Ingesting iPhone 4 720p HD video into FCP 7

Has anyone been able to successfully ingest any 720p HD video from an iPhone 4 into Final Cut Pro? If so, please describe the process you followed.
Thanks.

Hi -
The movie is recorded in the iPhone with the H.264 codec which is a problem to edit with, so you must convert the file to an edit friendly format:
Connect iPhone 4 to computer.
Transfer movies to computer via iPhoto.
Once in iPhoto, select a movie and go to the menu File > Export. Choose Kind: Original and export to the desktop.
Open MPEG Streamclip (free conversion software from http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html ).
Drag the movie into the MPEG Streamclip window.
In MPEG Streamclip, go to the menu File > Export to Quicktime -
Choose Apple ProRes 422 (LT) as the compression -
Quality 100% -
1280 x720 -
Deinterlace Video.
Then click Make Movie
Give the movie a new name and convert it.
Open FCP.
Import the converted movie.
Hope this helps.
And no, I am not having reception problems on my iPhone 4.
Message was edited by: Meg The Dog

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