Canon EOS t3i File Conversion Issue

Hello all,
I recently got a Canon Rebel t3i, and sat down to edit some of the material I shot in FCP 7.
After importing the files off of my SD cards directly into FCP and then organizining, making subclips, renaming etc., I was unhappy to find that after dragging clips into the timeline they did not playback correctly, dropping frames and generally screwing up.
Looking it up after the fact I found that apparently the h.264 MOVs that the t3i makes are no good in Final Cut without first converting to something like Apple ProRes. Bummer.
My question: will I need to go back and convert my files pre-FCP, as in the raw files straight off the SD card (using Compressor or the Canon plugin or whatever), or can I somehow not lose the work I have already done in naming and organizing clips in my FCP project?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

You didn't even copy them off the card first? Well, that's ANOTHER bottleneck...trying to edit directly from the card.
OK, you can use the MEDIA MANAGER and the RECOMPRESS option to convert all the footage and keep the organization you have. But in the future, you need to download the Canon EOS log and transfer plugin to use this workflow: http://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/tapeless-workflow_fcp-7/1
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