M'Kay. Here goes.
Project Settings:
General:
Editing Mode: Desktop
Timebase: 29.97 frames/second
Video:
Frame size 720x480
PAR: D1/DV NTSC (0.9)
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Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)
Display Format: 30 fps non drop-frame timecode
Title safe area: 20% horizontal, 20% vertical
Action Safe Area: 10% horizontal, 10% vertical
Audio:
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Display Format: Audio Samples
Video Rendering:
Max bit depth unchecked
Previews:
File Format: Video for Windows
Compressor: PICVideo M-JPEG 3 VfW Codec
Color Depth: Millions of Colors
Optimize stills checked
Export Settings:
File Type: Microsoft AVI
Range: Entire Sequence
Export video and Beep when Finished checked
Embedding options: None
Video:
Compressor: Lagarith/Huffy (tried both)
Configure: all unchecked on LAGS, Predict Median under YUY2 and Predict Gradient under RGB, 480 line field threshold, is-interlaced flag unchecked, always suggest RGB format for output checked in Huffy
Color Depth: Millions of colors
Frame size 720x480
Frame rate 29.97
PAR: Square (1.0)
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Recompress: Always
Keyframe and Rendering:
Use project settings checked
Fields: no fields
Deinterlace and Optimize both unchecked
Audio (irrelevant imo, but...):
Compressor: Uncompressed
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Sample Type: 16-bit
Channels: Stereo
Interleave: 1 frame
Video Source Properties:
Video:
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frame Size: 720x480
Frame Rate: 23.976
Video Type: NTSC
Frame Type: Interlaced
Frame Struct: Frame[/b]
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All errors occur at the top of the video. Video has been cropped.