Which Compressor/Codec for DV output?

What format is the original material?

if it is already DV/NTSC Quicktime, simply export a Quicktime Movie using "current settings". Do not recompress.

Or did I miss the point of your question?

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1 Capture using the relevant (ie what your camera recorded to tape) codec. If you are in the US and recorded DV, the appropriate codec will be DV/NTSC Quicktime. There is an easy preset for it in FCP.

2. Edit your material on a timeline using the same codec. If you have FCP6 all you need to do is drop the first clip on the timeline and click yes if it asks if you want the sequence settings to match the clip. this will guarantee congruence between clip and sequence settings.

3. Export your material using Quicktime movie/current settings.

4. Open Compressor, import your exported file. Use the appropriate DVD compressor based upon the length of your video. Be sure to use AC3 for the audio.

5. Open DVDSP, import your assets, build and burn your DVD.

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Capture settings: DV-PAL or DV-NTSC depending on where you live. 32khz or 48khz audio depending on what your camera is set to. Anamorphic or not, depending if you're shooting widescreen or not.
DVD Export settings depend on how simple a workflow you want. Either just a qt movie, current settings, straight into dvdsp which can do the encoding for you; or via compressor where you use one of the dvd presets to encode the m2v video and ac3 audio.

Just for grins, you could try DVCPro50 as the sequence compressor.

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