Video timing messed up FCE 4.0

I captured my video at 29.97 fps. I created my project and edited it so every looks exactly the way I want it in the canvas window.
When I export Quicktime movie, the results are not the same as what I see in the canvas video. The video seems to have different in and out points for the clips in the video.
It look like the slip tool was used, to different extents, on the clips before the export.
I have recreated the project and I have not been able to get the correct export.
The export is from the File -> Export -> Quicktime Movie... and I choose to include Audio and Video, Markers - None and check Make Movie Self-Contained.
What settings could I look at to find out why the video is messed up?

The solution to my problem is to import the original capture movie into FCE 4.0, then export as Quicktime.
The new file that you just exported should be used to make clips from instead of the original capture.

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