Hi Chris,
Would like to specify the question and my case – I have 70min NTSC footage, which I have to edit a 3,5min PAL music video. I thought to first edit it as NTSC Footage in FCP, and then just convert the final 3,5min to save time and not to convert all the 70min. If the image is not perfect it’s ok – cause it’s old, very old film, with bad quality anyway, but the sound has to be good after the conversion. You think it’s gonna be ok?
About the Compressor: Yes, the quality was amazingly good, but the render time INCREDIBLY long – all the settings put to best it took 10min for 4 seconds.
Sascha