Lines across output video

Hey guys, I made a video for my youth group, but there are lines across my video when I output it using compressor. Im thinking i have the settings wrong or something. You can download my video here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jyizywhzyzj to see what I'm talking about. If you look closely at the edges of things (such as the words "God is moving here" and the edges of the white ink) you will see lines. Its really annoying and I think it will look bad on a big screen. So please let me know what I am doing wrong. Thanks!

Go to the Frame Controls tab in Compressor and set Output Fields to Progressive. You may also need to switch Deinterlacing to Better.
Note that this will increase encoding time.

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see > How to identify iMac models
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Rainer

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A friend of mine was trying to install boot camp on her 17" Early 2006 but the installation failed half-way through ...
Now, when the machine is switched back on - serious square or bit-mapped looking rows of diagonal lines appear from top to bottom on the screen at 30mm gaps ... it boots up OK to the grey Apple Screen with the spinning cog below - then the lines disappear and the blue start-up screen - looks like it's about to show the 'Starting Mac OS X' window - but then stops - and the cursor changes to a weird rectangular mess - and nothing else happens ... the cursor still moves - so I know the system is not completely frozen - it just won't boot past the blue screen ...
The only way I can get it to boot to the desktop is in Safe Mode (shift key at start-up) - but it boots all the way with the diagonal lines.
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all to no avail ...
I have also scanned the Apple downloads pages and here in the discussions.
And also the Boot Camp discussions - I can find only one other post with a similar issue - but there is no 'fix' or solution posted ...
My hunch is the firmware has been affected by the boot camp installer - or something to do with the EFI parameters on the video board.
I have tried everything Apple suggests - including an attempt to reinstall the firmware via a hard press of the power button and inserting a special install firmware install CD from Apple downloads - but I can't get the firmware bar to load at start up ...
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Does anyone know a way around the version check.
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It's still under it's initial 1 year warranty - but I'm not sure a botched Boot Camp install is covered ...
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OK - here's the result of the rows of diagonal lines across the screen on the 17" Intel Core Duo iMac, which I posted last week ...
The logic board was definitely faulty - it could not be repaired by firmware or otherwise ... the service centre was very vague about which area or part of the board failed - but I suspect it was the embedded video board or VRAM ...
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If your machine shows signs of of the above symptoms - you'll have to return it to an Authorised Apple Service Centre to have the logic board replaced (hopefully under warranty) ...
BE SURE AND BACK UP ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL USER DATA FIRST - AS THERE WILL BE NO GUARANTEE YOUR USER FOLDER WILL BE RETAINED WHEN YOU GET YOUR MACHINE BACK ...
You can still access your HD by doing a safe boot: hold the 'Apple' & 'S' keys immediately after you hear the start-up 'chimes' ....
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