FCP 7 and Panasonic G5 footage

Hello,

I'm a little rusty, because I have not edited in a while. I'm prepping for an edit that someone else is shooting on a G5. I wanna make sure that FCP 7 can handle the video files. Here's specs:

MAC OS 10.6.8 / FCP 7 / Compressor 3.5

Test clips from G5 was given to me in these specs:

File.MOV 1920x1080 @ 23.98 (H.264 video / 48KHz audio)


Now, if I remember correctly, FCP does NOT like to edit H.264 files. Is that correct? I was also very surprised the G5 shoots in H.264. I thought you use H.264 when you compress files for the web and only to use it has a distribution file and not a native editing file.

1) Should I convert H.264 files to Apple ProRes? ProRes was/is my usual workflow anyway.

2) What's the best settings in Compressor for ProRes files based on the .MOV clips mentioned above?

3) Is there a way to do Log and Capture clips from a USB hard drive?

Thanks in advance.

Jake

Hi Jake
1. Yes ProRes, H264 is not an editing codec
2. Use the free app MPEG stream clip
3. Drag and drop

Cheers
Alexander