I meant the latter, not replacing the segments, but as you stated, transcoding the sequence. The end result is a sequence which can be exported to QTR without the long gop warning. Thanks for correcting. My main question still remains, is there a quality difference? I suspect the 'end product' is the same as far as quality of the video. Could

Douglas, thank you for the many helpful files and tutorials, I am new on this forum. This is a great method, but I have a question? I tried it and it works great, and the material works in DVDIt Pro HD etc., as I use the same workflow as your tutorials in the latter for Blue Ray creation etc. I had found a solution for the dreaded long GOP export HDV