AVCHD footage plays green and jittery

Hi there,
I've ingested via Log and Transfer some AVCHD footage from a Sony hard drive camcorder. It comes in to FCP 6.06, however, when I view the footage in FCP it plays jumpy (plays for about a second and jumps back for a frame and then continues) and also flashes to green occasionally.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to what this may be?
Thanks,
Simon.

Do you happen to be using Perian? Looks like that might be a problem for some, look at this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2572?viewlocale=en_US

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