Combining XDCAM and AVCHD footage

Hi all,
Has anyone successfully merged AVCHD footage into an XDCAM project? If so, what presets have they used? I've run 720 25p in XDCAM (EX1) (PAL) and when I import the AVCHD it is very jittery
Regards
Paul

I've just completed a small project that used some really old digital 8 footage and footage from my Everio HD7, and it worked fine. If you export in standard def, the footage seems to match up pretty well.

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