[Kirk Sibley]

are you saying i should use vbr or cbr?

[Kirk Sibley]

…here’s the screen shot…

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[Kirk Sibley]

so what sequence preset and export setting would you suggest? I can keep the sequence settings AVCHD 1080i 80, which already set the field dominance to upper first (see below). when i export i export in mpeg 2 and select match source attributes which produces the settings in the screen shot (also below). Does this sound like what you are asking? The match source attributes setting sets the field dominance to upper as well

For editing AVCHD Formats recorded in 1920×1080 square pixels (non-anamorphic).
16:9 interlaced HD video at 29.97 frames per second.
48kHz audio.
Drop-Frame Timecode numbering.

General
Editing mode: AVCHD 1080i square pixel
Timebase: 29.97fps

Video Settings
Frame size: 1920h 1080v (1.0000)
Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
Fields: Upper Field First

Audio Settings
Sample rate: 48000 samples/second

Default Sequence
Total video tracks: 3
Master track type: Stereo
Mono tracks: 0
Stereo tracks: 3
5.1 tracks: 3
Submix mono tracks: 0
Submix stereo tracks: 0
Submix 5.1 tracks: 0