. The result is a terribly inerlaced video - major herring bone action. I ran 3 exports where I modified the field dominanace from top to bottom to best, all resulting in the same bad interlacing.
Is MPEG2 the best codec for converting HD to SD? I know I can use H.264, but it will only play on HD compatible DVD players, so that's not an option for this project.
I want to make an SD DVD in DVDSP4. I'm using footage captured on the Sony HVR-Z1U in HDV1080i mode.
Any help would be appreciated.

I am not sure if you guys are transcoding because you want to go to DVD or simply to have an MPEG 2 Version, but the problems I ran into had to do with geting my wonderful HDV footage downconverted to SD DVD. I figured it out, but its a strange approach...
1. once your show is complete in final cut, create a new blank sequence (don't duplicate the final, this didn't work for me).
2. Go back to your original final HDV sequence and select all in the timeline, then copy.
3. Go to the new sequence and before you paste in a copy of the show, change the sequence settings. You want to select a format that works with SD DVD, so I use the DV/NTSC 16:9. This will give me the option when I go to DVD to either squash the video or letterbox it.
4. On last thing to note about the settings, you need to match the field dominance from the original HDV sequence or you will get some wierd interlancing atrifacts. Ususally with HDV you are using the TOP or Upper field.
5. Select your new SD Sequence and past your show into it.
6. you will notice it needs more rendering than the HDV version, but don't worry about that for now. Simply go to the export command and export as a quicktime movie, but not self contained.
7. I found its important to use Compressor rather than letting DVD Studio do the encoding to MPEG2, so open Compressor and make sure to use 2 pass VPR. I've also messed with the GOP settings, but I am not sure that helped anything. Go with pretty high bit rate, but remember the 10MBit limit including sound. Dobly Digital is usually the way to go with sound.
8. Once you do this, you are all set. Bring it into DVD Studio and create your DVD. You can select if you want it 4:3 or 16:9 letterbox, depending if you are making a widescreen DVD or the standard letterbox varity.
This is the workflow I found to work, but I spent hours on the darn Field Domance issue and also found you really need to use Compressor, so you can increase and control the quality.
Hope this helps,
Dan

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