QT Files: bad quality and not compatible - ???

Hello!
QT is driving me crazy!
1. If I use it to import video from my DV cam, it always starts with a very small video size instead of the nativ video resolution (DV Pal) and always with quality set to low.
2. If I capture interlaced material from my DV camera or my TV card and export it, the new video is the same size as the original one (Pal), but every 3rd or 4th line is replaced by the previous one and the interlacing is distroyed (the video looks just horrible).
3. If I export an avi file from QT, the file is useless (with QT or any other app) untill I doctor it with ffmpegX or D-Vision.
4. If I encode a video with the H264 codec no other app than QT (e.g. VLC) can playback the file. (If I use ffmpegX and encode a video with H264 I can playback it with all apps).
WHY??? QT should be the link between all video processing programs - but it's completely useless because it's so buggy!
Or is that Apples way to force all users to use there programs only!?! Any comments?
What about:
1. Is there another app to capture/import video data from DV cams or TV cards than QT. What about myVCR (does it reencode the video or simply copy it to HD?)
2. Does QT only work with NTSC resolutions when dealing with interlaced video? Or is there an option somewhere to force it to keep the material interlaced?
3./4. Is that improved by the latest update?
Cheers
Balrock
PS: Pal is the european TV video standart 720x576 lines, NTSC is the US standart with 720x480 lines.

1. If I use it to import video from my DV cam, it always starts with a very small video size instead of the nativ video resolution (DV Pal) and always with quality set to low.
Do you check/set the "Native Device" Preference BEFORE attempting the capture. Also, since QT capture is dependent on CPU power, would not normally recommend it as your primary means of video capture.
3. If I export an avi file from QT, the file is useless (with QT or any other app) untill I doctor it with ffmpegX or D-Vision.
AVI files may contain any number of audio/video compression formats including muxed and MP3/MPEG layer-3 not supported in QT without installation of the appropriate third party proprietary codecs.
4. If I encode a video with the H264 codec no other app than QT (e.g. VLC) can playback the file. (If I use ffmpegX and encode a video with H264 I can playback it with all apps).
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WHY??? QT should be the link between all video processing programs - but it's completely useless because it's so buggy!
QT is a simple control head utility for playback which, when properly registered, allows elementary editing of compatible frame-to-frame synchronized files by direct access/manipulation of the system's QT Tools package.
1. Is there another app to capture/import video data from DV cams
Check out the free "Vidi" utility at http://mitzpettel.com/software/vidi.php to see if it might meet your needs.
2. Does QT only work with NTSC resolutions when dealing with interlaced video? Or is there an option somewhere to force it to keep the material interlaced?
May be "Video Source" preference dependent. Don't have a PAL camera, so the question never came up in my testing.

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