Streamclip and mixing AVCHD with .264 footage

I have an AVCHD camcorder for land shots and a .264 waterproof camcorder for on water and want to mix footage in FCE4. I cannot upload the .264 and would have to use streamclip.
1/Which version do i download the 19.2 or 19.3.b version?
2/ It also says on the site there are MPEG2 issues with snowleopard which worries me as I don't yet have the understanding to fix it if it causes an issue. Is this a real problem or resolved now?
3/ Would i be better (or can I) rough edit the .264 footage on imovie then burn to DVD and re import to FCE 4 from DVD to then mix with the AVCHD footage?
4/ Can I import from un-encrypted DVD's?
Thanks A Mac newbie

Tom, thanks for the quick response. Your books has arrived and is great but these questions are a little Off Piste in relation to FCE4 so thanks for your help
1/ I think I have Snow Leopard as this is a new (1 week old) I Mac from Apple UK. How do I tell?
2/ If i convert the .264 will i definitely be able to mix the footage from both my camcorders in FCE4?
3/ Is the workaround re installing the MPEG2 component or something else I have to do ?
As i am new to Mac if it is not an in built workaround I am concerned i will mess it up and lose MPEG2 playback ability (although not sure how that would actually effect me with the Audio Video media I use).

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