Import settings for HDV for PAL

I film on HDV tapes (1440x1080i) and I have asked both Apple store trainers and a Final Cut pro trainer and I am getting told different things for what settings to chose in easy set-up on Final Cut.
I have chosen what I believed was the right setting to then complete and burn to a Quicktime movie folder to import in DVD Studio Pro, but Studio Pro is telling me it's not compatible as it had been created for NTSC when I want PAL! I can't find where you chose between NTSC and PAL on the HD/HDV settings - can anyone help please as I can only see DV on PAL?

Hello PadProd,
If you want to stay in HD you can capture HDV natively or transcode. Since editing HDV natively is very processor intensive, I'd recommend transcoding to an i-frame format. The two options you have are ProRes or Apple Intermediate Codec.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/capture_hdv_prores_fwbalis.html
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/when_to_staynative.html
+... but Studio Pro is telling me it's not compatible as it had been created for NTSC when I want PAL! I can't find where you chose between NTSC and PAL on the HD/HDV settings+
You'll need to change your project settings in DVDSP from NTSC to PAL (in preferences) not change the Easy Setup in FCP. Note that this setting will only affect new projects.
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=454800&seqNum=5
hope this helps
mish

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