Import of clips at wrong frame rate

Never had this before. In a previous project with no problems. I open the project and many of my mp4 outputs from AE imported at 5fps. Tried to interpret the footage to 30 and it just shortened the clip length to zero. Eventually I had to reexport and replace the clips. Odd.

Maybe not so odd with that format.  MP4 is a very poor choice an an intermediary.  DNxHD MXXF files, or UT AVI files are far superior.
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