Log & Transfer problem

Hello,
I shot a 50p sequence with my HVX200E. I copied all the media to my hard drive (via P2CMS and the Finder) in both cases I can't log and transfer the footage.
I can read it set in and out points, name it, etc. but when I add the clip to the Transfer Queue it tries for a while and than gives me an exclamation mark.
Do I have to conforme/converte the media beforehand since it is 50p? All other clips (even at 23fps) work fine...
I'm a bit stuck... Thanks for your ideas!

Hello,
I found my own answer. I had to untick "Remove Advanced Pulldown and Duplicated Frames" in the L&T prefs. See also : http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/977921
Otherwise it just doesn't import.
Hope that helps others...
/Max

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