Choosing which sequence settings for multi format

I have XDCAM EX, Canon DSLR and GOPRO footage: all shot at 1080 30P. Which shoud i choose? Cheers

You should convert everything a common format and frame rate first.
Two things to consider:
What format do you have the most of?
What will be the output format?

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    2010/2/14 Bill Hunt <[email protected]>
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