@trbarry,
The only free DV codecs I know of are the DirectShow and Canopus read-only one. Canopus won't do full-range luma. There is an old one from Panasonic available but I don't know the legal status. MainConcept has a demo, maybe Avid does as well.
@cweb,
PAL DV has a similar problem:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...ug-4-2001.html