Final Cut Editing

Hi everybody, I had a hard time editing a project, my friend shoot video with the Sony XDCAM EX PMW EX1, he gave me two kind of files. the first one was XDCAM AT 29.97 AND he shoot with the same camera at HDV 29.97, when I was rendering both files said something about MPEG2.
then I started adding effects on the XDCAM FILES and I was having problem in rendering that project.
I add the HDV 29.97 files on another timelime but these were ok on working with effects and transitions.
I'm editing on a MAC PRO 3.0 Ghz, 556mb Geforce video card, 4 gb memory, I think this computer is ok. and final cut 6.
I just want to know what I'm doing worng?

I check the information in each file and both have diference CODECS the XDCACM AND THE OTHER HDTV, the hdv file do not have problem with filters and everything but the xdcam when I apply a filter either a transition is hardly to render.
In the timelime setting each file has their own setting. is that right editing the XDCAM files when rendering says rendering MPEG2, this is my first time editing this kind of files and HD.
Thanks brother!!!!

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