[Andrew] ” think it’s panasonic anyway you can only shoot HD 720/30 using the P2 cards”
If it was the HVX200 there is about 80 different choices.
[Andrew] “I have the TL set for 720 HD or HDV what ever it says it’s the only choice,”
Again in FCP there are a lot more choices, you have to be more specific. In general the reason why you are having problems is that your timeline settings dont match your clip settings. MAKE A NEW sequence and BEFORE dragging any clips to it, make sure it’s settings match ALL those of your clips and you will not need to render