Multiclip editing + Panasonic HVX200

Hello!
I'm having some trouble trying to create a multiclip out of a footage from a Panasonic HVX200 HD camera...
The thing is that the camera divides long clips into smaller ones... so to have the whole footage from a camera, i need to create a sequence and put all the small clips in the right order.
but, now that i have all the footage from a camera in a sequence, i can't create a multiclip angle with that sequence.. it seems final cut doesn't accept sequences as camera angles, only clips..
i already tried to export that sequence and create a new video file.. but i face two other problems.. i'm working 720p24... from export i get either a video file with Square Pixels (they were HD960x720 before that) or if I recompress the frames.. i get problems with sync.. it starts to lose the syncronization and eventually it comes back, and then loses agains (in every point where one of the "subclips" started on the original sequence)...
Does anyone know if I can create a multilclip angle out of that sequence without exporting it? Besides those sync and format problems, exporting everything would also eat up a huge amount of space on my HD.. and that's not a option..
Thank you!

Typically when no one answers, no one knows the solution. But since you won't take the silence as an answer...
I work with p2 footage quite a bit, but I never had the pleasure of multicam within FCP...so I don't have an answer for you. If you do happen to have a shoot where you intend on multiclipping several cameras, it would be wise to NOT start and stop the cameras at different times. Rather, start them all at once, slate the shots (hand clap works fine) and stop the cameras at the same time. Or constantly roll the camera and don't pause ANY OF THEM until all of them are ready to stop.
But that doesn't help you at all now. I just wanted to pop in and say "I have no idea" as you seemed to want SOME KIND of answer.
Shane

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