Combining SD footage with Sony EX 1080p footage

Hey All -
I have FCP 7 -I have SD footage I ripped from a DVD (640x480)
I have Sony XDcam EX footage that was shot at 1920x1080p (23.97)
The Codec that the EX footage was converted to is Apple XDcam EX 1080p24 (35mb)
I have MPEG Steamclip or After Effects CS4 to convert the SD footage
I need to edit the SD footage in the XDcam footage timeline.
What are my options?? I know when you mix footage you usually have to render the footage.
Any work arounds for my situation?
thanks
Matt

Hey Shane
Actually I havent had any problem playing the footage in a XDcam timeline -BUT I will take your advice into consideration
The final product is going back to DVD and compressed for the web -
I know this would be compressing the SD footage more but right now it doesnt matter. I was thinking of converting the DVD footage to QT -take that QT mov and make a 1920x1080 in After effects and put the SD footage inside of that and render that out so it will match the EX footage -that way I wont have to render in FCP.
I know the client is going to want to use some of the SD footage --I just wanted to make it as easy as possible for me when the client is sitting there editing it with me
Matt

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