What's best for HD hi-res movies

I have wasted millions of processor cycles trying to come up with a way to get a HD movie, in TS file format, I can reliably import into iTunes -> Apple TV. Anyone have an answer for this combo? Preferably a single program.
I have played with several HD movies in TS format. They look killer in QuickTime playback. That's where it ends.
Streamclip. It will give me a great QT file, but it won't give me a file that I can import directly into iTunes. Nothing directly out of Streamclip will import into ATV. I have to make a final pass thru QuickTime. When I do that (exporting for ATV) QT reduces the file to approx 2G, thus reducing the quality.
VisualHub 1.23. The best so far, however it automatically keeps the file size under 4G. Rumor is that iTunes (maybe it's ATV) has a 4G limit on file size. When you're talking 1080i movie at highest res, that can be a 10G file.
BTW : Hard Drive space is of no concern.
Any suggestions / workflows?
Please and Thank you,
Stacy
G5 2x2G   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

I have wasted millions of processor cycles trying to come up with a way to get a HD movie, in TS file format, I can reliably import into iTunes -> Apple TV. Anyone have an answer for this combo?TV does not play TS files. Such files will not show up in the "streaming" mode on TV nor will they pass iTunes error trapping for sync to TV.
I have played with several HD movies in TS format. They look killer in QuickTime playback. That's where it ends.Such files play in QT or other player if the required components are installed and the audio format is compatible. However, the TV video player is limited to the H.264/AAC and MPEG4/AAC QT subsets in their associated profiles.
Streamclip. It will give me a great QT file, but it won't give me a file that I can import directly into iTunes. Nothing directly out of Streamclip will import into ATV. I have to make a final pass thru QuickTime.Use the "Export to MPEG-4" option with settings/profiles specified by Apple. Compare your non-playing files produced by MPEG Streamclip with the playing files created by your "final pass thru QuickTime" to see what settings have been changed.
When I do that (exporting for ATV) QT reduces the file to approx 2G, thus reducing the quality.When used properly, the H.264 "Main" profile should be 2-2.5 times as efficient as your MPEG-2 based files. That means a 2.0 to 2.5 GB H.264/AAC file should have quality on a par with a 5.0 GB TS file.

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