IDVD won't recognise FCE output movies. Also has bad artifacts.

Recently upgraded to new iMac and Final Cut Express.
Have a problem with making a DVD of my first project in FCE. Of three sequences I've cut and exported to Quicktime, as per instructions, iDVD will recognise only one. That is, only one of the .mov files shows up in the "media" folder in iDVD. So I can bring that into the iDVD project and it plays, but with very noticeable motion artifacts. The other two sequences, (all done on the same day with same settings on camera, HV20), they don't show up in the "media" box, but if I drag them on to the iDVD page they play, but with very bad motion artifacts.
Anyone got any tips on what's happening here and how to work around it?

I am experiencing the same problems but have found a workaround. Although iDVD will not recognize the movie in the media window, you can drag the movie file into the main window and iDVD will accept the file. I have also found that if you use the "export using quicktime conversion" rather than the "export quicktime movie" you get better results (fewer artifacts). I used Photo JPEG settings at 100% and saw great improvement - - it took longer but it was well worth it.

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I have edited several videos using Final Cut Express and exported them as .mov files to my desktop.
For future reference, an MOV file is any compressed data in an MOV file container. Data can be any compression format compatible with the system configuration on which the file was made—to include both Apple QT native compatible codecs and "Pro" app installed codecs to third party codecs like WMV, DivX, XviD, MPEG-2, etc. In order to eliminate codec problems, in the future please indicate the specific codecs involved.
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