Since you guys were kind enough to reply, thought I’d let you know what I did.
The issue was NOT at a transition point. It was smack dab in the middle of a 2 min area of video. I really have no idea specifically what the problem was but I went thru the video, en-coding certain parts, until I found the exact spot of the foul. In the video was some sort of “crinkle”….not really sure what to call it…but it looked like it just got disturbed at that point while it was being captured from the tape. It was literally a 1 second crackle. It was in a position where I was simply able to cut that part out, transition the split and all was well.
Again, thank you for your answers. I see this forum is going to be invaluable to me. Perhaps one day I’ll know enough to help some other poor noob out.