Media Performance Warning:

Friends,
I have some file.avi ( standard def ) that have been given to me by a windows person. These import ( so far so good ) into FCP
but I do get the following warning.
Media Performance Warning:
The following media files are not optimized for Final Cut Pro HD
It is highly recommended that you either recapture the media or use the
Media Manager to create new copies of the files to improve their performance
for the multi-stream playback
so here is what I would like to know:
1. What is missing that an Optimized file would have?
2. Do I really have a problem or ...just a oddity?
3. How would _ if I realllly need to _ optimize these
would this be twice the disc space? and if so can I copy them ( how so ? ) and dlt the org AVI?
Thnaks!

Hi zimbot - export them out of fcp or qtPro as .mov (presume dv ntsc/pal) 48khz 16 bit audio.
Reimport to fcp.

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