MPEG Streamclip is a wonderful program, but I’m not sure it’s the best way to transcode your 7D footage. Canon has a FCP plugin that does it as does Red Giant’s Grinder. ProRes is best. It will work very smoothly with FCP. You haven’t described your edit system so it will be hard for folks to help you. What computer, OS, version FCP, drives, etc? Many things can affect your ability to edit smoothly. And make sure your sequence settings exactly match your clip’s parameters. I’m afraid editing video will become more complicated as time goes on. There are so many formats and codecs it’s hard to keep up. But if you do this for a living, you have to find a way.
John
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