Workflow for DVD from HD+SD source...

Based on the lengthy so-called "single-field conversion" issues with iM09, I'm looking for some inputs on the best workflow to retain high quality for DVD distribution for mixed media - video shot with HD & SD camcorders..
Here's what I did:
A> Converted all the SD (720x480) MPEG clips to progressive using QT
B> Imported 480p MPEG clips into iMovie 9
C> Edited 1080i + 480p material in iM and exported using the HD preset. Previous tests I did confirmed no diff between the HD export preset (newly added in the latest update), and the QT custom export for 720p.
D> Imported the 720p file into iDVD and re-rendered to DVD format.
Resulting DVD video was good (not bad, and obviously nowhere near HD quality). Wondering if anybody else has a diff workflow they would like to share that minimizes the rendering steps for HD+SD material to retain good quality?
Thanks!
P.S. Unfortunately, I sold off my copy of FCE when I upgraded to iM9, otherwise iM9 XML --> FCE --> iDVD might have been an option.

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shooternz wrote:
I dont get why one would need to scale down an HD sequence to an SD Sequence  (in PPRO) first?
That must invoke "processing" for the scale and PAR  and add the complication of letterbox or otherwise.
A Dynamic Link of the HD Sequence to Encore does the scaling automatically (and well) and the image retains 16:9  aspect.
A MPEG2 - DVD export file  also does the scaling automatically and you import that into an Encore Project where no further transcoding is required.
Well try it and let me know how it compares for you, I would be curious what your results are. I have recently had to do a a slew of HDV to WS DVD with timecode window burns. It was taking so long when i was linking the hdv project to encore that i tried nesting the hdv footage in the WS NTSC project and it rendered faster for me so i stuck with it.
I assumed it had something to do with the GPU doing the scaling and with premiere rendering the video in SD rez faster then it can render in HD rez then scale it down for encoding in encore.

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