Timeline always need rendering before playback

I am cutting a showreel. I have ripped DVD's using Handbrake as mpeg 4's (ffmpeg codec)
Then I put them through MPEG stream clip as mpeg 4's to bring the size down from 1.5 gig's to about 200mg.
I then put them into Final Cut Pro.
But when I cut them on to the timeline they have to be rendered even though I have done nothing to them. I have tried changing timeline settings but nothing seems to work.
Can anyone help?
Cheers, Dan.

Hello David, thankyou very much for the post, much appreciated.
I have 2 more questions, firstly if not export to mpeg 4 in mpeg streamclip, which would you suggest, QTime, AVI, mpeg 2 etc.
The other question is- I have chosen PAL CCIR 601 (720 x 576) in my timeline sequence settings.
Therefore in MPEG Streamclip I have selected frame size 'unscaled' (720 x 576). But in selecting 'compression' there are about 30 options and I am a bit lost.
Cheers,
Dan.

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