Final-Cutable video formats

[blunderbus]

So I went out like an idiot and bought this Aiptek HD cam for $150.

http://www.aiptek.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=R-AHDB&Category_...&Store_Code=AS

So far, so good... Shot a lotta footage and got a lot of good stuff. However when I imported it to my hard drive, I found that the videos were all huge, gorgeous quicktime .movs, and completely unusable for editing. I use FCP.

Via QuickTime, I've tried to export them to .avis and I've tried to put them in a capture scratch file... nothing seems to work! I can open the .avis in FCP but the resolution and quality are so horrible I wouldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole. When I try to open the .movs in my Browser, or import them, I get a "General error" message. Anyone know anything on this?

[zoobie]

I think you'll be set when you figure some stuff out
You've used Quicktime Pro?

One-touch recording allows you to capture stunning HD (1280 x 720 - 16:9 aspect ratio) video clips at 30 frames per second with advanced H.264 technology.

Have you tried the H 264 bit?
See if the cam exports different formats