Is it possible to get high quality result in FCE (Sony AVCHD camcorder)?

i have a Sony HDR-SR10 camcorder (AVCHD) and i import directly my footages in FCE. I export video using the Quicktime with H264, and then burn the result on a DVD using iDVD or Toast. With that method, i can obtain good quality in the STATIC images, but during the panoramic movements of the camera the final result (i mean a DVD on my cathodic TV) is disappointing, with a "jerky" rendering.
You can download on my iDisk an exemple of it at: http://public.me.com/leclercqpascal
When i compare with the same sequence treated on the PC Sony's software, i find in the latter case a perfectly smooth result.
The problem is the same when i import from the camera to iMovie 09.
Help welcome, because i would be disappointed to resort to a PC software!

You may want to post this question on Final Cut Express board where you might get better answer, but using H264 in the middle to export to DVD authoring seems to be the problem. Your video seems to be a 50i PAL format, which FCE or iMovie is capable of handling, but if you export to h264 which cannot handle interlaced video you'll end up with a 25p video and DVD won't show the smooth motion. Instead of h264 try using AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec) for export and make DVD from it.

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