Video Converter settings

I want to bring an assortment of video clips into FCP. Since the settings and sources of these clips is so varied, I decided to run them all through Video Converter so they'd all have the same settings when I bring them into FCP. I'd also like to set things up so I have little or not rendering in FCP. I thought I had the settings in Video Converter matched to my sequence settings, but when I drop the clips onto the timeline I get the message "This clips does not match the settings of this sequence or any of your sequence preset." I suppose I could just say "Yeah, go ahead and change this sequence to match the clip," but this doesn't seem like the optimum thing to do.
When I set up FCP, I used the Easy Setup and chose NTSC DV.
I see the following settings in the FCP sequence:
Frame Size: 720x480
Pixel Aspect Ratio: NTSC - CCIR/DV (720x480)
Field Dominance: Lower (even)
Editing Time Base: 29.97
QT Settings
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
Quality: 100%
Audio Settings
Rate: 48 Khz
Depth: 16 bit
Config: Channel Group
In Video Converter, I entered the following settings:
VIDEO
Encoder: Xvid
Frame rate: 29.97
Resolution: 720x480
AUDIO
Encoder: ACC
Sample rate: 48 Khz
Channels: 2 channel stereo
Bitrate: 96 kbps
What settings should I use in FCP and Video Converter to make them play nicely together? In case it makes a difference, this will eventually be dumped to Mini DV tapes and also built into a DVD project.
Thanks!
Bryce

These are just a bunch of clips from lots of sources. Most of them say they're mpgs, but when I was dealing with a similar issue in Motion, I got following reply in the Motion forum about mpgs:
There are a LOT of different kinds of files that could be called mpegs. It would help to know exactly what you're dealing with. What is the extension (.m2t, .mpg, .mp4, .m2v, etc.). The important part of this is to understand that mpegs in general are NOT meant as an editing codec. They are primarily a delivery or capture format. Most times, this means that they need to be transcoded to a format for editing like .mov.
If these files are AVCHD files, then chances are FCP can transcode the files into an editable codec/format for use in Motion. The transcoding process doesn't even take that long since FCP is essentially just rewrapping the file in a QT wrapper.
Motion is pickier about what it will work with than even FCP.<<
In addition, I'm using some streaming clips I downloaded using "Download Helper" from my Firefox browser. Video Converter was the reliable way I found to convert these files to mp4's.
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