Terrible Quality issue with MPEG 2 (DVD- encode plz HELP!!!

Hello,
I edited something short in FCP 5 and wanted to make a DVD but the resulted mpeg-2 file has grabage all over. Not just square artefacts but a lot of problems like an old VHS maybe (but it isn't video noise either). It's more like a DV tape that would be ******.
I tried to recompress in DV and the resulting quicktime .mov file is fine. But every time I encode it in any of the DVD presets it is terrible. Also tried MPEG-1. Same.
As for the 2 pass encodes they crash my computer...
Please help Obi-Wan Compressor you are my only hope.

If you're running some flavor of Compressor 2, then try using the One Pass setting (but not the One-Pass VBR setting) at 6.5 Mbps. If you're still having issues, other things to try:
up the One Pass bit rate to 7.5 Mbps
Alter GOP to Open (from the default Closed)
Alter GOP structure to IP (from the default IBBP)
If I'm having issues with Compressor 2's Two Pass encodes, I can usually save my hide with a One Pass 7.5 Mbps Open IBBP GOP encode. If that doesn't work, Plan B is to do a One Pass 6.5 Mbps Closed IP GOP encode.
Or are you using Compressor 1?

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    Based on your observations here, they apparently have not changed the sound quality since the original 160GB classic. I noticed a clear narrowing of the sound stage (ambiance) between the 5.5G 80Gb and my 6G 160GB. You're describing the same characteristic. I don't own the newest 160GB version and came here today to see if it might have improved the sound quality back to the 5.5 spaciousness. Note that the 5.5G has a higher signal to noise ratio than the 6G, making it difficult for me to enjoy it through efficient balanced armature in ear monitors like the Shure SE530s or Ulimate Ears Triple.Fi 10s.

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