Do I always have to Render?

I'm new!
I noticed every time I insert a clip into the timeline it wants me to Render it before I can play it back. Is there anyway around this or do I have to render for all new clips and crossfades/Effects?
I think it's because of the file format I have which is not common for FCP. The format is .TOD coming from a JVC HD Camcorder. The source window playsback jerky, then I need to render it always after inserting.
Does this mean I need to convert all my HD camera files to a different format such as mov. or AVI.?
Thanks in advance.
Message was edited by: clank72

When working with HDV you most likely will need to render because of GOP structure. You should encode to pro res to avoid rendering of footage. HDV is GOP (group of pictures) meaning it has one frame with all the pixel information on it, the iframe, with subsequent frames only showing the changes to pixels between it and the iframe. This causes need for render when editing but allows HDV to be captured in smaller file sizes.
In basic terms when you encode your footage to pro res during transfer you make the file all iframe so every frame has all the pixel information in it. This makes for larger file sizes but there's no need to render. I'd get a RAID setup and convert to pro res for editing to avoid render.
Of course you'd still want to confirm that your sequence settings match your source footage and also turn real time to dynamic. Also, FWIW FCS2 already comes with the Quicktime Pro MPEG-2 video encoder plug-in so yeah you blew $20 for nothing on that one.
_Look here for more info on pro res_
hth

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