How to make a multi-clip with different footage formats?

Have an hour-long concert shot with three cameras plus a separate high-quality audio track.
Cameras 1 & 2 are the same format (HDV 1080p30). Camera 3 is DSLR footage from Canon 5D (imported into FCP7 using Log & Transfer).
I used PluralEyes to sync everything up, and created a Multiclip -- but that multiclip isn't working properly when I drag it into a new sequence. (It makes me render the whole thing before I can even work with it -- and then it won't work anyway.)
Help ...

OK. For testing, I converted the DSLR to HDV (can do ProRes later).
The Multiclip still does not work. It DOES work if it's just cameras 1 & 2, but when I add camera 3 (the DSLR) -- the sequence wants to render and then when I select "Open" to work with the multiclip, it doesn't work.
I don't understand what's wrong, because all three camera clips were used with PluralEyes and all three have the exact same settings (HDV 1080p30, 1440 x 1080, 29.97 fps).
What's wrong?

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