Hi all...I hope this helps:

I have struggled thoughout time to make an SD DVD from an HDV project that I was pleased to look at.

Shooting in HDV, editing in MC and then transcoding to Mpeg to reach the point of an acceptable finished DVD has always been a tad of a disaster for me

I stumbled upon a simple workflow that apperas to be working  -  I thought to share

Of great significance (to me)  - the process below eliminated the jitter that I was experiencing with still images stretched over the time line - whew!

1. create a top empty video track

2. apply a BCC colour correction to top empty video track - reduce brightness and saturation by about 10%

3. export a 709 qt ref file from MC

4. open Avid DVD, import qt ref

5. burn

I had tried many many many methods with software that ranged from procoder to squeeze..instead going from MC to Avid DVD really offered me satisfaction - I'm sending a master for duplication today (thank god - the end of my 4 year project looks great (now) on an SD DVD - whew!!)

Any improvements/suggestions to the above that anyone has successfully practiced would be greatly appreciated.

My ears are open to improving my workflow - bring it on if ya got an idea or two

Hope this helps someone

Cheers

Filmusic