Always having to render

So I imported 3 .mov files to FCP 6.0.6 and every time I move them or try and over lay something over them like a title or anything I have to render. Their has to be a way to not half to do that right??
Thank you
Nally

Meto! These are all bastardized versions of video formats.They're close to standard definition. The closest format in Final Cut is DV. For the US that's 720x480 using CCIR601 pixel aspect ratio. Put your media into a standard DV NTSC preset. Say no when it asks to adjust. Manually fix it in the timeline and render.
Or use something like MPEG Streamclip to convert this to QuickTime using the DV NTSC codec at the correct frame size and frame rate and audio sample rate.
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