Avid File Import

I've been working with final cut for some time but I can't figure this one out since it's the first time I've imported an Avid Codec file. I have the Avid Codec for Quicktime so what's working fine. But the only thing is when I put my video on the timeline it has to be rendered every time, this is what I don't want to happen.
For my timeline all of the settings should be right. The video from Avid is a .mov file with the Avid DV compressor. My settings for the timeline are set on the Avid DV compressor with the DV50 NTSC resolution (since I shot on DVCPRO 50) and my FPS match too.
Not sure what else I can do to stop the required rendering. Also recapturing the video nativity in FCP can't be done. Any suggestions would be awesome.
Thanks

What version of FCP are you running? FCP should, if you have 5.1 or higher, ask "would you like to change the sequence settings to match the clip?" and you click YES and it should work. I have done this before. But with DNxHD codecs, not Avid DV.
The settings need to match EXACTLY for no rendering. If you have to render, then something is off. How can you have Avid DV compressor with DV50 resolution? I'll wager the DV50 is what is causing the render. Because Avid DV and DV50 is NOT the same thing. DV is DV...
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