For those curious about the technical problems:
Womble caused some edit point to become 29.97 frames/sec even though all video footage used was 23.976.
As a result in DVD/mpeg2 format the audio syncs up fine, but since avi cannot handle variable frame rates, the video and audio got out of sync whenever the frame rate shifted.
The fix was cool.
With DGIndex I selected "preserve pulldown flags". Now I had a video that was fully 29.97. Sections that were 30fps stayed 30fps, the rest that was 23.976 got telecined on playback to 30fps.
With me? Ok, then I just IVTC'd the whole thing (telecide(order=0.decimate(cycle=5)) and BAM you have 100% 23.976 content.
700mb sized 2-pass Xvid with vbr mp3 audio.
Now my decision to post this will be based on anyone caring at this late a date.
Odds are you've seen this edit by now if you wanted to, but if a few people chime in I will definitely up it.
The quality is acceptable but size is the consideration here. If you want quality you can snag the DVD version later.