Smoothcam problem

I have captured around 200 clips in iMovie and imported them in FCP. The fileformat is .dv so the format should be perfect.
My problem is, that when i try to apply a SmoothCam filter to a clip nothing happens, as if the format is not correct. What did i do wrong.
If i try to capture a short clip in FCP the smoothcam filter works perfect. I would have captured all of the 200 clips in FCP, but the log-and-capture workflow is just nok an option with around 200 clips. Maybe there is another way to capture 200 clips in FCP without having to "in-and-out" every clip?
Im looking forward to hear from everyone
-Lars Dahl
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Zac Ray:
Thx, this was the solution i was looking for
now my clips are indicated in the sequence. But my problem is now, that when i mark a few seconds in a segment and start the smoothcam filter, it it begins to analyze my intire half an hour clip instead of the 2-3 seconds i wanted it to analyze. Is there any way to fix this?
-Lars Dahl
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