Improper cuts appearing in my final output with Quicktime

Question

Hi everyone. I've been struggling to output what, in my opinion, is a fairly simple project I've edited from an old home video (originally shot on miniDV). It's mostly just cuts and some simple text titles. Forgive me for some ignorance regarding Final Cut Pro; I've used it for a while now, but not terribly in depth.
It's a little hard for me to describe this since I lack a lot of technical terms but here goes: Every time I output my final project, certain shots begin with a single frame that is dissolving over the previous frame from the raw footage. In other words, there is a frame that does not belong, overlaying the first frame of the shot. Sometimes it's difficult to notice in real time, but at other points it looks absolutely horrible. This is supposed to be a gift for a friend, and I really just want the cuts to look normal.
A couple bits of information. First of all, not every shot starts this way. Only certain ones - always the same ones as far as I can tell. I was first outputting using Compressor, since my ultimate goal is to burn the video onto a DVD. I then tried outputting using Quicktime Conversion to H.26, PNG and Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2, all of which suffered from the same problem. My first theory was that it could be an interlacing issue, since the offending frame appeared to be interlaced perfectly with the previous frame in the raw footage. However, after checking "de-interlace source video" during my output to Uncompressed 10-bit, the result was simply a blurrier dissolve between the two images.
I've tried deleting all of my render files and outputting again, but that has not worked. I viewed the raw video in my capture scratch folder to make sure that there wasn't some kind of frame overlap to begin with, but there wasn't. The video looks totally fine in my timeline, and all I want is for my output to replicate that. The only thing left I can think of doing is going shot by shot and cutting out frames in my timeline, which will take an extraordinary amount of time, not to mention the fact that I'd have to output all of my videos, slow down each and every cut, and find the bad frames that I haven't noticed yet.
I refuse to believe that there's no way for Final Cut Pro to output these videos properly, but I certainly haven't found it yet. Hopefully someone out there has some experience with this problem or can at least venture a guess as to how to fix it, since I'm all out. Thanks for any suggestions you can offer!
- Joe

Answer 1

Here's the info you requested:
ITEM PROPERTIES
(Format)
Type: Clip
Creator: Quicktime Player
Source: Macintosh HD:Users:Joe:Documents:Final Cut Pro Documents: Capture Scratch
Size: 320.5 MB
Last Modified: Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 6:56PM
Tracks: 1V, 2A
Vid Rate: 29.97fps
Frame Size: 720x480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
Data Rate: 3.6MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: NTSC - CCIR 601
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Alpha: None/Ignore
Composite: Normal
Audio: 2 Mono
Aud Rate: 48.0 KHz
Aud Format: 16-bit Integer
(Timing)
Length: 00:01:28:19
In: 00:14:16:17
Out: 00:14:18:23
Duration: 00:00:02:07
TC: Source
Reel: 001
Media Start: 00:13:47:29
Media End: 00:15:16:19
Aux TC 1: None
Aux TC 2: None
Speed: 100%
Frame Blending: Off
(Logging)
Reel: 001
Media Start: 00:13:47:29
TC Rate: 30
Aux TC 1: None
Aux TC 2: None
Capture: OK
Master Clip: [checked]
Label: None
Sound TC: None
(Film)
Reel: 001
Media Start: 00:13:47:29
TC Rate: 30
Aux TC 1: None
Aux TC 2: None
Sound TC: None
SEQUENCE SETTINGS
(General)
Frame Size: 720x480 NTSC DV (3:2)
Pixel Aspect Ration: NTSC - CCIR 601 / DV (720x480)
[not] Anamorphic 16:9
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Editing Timebase: 29.97
Quicktime Video Settings
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
Quality: 100%
Audio Settings
Rate: 48 kHz
Depth: 16-bit
Config: Channel Grouped
(Video Processing)
Render in 8-bit YUV
Process Maximum White as: White
Motion Filtering Quality: Normal
(Timeline Options)
Starting Timecode: 01:00:00:00
Drop Frame: [checked]
Track Size: Small
Thumbnail Display: Name Plus Thumbnail
Audio Track Labels: Sequential
Track Display: Show Through Edits
Video: Motion Bar, Filters Bar, Keyframe Editor, Speed Indicators [all checked]
Audio: Filters Bar, Keyframe Editor, Speed Indicators [all checked]
(Render Control)
Render & Playback:
Filters [checked]
Frame Blending for Speed [checked]
Render:
Frame Rate: 100% of Sequence Editing Timebase
Resolution: 100% of Sequence Frame Size
Codec: Same as Sequence Codec
Master Templates and Motion Projects
Quality: Best
Always use Best Quality When Rendering Movies [checked]
(Audio Outputs)
Outputs: 2
Downmix (dB): 0
Grouping: Stereo
Whew.
@Jim Cookman: If that's true that would really suck. You're absolutely right, those offending shots don't have handles (so far I've only noticed it with regards to in-points, not out-points) But the thing is, I'm not doing any transitions with those shots. They're just simple cuts. I don't see why Final Cut Pro can't output a cut at the frame I want it to cut at. The problem is that the video I'm editing is home video with very short shots and people's phrases being cutoff. It wasn't shot with editing in mind. Nevertheless, I've had handles where I put dissolves and whatnot, I just don't have them here. It's not like I'm unwilling to trim one or two frames here or there, but the real issue is that it would be a crazy amount of work, especially after everything I've already done to get the timeline just how I want it. There is some music and effects, and there are a lot of cuts; going through every one of them would be very difficult.
So I guess with regards to handles, the question is: is there any way to select a clip, or set of clips in a timeline, and have FCP automatically trim the first and last frames, while simultaneously adjusting music, etc.? If so, then that may very well solve the problem. But if not, well, then I have a lot of work ahead of me... Thre's always next year!
Anyway, I appreciate both of your inputs. Thanks for taking the time to help me out.