Compression headache

[Owen Rr]

Thanks to everyone for the advice. I seem to have partly resolved our problem to do with colour although I’m not really sure why this has happened. I have pursued a solution using my Mac at home and this is the process that seems to have sorted the problem;

TGA sequence into Quicktime Pro export using – 10 bit uncompressed 4:2:2 codec.
Uncompressed quicktime into FCP, export using Compressor using highest possible setting for DVD playback.

I’ve tried endless combinations with many different applications and codecs all resulting in a picture that is too dark and too high contrast. Does anyone know of a good reason why this route above should work over any other, I’d like to know whether this is a result I can replicate on PC or whether a Mac is going to be the way to go. I have noticed that the uncompressed codec I used isn’t available in the PC version of QT Pro.

Thanks