Pal Anamorphic LP needs rendering

Hi -
I am not sure why I am having this problem. Using FCP 4.5 (HD), I have a video shot on a Panasonic 100A, and I am using that camera to import from. My project is set up as PAL - sequence preset, capture preset and device control preset.
Yet everytime I drag down a clip, it says that it needs to be rendered.
The only thing I can think of is that the footage was shot in Long Play (by mistake, I promise!) - could this be the cause of my problems? Or is there something even more stupid that I am missing?

Could be a couple of things.
first double check and see if you clip settings match you footage settings.
right-click on a clip and click the format tab.
Then go up and make sure they are the same as your settings.
See if what needs to be rendered is the video or the audio. there are two bars on the render bar. video upper, audio lower.
People sometimes overlook how they recorded audio as well as video.

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