Final Cut Pro: Ingested AVCHD clips are sometimes distorted

Apple has released this support info:
Last Modified: February 03, 2009
Article: TS2572
Symptoms
AVCHD clips you transcode to ProRes from the Log and Transfer window are sometimes jumpy or distorted.
Products Affected
Final Cut Pro 6.x, Perian Quicktime component
Resolution
This may happen if you installed the Perian QuickTime component.
To temporarily disable Perian while using Final Cut Pro:
Open System Preferences.
Click the Perian icon at the bottom of the System Preferences window.
Select the General tab in the Perian preference pane.
Click Remove Perian.
If you would like to enable Perian after you finish working with your AVCHD clips, return to step four but click Install Perian to enable it.
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1. FCP does not work with material this is not "native". To see what "native" formats FCP supports, look at the standard presets. If you don't know what a FCP standard preset is, do some research. The Manual is a wonderful place to start.
2. FCP does not work well when you play material from the system drive. Editable media MUST be stored on a non-system drive.
The key points to understand are - if your material is not a FCP native format (codec), convert it to one (pro res 422 works just fine) and use a non-system drive as your media storage/ playback drive.
If you do this and you still have problems, post back. We'll do what we can to help.
cheers,
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