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Thank You everyone for your knowledge. I have a more complete understanding of the difference now and appreciate your time in responding to this forum! Nathan

DVCAM is better quality than mini-DV but does the FCP encoder actually take advantage of the quality difference? The FCP codec just says DV NTSC and doesn't seem to indicate if it will be worth the loss of 20min on a standard mini-DV tape to get better quality. Also, since my final product goes straight to DVD, usually at around 6-8 mbps, would it even matter if it was higher quality on DVCAM if it is reduced by the m2v compression? Thanks for your expertise!