Rendering Problem in FCP 6.01: throws footage out of synch

When I render my footage in FCP 6.01 it completely changes the footage to a different timecode in the clip so my final edit ends up completely different footage than what I orginally edited. It's extreemly frustrating. Anyone know how to fix this?
Mac Pro 2x2.66   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

I'll need more info to narrow down on the problem.
When you play it in the timeline, everything plays fine, right?
What format did you digitize? MiniDV?
What timecode is changing?
If you Export as quicktime movie, there is no timecode.
If your refering to the timecode in the browser, make sure your looking at the MEDIA START & END (Not the in & out)
When your refering different footage, are you speaking of a completely different shot from your footage? Or is the cut just off?
Check this setting:
Goto menu bar: SEQUENCE SETTING; click render control tab.
check on all boxes. set all to 100%. Codec=SAME AS SEQ
In the timeline, make sure all the tracks are on GREEN. (The bubble on the far end left)
Test some of the media files in iMovie or quicktime to see if they're corrupted in some way.
If there is no fix, you may need to re-install the app.

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    .SpryIsIE6 #MenuBar .MenuBarView .SubMenu .MenuItemWithSubMenuHover .MenuItemLabel/* IE6 selector  */{
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        color: #ffffff;
    .SpryIsIE6 #MenuBar .SubMenu .SubMenu  /* IE6 selector  */{
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    /* EndOAWidget_Instance_2141544 */
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    </style>
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    @charset "utf-8";
    body  {
        font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
       min-height: 0; /* This is necessary to overcome the "haslayout" bugthat is found in Windows 7 in conjuction with IE8.  For Moreinformation see: URL -- http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/haslayout.html */
        margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
        padding: 0;
        text-align:center; /* This allows for the centering of the container and overcomes a bug inherent in IE 5 */
        color: #000000;
        list-style-image: none;
        background-color: #FCFCFC;
    h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
    color:#000066;
    a:link {
        color: #151A96;
        text-decoration: underline;
    a:visited {
        text-decoration: underline;
        color: #1B8DCD;
    a:hover {
        text-decoration: none;
        color: #F30A0A;
    a:active {
        text-decoration: underline;
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    #container {
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        margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
        text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
        background-image:
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            background-image:
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        padding: 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
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        margin-top: 0px;
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        width: 950px;       
        padding-top: 275px; 
        padding-left: 39px;
        z-index: 3; 
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        padding-top: 50px;
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        padding-left: 15px;
        padding-right: 15px;
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        padding-right:20px; /* remember that padding is the space inside the div box and margin is the space outside the div box */
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    .sidebar_right {
        float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
        width: 270px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
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        margin-left:0;
        margin-right:10px;
        font-size:90%;
    .mainContent_right {
        margin-left: 10px;
        padding-left:30px;
        padding-right:20px;
        width: 600px;
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    .sidebar_left {
        float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
        width: 270px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
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        margin-left:30px;
        margin-right:0;
        overflow: hidden;
        font-size:90%;
    .main_content_centered {
        width: 650px;
        margin-left: 155px;
    .main_content_centered_header {
        margin-left: 75px;
    .sidebar_textbox {
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        width: 260px;
        padding: 2px;
    .sidebar_textbox_header {
        width:255px;
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        background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Por trait%20Textbox%20Header.png);
    .sidebar_textbox_background_middle {
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        padding-bottom: 10px;
        background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Por trait%20Textbox%20Middle.png);
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    .sidebar_textbox_content {
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        width: 230px;
        padding-left: 20px;
        padding-right: 40px;
    .sidebar_textbox_footer {
        width:255px;
        height:64px;
    background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Port rait%20Textbox%20Footer.png);
    #issues_menu a:link {
        color: #151A96;
        text-decoration: none;
        font-weight:bold;
    #issues_menu a:visited {
        color: #151A96;
        font-weight:bold;
        text-decoration: none;
    #issues_menu a:hover {   
        color: #F30A0A;
        font-weight:bold;
        font-style: oblique;
        text-decoration: none;
    #issues_menu a:active {
        color: #151A96;
        font-weight:bold;
        text-decoration: none;
    #archives {
        padding-top: 15px;
        padding-right: 15px;
        padding-bottom: 20px;
        padding-left: 0px;
    .landscape_textbox {
        width: 500px;
        margin-right: 0px;
        margin-left: 30px;
        padding-top:35px;
        padding-bottom: 25px;
        font-style: normal;
        font-weight: normal;
    .landscape_textbox_hdr {
        width:500px;
        height:38px;
        margin:auto;
        padding:0;
        background-image:
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    .landscape_textbox_middle {
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        margin:auto;
        padding-top: 12px;
        padding-bottom: 12px;
        background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/lan dscapte%20Textbox%20Middle.png);
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    .landscape_textbox_content {
        width:450px;
        padding:25px;
    .landscape_textbox_ftr {
        width:500px;
        height:44px;
        margin:auto;
        padding:0;
        background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Lan dscape%20Textbox%20Footer.png);
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        padding: 0; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
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        height: 222px;
        background-image:
        url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Website%20Footer%20_ 960.png);
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        margin-right: 50px;
        padding: 10px;
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    #footer h5 {
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    .fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
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    .fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
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        margin-right: 8px;
    .clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
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        font-size: 1px;
        line-height: 0px;
    .dropcap {
        display: block;
        float: left;
        line-height: 80%;
        font-size: 250%;
        font-weight: bolder;
        color: #000066;   
        padding: .03em .1em 0 0;
    .red_arrows {
        list-style-position: outside;
        list-style-image: url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Arrow%20Large.png);    
    .blue_bullets {
        list-style-position: outside;
        list-style-image: url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Bullet%20Medium%20Fu ll.png);   
    .attention {
        color: #F30A0A;
        font-size:x-large;
        font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
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        font-weight:900;
    .attention_small {
        color: #F30A0A;
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        font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
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    .table {
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    .blue {
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        font-style: normal;
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    .MenuBarRightShrink {
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        width: 80em;
    .MenuBarFixedCentered {
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        width: 80em;
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        margin-right:auto;
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        display:block;
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        width: 100%;
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    #MenuBar .MenuItemLast {
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        font-style: normal;
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        background-color:transparent;
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        background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Nav igation%20Bar%20Segment%20Light2.png);
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        left:100%;
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    Also, the because the upper image is lower resolution (jaggies), the narrow line cannot print accurately. Thus, it appears blueish. When you look at the full-size image, you can see how jagged the line is and the mix of dots (red and blue, predominantly) that was output by the printer. In contrast, the lower text box is smooth and black.
    I don't know where the problem lies, but I have not experienced anything like this on any other program I currently use. It's a postscript printer, and I suspect that something's gone wrong in the postscript output associated with tables and the printer is printing the screen view, not the higher resolution printer data. But that's just a guess. And as far as I know, it's not something anyone other than Apple can fix.
    And, of course, since you can't see this problem on screen in the pdf, no matter how much you "zoom" in, you won't know if your files will print badly until you test it. Or, worse, your client does.
    Bummer.

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