Import Video via USB from Sony Handycam HDD

Just purchased Final Cut Express, eager to get to my first project. Plugged in my camera the only way possible (mini usb), my mac mini recognized the camera and I navigated using the import menu.
Finding the *.mpg files that are on my camera's hard drive I selected the ones I wanted and "chose". An error message appeared telling me that these *files were unrecognizable*.
Investigating, I found I could not open them in quicktime player - but could view them just fine using my favorite 3rd party player VLC.
I did a bit of google'ing to find I'm screwed. My research tells me that my camera writes them in a "multiplexed" encoding, which Quicktime can't read even though it's mpeg. One solution that was offered is to loop it through a composite dongle and rerecord all of my footage in real time - but that's not an option for me.
*How can I get my Sony Handicam HDD camera to import into FCE? Is their some free conversion software or drivers?*
Thanks,
Mitch

More frustration. I finished batching my footage for my project, and just as I lay the first scenes on the timeline and tell it to playback, I get this nasty "Unrendered" message in the player. I didn't add any effects or mess with settings, they're the same clips they just previewed for me - but now they're on the timeline where I need to work on them.
I remember reading that FCE's big feature was the whole "Real Time" feature, so I messed with the RT tab to find that it works, kind of, if I kick it into manual mode and cut my frame rate in half. Anything more and it gives me an error message that tells me I need to increase my compression or else switch back to Safe RT. *What and how do I increase compression?*
So is my Mac Mini doomed to be at 50% frames due to the lack of power? *Is it the processing speed, ram, or video card (or all) that's holding me back?*
Mitch

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