FCPX renders .mov files to AppleProRes to create multicam clip

I use two .mov files to create multicam clip. During this operation FCPX renders these .mov files and create Apple PreRes files that are10x larger.
Question: Can I create multicam clip without re-rendering? I understand that it is easier to edit using these large files, but I can edit single clip using original .mov file, so, it is not mandatory.

It optimizes the files. Switch this function off in Playback preferences.

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Ken Summerall, Jr. wrote:
Do I need to export this as a movie before I can use it to be allowed to Multiclip with the DV footage?
How else are you going to use it?
I thought somehow there was a way to use the sequence itself into the multiclip.
Like a nested sequence used as a clip.
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Hey! I tried both suggestions but even the self contained quicktime file has the green screen frames popping up.
I just dont get it, it's infuriating!
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That wouldn't cause the file to play fine in some places and not elsewhere.
This is a gigantic file in terms of horizontal pixel dimensions, and the data rate is quite large, too (nearly 200MB for only 8 seconds). I suspect some combination of QuickTime Player and the computer on which you're trying to play it (e.g., slow hard disks).
Does it really matter whether this can play in QuickTime Player? We've seen that it plays in post-production software. Has the client tried playing it in the way that it will actually be played/used---i.e., on the LED screen at the arena?
And, again, are you and they really sure that this huge losslessly compressed format is what is required? As I said before, this is very much not the kind of format that is intended for playback and distribution. Uncompressed files and files compressed with Animation are intended for purposes like use as intermediate files in post-production, not playback.

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>old dv converted movies (.mov format)
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I have created a multicam clip with 2 clips, one shot with iphone 3gs, 15 fps, and the otherone with a dslr
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