Easy setup / project and timeline settings

Hello,
I have a question about what settings I should use to edit the following type of clips I recorded.
1280x720 29.92 H.264
48.0 Khz - 32-bit Floating Point audio format
Square pixel asoect
This is what comes up in FCP.
If I just view the clip in a player it says:
h.264 1280x720, millions
AAC 2 channels 48000 hz
29.97
When I put it in the timeline with the preset HDV-720p30 it render the picture and the audio beeps which I have to render.
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks,
Carl

What you need to do is convert that to an editing format. ProRes for example. And yes, the file sizes will get much larger. You use Compressor for this...Advanced Format Conversions.
What camera did this footage come from.
Shane

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