HVX Footage from FCP into Pro Tools Settings

I just finished editing a 16 minute video shot on the Panasonic HVX at 720p24. I exported the OMF and a QT video, but our sound editor can't get everything to sync up right. The FCP sequence plays the video at 23.98 and the OMF audio imported at 24 fps.
When I open the video in QT Player, the frame rate says 23.98, but the playback frame rate is 24 fps.
We have tried several pro tools setting and the video never syncs up properly with the TC Window burn.
Our sound editor is using ProTools LE.
Any suggestions?

I'm going to cut and paste the reply my audio guy sent me:
"It is most likely that the Pro Tools system or version being used does not
support 23.976. Yes, 23.976 shows up in Pro Tools as 23.976 -- not 23.98
23.976 was not supported in Pro Tools until version 6.4 and above. I am not
an LE expert but its possible that LE or older versions of LE do mot support
23.976.
Also, 23.976 does not work with a non "HD" Pro Tool Hardware when used in
conjunction with a USD sync interface (such as the older Mix or Mix plus
hardware). This does not relate to LE but is might be good information
anyway. In the case of the "mix" generation of hardware, you can free run it
against Quicktime. if you sycncing to video tape you can hotrod older
hardware to run in 23.976 by syncing it with the newer generation sync
interface -- replace the USD interface with a Sync I/O interface and using
word clock as sync instead of Digidesign video "superclock." In that case
you need to be on version 6.41.cs4.
One workaround would be to create a 29.97 Non Drop Frame OMF, which will
sync up with time code that will match number at every even second and will
not drift. I don't think you can easily translate the frame rate of an
existing FCP sequence, but you could find someone who can open it as 23.976
OMF in Pro Tools and translate it to 29.97 ndf or import the track from the
23.976 session into a 29.97 ndf timeline. In Pro Tools, its just a flip of a
switch convert a sequence to a different frame rate."
Just as I figured...his version of ProTools might not support 23.98.
Shane

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