Shaky 1080P footage

I noticed that when I play 1080P HD footage shot with my Canon 5D Mark II in Quicktime portions tend to look a little shaky (like at a higher frame rate). But when I play them with the Canon software which came with my camera they look fine. Do i need a plug-in of some kind in order to have normal playback in Quicktime?
I have the latest version of Quicktime and the Codec for the video clips is H.264. 1920x1080
Tx.

Try this, copy a clip and paste it into a new sequence. You sould get a warning asking if you want to change the sequence to match the clip, Say yes. If you don't get that warning, stop an make sure the sequence is actually set to match the clip.
when you paste it in, the clip should look small in the Canvas. Select the clip and right-click on it to see the Remove Attributes options and remove scale and distortion. The clip shoudl be normal now.
Delete the clip, go back to your problem sequence, select all, copy. Go to the new empty sequences, paste. Select all, remove attributes.
bogiesan

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Try this, copy a clip and paste it into a new sequence. You sould get a warning asking if you want to change the sequence to match the clip, Say yes. If you don't get that warning, stop an make sure the sequence is actually set to match the clip.
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Probably your work flow.
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I do not understand why the following should be happening as well as the description that you give for the "because" parts.
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The project's automatic handling of setting the project preset can be flawed at time. So, let us rule this factor in or out by you setting the project preset manually.
ATR Premiere Elements Troubleshooting: PE11: Accuracy of Automatic Project Preset (New Project Dialog) Setting
Requested Troubleshooting
Part 1.
Open a new project and take Premiere Elements 11 to its Expert workspace.
Then File Menu/Project/New and Change Settings.
You say that your footage is 1080p60. Is that correct? Assuming it is, then
In Change Settings, change the project preset to
NTSC
AVCHD
AVCHD 1080p60
OK out of there.
When you do, you will be facing the New Project dialog. There make sure that you have a check mark next
to "Forced Selected Project Setting on This Project". OK of there.
When you are back in the Expert workspace, use Add Media/Files and Folders/Project Assets to import your
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At the Timeline level, is there no colored line over its content or an orange line over its content?
Part 2.
Right click the thumbnail for the file in Project Assets, and select Properties. What does Properties show for the frame size?
Right click the thumbnail for the file in Project Assets, and select Interpret Footage. In the Frame Rate section of Interpret Footage dialog,
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Looking forward to your details.
Thank you.
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