MPEG-2 import in FCPX

I apologize if I ask again a a frequent question but I doen't find the answer.
A colleague provides me a HDV file in mpeg-2 format.
But FCPX doesn't allow the import of this file in my event library.
Does I really need to convert this file ? (which is quite heavy 12Go)
Thank you much for your answers...

If you can't simply drag and drop it into an Event I'm guessing that's likely in a format the FCP doesn't support directly. So try this instead: http://www.squared5.com/ and then: http://www.divergentmedia.com/clipwrap

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