Editing Iphone 3GS clips in FCP

Hallo guys
I just made some video clips on my Iphone 3GS.
What sequence settings should I use so I don´t have to render every clip to view playback.
I tried to change the compressor to H.264 but nothing happens. I did it after I had imported the clips from iphoto but should I do it before???
What am I doing wrong??
Please help

You cannot work those clips as they are, they need to converted to an editable format.
H264 is not for editing - it's for capturing or finishing.
Take those files off the iPhone and convert them.
Pro Res will work well for both. Although on the older iPhones, those are in SD, so you could probably get away with DV NTSC is you wanted.
pJ

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