Settings for mpeg streamclip?

I'm trying to convert some 8cm dvd's from a sony handycam.
The footage is in widescreen PAL.
I'm converting to QT.
What are the best settings to use?
Commpression? Apple DV PAL or ?
Frame size?
Frame rate?
Frame blending & better downscale?
The interlace options?
Zoom?
Cropping?
Scale?
Also the 2-pass option is not highlighted to select!
And what easysetup do i then use in FCP? PAL anamorpic

ok, thanks guys,
so i made the frame size 1024 x 576, 25 fps, uncompessed 8bit 4:2:2.
and imported it into an uncomp 8bit sequence but there is alot of interlacing which i'm guessing the deinterlace filter will knock out!
other prob is the files are huge and i don't think i will have enough HD for the all the media files.
should i go back to DV pal compession in Mpeg streamclip

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