AVCHD Footage in Final Cut Pro 7

I recoreded and event with my Sony hrx 5u. I let the camera record until the event was finished so i ended up with one large file to transcode into final cut my problem is when i went into the memory card the footage had cuts but when in log and transfer it was a complete file but in adobe premier cs5 the footage had cuts but not in Final cut as it should be. Is the cuts normal for a large file in AVCHD from the memory card.

As I understand it, many of the cameras will segment footage as it records so as to be compatible with file systems that have file size limits. The metadata includes "bridge" information that allows the footage to be retrieved as a single file if the file system will allow it. FCP will allow it.

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