AVCHD PF30 imports as 29.97i
I have a Canon HFS20 and am shooting in "progressive" mode. When imported into FCP X, FCPX says these clips are 1080i, 29.97fps. If I use one of these clips to start a project, the project is set to 1080i. An export of the project appears to be progressive except for things that needed to be rendered, such as titles. Those clips end up interlaced in the final product. If I set the project to 1080p, all clips I add to the timeline need to be rendered but at least the resulting clip is 1080p. The same is true if I first convert the clips to proxy or optimized media.
I understand the HFS20 saves its "progressive" footage in an interlaced format. Is there a way to get FCP X to understand that it is progressive?
Mac Pro 2008/Intel iMac 2009/Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)