Sequence preset settings for HD

I'm new to shooting in HD, and I have a Sanyo Xacti HD2000 camcorder.
I'm using Final Cut Pro v 5.1.4.
The .mp4 files which come off the camera I assume are encoded with AVCHD, since that's what the documentation says. Since FCP (at least my version) doesn't deal natively with AVCHD, I downloaded a trial of VoltaicHD and tested a clip.
The resulting .mov has a frame size of 1920 x 1080, vid rate of 59.94 fps, audio 48.0 KHz 16-bit Integer.
My question is: what sequence preset (if there is one) should I be using for my FCP projects? I can adjust a sequence settings to be HDTV 1080i frame size, but I haven't found a sequence preset which starts that way.
Should I be concerned with the Integer vs. Floating Point for the audio track?

Right, so VoltaicHD converts the video to:
Apple Intermediate Codec, 1920 x 1080 (1888 x 1062), Millions
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz
and I figured out how to make a custom sequence preset with that codec and the right resolution. I'm pretty sure my FCP version doesn't have the ProRes codec support. Any thoughts on Voltaic? Is there a different/better/free way to convert the video?

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but couldn't find where they are saved.
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i have gotten to the point where i have applied metadata to imagery and i had a request recently to send in images that are larger than 1 MB but i have been really confused as to what i am doing here. for instance, i have three projects that were created by importing folders of images from this person which have imagery:
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I apologize for not getting to this sooner.
How are you viewing the PDF that shows the discoloration? Acrobat or some other application? Is overprint preview turned on in Acrobat?
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Actually never mind, it seems to be displaying at 24fps now. Not sure what was happening before.
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of course you're gonna lose quality. compressing already compressed marginal dv25 video to mpeg2 results in extremely compressed video, no way around that.
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Thanks for the prompt response, Hunt.
The spec sheet you referred to is actually for the Sony cybershot dsc-w350, whereas my camera is the sony cybershot dsc-w35. that's probably the reason for the discrepancy. When looking at the properties of the source video I am using it says 25 fps, so does this mean I should be using a PAL preset in the export stage? I see what you mean about using a Desktop (custom) preset for the sequence preset, and for this I set the framerate to 25, frame width to 640 and height to 480 (to match my camera settings), but what should I set the pixel width to?
In the export stage, I select custom preset again, but within this there are lots of options (mostly under the Video tab) I am unsure about. Should I be using PAL instead of NTSC since I'm using a 25 fps framerate? I can also scroll video quality anywhere from 1 to 5, any ideas? I can also choose various pixel aspect ratios here and then there are a bunch of bitrate settings I am totally cluseless about. Also, under the Multiplexer tab, there is an option between constant and variable bitrate types, which should I use? Thanks again

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Hi Tom,
Thanks for the response. I checked out the library and it was pretty helpful. I ended up figuring out a solution that didn't come directly from the library due to my curiosity. It is able to read in my files and load the presets to controls. Thanks for your suggestion! I attached the VI I made in case anyone stumbles upon this thread with the same problem I had.
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Well it must be 24 over 29.97 then because it is working with it. I have been able to create timelines and export quicktime movies, etc. The item properties (in FCE Browser) of the clips definitely say 23.98fps-- as I would expect because I know I had the camera set to 24p. However, the frame rate of the sequences i've been editing on say 29.97. This is without me having made any conscious effort to manipulate any settings for the sequences at the outset-- I didn't even know the sequences had settings for this when i started. I just began dragging and dropping footage out of the browser and it must have automatically set the sequence to 29.97. Who knows what I had the Easy Set up set to when i brought the footage over from my camera two years ago. I knew even less then. Are the settings on Easy Set up critical when bringing the footage onto your computer from your camera? What processes are the Easy set up settings governing?
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On the true 24p issue, I did find this:
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Wow. Thanks Colin.
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The templates can be found in the new image settings, under "film and video" from memory.
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