Settings in easy setup, help me!

Hi, I have a Canon XL H1A shooting 25 frames at 1080i HDV. It's also a PAL camcorder. Whats the best setting in the easy setup of FCE4 to use, i want to retain the highest quality.
Thanks
Phil

Sorry ..... I missed out the Apple Intermediate Codec bit, but you are using the correct one.
Yes, you do get a different capture window with HDV.
If you haven't already seen it this is what the manual says:-
To capture HDV footage to the Apple Intermediate Codec:
1 Click in the Browser to make it active, then choose File > New Bin.
2 Name the bin, then press Enter.
3 Choose File > Capture (or press Command-8).
A Capture dialog appears instead of the Capture window.
4 In the Capture dialog, enter a name for the clip, then click Capture.
The capture preview window appears and the camcorder begins playing back video
from its current position. The status area of the capture preview window displays the
percentage of real time in which the video is being encoded from HDV to the
Apple Intermediate Codec.
5 Press the Esc (Escape) key to stop capturing.
The video playback on the camcorder stops immediately. The capture preview window
may lag behind, displaying where the video is in the encoding process. As these frames
are processed, the status area of the capture preview window displays the percentage
of frames left to process.
Note: Pressing the Esc key a second time stops the encoding process and cancels
the capture.

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