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Are you using the correct version of QT?

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Whereto are you connecting this S-video output? Does the device in question need to be set to accept S-video? Could it be an NTSC/PAL issue?

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You need to set the video output tool in your software, it switches between component, S-video and composite.

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Why not capture over AES/EBU? It should give you a 1:1 of quality and level in sound, without any extra D-A and A-D conversions.
Other than that, you might want to check the audio output levels on the DVW.

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Why are you on 5.0 and not on a later version? Not sure what your dongle will allow you to run, but my bet is you could at least run 5.2.

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Jane,
Can you find out the exact system specifications? This sounds like the internal video card is not up to the task. Maybe it just has the wrong driver version.

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Get an external drive, clone your current hard drive (with Carbon Copy Cloner), partition your MBP’s HD, Carbon Copy the “old” install back to one partition, and do a new install on the other partition.
Keep one partition for Avid with the right OS and QT, keep the other partition for everything else.

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BTW, your remarks about responsiveness surprise me. MC with Adrenaline was pretty notorious for exactly what you are describing. Less so for Mojo, and not at all so for Nitris.
However, with v3, responsiveness has greatly improved on all systems. I have never seen faster flying Avids.
That said, most Adrenaline editors I know got used to the different response rather quickly.
HTH.

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– I think I can play out the edit at 24fps.

Yes, you can. In the digital cut tool, you can select to output at either 24 or 25 fps.
For regular everyday editing, the Edit Play Rate in your Film Settings should also be at 24fps (this might rather unfortunately still default to 25).

– 2: I’ll output the same edit as a QT 24fps – I hope there is a setting that says 24fps?

Yes. I always use DV Quicktimes. You can go into the QT export settings and choose 24fps as the frame rate.

– EDL & Reconform + OMF – they should all produce the same result… I think?

They should

– I still don’t really understand if the audio I work with has been sped up to match the 25fps tc images, or not.

If everything syncs up if you do a straight import, they can’t have been sped up.

– My wav files, I brought in with 24fps timecode – since that’s what it was recorded with. But I have no frame 12 timecode, it all goes frame 9,10,11 then 13, 14…

That is correct. The source TC for every element in a PAL project (be it 24 or 25) is considered to be a true 24TC. In order to reflect 24TC sourced audio in such an environment, the Avid uses a pulldown, where it will skip the 12th frame, then counts all the way up to 24, 00, 01) therefore maintaining the right TC within a 25 counter. If you need the Avid to reflect a true 24 TC, you should copy the Source TC into the TC24 column, and select “Copy” (not “convert”). This 24TC will have a 12th frame, and will also flip from 23 to 00 to 01, etc.

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Then create a Dual Boot. Better for both apps.