Quicktime Settings for Sequence

Oh, I'm quite disappointed. Having worked with FinalCut Pro for many years on my G4 Macs without problems, I needed the new software for my new Intel iMac. I thought it would be enough to buy FCE, but I miss hardly the Quicktime Video Settings for the sequence, which made an easy workflow with different formats. A lot of material waits in HD Foto-JPEG, others in H264. Do I have to render all these clips into Apple Intermediate Codec before I can start editing? This is a real kickback. Or are there hidden tricks? I'm still using Quicktime 7 Pro, so the codecs must be there anywhere.
Thanks for any hints!
Ingolf01

Thanks for reply. I found out that I'm able to edit by switching to "low" video playback settings, rendering follows anyway. No fun at all, as well as converting all raw material.
But - no; I had always good results by matching the sequence settings close to the original material, since my camera is recording QuickTime .movs with Photo-JPEG compression. For future projects I can of course switch to AVCHD format, but it's no better quality.

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#28 Having to render every clip in the timeline
Shane's Stock Answer #28: When I put a clip in the timline, I have to render it before it will play. Why?
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Try here
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Open your preset in FCP or check your sequence settings and all that information will be there.

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