Phantom, Final Cut Pro X workflow

Hi friends,
Please suggest the best workflow for phantom camera footages with final cut pro X.
Thanks in Advance
Sreekumar Nair

Hi Tom,
Yes I've tried, but it didn't work.
It works when I copy all the files from the SD-card to my hard drive, but then I see blocks/pixels in the video as shown on the picture below.
Thanks for your help thusfar. Hopefully you have an other suggestion for me

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