Frame Rate Error

I am trying to move a video file onto final cut pro to edit and I either get a unkown error or frame rate error. I have 3 files from the same camera and the others transferred just fine. I have tried to convert to .mov or .avi, but nothing works. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Indy

Open an H.264 video codec file on two machines (one of which is more powerful than your current one) and compare the data viewed in the Movie Info (Command-i) window.
QuickTime, by design, drops frames to insure playback. You'll see the same issue when viewing any HD movie trailers. I get poor frames rates from anything above 480.
Newer HD (1080i) videos may play at less than one tenth of the designated frame rate on older machines even though they use data rates that should (technically) supported.
Blame it on advances in computers. I remember 90X60 "videos" at 8 frames a second that would "stall" during playback. Now we all want HD movies.

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