Martin,
thanks again.
"And FCP 3, not 4, will output time code"
So FCP4 can't lay time code then?
I just finished reading this thread about the subject, but as a newbie I wasn't sure I got it right:
http://www.creativecow.net/forum/read_thread.php?threadid=453514&forumid=8&...
this bodes badly for me since I don't have FCP3, just FCP4.
-R