Thanks for the advice Steve, I am having the original provider send them to me. However I have noticed that fcp won’t import any video files (that aren’t logged and transferred) period, so I’m starting to think this problem may be bigger than just the 7d footage. Also when I “command-i” a clip a tiny version of the info box appears for a split second before everything on my desktop disappears and than re-appears a few seconds later. Any suggestions would be much appreciated as always.