Editing iPhone Video

Two short questions:
1. What is the best thing to do when you end up with a bunch of clips at different frame rates?
2. When importing video shot on the iPhone into PPCS4, why does Premiere place the video on track one, and force the audio to track 2?
iPhone video is 640X480, 4:3 and produces .MOV files with the h.264 codec.  The frame rate it produces depends on the lighting - lower light, lower frame rate.  There is no manual override for any of these settings.  So, I shot several clips and they range from 15 to 30 FPS.
On question 2, this is not exlusive to iPhone produces quicktime files, I've seen it before when importing from other sources.  The iPhone produces a mono audio track, I wonder if that's the problem.

the audio problem was indeed, it need a mono source track.  I couldn't find a way to change the track, so I just added and deleted.
This is correct. The user cannot directly change the designation of the Audio Track. Deleting "Empty Tracks" will take care of it for you.
My default setup for a Sequence is 2 mono, 3 stereo and a 5.1 Master. Should I not need those mono Tracks (SFX for me), I just delete them from the Sequence.
In PrPro, one cannot drag Tracks, Video, or Audio, one must either plan ahead, or use the Delete/Add Tracks, to get things neat on the Timeline. Some NLE's do allow one to drag Tracks, but PrPro does not.
The project itself has a defined framerate, so doesn't this basically convert it (even before export)?
Not directly, but Interpret Footage will do this for you. In CS4, one can do separate Sequences, with different specs/Presets. Earlier, on was stuck with one setting per Project, and ONLY Intrepret Footage would help. For me, I will always convert, outside of PrPro and then Import, but that is my personal workflow.
And, what happens to the clip when you up-convert?  It seems that it's just adding frames, for example going from 15 to 30 its' just going to make two of each. That makes for some choppy video.  And finally, how does one make the conversion before hitting the timeline with the clip, and what is the benefit?
This will depend on how much conversion is needed. I use DigitalMedia Converter, and it's quite good. In the end, the editor is the final judge. I'd suggest trying it both ways, and testing what is best.
Good luck,
Hunt

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