60i Video Identified as 29.97i in FCPX
I have been working with video recorded on a Sony SLT-A55 camera (records 1920x1080 60i AVCHD video to a .MTS file) and a Canon Vixia HF S200 camcorder (records 1920x1080 60i AVCHD). I noticed the video looked choppy both in Final Cut Pro X and when I exported it either using ProRes 422 or H.264.
Upon further investigation, I discovered that Final Cut Pro X was importing and optimizing the video as 1080i 29.97fps video, which is half the frame rate of the original video. When I drag the clips onto the timeline in a new project, it automatically sets the project to 1080i 29.97i. I can go in and change the project properties to 1080p 29.97p, but that does not fix the choppiness of the video as the clips are already imported as 29.97i so it's just duplicating the frames to 29.97p.
Once the clips are on the timeline, I cannot select any other framerates in the project properties other than 29.97i or 29/97p.
Am I missing a step in importing the video or selecting a wrong setting somewhere?
Thanks for the help!