Why do ALL of my clips need to be rendered??

Hi.
I just captured a mess o' clips and when I drag them to the timeline I get the dreaded red line up top. Why? Why does all of my footage need to be rendered? I haven't added any effects at all.
FCP 5.1
MBP 2.16
OS X.4.6
Thanks for any advice that you may have for me.
Tom

Because your sequence and clip settings don't match. Often, this results from changing the Easy Setup AFTER creating a new project. The new project creates a new sequence, which is then in the old preset.
After selecting the desired Easy Setup, create a new sequence and edit your clips into that sequence, and you should be Good to Go.

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