Editing Nikon D300s footage in Final Cut Pro

Hello everyone,
Here's my situation. I am editing D300s, 720p, 24fps video in Final Cut Pro 5.1.4. I am having dropped frames after about 10 seconds of playback. My easy setup is for HDV - 720p24. This gives me the correct aspect ratio and audio playback. I have no problem with playback of other SD video, but this video provides a problem. I know the simple fix of rendering all video before playback seems a simple fix, but I am afraid it might be more complex than that.
Any help?
Thanks in advance.

HDV is the WRONG SETTING. So wrong...just wrong. You are trying to edit an H.264 file, that FCP doesn't like to edit natively, in a completely different GOP format timeline. Wrong choice. DVCPRO HD would be better, but still, the MAIN issue is the H.264 files of the camera. You need to convert them to DVCPRO HD in order to edit them. Use Compressor.
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