Print to video - getting digital distortion on tape

Everything went fine when I printed my time line to video. No drop frames, everything worked smoothly. Then when I watched the material caught on tape (using my sony Z1U as recording device & firewire connection) it was completely covered with pixel mosaic and digital mess.
Does somebody know where the problem could lie?
I printed on a brand new tape, and even recorded bars, so that there would be a signal underneath, which even shouldnt´t be necessary.

I got it to work AFTER I exported my whole timeline as an Quick Time Movie. And the dropped the QT movie in a new sequence and then printed the QT movie on tape. But will I lose quality when I export my timeline to an QT movie??? < </div>
No, it's a clone, more or less. You might try exporting as a reference movie. Should work.
Strange that to get FCP to work, first I had to make a Mixdown of my audiotracks and then export everything as an QT movie. Otherwise I got drop frames during playback and distortion in the picture when printed on tape. < </div>
It's not strange at all now that you've provided some more information. Your experience with your Z1 will help others who have the same machine. Keep posting your war stories.
bogiesan

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